He needs to be playing. Was playing for the Roos not too long ago.

I could be wrong but I have a memory that Gulum sat on the bench or got one cap, then was injured for a while and fell out of Turkish national team contention, and then reached out to the FFA and together they tried to get FIFA to allow him to play for Oz. And that news came out a while later...

Interesting discussions around the AFL re lower crowds and fuel costs. Big worries about gather round. Ideas getting thrown around about clubs offering fuel vouchers and encouraging people to car pool to games. To take public transport. Also flight disruptions could become a thing as the year...

At this stage it is just media calling for his inclusion. I seem to remember Volpato being mentioned in a similair list a while ago. Fingers crossed. When Poppa www asked about him he said Football Australia are in constant comms with him. Fingers triple crossed.

Italian who could have gone to the World Cup with Canada misses for the Azzurri, American kid from Ohio scores the winning pen for Bosnia. Argentinian with an Italian grandfather up front for Italy. It’s not just Australia dealing with this issue. It been going on for a while but seems to be...

Totally. Agree with you that a large population base doesn’t automatically equal success. Also a rapidly shrinking youth population doesn’t make you stronger. More making the point that the youth pop in countries like Greece, Italy and Croatia (not picking on them just noting they are some of...

Besides the identity stuff, some of the emotions re dual internationals comes from the sense that Oz is a weaker footballing nation and these European footballing heavy weights are taking players we need to be a proper footballing nation. However things are changing quickly. Italy and Greece...

Or Bennie to bring him into the fold?

The Gianluca Okon-Engstler dual international situation is a funny one, in that all the things that we complain about re Football Australia staying in touch with players, and building relationships with their parents, go out the window when the blokes brother is a Socceroo and his dad is a...

Reading this the impression you get is less that he was cut with Poppa re not being selected as he clearly stated he was in the frame for a World Cup with the Socceroos, and instead more that Croatia came calling and his dad was pumped and he said yes and jumped ship.

With the trend of Gen Z and Gen Alpha males increasingly swinging hard to the right, and Europe also doing the same, the reality is this will become normal, if it isn’t already. This trend is strongest amongst working class communities from which most footballers come. Also happening in South...

seems like there is not much movement on the Volpato front.

Article in The Age today about how AFL crowds are down due with costs being a key factor. Cost of living crisis really starting to bite into Aussie sporting crowd numbers. Even if the the Iran war stops tomorrow the economic effects are going to be long term. If it keeps going, causing oil to...

Fantastic. Awesome to hear. He is class. Sounds like he might have been in this squad if his paper work came through.

Yes as expected. Will be interesting to see how Suto and Juric fare. Also keen to see where Mabil is at.