I have to say that I am enjoying Andy Harper's commentary. The saltiness is delicious.

Good game so far with WU not taking their chances.

Is Talay calling the shots or is he just contributing? To me, the players released thus far were players that had to be moved on. They were OK but just couldn't do lift. Kucharsky is the only player that should be able to find a club that can improve him - maybe WSW. As far as Talay is concerned...

Taking a stab at overheads: kits, utilities (electricity, etc.), meals? Also, what does venue hire include?

I guess the question is how financially strong is the Bundesliga and specifically St Pauli.

I thought that 7 was no longer broadcasting AFL on Saturday nights? At least not in Melbourne.

More and more countries have them. Belgium's Jupiler League has three: the relegation playoffs (understandable), the championship where the top 6 clubs compete (understandable) and one for the middle table teams (WTF???).

Milanovic had a stinker - on that form Botic has overtaken Milanovic. Borrello faded in the second half. MV pressured extremely well.

No, what I am saying is that we get excited about emerging prospects. We speculate about overseas opportunities and what this could mean for the NT. I am not a supporter of either WU or BR but I enjoy watching Botic and Herrington respectively. Given the Socceroos low scoring and an inability to...

That first paragraph made me realise that in Oz we have two teams to support: the A-League club of your choice and the Socceroos. I know plenty of Englishmen who couldn't give a toss about the national team because they always lose. Our mentality is if a player (specially a young one) is doing...

AU were woeful. In the first half, apart for the first 6 minutes, were playing pinball football whereas WU were playing like a team in the 21st century. Then some players had shockers and below their normal standard - Alegich, Kitto and Mauk. Second half they were better but so was WU.

I take your point which I think are valid. However, let me pose the question: the green shoots that we saw, are they there because of RZ or even if I was coaching those players those shoots would have been there anyway?

It was Sport Integrity Australia that was meant to investigate the allegations, not FA. It was noted at the time that several players stated that they had not witnessed anything and only one other player made a general complaint. And on the rumour mill, De Vana never left a club without having a...

Effectively the APL is now a subsidiary of FA.

I agree with your post except for the "he recruited the players" bit which I don't agree with. All clubs have contracted players and when the coach arrives he is handed those players as per contractual agreement. New recruits by and large are the responsibility of the new coach. I am assuming...

Has Valkanis given a presser yet?

I know nothing. I had SFC & MVC as my top two with MC bottom four at the beginning of the season. Great game by MC & I have no idea where SFC are at.

The mistake is only apparent with the benefit of hindsight.

Therein lies the conundrum. Club football means a full preseason, getting to know the coach's strategy and gelling with your team mates. It also means that you know how other teams play and their players. National teams don't have a preseason per se, NT coach may have a totally different...

In every role he has had, in whatever code, he has done the same. The conspiracy theory has to be whether all code boards are really that stupid?