Graham Arnold

Fornaroli Selection Highlights Development Failure

While many are celebrating the fact that immediately after becoming an Australian citizen Uruguayan-born Bruno Fornaroli has been added to the Socceroos squad this writer almost wept for it is an indictment on the lack of quality development in Australia.

Podcast #77 – Hydrofoil Surfing, Mark Viduka, and Where Has All The Money Gone?

Thank you for everyone who made contact after our 500th show, it was greatly appreciated. We now enter a new century of shows and a new era for sport. This episode sees John and Ashley recording remotely in line with

Declined – Insufficient Funds

How many sports in Australia are self supporting? That is a question every sports fan or participant should be asking, and whether their sport is self supporting. The terrifying answer is that very few are , in other words they

Popovic Showing His Class

One of the oldest cliches in football is ‘form is temporary, class is permanent,’ yet it does have a ring of truth to it, especially when it comes to coaching. There are some coaches that are genuine leaders, and who

The Blame Game

Australia lost their opening game of the 2019 Asian Cup to Jordan. The defending Champions have since come under immense scrutiny following that defeat. The coach has been criticised, the players have been criticised, and even the officials have been