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A sports fan who loves all sports. Soccer, AFL, cricket, basketball, NFL and Rugby. I love Australian teams and leagues, and enjoy writing on them.
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It was just under four years ago when Adelaide United was bought by a Dutch consortium headed by Piet van der Pol. It was…
After the disappointment of losing the grand final, Melbourne City will be looking to bounce back and again be their at the pointy end…
It was another wooden spoon for the Mariners in 2019-20 but was one which did see promise, improvement and desire under Alen Stajcic. The…
After only losing three games from after Round 11, the Roar had a fantastic 2020 and will be looking to continue their form under…
Young and local talent is the way to describe Adelaide United this season, with the majority of their players either coming from South Australia…
The Roar are another A-League club with a new coach in Robbie Fowler, and Brisbane have had a massive change-over in players, too. There…
The reigning FFA Cup champions have had a few changes this off-season, the most notable being the loss of coach Marco Kurz and captain…
I was at Coopers Stadium last weekend and was crushed to see my Adelaide Reds defeated by a very good Western Sydney Wanderers side.…
The preseason is well underway for the AFL clubs and players are preparing for the preseason matches and the start of the AFL season,…
Last month I started my 2019 AFL preview, detailing the competitive prospects of six of the competition's teams, from Adelaide to Fremantle. This is…
The season of player movement is almost over and the draft is just around the corner. However, the playing list and coaching list including…
The A-League is back and many Australian football players are looking to prove their worth in the league. Many are wanting to show that…
Like many of you reading this, I just finished watching the Sydney derby, one of the most anticipated games of the A-League season. The…
To some fans of the A-League, where the league is at is very exciting. Expansion seems like something happening very soon, hopefully, ahead of…
The silly season of player movement has just about come to a close, with the only action left taking place through delisted free agency.…
Recently I wrote about half of the A-League and why they have a chance at winning the title. Here I will write about why…
There is less than one week before the first piece of silverware is up in this Australian football season. And excitingly, it is the…
Round 1 of the 27-round A-League season is over, but it didn't tell us who would be dominant, who are likely to be the…
Janjetovic should have just left it, he can do some good saves but he seems to have some brain fades every now and again, Sydney handball is one, and a couple of seasons the dropped catch which went in the goals after a Brett Holman shot and gave the Roar the game
Bonkers finish to Roar vs Wanderers might be the most A-League moment ever
I’m not that sure on whether he will but in 9 VFL matches he did average 32 hit outs which is good. Still a young player, they have lost Roughead, they also have Boyd but it depends on where they play him, his best game for the club was by far the grand final where he played in forward he could play, i reckon it could come between Boyd and English
AFL 2019 team-by-team preview: Part three
or could change it to a 4-4-2 featuring Maclaren (or other striker) up top with mabil/leckie/ikonimidis, but Arnold should only change formation if he believes it will help the squad and if the squad is comfortable, when we had Ange I never liked how he changed our successful 4-3-3 in the Asian cup to a 3-4-3 during qualifying
Who should replace Tom Rogic for the Socceroos Asian Cup quarter-final?
in my view they could move ikonimidis in the midfield and move leckie on wing, ikonimidis and mabil have played well and don’t deserve to be dropped yet after his performance Leckie deserves to be brought in, if its not ikonimidis moved into the midfield i will feel sorry for which ever winger does get dropped
Who should replace Tom Rogic for the Socceroos Asian Cup quarter-final?
Smart move from the club, Tex has had to lead the club in some horrible times for the past couple of seasons and has done a great job, bringing in Sloane is not only bringing in another good and strong leader but someone to take a bit of the pressure off Tex,
Crows to give Walker a co-captain in 2019
I think it’s good enough to make the 8 when all the players are on their game, Robbie Gray, although getting older, he is able to change a game just like that, me personally I think they have the potential to possibly make the 8 like just slip in, but in my personal opinion they won’t, when I write expectation for 2019, this is what I believe the general expectation from fans, coaches and media expect from each team
AFL 2019 team-by-team preview: Part three
I agree, if we aren’t at our best we could go out straight away v Uzbekistan
Mission Impossible: Can Arnie take us all the way in the UAE?
Also Mr Football, just curious on where you find out the ratings is there a website or something because im interested to know other games,
Id also wish I could find out how the ratings would go if it was on a FTA channel, it is on 10 Bold each week but unlike the footy or bbl which is always on the main network channel like 7 or 10, the A-League is always dished off onto a the networks secondary channel like 10 Bold (previously ONE) or SBS 2 when SBS had the rights
The A-League ten-year challenge: 2019-2029 edition
yes generally the 7-8K fans that rock up to Hindmarsh each week are passionate supporters and will follow it weekly, the rest of the fans who don’t rock up only rock up when there is success or a final unfortunately, when Hindmarsh is full it is a brilliant stadium to be and one of the reasons why I love the reds and go to their matches regularly
The A-League ten-year challenge: 2019-2029 edition
fair enough, he has had success with the matildas thats why I was wondering whether u as a fan would consider him
Matildas coach Alen Stajcic sacked, five months before World Cup
when the 36ers are at their best they are very good, however as a sixers fan i notice in games that they have minutes where they concede 10 points in a row, I believe it was the Brisbane game a few weeks ago and we were up by 10 and we let them score 21 odd points and we barely scored and then they had the 10 point lead and the game, if they can stop these mini fade outs in games I hope we can win the majority of games left and sneak into top 4 before brisbane do
Seven doesn't go into four in the NBL's run home
we could go all the way but it would take our very best to do it, Uzbekistan round of 16, we are probably the favourites they are beatable but we have to watch out otherwise it could end like the Jordan game, if we win that we play the winner of UAE v Kyrgyzstan, two teams we could beat but have provided trouble against us in the past, if we make the semis, it will be most likely South Korea and it would take our very best to beat them, not impossible but with an inform Son Heung-Min, it will be very hard. not impossible but will take our very best
Mission Impossible: Can Arnie take us all the way in the UAE?
would love for half of these to come true, however, with the Aleague/FFA taking so long to introduce 12 teams I don’t think pro/rel will be happening anytime soon unfortunately, would be good to see Red Bull take ownership of a club and wouldn’t surprise me if they did, and it is likely that an NPL team will win the FFA cup, with one NPL team guaranteed to make it to the semis no matter what, it won’t be too long before they become stronger and win the whole thing
The A-League ten-year challenge: 2019-2029 edition
although I would love a second adelaide team and make an Adelaide rivalry here in SA, currently I don’t think the sport has the popularity in SA to hold two A-League teams, at least not until pro/rel starts (if it ever starts)
The A-League ten-year challenge: 2019-2029 edition
Waz, i saw you mention Brisbane will be looking for a new W-League coach and ur referencing Stajcic im guessing, considering his good record with the national team, would u want him as the Head A-League coach at the Roar?
Oh and as ur a roar fan im just interested is there someone in particular u guys want as your new coach?
Matildas coach Alen Stajcic sacked, five months before World Cup
Good goal for Lia, a rare thing to see as a reds fan, tho if he keeps scoring goals like this I’ll be happy as a reds fan
Vince Lia scores rare goal to put Adelaide ahead
agree with most of this, I think Crows will be higher but thats also probably because I am a crows fan and Id expect them to win just about every game apart from a couple away matches, however Id expect the Hawks to bomb after losing Tom Mitchell to unfortunate circumstances, although I think West Coast are fantastic there’s a chance that they might fall not by too much just due to inconsistency over the years from going from top 4 to missing finals to runners up to only sneaking in to premiers, after the crows, id love to see the eagles go back to back, a very entertaining last year and good to watch
My 2019 AFL top eight predictions
agree with this however I think the teams placed 9th-12th are capable of making finals, I reckon it will be a close and entertaining season
My 2019 AFL bottom ten predictions
I agree with most of this article, on the best 22 id rather have Hartigan before Keath and Douglas before ROB, I’d also have Riley Knight somewhere as he was critical late in the season in shutting down the impact certain players had in certain games, Tex does need a big season tho after having surgery last year and having a full proper pre season this year, I hope and i believe he can get back to his best
Adelaide Crows 2019 season preview
pretty fair assessment, myself I see the Swans having a good solid list capable of making the 8 but also very capable of missing it, there elimination final loss in 2018 was poor and hopefully its not a sign of falling even further this season
Sydney 2019 season preview: Best 22 and predicted finish
i agree with these, some others I’d add would be Ben Halloren who has been played more centrally rather than on the wing which saw him rose to prominence at Brisbane but this is due to the injuries at United, I still think he has been good for the Reds this season however, not every game but sometimes this season, Craig Goodwin has been played more in midfield when Ryan Kitto is playing on the wing, but without a doubt Goodwin is most effective on the wing
Three A-Leaguers that aren't utilised properly
although Id rather play Uzbekistan than Japan, Uzbekistan will still be a tough match up for the Aussies, will be an entertaining yet nervous match Im sure for us Aussies, a lot good matchups here, Jordan v Vietnam will be close as will Thailand v China, Japan v Saudi Arabia will be very entertaining as well i reckon,
Expectation now for the Aussies is to make it to the Semis, they are capable of beating Uzbekistan and then the winner of UAE v Kyrgyzstan, will most likely play South Korea in the semis if we make it
Socceroos set for Uzbekistan clash as Asian Cup knockout draw confirmed
would be good if Dortmund won, changing it up in Germany would be good, has been an exciting title race so far, would be good if more leagues were like this in Europe, French has been dominated by PSG, Italy by Juve, Germany by Bayern, Spain usually by Barca, be good if it was to switch up in these leagues
Familiar foes headline the first true post-Klopp Bundesliga title race
Mabil has been great since coming into the squad in late 2018, exciting and not afraid to take players on, great to see a former United player shining for Australia, hopefully he, Ikonomidis and add Nabbout and Leckie as soon as they return from injury, can add plenty of goals in the knockout stage
Is Mabil the Roos' new goalscorer?
one of the greatest players mens or womens this country has produced, NWSL goal record and W-League goal record, an inspiration to all young players
Sam Kerr becomes the W-League's all-time top-scorer