The obsession with all things Dutch in football in this country needs to go. I get why we all went gaga over it after 2006 but the truth is Hiddink is Hiddink and there was only ever one of him.

Yep, been here for a decade now.

Yep it's been big news down here.

Gone past my 250 mark. Keep it going boys.

If Starc & Lyon can get us to a 250 run lead I'd be comfortable with us defending that on this deck.

What foreign origin story are you waffling on about? Sydney FC were the brainchild of Football NSW when the NSL folded and FFA were looking for consortiums to compete in the then fledgling A-League.

Are you really this thick or are you just a resident shit stirrer?

For a bloke who's hostile to mainstream Australia you sure seem to expect those same people to conform to your European nationalist mantra.

Besides, at that time all of the Sydney NSL clubs when I was growing up in the 1990's were all based in the Fairfield/Bossley Park area. I am from the outer southern suburbs. Why would I have bothered supporting a European nationalist social club from the other side of town?

You do realise the stark difference between the English & Australian games right?

It's called realism.

A bit early on the turps aren't you old son? Been a football fan since 1996 albeit the English Premier League (been a Leeds fan since the George Graham era). Had a passing interest in the NSL when one played in my local area but when they left my interest in it went with it.

Rubbish. Been a fan of the game since the early/mid 90's turbo.

Thing is it will never be the be all and end all in this country. Even with mass immigration the game has never risen to challenge the big three sports in this country. At the end of the day it won't matter if it's the AL or those European nationalist social clubs the game will never be No. 1...

Are you really that thick or do you just enjoy stirring the pot?

Revisionist bs. AL crowds are down thanks to Covid and the media's hatchet job on the police shame file nearly a decade ago. The league never recovered from the late Bourbon Bec hatchet job.

You obviously know fuck all about Australian sport if you can spout that twaddle. Newsflash for you mate, this isn't Europe where football is the be all end all. This is a country where the game is third or fourth choice behind cricket, AFL and rugby league as far as spectator sports go. Go...

The other issue is state representation. If pro/rel was in place and a club like Adelaide United or Brisbane were relegated that would leave the entire state of South Australia or Queensland without a top flight club.

I was taking the piss mate.

That's the worry. Our population is too small and the football community is too for it to work.