It is absolutely sad yet I would not be surprised if infungulo appointed Vince McMahon to head CONCACAF FIFA executive.

Here is a tip. Open up a bet365 account. Put 1 dollar in, don't bet and watch Pork and Cheese to your hearts content. No commentary though but for a dollar not bad. Get to view South American football as well.

Bean counters said NO.

UEFA Nations, Copa America fill the gap.

Most do sweet fuck all over 4 years anyway. How many qualifiers do they play as is? France/Germany played 6 games to qualify over the 4 years. England 8.

Exhibition match, unfortunately yes.

The only way to make 3v4 interesting would be automatic qualification for the next WC. Same for the runner up in the final. With the planned 64 team circus it would be irrelevant, yet a 24 team WC, I can let my imagination run riot.

There is no personal cost to being wrong.and they simply pivot to the next controversy..... Much like every politician and senior bureaucrat in Australia.

Sad part of it is that after seeing what FIFA and infangulo have done over the last 12 months and in particular the last 6 weeks it wouldn't surprise me. Unlikely yes yet giving the freedom medal to the orange "four time bankrupt" dildo would not have been on anybody's cards 12 months ago either.

Interesting take. Met a mate haven't seen for about 6 months. Started talking about NRL and his beloved Dragons and the shit they have become. Anyway the topic gets on to Australia's WC2026 tournament. Long story short, his reaction is that FIFA didn't like the way Poppa successfully played...

"Poppa Out" can go on the backburner for a while. As I put in another post, the board needs to go. No more professional board sitters.

The bookmakers had Argentina at 1.80 for a double chance 2 minutes before they scored. At that stage of the game within an even match, it is normally between 2.30-3.00. The bookies never bet against themselves. There was no way to hedge this match.

Maybe Franky and co can stump up the other 36 million.

It is how they play. This stuff goes on in Sth America all the time in particular 2nd divisions ( the sneakiest teams are the Colombian Primera B teams). This is the stuff that Australians need to be exposed to or at a bare minimum have one of these type assistant managers on the bench to teach...

Introduction of time out break instead of calling it "hydration break". 1 per half for each team. Just like the bullshit convid 5 sub expansion that was never rescinded.

Before poppa out how about the board of FA out. This batch of wishy washy flotsam couldn't organise a shinding in a brothel with fistfuls of "Benjamins". The WC appearance money is either gone or will be gone. What now. Once the board has people on it with some semblance of brains (become...

How about reverting back to 24 (4 groups of 6- 60 group stage matches, top 2 go through to QF, then semis than final. Hold it every 3 years to give infangulo funds to create more freedom medals. 1 * Host Nation 1 * Previous edition runner up 10 * UEFA 4 * CONMEBOL 3 * CAF 2 * AFC 1 * CONCACAF 1...

Fucking beauty. Now can we also have the following to enable us a more "american experience". 5 ah-fence interchange per game. 1 more for extra time. NFL 5 dee-fence interchange per game. 1 more for extra time. NFL 2 designated players that can play at 10 minute (12v11 powerplays) part MLB...

For a light hearted suggestion on Sunday night before reality hits tomorrow morning may I suggest. poppa out "King Otto" the honourary Greek in:D:D. What he did with that Greek squad was magic, whole lotta magic.

As infangulo stated, "If you do not have something to hide, you don't hide your mouth when you say something. That's it, as simple as that." Mouth covered- Yes So according to infangulo red card should apply.

I am not too sure on how it works, yet I would be fuming if I was Paraguay FA and nothing is done about this.

It is a second yellow for sure. Problem is that the rule has not been applied consistently and especially here in the 2026 Advertisers and Merchandisers Cup.

Advertisers and Merchandisers Cup 2026, bought to you by quarter and three quarter time specialist partners of high fructose corn syrup fizzy sugary water. Referees sponsored by whoever is paying :sneaky:

Egyptians complaining about refs, should be quiet. The Uruguayan referee took 105 minutes to issue a yellow card in the AUS-EGY match. Once again the top brass at FA failed in the dark arts game by not challenging the appointment or at least making a media circus to put the biased t-nuc on...

Pickford covered mouth speaking to opponent. NO RED CARD.

Regardless of how much we supporters think of the Asian Cup, the cuthroat world of European club football thinks very lowly of it. We don't pay the players wages, the Euro clubs do. If they think it is a shit competition there is nothing we can do about it. Izzo has serious competition for his...

I hope Ryan and Izzo both call it a day on their international careers. I personally believe that poppa sabotaged any hope of Ryan become the most capped player for the Socceroos. Whatever reason poppa gives or gave is utter bullshit to me. I would hope that Izzo concentrates on his overseas...

Yes.

INFLUENCED= the result of dropping the soap in the shower

While he deserves everything he gets, he scorn heaped on the "orange dildo four time bankrupt" is unwarranted in this instance. We know what americans and the political cadres are like, so it is no surprise, yet gianni infangulo can fuck right off. Ive seen some snivelling limp dicks in my life...

Saudi 2034 says "hold my camel meat".

Not as much as I should. Life takes over and well things fall by the wayside. I've been back watching for the last 8 years. Palmeiras is the club my mum has been a lifelong supporter which made me a lifelong fan much to the old man's ire (Aris fan through and through). Brazilian A and B are...

Without Weverton, Gremio would be definitely destined for Serie B, even though the comp is still less than half done. Something to be said about the measure of a goalkeeper, when they are lumped with a poor defensive line. Exhibit A= Weverton.

Please don't call him a joke. He knows exactly what he is doing, everything is planned, everything is to extract maximum benefit for him and his klan at the majority's expense. That is not a joke of a man but a man that exudes pure greed and evil.

Something Australians need to learn quickly. Going to Europe/Asia is all fun and games until you are sent packing back home, going to South or Central America or even CAF, will open eyes to the dark arts yet also what grinding poverty looks like and how to pick up your act to ensure you don't...

Behind the eight ball when the FA executive did FA about the appointment of a Uruguayan referee cadre. No outcry from FA, no outcry from Poppa (who was there for 2001 and 2005), no outcry from Okon or Foxe and more importantly no outcry from Isser. High probability FIFA would have told FA to...

Ryan should have gone first. The most experienced, the freshest and has taken them before. He scores he boosts the team, he fails he gets 5 attempts to make some amends and take some pressure from the more inexperienced.

If true, then the FA should go all out. Every other nation would. Yet I would say that missing a percentage windfall of Salah shirt sales that FIFA gets, would prevail over everything else.

Ryan should have been first. He has taken them before, was the freshest set of legs, most experienced and given his charges a morale boost.

They were better than the Aus squad yet the ref was absolutely fucking atrocious to where one could consider if he was impartial or not. Not sour grapes because on the level of play from the second half on, Egypt deserved to win and in the end the right team won. The head honchos at FA are...

As said before 3 second delay and no replay.

Ridicule them by calling it quarter and three quarter time.

Australia will be playing an EPL side with a substantial mix of politics, sectarianism and hatred and no, the quality of EPL leaves a lot to be desired. Australian AL players would be dominant in the EPL and I can vouch for this after watching many EPL (best values for drawn games) games. I am...

Agree. VAR is an ASSISTANT referee. Just like the two running the line who do NOT get the benefit of a replay, neither should the VAR. Three second delay, NO replay. If something was clearly missed, the VAR speaks up, just like the two who run the line who speak up with raised flags, and the ref...

The banana peel effect will be awaiting Argentina. Hopefully it is against Cape Verde. Australia has to beat Al Ahly, plain and simple.