Whatever you think of him as a player, at age 25, it's now or never...

I think in terms of squad depth, we have most positions covered, including backups. But is the squad good enough to compete for the league? Probably too early to say. I would suggest Gio will wanna take a good look at the squad at training for a few weeks before assessing what else we need...

There should be 1 game in Melbourne every weekend. 1 game in Sydney, 1 in NZ, and so on (unless there is an issue with stadium availability). The APL have been doing this for as long as i can remember. It's just so dumb and goes against the best interests of the AL. I'm not sure i like it...

Wellington away R1. I guess someone has to travel to NZ to begin with, but a little underwhelming if you wanna start the season off with a bang. I was hoping for Adelaide away.

So it seems Gio is prioritising shoring up our defence while we wait on Mata to decide what he’s doing. I feel like we are well covered in that department now. I’d still like to see us sign Davo as a backup to Lino and at CB... We have gone really young with our FBs. With Nish gone, I really...

As soon as we announced Nduka had re-signed, I was hoping the Sawyer rumours weren’t true. But unfortunately, they were. I don’t see Sawyer as anything more than a backup striker at AL level. We have also signed Mikey Ghossaini to a senior contract who is banging in goals for fun in the VPL1...

I like how Caroline Carnegie described the appointment. We needed a "fresh perspective." Its hard to disagree with that. I wonder if offered him a 1 year deal and got offered 2 year by someone like CCM? I wanted to retain him as he must he eligible for citizenship by now. When Mata signed...

When Egypt beat New Zealand, it was their first ever world cup win. They have never been to the knockout stage under this type of format, so this is all new to them. And irrespective of whatever happens on Saturday, they will consider this tournament to be a success. But I believe we are at a...

While the system of having 8 x 3rd placed finishers progress isn’t exactly an ideal scenario for a fair and equitable draw, bloody hell it’s has added to the excitement. Some of the drama over the weekend was beyond ridiculous. Gotta feel sorry for Iran. It’s also interesting to note that...

We want Paraguay to try and go for the win

I’ve decided I am not going to dwell on the USA game. We know Popa got his tactics and selection wrong. Learn from it and move on quickly. Just please… Irankunda and Volpato must start every game from now on. But what I will say is… if you had told me 2 weeks ago that we only needed to draw...

Belgium not being able to beat Iran could be problematic for us. If Egypt beat NZ, Belgium are likely to finish second. We need NZ to at least get a draw against Egypt. Although a NZ win would be even better. A NZ win against Egypt but a loss to Belgium in the final game means they will finish...

Its looking likely Bosnia and Herzegovina will take 3rd in group B, which is a potential match up if we win Group D. Switzerland flogged them today, which is a good sign

We pretty much know the scenario if we finish second. I'm not considering 3rd as an option at this stage (although it'll come back into calculations if we lose and either Turkey or Paraguay win). Anyway, here is the list of potential Round of 32 match ups if if we win the group The winner of...