Comments on: A-League Finals Preview http://backpagefootball.com/a-league-finals-preview/14813/ Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MattG http://backpagefootball.com/a-league-finals-preview/14813/comment-page-1/#comment-27064 MattG Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:36:43 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=14813#comment-27064 To be honest I’m ok with the finals series being the top 6. The argument that it gives lower teams something to play for sits well with me. It’s fine for foreign teams with established fanbases competing at the bottom for no prize, but the A-League is still building their fanbase, who are looking for any reason not to attend. Overseas teams are also fighting to avoid relegation, which is nonexistent in the A-Leauge. =)

]]> By: Neil Sherwin http://backpagefootball.com/a-league-finals-preview/14813/comment-page-1/#comment-26832 Neil Sherwin Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:55:01 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=14813#comment-26832 Spot on Matt.

I know they want to include as many teams in the finals as possible but having over half the league in there is ridiculous. Just have two semi finals and a final with four seeded teams (if there has to be finals at all).

Personally I’d do away with the whole thing and let the league winner be the league winner, but that wouldn’t sit too well with the money making ethos.

]]> By: MattG http://backpagefootball.com/a-league-finals-preview/14813/comment-page-1/#comment-26823 MattG Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:17:16 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=14813#comment-26823 Why the 1st v 2nd is a two-legged affair is beyond me. Make it knock-out, they’ve still a chance to restore themselves in the GF.

As with last year, it means that 1st and 2nd could end up playing eachother three times in a row! Crowds get bored, especially if the last game of the season, and the first game of the next season is against the same team.. (FFA’s wonderful scheduling last year for Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC)

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