NPL Tasmania
Launceston United 0 lost to Kingborough Lions United 4 (Noah Mies 29, 71, Kobe Kemp 49, Matthew Hess 62)
NPL Tasmania (As at 14 May 2023)
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TEAM |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Devonport Strikers |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
6 |
19 |
|
Glenorchy Knights |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
15 |
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Launceston City |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
13 |
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South Hobart |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
9 |
11 |
|
Clarence Zebras |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
12 |
11 |
|
Kingborough Lions |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
21 |
17 |
9 |
|
Riverside Olympic |
7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
26 |
3 |
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Launceston United |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
0 |
NPL Under-21s
Launceston United 1 (Mohammad Mirzaei 51) lost to Kingborough Lions United 3 (Callum Ellis 11, Joe Ojwiya 32, Eli Wright 62)
Women’s Super League
Clarence Zebras 4 (Millie Baric 47, 60, 85, Elianna Diafokeris 74) beat Taroona 0
Launceston United v Kingborough Lions United (KO 4.15pm)
Women’s Southern Championship
Clarence Zebras 0 lost to University 10 (Sophie Young 10, 17, 52, 56, Mikalha George 21, 57, Ellisa Bowditch 28, Zoe Hinds 34, 85, Lara Manning 66)
New Town White Eagles 4 (Charlotte Butler 35, Brooke Fienann 73 og, Jacinta Mackay 77, Katherine Ollerhead 83) beat Olympia Warriors 2 (Hannah Johnson 24, Malia Stagg 45)
Kingborough Lions United 4 (Madison James 10, 61, Elodie Price 78, Ella Hood 84) beat South Hobart 3 (Emily Flies 2, 27, Kate Djakic 21)
Women’s Southern Division 3
Clarence Zebras 3-1 New Norfolk Panthers
Photo: A New Norfolk Panthers striker tees the ball up for a shot at the Clarence Zebras goal. [PlessPix]
18 comments:
A lot of people complaining about the state of the NPL but I've found most games involving the top 6 really enjoyable this season, even if Dev have come away undefeated in the first run of games. And the WSL this season I think will be very interesting.
I do agree that there should be a bit of concern about the bottom of the table in the mens comp though, just think 3 teams in Launceston is overstretching it a bit, probably doesn't help that River lost two of its best players to City last season but just feels like they aren't building up to anything, United seem to have some potential and have infrastructure with their WSL team....
I don't know what you do with the 8th side in the comp though, maybe thats where some sort of promotion playoff would work well but I think some of the better sides in the champ fall short is their grounds, youth and financial sustainability.
Anon 12.02pm.
Spot on with the second part of your last paragraph.
How do any of the Champ clubs improve their facilities/youth and financial situations to NPL standard ? I honestly don't think it is possible / viable.
University are never going to move up to NPL . Eagles not up to it with youth program lacking and no club rooms .Their players were decent players years ago but not longer. If they were serious they would invest and play their youth , if they wish to develop the club however their lack of youth program is a real problem and a catch 22 situation.
Taroona still too social . Ground not suitable. Every year they start off well then 6 or so games into the season start to drop off and finish mid table. Have been doing this for years. Women side seems to be the priority . Mens side not as much.Olympia have a long way to go. South East no where near NPL level. Ground ordinary . Hobart United are a good side but NPL is not a target for them I would think .Ground OK but facilities not to standard. Metro no way. So from all the teams above Olympia is the only one with facilities close to NPL standard , however alot of work with lack of players and youth system.
Eagles have new change rooms only opened a month ago! Clay wicket square in the middle a problem though.
Yeah agreed. Eagles are probably the only ones who'd even want to push for it.. Maybe they'd have an argument winning the last couple of years, new change rooms, traditionally good youth catchment from the close high schools, but Clare St as a ground is just not up to scratch for NPL they'd probably have to be like Zebras a few years ago and play at KGV. Olympia could get back but obviously need to fulfil its criteria that FFT gave them earlier this year and they can't pay players what they used to.. Would either of them be better than United and River with some recruitment? Maybe? But probably only just?
I'd love to see Rangers, Uni, Taroona, Beachside or Hobart United put pressure on the NPL bottom sides but I don't think any of those sides would necessarily want to go up anyway - - they seem to balance the social aspects with the competition and in some ways its a competitive advantage for some of those actually not playing at the highest level.
Anon 5.45pm.
Do change rooms include room for get together with opposition after games or do they go to Polish Club ?
Clare St couldn't be any worse than South Hobart. The ground is being killed by the local dogs and their irresponsible owners. It's garbage
Anon 12:02pm.
Interested to know what understanding or interpretation on youth program is for Eagles?
Also, why does Olympia have a long way to go, they have juniors from under 7 and up playing this season.
Thoughts?
ANon 2.06pm.
U7 cant play NPL can they ?
Have a look at where they are on the ladder . 2 wins from 5 games doesn't seem anywhere near NPL standard to me. Their reserves same results in their league 2 wins from 5. Not exactly heading in the right direction is it ?
If they dropped from NPL only last year , they should be more competitive in the league below than their current position.
Sounds like a long way to go for me .
Adding more teams is never the answer. To make it possibly more competitive, realise that numbers are thin across clubs, FFT need to strip it back to 1 teams NW,
2 North and 3 South - 6 teams total. Play each other twice - home and away.
Either that, or have a north and south conference with cross over matches like the NBA.
Soccer is now third rate behind basketball and AFL in the state.
Even cricket has a better pathway than soccer
Anon 12.24pm
"If they dropped from NPL only last year, they should be more competitive in the league below than their current position" Not necessarily mate. Players did leave to stay in NPL,or retire. (roll the eyes emoji).
Response to May 17, 2023 at 2:44 PM
1 NW, 1 North, 4 South.
Scrap Launnie united and Riverside. There can't be 2 competitive Launnie teams. History shows this.
Dev, Launnie City and then South, Knights, Kingo and bring back Olympia. Scrap Zebs.
6 teams. 2x home and away. All with underpinning U23s playing state wide.
For the southern comp. Scrap Olympia and South Hobart from this comp.
Uni, Taroona, New Town, Beachside, Hobart Utd, South East. Scrap Metro.
6 teams. 2x home and away run in parallel with NPL.
I'm not familiar with the North comp. But keep best 6 teams.
Give this 2 years. Let the fewer teams grow stronger.
Then. Strict promotion and relegation. Bottom NPL out. Winner of North and South play-off.
This makes for 18 solid teams across the state. Anyone else can play socials.
We simply don't have the required amount of high caliber of players across the current amount of teams to make the competitions competitive week in and week out.
Anon 12:24pm
I never said that under 7 can play NPL.
I just asked what made you think that they have a long way to go.
Every competition is competitive and there is nothing saying that they would have done better than, let's say, Riverside or Launceston, in the NPL, but I think that they would have.
Heck, any of the Southern Championship teams would be more competitive than both those teams.
To be fair cricket has probably had the best pathway of all sports until the Jackjumpers has come in because they have fully professional side both mens and womens you can actually play for in Tasmania.
You are right though perhaps 6 teams would be more competitive, but it also wouldn't have quite the variety. or the incentive for the bottom teams to try to keep improving either, there's been points earlier on in the NPL when it was better in this respect too with the same number of teams..
Now you can see what money did for Knights in the Champ. They secured the best players and climbed back into the NPL. Olympia has no money and struggle to attract the best players (no offence to the current playing group) .
I think ad 1 more NW team in
There's a club up there having too much of the pie
Add another NW club? You are on something good if you think that will work. NW league is dead
If Olympia are to be successful. Mamacas needs to return.. Love him or hate him. His presence (money?) at Olympia was immense. It held the league at a better standard imo.
Anon 3.03PM.
Thanks for your confirmation of my comment.
Exactly ! They are nowhere near NPL standard as I said.
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