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Tony Harper

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Tony has been writing about sport since making a debut at the Queensland Times, Ipswich, in 1989 with a column entitled 'That's What I reckon Sport!' He has since worked as a reporter and editor with organisations including Fox Sports, Fairfax, AAP, The AP and ACP magazines, covering four Olympics, three FIFA World Cups and WC's in cricket and rugby. Favourite team: Arsenal. Favourite question: 'Did you even watch the game?'

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Good eye, Iron Fist. Son is equal leader in most offsides this season with 9 along with Taiwo Awoniyi of Forest. Nicolas Jackson has 8 and there are 12 players on 7.

What the EPL?!: 'Spursy' PL first puts focus on 'rash' Ange tactics, Gunners celebrate '60 million down the drain'

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Yes, a story went up earlier ICYMI

Gustavsson 'interviewed' for Swedish men's role - despite professing 'love' for Matildas and 'unfinished business'

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Ah yes, that’s fixed now thanks

'That was a mistake': Top ref's blunt verdict on World Cup bunker call

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Exactly. It’s nonsense to think that a big time ambitious career coach would prefer an NPC job on a fraction of the money of a Wallabies gig because “why would they want to?”

How McLennan departure could help Wallabies land ex-Ireland, All Blacks coach as Eddie's replacement

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BigGordon hasn’t contributed any content. This seems to be more about you and Tim than him.

'Load of s--t': Lyon unloads on Bazball, Bairstow and those Lord's louts

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He needs a job. And why does anyone do a job?

How McLennan departure could help Wallabies land ex-Ireland, All Blacks coach as Eddie's replacement

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Oh gawd, here we go again. It’s sitting on site between two cricket stories – one about a game last night and one about the coach who won the world cup a few days ago. And Lyon spoke last night.
Must be cricket season, the moaning has begun.

(And interestingly you haven’t bothered to engage on either of the Andrew McDonald or Josh Inglish stories)

'Load of s--t': Lyon unloads on Bazball, Bairstow and those Lord's louts

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Ultimately the coach will be a person with a personality no matter what structures are in place. And as the story says they want a high performance director responsible for those structures (and the coach selection) in place first. But also it can’t be a long winded process – they want it wrapped up in 12 weeks.

How McLennan departure could help Wallabies land ex-Ireland, All Blacks coach as Eddie's replacement

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No I was replying to Rabbitz who was looking for an end date to the Hamish drama stories. Just pointing out story cycles tend to end when the people stop talking and/or the interest disappears and there are no more comments or reads.

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Only available at Harvey Norman

'Shame on the plodders': Hamish blasts RA 'boneheads' as Harvey Norman deal ends - but founder denies link to axing

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‘Everybody’. Suggest googling ‘false consensus effect’

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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@cs The perfect response, thanks.

I would just add I can’t give you a date, but somewhere around when there are very few people commenting or reading any more.

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Dan, you accused Christy of making up NZR opposition to Hamish the other day. I can only tell you that you are being very naive. It’s real and they are celebrating and Mark Reason’s comments are a fair reflection of what we already knew.

I can only make this point and while NZR won’t publicly address it you cn have your own opinion I guess.

But our reporting is solid.

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No endorsement at all. The Roar is an opinion site and doesn’t have an official editorial position on which teams should be cut, or even if any teams should be cut. The use of it was to demonstrate that NZR wanted Hamish gone, and the reasons why they wanted him gone. I understand the scepticism towards Mark Reason, but my feeling is that he perfectly summed up the NZR position in those comments. Hope this helps.

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Finally we agree.

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Now I know how poor Christy feels

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Zinger!

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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They flew home with the Aussie team

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Yes, the doco is still going ahead

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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Really? That’s quite tame for me. I’m usually much harsher with ‘no one cares’ moaners.

'Hold firm': RA urged not to blow Suaalii deal as Herbert shifts focus from NRL, Eddie rejects 'horse guy's PR'

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Sorry. Of course. It’s all about what you want.

'Hold firm': RA urged not to blow Suaalii deal as Herbert shifts focus from NRL, Eddie rejects 'horse guy's PR'

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Can confirm this suggestion is total nonsense.

Exclusive: Embattled chair asks for extension, Rugby Australia meet AGAIN as civil war breaks out

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Hi Damo, I can’t find any mention of seeding for the next stage after this one in the AFC rules.

Just this: The draw for the third round of the global showpiece in 2026 will be conducted in 2024, where the 18 teams will be divided into three groups of six; the top two from each group will qualify directly for the FIFA World Cup 2026.

I’d assume there is seeding though, which I would expect is done on world ranking rather than for and against or results in the first pool stage.

I’ve asked FA if they can clarify.

The Socceroos are set for their easiest World Cup qualification ever - but will that hurt Australian football?

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Well, as I worked at Fox at the time, I wasn’t rejoicing!

If Paramount could go even close to replicating the coverage of Optus for EPL or Stan for CL – and that means an app fit for purpose with reasonable UX – it would help retain and increase interest.

It’s less about the deal that the APL should have pursued and more about ensuring that the partner they got was actually capable of not bottling their coverage so completely

There is only ever one 'must-see' fixture in the A-League Men each week

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Fair summary Mike, and while I have strong ideas as to how we got here I don’t know how we fix it.

After being a 7-year member from foundation of WSW, and specifically the RBB active section, various factors led me to drift away after the disappointing experience of the Spotless move.

On Saturday I went back to CommBank taking a friend and her children and was genuinely surprised by how the atmosphere but mostly the size of the crowd – has declined in the few years since I last attended.

David Gallop’s disastrous reign continues to impact the competition, and it’s almost sad to see.

For me a lot of this is due to how fans were treated under Gallop but also the absolute disaster that Paramount + has been for the code.

I believe the APL is aiming to spend some significant money on media promotion – hopefully this will help.

There is only ever one 'must-see' fixture in the A-League Men each week

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