The reasoning of wanting to watch the 'best players' does not work once you realise that, particularly for the NRL, the so called 'best players' comes from such a small pool of people that play the sport. Making the Socceroos team is, for a footballer, significantly more difficult than making...

They were rooted, 3 games in 7 days and they walk out to 37 degrees. They were back to the walls defending Wednesday night as well, they just had no legs. Watching live, the distinction in their energy levels from previous weeks was significant. In saying that, Stanton probably should have read...

Maybe it is just me, given Harper / Hill seemed so adamant, but that was a tough penalty call. Held his feet, won the ball. Pretty good defending IMO.

What a goose. Issue him with a hefty fine on the way out.

They have 4 teams in Australia, with averages last season of 14k (Qld), 12k (NSW), 8K (ACT) and 6k (Perth). For those sorts of numbers, it is quite absurd the level of coverage they receive from Nine / Fairfax.

Assuming the task of finding an owner with the required money could be set aside, and football could pick its ideal location for the next expansion team, I would take Woolongong. No one talks about it or seems to mention it. It is the type of place they could really build a loyal local...

It is hard to comprehend how far their attendances have fallen. The bigger city clubs are really struggling. If Optus sells its sports-arm and EPL goes to Nine / Stan, then surely the A-League has no choice but to follow (no matter what the short term dollars look like). The competition needs...

I disagree. It needs (a) proper owners who actually care about the performance of their clubs (both on and off field). How some of the clubs are being run is a disgrace (b) proper coverage in key markets. Removing professional teams from Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle or Central Coast will provide...

Just watched the 3 min highlights, but what am I missing. He played at the ball, got the touch / deflection and then the attacker runs into him. Why is it a pen?

Auckland v Nix next week is basically a sell out already, and it has been for a little while. The Sydney derby doesn't pass 25k ticket sales weeks in advance.

Is it not a clear hand ball? Why the offside check?

No game is an assumed result, except that Saudi's will beat us in the last match day. I suspect, but do not know, that it will be Brisbane's turn to host the Indonesia game. I would have thought those conditions are reasonably suitable for Indonesia (as compared to more southern / colder...

In fairness to the APL, there is a fair bit of bad luck this year with the state of Leichhardt Oval and now train strikes. On the positive side, apart from the Sydney Derby, this will be so poorly attended and embarrassing that both the change of venue and train strikes can be blamed (and no one...

Very real danger of bottom 2 in the group and automatic exit from WC qualification. Last two match days are a nightmare, needed points from each of the Bahrain, China and Indonesia games before then.

Really dislike the idea. Save for the Sydney Derby, I assume there will be little to no interest and very few fans from interstate teams will travel to attend it. It clearly does not have any benefit for fans and, even accepting it is a round set up purely for a short term government funding...