The Gruen Transfer | S3 Ep. 9 | The Pitch: 12:20 | Wednesday @ 9pm on ABC1

The Pitch: 12:20 convinces Australia to concentrate on soccer as the one and only code of football.

The Gruen Transfer, Wednesday @ 9 pm on ABC1 and Thursday @ 8.30 pm on ABC2

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• 12:20

[stumodman]

These ads are good, the one problem soccor faces in Australia is lack of contact. To most of us our codes gives us a combinaton of skill and physical courage that we respect its at the heart of our culture. I think a good way to market soccor would be to show goalies putting their bodies on the line, players competing for the ball hard and its prob wrong but some good fights. Its really that one thing that will always hold it back if u encourage more contact even I would love it.

[stumodman]

These ads are good, the one problem soccor faces in Australia is lack of contact. To most of us our codes gives us a combinaton of skill and physical courage that we respect its at the heart of our culture. I think a good way to market soccor would be to show goalies outting their bodies on the line, players competing for the ball hard and its prob wrong but some good fights. Its really that one thing that will always hold it back if u encourage more contact even I would love it.

[darkharlequin11]

@koorja1 Absolutely. Not a fan of Foz. I think I'd rather see this us vs them stuff dead and buried which is why I dislike these ads and the guys from SBS. They're all Australian teams representing Australian cities, states and the nation as a whole so it's all good in my book.

[koorja1]

@darkharlequin11 Yeah I live in Perth, it was pretty big news but it's what the game needs to appeal to the Australian audience. I know plenty of soccer people that get frustrated because of it as well. The thing is for the amount of people trying to stop simulation there are probably just as many trying to justify it like Craig Foster. That fella does more harm than good to the game.

[darkharlequin11]

@koorja1 The A-League bought in measures to stop that kind of thing and it seems to be working. Some Perth Glory guy got suspended for suspected simulation. Don't worry, us Soccer fans hate it too. Just watch Australia Vs any Asian team and you'll see the worst of it.

[koorja1]

@darkharlequin11 I know I support Rugby Union and channel 7 has done the same to please the AFL. The thing with the simulators is they are in rugby, league and AFL except they on the whole are punished or at least ridiculed for it whereas in soccer it seems to be part and parcel with the game, which is a big turn off for many Australians

[darkharlequin11]

@koorja1 True but there has been evidence presented in court proving channel 7 were pressured into burying Soccer by the AFL when they had the rights and the Crawford report clearly shows that the government is well aware of the treatment of Soccer by the media. All the injuries? Come on man. Look, every sport has their share of simulators. Even the AFL.

[koorja1]

@darkharlequin11 The media takes the piss out of all the NRL scandals constantly (cause there's so many of them) as well as the AFL yet you have a niggle at soccer and all the soccer people have a tantrum. It's just like all the injuries you see in soccer, pure performence

[darkharlequin11]

@koorja1 I think you'll find a lot of people weren't impressed with this. Seemed like it was more an ad for the how awesome NRL and AFL is than an advertisement for Soccer like it was supposed to be which makes it a failure. And yes it is a mountain to climb especially with the media on top pushing boulders down on them like this for example.

[koorja1]

@darkharlequin11 lol this ad is light-hearted comedy, don't be so defensive. And by the way I doubt soccer will ever be Australia's number one sport it has to pass rugby, league, aussie rules and the mother of all CRICKET! That's a mountain to climb