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Riches versus New Kids: The A-League Grand Final Preview
It’s been a crazy, long, disrupted A-League season but it all comes down to one last match.
28 May 2022
A-League All Stars v Barca Was a Cracker
The A-League All Stars played Euro powerhouse FC Barcelona in Sydney last night. Barca won 3-2 but it was a surprisingly close and entertaining game.
26 May 2022
Socceroos: June Too Soon for the Last Chance Saloon?
The Socceroos have (hopefully) two matches in the Last Chance Saloon, in June. It’s time for Arnie to throw off the overly cautious approach and try something radical.
11 May 2022
Exclusive: The A-League's Full Monty
It has been a long road from his days as a player in the English Premier League to head coach of the A-League's Central Coast Mariners for Nick Montgomery.
6 May 2022
Monty's A-League Mariners Magic
Professional coaching, especially in a salary capped league like the A-League, is all about recruiting the right players and building the right structure and system to best give effect to their abilities. Nick Montgomery has done an outstanding job for the Mariners.
3 May 2022
Ange On the Brink of Celtic Destiny
After beating Rangers again on the weekend, Ange Postecoglou is within touching distance of a first season Scottish treble. If you follow the Gers, look away now...
6 Apr 2022
Can the Socceroos Still Make the World Cup?
There have been some truly epic triumphs over adversity. Victories claimed against all odds. Most of them may have been fictional, but that’s beside the point. We can still make it to the World Cup in Qatar…
29 Mar 2022
Arnie Has To Go
After three wins to start the final phase of qualifying, the Arnie train was chugging confidently towards the top of the hill... After last night's debacle, the situation has changed dramatically.
26 Mar 2022
Explain yourself referee Evans for your appalling A-League decisions!
So much will be written about this week's Melbourne City versus Central Coast Mariners A-League game.
24 Feb 2022
Socceroos: The State of Play
So, three Socceroos games left and our destiny is still in our hands.
1 Feb 2022
‘People say he was worried’: A-League legend McKinna on Postecoglou, Rogic and the Aussie-Scot shared ignorance
The author is an Aussie Celt but today he interviews a rabid Arch-Hun, A-League legend Lawrie McKinna, to give alternative insight into the massive Glasgow phenomenon that is Ange Postecoglou – the Athenian Fenian.
10 Dec 2021
Is Arnie picking the best Socceroos team or just his favourites?
I was too numb to post an article straight after the Saudi / China games.
24 Nov 2021
Saudis, not Socceroos, are the new Asian heavyweights
There is a new reality in Asia.
12 Nov 2021
Our best Socceroos XI for Saudi Arabia (and the one Arnie will actually pick)
Make no mistake… this is a really important game.
4 Nov 2021
No secret A-Gender
The Matildas are fantastic.
28 Oct 2021
Opinion: Unconvinced by Socceroos or Souttar, but Hrustic is a star
I don't yet (quite) believe that the Socceroos are on target for qualification.
10 Oct 2021
Socceroos tame the dragon (or did they?)
Well, we started with a win – and in the end, a fairly dominant win. But I’m not joining the clappers just yet.
3 Sep 2021
Postecoglou’s reinvigorating Celtic stars but what about Australians?
Regular readers of my work will be aware that I’m very focussed on Ange Postecoglou’s managerial tenure at Celtic. This is the seventh piece I’ve written since it was first rumoured he was in the running to the boss at Parkhead.
11 Aug 2021
Olyroos: A Pause for Breath in the Group of Death
So I’ve had a day to think about the Olyroos’ incredible victory over Argentina.
24 Jul 2021
Ange's Celtic criticism shows he's no yes man, but Champions League test comes too soon
As I’ve disclosed before, I’m a regular lurker on the fan forums of clubs where Australians are playing. Or managing.
20 Jul 2021
Football's Going Rome
So the Euros are over once again and Italy have prevailed.
12 Jul 2021
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