Not with me. I worked in a bank with an Italian teller in Leichhardt. He'd often swear under his breath. Of course I picked it. Unfortunately, I must have been a little louder when I said it in front of a customer. Needless to say it didn't go well from there.

Be interesting to see how Jets line up and go tonight - look reasonably strong but how will they gel so early in training.

Mariners have lost a lot - but can still put together 10 out of a starting 11 that played notable minutes in the ALM last year together. Most of the new playing list are rebuilding the academy. Still a long way short of the October team.

I'd rather have Okon up front of the three - he is creative but dwells on the ball too much as one of the back two and either loses the ball or gives his partner an impossible task.

Gauci back to Viila.

3 games though- with no improvement- I still think he is being set up. Change or go. And you can't change against these two.

But sitting back and losing 4-1 may well. Play defensive and not keeping it close is the same.

Wasn't meant as a joke. I think it is very realistic. the Socceroos and the Matildas are the brands that push Australia's football. Does playing defensively for the next 4 years attract fans and keep sponsors? Tony did what was needed. Is he what is needed now is the question that the FA may be...

Are they setting Tony up - shades of Holger Osieck with Brazil and France?

I think I get the front page. Missed today but can be caught numerically - but tiebreaker seems to be alphabetically order - phew

Yes and no - if the big clubs spent more so might the Bakries and TSG

Not sure on your ratings of young players. Mcgree was definitely a huge loss and I think Balard was as well. Okon Jr, I'm not convinced yet if Popovic continues to play him where he does. If Popovic continues with a box midfield then he needs considered as one of the top two, not the back two...

You can get away with 14 stadiums for 48. 64 you need 16. Interesting that Saudi Arabia have said 15. They will have 8 for the Asian Cup. Will almost certainly cancel the one in the sky. That leaves them having to hit 6 out of 6 to get the minimum for a 48 team World Cup. They already are...

I saw a Ryan one as well.

Good move for him. They sit a lot deeper than the rest of the CFG and can fix his obvious flaws in sweeping and accuracy in long passes in training While utilising his excellent shot stopping in the games.

I didn't - always rated O'Neill and still not happy with Okon-E in the role he played. His defence and ball security are not his best weapons, creativity is - if picked in Popovics system he is one of the front two in the box midfield. There I would have no problem picking him.

The squad picked to cover 3 centre backs and 2 wing backs so we took 10 defenders. The 2006 side had 7 defenders (one that could play as a midfielder) and two midfielders that could play as defenders in a 23 man squad. I it also had five specific forwards one that could play as a midfielder...

Largely - that is it. But my main point is more about the picking a squad that is capable of playing multiple ways. I like a pragmatic manager, you don't try to out tika-taka Spain like in 2014, you don't decide the only way to play is with three centre-backs (that is an option) as we did in...

There are plenty of people saying that we don't have the players no matter who is the manager, if so why bother trying, we may as well just accept our lot in life and declare ourselves World AFL champions.

And for anyone that says we don't have the players so the manager is irrelevant then I'll do the job. I'm not qualified but since a manager is irrelevant I'll take $200,000 a year to be irrelevant and the FA can save $1M for other purposes. If there is no accountability for the manager I think...