Circati convincing Volpato over the last week:

One of the key things that I think we have for us is our x factor this time around. Last world cup... we kinda had the same gameplan we do now. Defend, be compact. That was kinda it. We somehow managed to get a couple of goals despite no real plan to attack whatsoever and our defensive...

Leckie I was a bit baffled with his selection but my mind has been changed after the drops. Was not expecting Popo to drop Boyle, very harsh but I think it's necessary, he just hasn't delivered. I was much more upset with leckie's inclusion when I thought him, boyle and borello were all gonna be...

Toure has a full season at this level and gets even just half his current strike rate. The offers will keep rolling in and he can demand a starting spot. Don't move too soon son.

I mean he barely played in the leadup to 2022 as well. He's had a horrid history with injuries. Despite that he was our biggest reason for getting to the knockout stages and having our best world cup ever. It's hard to not have him in the squad despite his little gametime. Not only is he a...

TBH I never thought I would say it but you have to give a really good look at Kevin Muscat for the next Socceroos manager. Constant silverware. Attacking but a bit more pragmatic than Ange. Great record, one of the best Australian managers out there. I personally would rather have an...

A bit of tangent but man, as grim as Poppa ball can be. Rewatching some of the old ange games does make me appreciate the defensive mindset. Fuck me that game against Thailand.........

Our backline probably the best shape it's been since 2006. Barring no more injuries and Souttar getting back into the mix with no more setbacks. Herrington coming into the picture. Etc. Circati a regular in the Seria A. Great stuff, hopefully getting even better.

Lucas Herrington and Colorado Rapids draw with Son's LAFC 0-0.

To his credit Irankunda according to Watford fans seems to be the only one player trying his best. Hope the lad isn't getting into arguments with his teammates behind closed doors lmao. Can see him getting very frustrated with them.

Watford scoreless in their last three games. Their last goal came from Irankunda himself in that draw a while back. Pretty grim. Seems pretty obvious that the team has packed it in mentally and have lost interest completely in the season. No playoffs, no relegation. Just low effort play and effort.

I'm really really optimistic about this world cup. One of the reasons I was also so optimistic about 2022 was that we had had a whole world cup qualifying cycle with one manager. Same here (almost). Really didn't help our cases in 2014 and 2018 where we had to replace a manager with such...