I wonder if Popa is bothered about that goal celebration with the phone drop against the Nix? Botic did the same thing unless he will make the squad? Nothing wrong having a bit of personality with goal celebrations but Popa maybe seems the type of guy to be bothered about these sort of things?

Ah I knew this could happen, if he’s off to Greece then Popa along with the FA have got blood on their hands for allowing this to slip.

So great to see so many of our youth teams in action, I can remember when the FFA wouldn't even bother doing these sort of camps before going into AFC youth cups with little to no preparation! With the u16s, u18s, u20s and u23 in action that's almost everyone except for the u17s, a shame they...

Ange with the last word, I love it. When he said 'I usually win things in my second year' will be one of the all time great quotes. This sceptics are very quiet this morning haha, congrats not only to Ange but also to Spurs for finally breaking their trophy drought after 17 years since their...

Does he have a Croatian passport? A lot easier to move into Europe with a euro passport.

The FA need to be proactive when it comes to locking in these promising young players that are also eligible to play for other countries. It seems like they are acting a bit complacent assuming they are not good enough to represent the other countries that they eligible for or they will change...

Another one that’s going to defect away to another country?

Haha good one

So this Arena kid who is playing in the Euros u17 for Italy scored overnight, another one that will be hard to cap like Volpato? Duel nationals are never easy especially in a country like ours.

Tall poppy syndrome alive and well here sadly.

I don’t get the hype of Metcalfe as a right wingback/winger, he never played there for Melb city where he was a box 2 box midfielder, what does he do did exactly apart from cutting inside on the right? From what I’ve seen from him at Melb City he needs a player next to him that’s capable of...

Fair points of the governance of league, I feel it’s go down due to the lack of interest or dwindling popularity of the league but the way it has been run during the journey along the way it hasn’t helped at all.

I think the refs have let it go a bit more this season which is suiting teams like Auckland a bit more, not sure what led to this change but I wonder if Jon Moss the referee boss of the league has something to do with it?

Just a quick side note, the pitch wasn’t the best so maybe it suited a physical game.

Credit to Auckland they might not play the most attractive football in the world but they are very effective in what they do, which close down quickly, play physical to stifle attacks and take advantage of things like counter attacks and set pieces. Every time we have a champion team they leave...

This would be a smart move for him, he could do a Teague and make the Socceroos squad going into the World Cup, talented player from what I’ve seen from him in the u20 Asian cup.

Melb city took their chances well, Western United didn’t play too badly but basically it’s half time going into next week which they need to score first to stay in it if Melb city score it’s good as over. I guess that’s one of the good things of not having away goals otherwise if you’re 3-0...

I’d rather have more players playing in the top 5 leagues, as much as Rangers is a big club playing in Spain week in week out will be a higher technical standard.

We already have Ballard and Triantis for that.

Is Okon-Engslter there because of he's dad being the assistant? lol. In all seriousness its not to say he's not a good player because hes alot of potential especially what he did in the u20 asian cup but it feels like a weird choice given the midfield is the position that is stacked the most...