I'm a huge fan of French football too ATM. It is one of our parent countries for the NC. More French players play abroad in big clubs than the other 4 Big Five leagues. There was a poster on 442 called Quickflick, who taught in France. He said it was difficult for non- French speaking players...

Did anyone notice the differences between the Scottish national team playing style in the North American WC compared to most teams in their domestic league? I would think in an Aussie context, the national team and most AL teams play similarly. Of course a few will say that Popa's current...

I haven't seen Seg play for a while. Interesting that he is also a low touch player.

I had just read this on FB with Football 360. Given he is being called up for Croatia, who until his recent WC have been a veritable powerhouse, Segecic is one who got away. IMO he is the only current one. Didn't realise he was his Champ club's top scorer for the season? However, if Croatia...

PJ is good value!

Agree 26 is too few games. If we had more AL clubs in the ACL it would help the length of season.

Craig Foster used to talk about how few Aussies progressed to better leagues from these two leagues. Of course moving to Rangers or Celtic is a big step up from other clubs in Scotland, as making the first eleven is difficult. Burgess has progressed to the Champ, Devlin to Celtic, Miller to...

This is a point that Quicky makes, but they may play too much. Years ago Raymond Verheijen conducted evidence based research at the amount of football played and injury. The Dutch , Portuguese play a 34 game home and away season, to the best of my knowledge, and Belgium play 30. Grazor and...

I'm trying to save money. I'm an aged pensioner now, but mainly a self-funded retiree. I read so much these days that when I see $34.99 for paperback books that are fiction, it seems like a lot of money for one book. Secondhand bookshops, and charity/opportunity shops, market stalls sell...

I was fascinated by Scotland at the WC, because so many Aussies overseas play there. It has a lot more context to analyse the national team, where the Scottish national team players are selected from which leagues, because so many Aussies play in Scotland. However, aside from goalkeepers, only...

I defended Quicky, not Keeper. I have disagreed with Q on many issues football, but I also see merit in the positions he proffers. Q has also started some excellent threads on G and G, like top Aussie scorers overseas/worldwide. We essentially disagree on Popa's tenure, and who he selects for...

I agree with your opinion that the rest of the world is correct on Aus player quality, Alex, but I don't think Quicky is childish for expressing a different opinion from what we believe to be true.

Comprehensive list, HSF. Thanks. I think possibly only Segecic ATM is a loss. A few more Aus whizz kid attacking mids kick on and he could be superfluous for the Socceroos too.

He would be a good Aus TD.

All true, except Souttar is still playing L1 football.

Incredible!!!!!!!!

Quicky - I think you said Souttar was moving to Wrexham. It still hasn't happened and he is playing League 1 football.

Hopefully, we get him. Braga often plays Champ L or Europa L football too.

I know others think that being in Europe is the best place for talent identification and football career in general, but Craig Foster in the past has often elucidated how many players get stuck at the UEFA level where they are originally recruited. Jake Hollman playing English League 2 was a...

In the 2026 WC I identified Portugal, along with Spain and France as, one of the 3 best technical teams. Brazil now seem to place more onus on robust physicality. It is a question of the Portuguese league dropping away quickly after the big 4 clubs. That only 5 clubs have won the comp is...