Except Spurs are a business first according to our owners (well, at least our past chairman). We would lose lots of money by getting relegated. The money lost after a 17th place finish is way less than the money lost after an 18th place finish because by going down you lose sponsors, TV deals...

I feel like the goals should be weighted too. His goals in the K2 and Jamie Maclaren’s in the ISL for example don’t compare to Mo Touré’s nine in the Superliga and Championship.

Oh I thought it had ended lol.

The goal:

Anyone have any idea why Vålerenga don’t play till the 25th?

I suppose you COULD argue that he gets in. But who does he get in over?

Personally I would rather a full international career than just youth football. He’s not getting picked for their first team provided something extraordinary doesn’t happen and Croatia only have an under-23 team for the Olympics (a tournament they’ve never qualified for in football other than as...

A bit random but there’s some Puro Yakyū (Nihon Pro Baseball (NPB)) on now!

Been PMing some Redditors to see if they wanna join. Wanna give back to the forum since I myself was scouted from Reddit.

The Chipperfield Derby!!!

It has Graham Arnold as coach, says we have 26M people (it’s 27M), has the wrong formation, has Maty Ryan as the “best player in Colombia”, thinks the All Whites are our biggest rivals, has Wanderers as a top team and has Ajdin Hrustić as one to watch?

At the time he wasn’t good enough hence why Scotland didn’t cap him.

What is this page smoking? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Low-key don’t think I’ve seen a gay person wear this. Therefore it must be gayer than being gay? 😂

They’re the “grey left in the world” I assume is what Booney means.

Even worse: socks and thongs! Like I wear thongs all the time but that literally defeats the purpose of them!

Fran Karačić was never making that Croatia squad. Neither was Harry Souttar for Scotland. I agree.

I like spring for this reason. 25-30°C is perfect.

Almost read this as “live golf” lol. Wonder if the SPL will collapse too. Way more people watch football and thus way more money is involved but still.

Just got back from S'pore actually!

Snowing tomorrow in Liawenee. Unsurprising since it’s the coldest place in the country with few permanent inhabitants and is cold year-round.

True. Having seen it in my travels, the entire SEA is football mad. They may not be good at it but they love their soccer.

More so as people not players.

Seegasik? Like Sega in Japan?

First Italian PM failed, bring in the first Greek one!

He’s basically helped form my opinion that Turkey will top the group.

D-Day for the Cobblers.

So basically the FIFA Series squad?

Well deserved! She’s an absolute superstar and will be a key player for many years to come! Interestingly though she barely played in the Dub cause she went to Stanford thanks to her 99.95 ATAR.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS OF FIFA!!!!

IZZY GÓMEZ ON!!!

Speaking of Charlize, great header!

That 15 seconds of Charlize Rule walking was more entertaining than the entire first half.

Caitlin was confident she was onside as was the entire leadership. She’s been booked for arguing.

Why wasn’t Caitlin Foord’s goal allowed?

Finishing as the next-best A-League team? Actually, given the “extremely unlikely” part I’d say it’s due to stadium or facility requirements.

WHEELS!!!!!

Good pass from Amy Sayer, Sam Kerr had it until Caitlin Foord stuffed it up. Pretty much sums up the Asian Cup final.

What an odd sub.

Similar to Alanna Kennedy.

We’re really missing Clare Hunt (both the Matildas and Spurs).

Not good enough.

She barely celebrated. I guess she knows we’re playing dogshit.

GOAL!!!!

Horrible start. Ring the alarm bells, suits!

Reddit’s match thread is silent by the way. I’m the only one who’s commented so far (I’ve done so three times).

I think she’s a good squad player but I wouldn’t start her. She’s used to three at the back for Hoffenheim which is why I suggested we try that this game. But of course we don’t experiment even against shit teams like the teams in this (India, Kenya and Malawi) unfortunately.

Forgot to say but this is Alanna Kennedy’s 150th game!

Kenya are ranked 128th by the way.

Not great so far.

I guess there was no point to this series at all then. Why are we desperate to see WSL players up against amateurs?

I feel like the OFC should use the CONMEBOL system until it hopefully merges with the eastern part of the AFC. Whoever tops the group goes through automatically, second place goes through via a playoff.

Yeah I’m aware. I’m just saying he should pick a better loan. He’s better than League One.

Big Ange to Bournemouth? Bournemouth in Europe? https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26021236.postecoglou-named-among-frontrunners-premier-league-job/

Caleb Watts could probably do better than Plymouth. Joe Gauci needs to get out of Vale.

Did they call him Segabitch or Segaditch?

New Zealand have qualified for the World Cup!

Hopefully that means she gets a starting position. People don’t realise it but getting a number like 10 is quite big. 10s usually start.

Korea’s great! I definitely recommend it!

We finished fifth with Big Ange in his first season which is higher than the eighth with finished with Antonio Conte.

Hana Lowry has moved to Vålerenga in the Toppserien from Sydney FC. Thanks for everything and good luck Hana!!!

Do we get another spot?

Aussies have returned to the Toppserien! Hana Lowry has moved to Vålerenga in the Toppserien from Sydney FC. Thanks for everything and good luck Hana!!!

BREAKING: Hana Lowry has moved to Vålerenga in the Toppserien from Sydney FC. Thanks for everything and good luck Hana!!!

12:30am AEST for those at home, 10:30pm here in Singapore.

Oh yeah that’s definitely bigger.

CARN THE TILLIES!!!!!!

Gimme some time and I will lol.

Aaron Mooy coming out of retirement?

“One penalty that could seal the premiership. Eli Adams takes it from the spot. OH IT'S IN!!! ELI ADAMS SCORES FROM THE SPOT TO WIN NEWCASTLE JETS THE PREMIERSHIP!!!”

And let me guess, she likes KPDH?

I'm not questioning yours or anyone else’s. I just think people should be proud of the country that made them who they are.

While they have built those they still haven’t done what they said they’d do for women’s soccer. Most of that money for women’s sport after the World Cup went to the AFLW and NRLW.

A joint bid with Indo would be cool!

Yeah she has to move to the House. Barnaby Joyce did it for example and eventually became Deputy PM and Nationals leader (before he joined One Nation). In footballing terms he captained his team and country before switching allegiances after approval from FIFA.

Senators can’t become PM.

Alright I’m back. Translation: “LIKE ACES” “Under pressure in the second half, the Parisiens* resisted before prevailing thanks to a brace from Dembélé. For their third semi-finals appearance, they will face Bayern or Madrid.** Having been stretchered off, Ekitike will all but certainly miss...

Again, very good point. People watch the Prem in every country and fans from all around the world buy and wear their club’s jerseys. While clubs in the other leagues definitely have their foreign fanbases too, they clearly aren’t as big. This is also how the Big Six term came to be. You find...

Oh yeah I’m not denying that money is a huge part of it. It’s also why the top European leagues are better than South American leagues despite the huge amount of talent in South America that get scouted to go and play in Europe. It’s certainly a stronger league though, especially the midtable...

I did go and see a game in Malaysia (Negeri Sembilan vs Brunei DPMM)! I wanted to go to one in Vietnam too but I was too busy (also if I fucked up I don’t speak Vietnamese and they don’t often speak English so I’d have to rely on Google Translate).

I’m also third generation. I am proud of my heritage but my country comes first.

My mistake, but that’s still higher than here for FTA. I’d say China has their own streaming services (since they have basically their own entire internet, e.g their own search engines, socials, websites, etc) but a lot of people are too poor to buy a subscription. So combining that with the...

I mean they weren’t a federal government but NSW state governments have put a fair bit of time and funding into the 2015 Men’s Asian Cup, 2023 Women’s World Cup and 2026 Women’s Asian Cup. Still wish they did upgrades on McDonald Jones though so Newcastle coulda hosted games in those...

I see what you’re saying, but Tottenham actually won two trophies this century, PLUS we also competed for league titles in the 2010s. Therefore, Spurs going down is a bigger story.

I mean it kinda is. England have the highest UEFA coefficient and the Prem is more competitive than any of the Big Five except the Serie A.

Oh wait yeah completely forgot about that.

Yeah I’m with you on this. If we wanna watch a movie or TV show then it’s on a streaming service (Disney Plus, Netflix, Paramount+, Prime Video, Stan, etc). If we wanna watch sport then it’s on a streaming service (BeIn Sports, Binge, DAZN, Kayo, Paramount+, Stan Sport, etc). If we wanna get...

It’s not xenophobia. If I moved to Japan and lived there for generations but still refused to call myself Japanese or learn the Japanese language don’t you think that would be a bit controversial? Multiculturalism is fine. I’m against mass unrestricted immigration but I welcome everyone who...

Lol that’s actually a hilarious reason if true. I haven’t done Brunei yet but I’m told there’s little else there and that they have prayer calls on loudspeaker. Should probably ask in the Travelogue thread but what were your thoughts on Brunei?

Yeah same here. I wanna go see the wildlife (orangutans, tapirs, etc) and Indigenous culture, plus go to a nice beachy town. Sarawak (the state on the southern part of East Malaysia, the part of Malaysia on Borneo) is a very interesting state as it’s the only Malaysian state that’s majority...

Nice! It’s pretty good! I’d like to go over to Borneo next time though.

I’ve been to like 20 countries around the world but this is the first time I’ve been back to Southeast Asia since 2024 (when I went to Thailand for the third time). All for holidays! The plane’ll be fine but you do raise a great point. The fuel crisis is a very serious issue in SEA. The entire...

Would a reigning European champion and Big Six club getting relegated be bigger than when a pre-oil money Newcastle side that had won nothing for decades getting relegated?

*Galić

I wonder if they come from nationalistic families. Even if that’s the case it’s extremely disappointing and even infuriating that families who’ve been here for decades don’t see themselves as Aussies, rather as just X but living in Australia.

Northampton almost gone too.

Barcelona and Liverpool out.

Barça up 2–1 away over Atleti. Could still make a comeback.

Can’t believe he picked playing under-21s for Croatia over an entire international career with the Socceroos.

Serbia got destroyed by Italy 6–0 at home. Croatia beat Gibraltar 1–0. Wales smashed Albania 4–0 at home. While the women’s game is developing there (partly due to Aussie diaspora success) those results show that there’s a LONG way to go for the former Yugoslav countries in the women’s game...

Norway beat Slovenia 5–0. Crazy scoreline even though Norway were the clear favourites.

The Dutch injury crisis:

The Netherlands are currently leading France 2–1 despite an injury crisis plaguing the Leeuwinnen.

Yeah major improvement in those stats. Shows that while the Big Five have the best first, second, etc tiers in the world (and their second tiers are still top leagues globally), second tier football is a different ballgame to first tier football.

Is he officially locked away now?

Massive shock by Denmark. They beat Sweden 2–1 with a goal in the 90th minute. England also beat Spain 1–0 at Wembley.

Fiorentina actually started to wake up. Now eight points clear of relegation. Still a disaster of a season for them but they were 20th for a while.

Yeah I suppose being in the Bundesliga doesn’t help. If St. Pauli get relegated I guess we could see a difference.

For a senior Socceroo that’s a pretty shit bottom left quadrant.

If this is true then I can’t imagine what Wanderers would be like without him. Like seriously, I could lose brain cells thinking about how shit they would be.

Hopefully brings more marquees over!

Haven’t listened yet but sounds like a great interview!

What about the Hawks in the other handegg code?

Struggling to beat Singapore is a major worry.

True, though countries like Turkey also have conscription for men (Turkey doesn’t conscript LGBT men) and are good at football. I suppose Turkey gets German diaspora to switch though.

Football is followed almost religiously in SE Asia yet they’re never any good at it. Even Singapore, which is a developed country and essentially (as I describe it) an Eastern country with Western characteristics, are crap.

Sorry if that sounded aggressive. I don’t have much to do with gambling or getting drunk for family reasons.

In S'pore, tomorrow I fly back to Sydney. Any questions about Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore (the three countries I went on this trip) or anywhere else I’ve been before?

He isn’t off the gist, I just don’t hang around serial gambling addicts.

Despite an early shitscare, Heather Hinz appears not to be leaving yet. Instead, by “off to the States” she meant going on a cruise to Hawaii with her best mate, roommate and ex-Dash teammate Maddy Ayson. I now propose we steal Hawaii from the US so this never happens again.

Noah Botić may be in trouble with the Reddit police after liking a video of Isaac Butterfield’s interview with Pauline Hanson.

Pro footballers having fun on live = loonies? Or are you referring to another incident?

I’ll rephrase that. On horses they gamble less. Never seen someone under 25 bet on which horsy can run the quickest. Online gambling is where it’s at these days, whether that’s sports betting or online casinos.

True. Even if they wanna keep her she’ll have retired by then for sure. She’s already got a wife and a daughter.

Yeah she’s only got… 172 caps? Well, at least she’ll only be… 37?

In NSW that is. Pubs over in WA don’t have pokies at all.

Young people gamble less (despite the constant promotion of gambling everywhere including in kids’ games) so that’s probably why. People bet on racing even though it’s just horses running around a track on a racecourse for hours. I think that’s the only reason people follow it. Eventually that...

Caitlin Foord probably won’t start at the 2027 World Cup? Her and Hayley Raso will be quite old by 2030.

CARN THE JOEYS!!!!

Exactly. Funding football is not in his ideology. He’s a rugby league man through and through that can’t pick whether he’s a Mariners or Western fan despite being from Marrickville.

It’s low-key hard to pick the best 11 but it’d be very different to now by 2030. For example, of our current best three goalies, the youngest is Jada Whyman who is 26 now and will be 31 in 2030. Given we only have four keepers overseas at all it’s the position I’m most worried about since Dub...

You’re right, it SHOULDN’T be difficult. But if he can’t do anything about house prices I doubt he’ll do anything about this.

As if a flog like Albo would listen though. If it doesn’t involve getting votes or desert wars I don’t think he cares.

So better than now?

Can we not make fun of Africans for being genetically different? Being trans or even gay/lesbian is illegal and dangerous in most African countries (other than some like Cape Verde or South Africa). I agree that women’s sports should be played by women’s athletes but Barbra Banda is a woman...

I’m gonna say it… PRO/REL!!!!!!! (APL and simps die crying)

Awer Mabil.

Nestor the rapper? If that were to happen I reckon he would still play football. The others actually seem (mostly) possible. The last one is crazy if you mean globally but an Australian record for sure. Women’s football transfers are much higher now than ever before and we’re now seeing players...

Everyone follow this so they can go live. This content is gonna be absolutely peak! https://www.instagram.com/remandnev?igsh=M2Y5eGdxbjdnYXJ0

Should we do a best goal of the season award?

Macca Arnold doesn’t even start now. She’ll be 36 by then. Cortnee Vine also doesn’t start now and will be 32. Talia Younis is a bold one. I think she’s got a lot of potential (provided she leaves Western Sydney Wanderers which I think she will) but I woulda had Daniela Galić and Annalise...

His agent? Talia? Maybe himself? 😂

Lol

I think so but yeah that’s a terrible number.

Crazy that we still can’t beat horse racing and Peppa Pig.

Good game, ended 2–2. DPMM’s goalie (Haimie Nyaring, plays for the Brunei national team) was outstanding and made a lot of saves. Both teams’ strikers played quite well but were defensively not so good. Midfielder Takumi Sasaki scored for Negeri Sembilan and was quite good. Jordan Murray (an...

Imagine if this was actually the case, they wanted Jordy Bos and got his brother! 😂 That may be the craziest story since Southampton signed National League player Aly Dia after he pretended he was George Weah’s cousin and had played for PSG and Senegal despite being a National League flop! 🤣

Time for the rest: Pretty similar I would say, maybe a little bit higher. Dub crowds will be a bit higher. Not sure but hopefully one that can grow the league. Canberra will have a team, while Christchurch, Darwin, the Gold Coast, Hobart, Nouméa, the Sunny Coast and/or Wollongong are other...

Looks like a landslide win! Congrats Magyar!

Optimistically whilst still somewhat realistically: Two. Nestory Irankunda and Mo Touré are both in the Prem. Standout by our standards though. They’re no Erling Haaland or Mo Salah. A few but not heaps. Jordy Bos is in the EPL, Ale Circati is in the Serie A, etc. Cristian Volpato is floating...

It could come by 2028 though if the APL and FA lock in. Make 2026–27 the season that clubs begin offering more and more pro contracts, 2027–28 the one where the majority of the league are on pro contracts, before full professionalism by 2028 for the 2028–29 season.

Next season surely. I guess we still have the most titles in history though, can still flex that.

Why doesn’t the USL Super League observe the international break?

Their 12th T1 title.

Again the minute someone’s really good they’re gone. Indi dos Santos woulda been gone this season if she didn’t get injured for example.

Napoli have won five in a row. They’re hyperdefensive though and rely a lot on haramball.

Part of the problem is European clubs don’t wanna release their players. Daniela Galić is 19 and coulda played in this. North Korea’s players all play in North Korea whereas we send our best ones overseas to play in better quality leagues. This is why North Korea keep winning junior titles but...

I did see it just corrected to her. This hurts her moves too though I doubt she was moving any time soon.

Hopefully this is the case here too.

True. One game seems like a waste though especially if they’re wanting to get promoted.

Own goal by Alexia Apostolakis to knock us out. This will hurt her chances of moving overseas this season.

Still can’t see them overturning 2–0 though.

Completely agree, unless it’s youth international teams. If Antonio Arena isn’t breaking into Roma’s first team by 18 he should find a club somewhere else (oh, and be a Socceroo).

Amazing food! I’m about to head to Negeri Sembilan vs Brunei DPMM. Should be a great game, sixth vs eighth separated by just one point!

GET IN SAPS!!!

Coventry coulda sealed promotion if they had’ve won.

Massive election tomorrow: the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election. All 199 seats in the National Assembly are up for grabs with 100 needed for a majority. PM Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz have held power consecutively since 2010. That’s 14 years of right-wing populist and illiberal democratic rule...

Oh yeah I agree he’s a complete and utter fuckwit (or was, he apologised but I don’t even know at this point). His old music is awesome though. Lots of famous people are fuckwits to be fair (most not to his extent though lol). He just got banned from entering the UK. He was previously banned...

Looks good but why just a left winger? Why not try Izzy Gómez on the right?

Ahh that makes sense! I did know the UN had a lot of stuff there but that didn’t come to mind when I first thought about it. The UNON in Nairobi is one of four major UN headquarters and the only one in the developing world (the UN calls it the “Global South” though that’s not really an accurate...

Macarthur have a women’s NPLW team (Bulls Academy) but not a Dub side. Auckland don’t have a women’s team yet but will in the future. Sydney United don’t have a women’s team either. Essentially the ALW is the ALM plus Canberra minus Auckland and Macarthur.

Could we try something like this maybe? I did my best here to rotate as much as possible using the current squad. A couple of familiar and experienced faces are in there as fillers. I’ve suggested testing a new (for us) and rarely used formation: 3-1-5-2. Three at the back is used by Jamilla...

I love that they (and the Dub girls) still do this!!! I think they’ve inspired some other teams to do it too, e.g. at the Asian Cup!!!

WELCOME BACK!!!

Hayley Raso looked exhausted after the match.

TEEEEEEESH!!!!!!

MISS HOLLY MAC, MAC, MAC, ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK!!! Oh wait, we’re not in the away kit.

Put Izzy Gomez and Jess Nash on!

Nice!!!

They way we’re playing a rotated Tillies side (aka the bench plus Teesh) would beat the senior girls. We really aren’t good against African teams (see Nigeria and Zambia).

LETICIA MCKENNA ON!!!

I love that we’re smashing them but we’re learning nothing from this. If anything we’re underperforming.

Ironically we actually played two friendlies against Taiwan in Victoria back in December 2024 with two different teams. In the Melbourne game we won 3–1 with a somewhat rotated team. In the Geelong game we won 6–0 with a very rotated team. Either exhaustion from Taiwan or the young girls play...

Queue it Jay, Ri and Ye! WE DO RUN THIS TOWN!!!!

Interesting place to move to! Family, work or just cause?

Look at our lineup lol. It’s mostly full-strength. We’re playing Sam Kerr against defenders playing in African leagues. We should have a lineup with Daniela Galić, Izzy Gomez, Leticia McKenna, Annalise Rasmussen, Tori Tumeth and Leia Varley.

I think the bigger question is is she still good enough to score? Since neither of the Chaŵingas (Tabitha at Lyon and Temwa at KC Current) are in the squad (injured I assume) there’s only two players playing in Europe in Malawi’s squad: Faith Chinzimu (their 19-year-old winger at Häcken) and...

GOAL BY EMILY VAN EGMOND!!!!!! Could this be her last ever Matildas goal?

QPR fans are saying they want Jaylan Pearman in the first team!!!

Need to investigate what’s going on. Calling up a mostly full-strength squad for games against shit teams is ridiculous.

HAVE AT THAT WESTIES!!! Karma for the water bottle that flog chucked at Al Hassan!!!

So much for "rotation". Is the FA secretly pushing to keep the same players?

Thanks!!!

AL HASSAN TOURÉ!!!!!!

Can we rename this to 2026 FIFA Series? Also will this be on YouTube?

You should!!

Ooh Negeri Sembilan vs Brunei DPMM tomorrow at 9:00pm! Gonna see if I can get tix.

I’d love to go to Borneo and see the nature and culture there. Next time (hopefully soon) we’re definitely doing Borneo.

Banged two in!