Where to from here for the bandwagon?

[Ari]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......

The big question.

Those of you/us who have taken a more curious interest and a more passionate view toward Association Football throughout the course of this World Cup, whats the next step?

Going to give it all away and secure your position again on the wagon in 2010?
Going to go out and grab a membership of your local A League team?
Going to gather some interest in this Asian Cup affair?
Going to head down to Kmart and buy a World Cup football on discount?
Going to just get peeved at a shocker of a penalty and tell the whole thing to stick it?

So where to from here? Whats your stance on moving forward? Or was it more to do with the Green n' Gold than the game itself?

 

[Embers]

The bandwagon will die the day Kochie stops wearing his green and gold scarf ie. tomorrow.

None will buy A-League memberships or support EPL clubs, but will probably gather a bit more interest then usual for the Asia cup crap

 

[Diego]

The loser last night was futbol. Go read at the amount of negativity from the AFL fans.

I am sure at 3.30 this morning there was equally loud screams heard coming out of AFL house as these were in lygon street.

But like most things in this country, its 2 steps forward and 1 step back.

 

[Browney2006]

Get Victory memberships

 

[RoosterLad]

I dont care if they support an EPL club, i just hope they support the A League.

I think season tickets/memberships for Adelaide Utd went on sale yesterday, get on it!

 

[Derek Zoolander]

None will buy A-League memberships

Bollocks. If you think NONE of out of all those who have recently found the game will buy A League memberships then you are sadly mistaken. I'm not saying there will be a massive spike in memberships, but there will be a nice little upswing thanks to the world cup.

 

[DB10]

They'll all f**k off and go right back to bagging the sport, calling it boring, low scoring and a girls game, as they were a month ago.

I'm sure the AFL bogans are loving it, just loving it.

 

[Stevolution]

Get Victory memberships

I second that motion...

 

[The_Eagles]

I'll be jumping back on in 4 years

 

[Philhawk]

Support the Melbourne Storm now.

 

[Minotaur]

I think the Asian Cup will prove quite popular because we actually have a chance of winning the thing.

 

[toorakbum]

One thing is going to stop the bangwagon in it's tracks: Foxtel. All domestic league, Asian Champions League and national team matches will be on pay tv from here on in. Absolute disgrace from the FFA.

 

[Joffaboy]

The non bandwagoners should be happy in the fact that us bandwagoners have a greater appreciation of the world game.

Rome wasn't built in a day. The fashion of the result last night was extremely disappointing, but who would have thought that an Aussie soccer team would severley test teams such as Brazil and Italy, with a golden chance to actually win last night?

Most people now appreciate soccer as a game. Many Vics have never supported a national team like people in NSW and Qld so the impact may be even greater in the AFL playing states.

All in all a great boost for soccer in Australia.

 

[Lowie01]

It'd be nice if the bandwagoners actually held on until the end of the bloody World Cup! I can't wait, there should be some cracking games. Worth sticking around for, you know.

 

[Cooldude]

They'll get off and might get back on if we qualify again in 4 years time, if we don't then they'll jump off and say how boring and crap the sport is

 

[skipper kelly]

whats the A league??

 

[MickZu]

whats the AFL league??

There you go.

 

[Derek Zoolander]

It'd be nice if the bandwagoners actually held on until the end of the bloody World Cup! I can't wait, there should be some cracking games. Worth sticking around for, you know.

My first thought (and i consider myself a fairly big football fan) was **** it, i don't give a rats now. I was a touch disapointed to say the least and watching another game of football in 24 hours didn't fill be with any great feelings of pleasure.

Now that i've had time to settle down from my 3am induced rage, there are going to be some beautys. Argentina v Germany for one.

Experiencing the World Cup with Australia in it has been one of the greatest moments of my sport watching life. I'll never forget the first kick off, or Cahills first goal and of course the way we were beaten.

The World Cup - There's nothing like it.

 

[tribey]

One thing is going to stop the bangwagon in it's tracks: Foxtel. All domestic league, Asian Champions League and national team matches will be on pay tv from here on in. Absolute disgrace from the FFA.

I'm going to have to take you to task here.

Why would the FFA sell the rights to a commercial network ever again, when Channel 7 all but killed the sport in this country when they bought the sport to bury it as a threat to the Aussie Rules? - This was later admitted by a 7 stooge in their pathetic court case against the AFL and the other networks.

Foxtel on the other hand have pumped money into the game and given the A-League maximum exposure.

Whilst it would be nice to see some matches on SBS, they can't provide the coin that Foxtel can.

 

[Embers]

I'm going to have to take you to task here.

Why would the FFA sell the rights to a commercial network ever again, when Channel 7 all but killed the sport in this country when they bought the sport to bury it as a threat to the Aussie Rules? - This was later admitted by a 7 stooge in their pathetic court case against the AFL and the other networks.

Foxtel on the other hand have pumped money into the game and given the A-League maximum exposure.

Whilst it would be nice to see some matches on SBS, they can't provide the coin that Foxtel can.

It doesnt take Christian Daily to figure out you show it on both FTA and Foxtel (like they do with the rugby). SBS and Foxtel I say

 

[MickZu]

I'm going to have to take you to task here.

Why would the FFA sell the rights to a commercial network ever again, when Channel 7 all but killed the sport in this country when they bought the sport to bury it as a threat to the Aussie Rules? - This was later admitted by a 7 stooge in their pathetic court case against the AFL and the other networks.

Foxtel on the other hand have pumped money into the game and given the A-League maximum exposure.

Whilst it would be nice to see some matches on SBS, they can't provide the coin that Foxtel can.

While money provides the necessary funds to keep the game a viable success, it's "exposure" that would guarantee it!

 

[tribey]

It doesnt take Christian Daily to figure out you show it on both FTA and Foxtel (like they do with the rugby). SBS and Foxtel I say

How would you decide that?

There are only 4 games a week - all of them involving a regional centre. It's not like Rugby where Seven offer up huge coin for the rights or AFL where Foxtel buy games from the commercial stations and get to show them live when there's a clash on FTA.

Why would Foxtel sell Sydney vs Adelaide Utd or Melbourne vs Queensland to SBS and instead screen NZ Knights vs Newcastle Jets?

Conversely, would a NZ Knights game rate anywhere if that was the one game Foxtel flicked to SBS?

Foxtel wouldn't sell the finals either. So what exactly are you showing on FTA?

 

[johnnyhoward]

One thing is going to stop the bangwagon in it's tracks: Foxtel. All domestic league, Asian Champions League and national team matches will be on pay tv from here on in. Absolute disgrace from the FFA.

At least there's something for me to watch on Pay TV.

The bandwagon consisted of people who never watched the game in their lives - people who have no interest in sport but follow it at events like the WC or the Olympics. Then there is the sports fan who always has a casual interest in soccer but it is magnified during the World Cup.

Everyone will go back to normal, people like me who have a casual interest in soccer will do what they've always done - catch up occasionally on EPL & Serie A results, watch the Asian Cup, Confed Cup etc; and the people who watched soccer for the first time will not care. There will be a slight increase in A-League attendances though, and lots of people play indoor soccer as it is.

I reckon the way that penalty was awarded would have turned off some people from the game though - you just have to listen to some of the comments on SEN last night after the match (see http://www.mininova.org/tor/351735)

 

[Killer eagle]

Yeah i fell of the bandwagon this morning. Cant see myself climbing back onto it ever again either. Theres more acting skills in one game of soccer, than all of Hollywood.

Compare the acting to AFL just for one second. How many solid bumps etc are there in AFL, and the guy stays on his feet, and keeps going after the ball and the man. In fact, you look stupid if you lose your feet, and let the opposition player grab the ball.

In soccer, the player has just got to be near another player, or make an attempt at the ball, or even look at the player, and he will fall over. Be it David Beckham or whoever, it cant be that hard to keep your feet, considering most of the time there is no contact.

I also find it strange that people are in such agony after theyve had a fall, grabbing there leg like theyve snapped a few bones, and yet when the whistle blows, they jump up faster than a runaway train, and are 100% fine afterwards.

I reckon Russel Crow should take up soccer, judging by his films he would be bloody good at it.

 

[Catman]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......

The big question.

Those of you/us who have taken a more curious interest and a more passionate view toward Association Football throughout the course of this World Cup, whats the next step?

Going to give it all away and secure your position again on the wagon in 2010?
Going to go out and grab a membership of your local A League team?
Going to gather some interest in this Asian Cup affair?
Going to head down to Kmart and buy a World Cup football on discount?
Going to just get peeved at a shocker of a penalty and tell the whole thing to stick it?

So where to from here? Whats your stance on moving forward? Or was it more to do with the Green n' Gold than the game itself?

How about you tell us, Ari?