I feel sorry for him too, especially after missing out in 2022. But if you think about it pragmatically, Boyle is more of a touchline winger and Popa clearly prefers inverted wingers in his system. Some will argue that we need something different just in case we needed to change it up, but I...

It does look like a very good project. My issue is that Howrah isn't exactly a central location if they intend on turning it into a future facility that can host A-League games. Howrah is further down the eastern shore than Bellerive Oval, and the reason why they are building Mac Point in the...

I believe it.

if you wanna look at it in a positive way, there are so many opinions on who should be in and who should be out. In previous world cups, the top 24-25 basically picks itself, and we argue over the last 1-2 selections. While we don't have the quality to take on the best teams in the world at...

He might need to go somewhere else and win the league to attract the attention of potential premier league clubs. Turkey is a little off Broadway in a European context, but it's a winnable league... And he might not have that many other options.

Of the 3 to miss out, i think it'll be Gauci, Herrington and Borello. I personally would select Herrington over Rowles, but I don't think Popa will be picking an 18 year old CB for a world cup. Popa might keep him around the squad for the experience though.

Robertson is a strange one, but the rest aren't surprises. We are clearly going to be playing defence first, counter attacking football. We need pace up front and CB's who are threatening at set pieces.

There are 2 ways to look at this… You can either be critical by saying 1 game on FTA isn’t enough. Or you can say it doesn’t make any difference because the AL target demographic doesn’t watch FTA. I can see both arguments but lean towards the former as the more exposure we can get, the...

After seeing him in the flesh for 2 years, i just don't think he's up to the standard, even when fit.

Sacking Diles isn’t enough for mine. John Didulica needs to go as well. An Australia cup trophy in 5 years at the club is unacceptable. His recruiting has been average at best. Our women’s programme is jogging on the spot. and we’re not integrating any youth into the senior men’s team. Also...

Is Super Rugby still a thing? I yeastily didn't know.

I was “Diles in” up until Saturday night, but I think I have changed my mind now. If you look at our record during the season, there were so many games we dropped points in. We really should have finished top 2 and not had to have played an elimination final to begin with. And then on Saturday...

I was hoping we'd get Daggers back, but he must be going back to Norway.

I agree. With the possibility of extra time, and with Mata unlikely to be able to play the full 90 minutes, I think he gets subbed on at 60 minutes. Maybe half time if we are behind. I think Diles will want Mata on the pitch at the end… and I think we have played OK without him in recent weeks...

any suggestions on the starting line up? Will Mata start? Who will play RW?

The last 2 GF's were the highest watched GFs ever. 2024 had a little over a million viewers, last year was slightly under a million viewers

That's disappointing if true, but not unexpected.

I would suggest most Vuck fans think Warshawsky is one for the future but think he’s a bit of a risk taking into finals… and Diles should have brought Duncan back in 2-3 weeks ago. But it’s clear now he is backing Warshawsky. Fair enough. But if it goes to pens, I am subbing in Duncan.

Auckland might sell out, I agree. I'm not really sure what to expect for us. The first day of ticket sales seemed to have gone OK with a few bays sold out and the North End selling well (maybe Brenton can tell us more). Most authentic Victory fans consider Sydney to be our biggest rival. Then...

I think that's fair There was a lot of data before Christmas stating that TV/Streaming numbers were up by close to 50% year on year. You could look at it half glass full by suggesting there is a delay in making the announcement because the APL are trying to squeeze a few extra dollars out of...