More Aussies than Scots!

Injuries haven't helped this season, but if you take away the first 10 rounds of last season when Ange was in a honeymoon period, across the remaining 28 matches he finished 12W-4D-12L. Essentially, a mid-table team, with injuries not really an excuse. Add this season's 7W-3D-10L and excluding...

Given how well Ange started at Spurs last season winning manager of the month in each of thr first 3 months of the season, if you exclude that honeymoon period and just assess his time at the club beyond that point, they wouldn't be ranking too highly at all.

Sounds about right. Sadly, he's just not that great.

2 assists as well, plus an assist for Triantis

I'm one of them. I attended plenty of South Melbourne games with mates in the last 90s / early 00s, but never felt a close affinity with them or considered myself a supporter. The crowd would chant Hellas rather than South Melbourne, a very large proportion of the attendees were Greek, and as...

I was at the game. Spurs dominant first half and could easily have had 2-3 more. Saints couldn't handle Maddison and Son in particular. Second half, Spurs took their foot off the gas and were solid but nowhere near as spectacular as the first half. Johnson way quieter than Son. Agree with other...

That's a very fair call. The two of them probably playing most regularly at the highest level.

Great article on Cam Burgess: https://www.forbes.com/sites/asifburhan/2024/12/13/ipswich-towns-cameron-burgess-dreams-of-2026-world-cup-with-australia/ There is no Australian player currently playing for a club at such a high level at the same regularity, so in that respect, I feel like he's...

Two fairly easy games remaining in Europa League so should finish top 8. However, with only 1 win in his last 8 matches (!!) and the pressure building, it's not inconceivable that Ange won't be manager for those final 2 matches. If he doesn't take 3 points against Southampton on Sunday, I reckon...

Which game(s) was that mate? Tied to Iraq now?

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/24756276.michael-carricks-illness-injury-update-middlesbrough-squad/ From article above: Boro’s medical staff will be assessing McGree today, with the Australian midfielder having been replaced by Micah Hamilton in the first half of last night’s game...

Just spotted this retro spew shirt on socceroos website, marked down to $50. I kinda like it. What does everyone think? Not the original spew shirt but plays homage to it...

Good to see. I'm a fan and reckon he has a role to play in the Socceroos.

I think Championship is probably his level. I'm speaking more that I think some people rate him highly as a Socceroo and would consider him a definite first 11 player for the Socceroos, and feel that he's one the best Australian players in the world right now. I've been generally disappointed in...

This is great! Which under-age tournament was it again when Kosta Salipasidis scored a bunch of goals?

Personally, I reckon he's over-rated. Decent player, sure. But nowhere near the level that some think or want to believe.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/latest-portsmouth-boss-frustration-as-jacob-farrell-wait-drags-on-4884301

Further to that, can anyone post the current guidance that qualifies a player to play for a given country (I feel like this has changed a lot over the years)?

Out of interest, how would national federations go about knowing all dual nationals that might be eligible for them? Is there some sort of FIFA database or something they'd utilise? For every pro player out there, do they need to at some point register all of the details about their family...