Socceroos in Europe Preview with Scott from Brisbane Football Review

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Foreign.

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Welcome to the Aussie football passport. It is

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a new European season upon us,

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so I thought it's time to actually get the podcast going back

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more regularly. And to kick us off for this new European

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season, I have a guest. It is Scott from the Brisbane Football Review.

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How are you, Scott? I'm fantastic, Alex. Great to get into another big season of

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European football. Now that the World cup is finally behind us, unfortunately, we can get

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back into the. The everyday routine of the league football.

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Exactly right. So we get to see our Socceroos

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and Matildas, of course, playing club football

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regularly. Hopefully that's, that's what we really want because we want them

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to be getting consistent game and form leading into national

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team selection. Of course, I'll look to do a Matilda's episode down the

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down the track, but for now we're going to focus on the Socceroos this season.

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Do a bit of a European season preview. Some big,

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big talking points to discuss with you like later on,

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Scott, but before we jump into all of that, what I'll do is I'll

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get you to plug your wonderful podcast for Brisbane Football Review. They can

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Review gmail.com. so we are available on all platforms and we have

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a number of different shows coming up across the A league's preview coming up as

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well as the end of the nplc. So lots to keep an eye on locally.

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But we're here to talk about the overseas matters now. Yeah, that's right. So if

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you want to know anything about Queensland football, make sure you check out Brisbane Football

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Review. But it is that time. And look,

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I don't think there's anywhere else we can start, but the three massive

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transfers that have happened in the last week for a combined,

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I think close to 90 million Australian dollars.

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Nestery Aaron Kunda to Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese League.

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Lucas Harrington to Hull FC in

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the Premier League. Wow, how good to have another Premier League player.

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We've actually got two, but we'll get to that in a minute. And Alessandro Cicati

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off to Benfica. So we're going to have players on opposing sides

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in the Lisbon Derby. How cool is that, Scott? I mean,

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surely some broadcaster in Australia is eyeing up the rights for the Portuguese league.

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Surely if we've got the two sides of the Lisbon Derby and potentially another player

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joining. If you believe some of the rumors as well. That is going to be

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a must see game. It's always one of the big games in Europe to begin

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with. I'm not sure it's overly familiar for Australian viewers, but if Chakati

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is on one side and Iron Condor is on the other, I think it's going

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to become one very, very quickly. Oh, incredible. And Stan,

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if you're listening, be in sports, someone please get any of

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Portuguese League. Yeah, any of them. Preferably one that I've already got

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a subscription to for selfish reasons and probably for everyone else.

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But the Portuguese League, I think, Scott,

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let's be honest, absolute production factory for young

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players, turning them into world class, world class players

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that have moved particularly to the big leagues. You know, you just

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have to look someone you're well familiar with. Cristiano Ronaldo, of course, coming through

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Sporting. So I mean, it feels like it's a great move for Erin Kunder,

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isn't it? In particular for a winger of his profile? Certainly is. It's a

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perfect league to go to for a young up and coming player, is it?

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It's not in the top five leagues, but it's just below that caliber of league,

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isn't it? And just beneath the, the French League and the like in six spots.

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So it's a massive league and it's got big clubs with big traditions in and

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big expectations. Well, if you're at Sporting and you're at Benfica,

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the expectations are you're, you're there to win the league. You're, you're there to win

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trophies every single year. You're there to, to play in the Champions League and then

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do well in the Champions League. And as you said, players that in those clubs

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that have done well have moved very quickly onto big leagues in the Premier

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league, La Liga, etc. So it's a, it is a place where you can move

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very quickly from. So if Aaron Kunda and Chakati can go there

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and play regular football both in European competition and in the

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Portuguese League, they may not be there all that long in terms of moving on

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to an even bigger league. We know that both players had interest from other clubs

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as well during this time, so it could be a stepping stone for them.

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But at the moment it's a perfect place to be in terms of being in

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a league just below the top five leagues. But a league where if you perform

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well, you're going to get noticed really quickly. Yeah, I think that's a really

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important point to note. Yes, it's not a top Five league

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and a lot of people will go, oh, but you know, you know, I've had

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people tell me Nestor, Erin Kunna Schoor said in the championship, I disagree.

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I completely think that this move is really

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good because as you said Scott, he's going to have the pressure of playing

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for Silverware every season, playing on the front foot where teams are

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going to be, you know, playing the low block or the parking

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the bus. And that means Nestor is going to have to find different ways of

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breaking down opposition defenses with his play. And I think that's a really important

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set of skills that he will hopefully learn

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and then he can obviously selfishly transfer that into a green and

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gold jumper. I think that's, that's what we really want to see, isn't it Scott?

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It's the ideal situation is he does do those things then bring that into the

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national team. But it's also a case of it's real growth opportunity for these two

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guys. I'll get to Lucas as well in a minute because these are in the

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same boat. They're all moving to new environments, not just football environments,

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new countries, new cultures. All these things you have to get used to and that

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can only make them better people and players in the long term as well.

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So to, to broaden your horizons and really challenge yourself. The easy,

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easy option for Nestry would have been to stay in the championship at Watford,

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hopefully for his sake, score 20 goals there and move to the Premier League that

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way. But this is a way he's challenging himself. Chi probably could have stayed in

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the Serie A. He's dead challenging themselves. I think that's really encouraging that they're not

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just staying in their comfort zone. I think if you really want to get to

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the top level in anything, particularly in this game, you've got to challenge yourself.

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And they're doing that. I really, I really like that part of it as well.

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Yeah, yeah, completely agree. And, and I think just to

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touch on Ducati in particular because probably spent a little bit of

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time on Nirankunda but with Ducati I think the important skill

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set that he's going to learn is to play on the front foot there with

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Ben Fika and learning how to play some long balls in behind

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to, to try and get those low blocks to, to move about

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in certain ways so you know that a little bit more proactive defending

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as well. So these are all skills that I think are really important. The pressure

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there of course and working under a world class manager in, in Marco

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Silva will be, or world class might be a little bit. But, but a

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former Premier League manager nonetheless and, and a, a reputable manager

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I think is all sort of things that will help Chati

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out above and beyond what he's already learned at Parma.

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Absolutely. And Marco Silva having coached in the Premier, they would have

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contacts at that level as well. So if he goes to, to Ben F

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and performs well there, which we, we all kind of hope he doesn't think he

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probably will, that can really open doors for you. If, you know, if your coach

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knows people in that league, then that's the, that's the next logical step for Chakati

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and if he goes well here in Benfica, that'd be the next logical step.

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So having a coach who has, can open doors there for you can only

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help. Yeah, exactly right. And you, you know, the Portuguese

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league seems to be one that a lot more people are paying attention to.

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Particular scouts from the, the bigger leagues that are looking for

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those sort of point of different signings because a lot of the big,

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big clubs in the bigger leagues are now sort of

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finding players. Well, they're pinching

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players from their own leagues, aren't they really? So the teams

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that aren't quite at the top level have to find different ways of scouting players

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and opens opportunities for the likes of Aaron Kunder and Chukati and

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probably a neat segue to move on to Lucas Harrington

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and how Hull picked him up. Really we do. It's not a bad

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thing that both these guys are playing in Portugal given that the next World cup

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will be in around that part of the world. So getting used to used to

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that part of the world and the surroundings and the culture there could be very

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valuable for those boys in four years time. Fingers crossed they're healthy at that point.

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Yes, that's right. And a perspective I'd not thought of, Scott,

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so thank you very much for that. That's a, that's a nice little fresh take

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there. So yeah, I guess Lucas Harrington going

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to Hull and, and I know that we've both had a listen to Football360's

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excellent episode with Lucas

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Harrington's agent, Buddy Farah, and the decision around

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going to Hull rather than perhaps a bigger club. We know that

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Barcelona and Liverpool and the like were all sniffing around Lucas

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but he, they, Buddy talked about the decision

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to go to Hull and it was really well thought out and

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I think it's a really, really good opportunity

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for Lucas. I, I think you probably agree, Scott.

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Well, he's going to have his work cut out for him, let's be honest.

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Here, yeah, they are there. They kind of scraped through getting through

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the playoffs last year, so he's going to have his work cut out for him.

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But I really like the confidence of the young man just to say no,

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I'm going to back myself to go in there and make a difference. I bought

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two center backs in there, almost bought a whole new team of young players that

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they're trying to put together. So it may start slowly for them. But the

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experience that he's going to get defending against these players, he's going to come up,

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they will come up against every single week in the Premier League.

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That's only going to help him in terms of Man United is his

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first game this week. I don't know if Benjamin Sesko is fit or not,

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but what a player to make your Premier League debut against a player like that.

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And it only gets more challenge from there given the other strikers around the competition.

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So he's up against it, he's challenging himself. But I like the fact again

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he's prepared to put himself out there, to go out of the comfort zone.

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The easy choice would have been to go to a Barcelona and go online or

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go to your club Liverpool and probably go out in line. I'll not play much

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there. So here the one thing he guarantee he's going to play. Yeah, he's definitely

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going to play. They've signed him. I mean they're not a club who going to

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spend 20 million or whatever it was euros that is to bring a player in

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and sit him on the bench. He's going to play. So I really like that

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for him. And if it doesn't work out at Hull in terms of them staying

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in the Premier League, if he can perform well, he already, as we heard in

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that, that interview on Football360 a number of clubs were tracking him

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and his numbers have been off the charts in the mls, so. And most clubs

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don't forget those things. Once you've identified a player, you remember those things.

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And if he shows he can perform in the Premier League, even if they go

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down, doors could open up for him as well. So I'm really happy for him

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to make this move. It's bizarre that 12 months ago he was preparing

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for a preseason here in Brisbane and now he's gone to Colorado, gone to a

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World cup and he's now going to be playing in the Premier League on Saturday

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night. It's quite bizarre, but it's a fantastic move for him. What a. What a

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crazy 12 months that young man. And it just feels like he's taken it

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in his stride, doesn't he? He's incredib mature for an 18 year old

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both on and off the field. He's just, I, I can't stop

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raving about him but I, I'll try to. Well, that's one thing that will help

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him as well is that everything about him off to when you hear him talk,

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you just know what a calm character he is. In these like moments with

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for Hull where they will be under pressure, that calmness could be really crucial for

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them and I think that's where he can really excel. Yeah,

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definitely. It's such a, you know, to use a cliche,

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it's an attribute you can't teach, isn't it? And it's going to be so

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crucial in that pressure cooker because you'd expect Hull to be in the relegation fight

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for most of this upcoming EPL season. Apologies Hull fans,

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if you're listening, but it's just going to be,

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look, he's going to be in the trenches, to use another

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cliche there. So look, I think Harrington's,

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you know, he, that calmness, all of those attributes are going to

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pay, you know, going to pay dividends for him no matter

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what this season. So really excited about that now.

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A bit of a left field option. I know that discussion

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point we talked, I made mention that there was another Australian in the Premier League.

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Of course that's Rafael Borges Rodriguez. We'll get into a discussion about fullbacks

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later. But he's another player in the Premier League and with Coventry,

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so that'll be interesting to see if he does actually get a run with

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Coventry this season. I mean he was out on loan at Wigan last season.

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So do you think he'll be in Frank Lampard's plans for

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this upcoming season? Scott? Well, that's what I was going to say. Will he still

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be at Coventry City when the window closes in a couple of weeks time?

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Because they have strengthened as well in the Premier League and actually said he was

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out online at Wigan last year. So it remains to be seen if

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he does stick around how much playing time he would get. He might play in

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the league cup or whatever it's called these days, but I think a loan move

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for him back to the championship might be the best thing for him. I would

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from a national team perspective, I'd rather see him playing every week in

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the championship than just playing five minutes here or there in dead rubber

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games or when games are decided in the Premier League. So I think it's better

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for him to get that loan move. But we'll have to wait and see what

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Frank Lampard decides to do there. Yeah, definitely. And I mean, he's got that versatility.

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Of course, he played a lot of his football in the A league as a.

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As a winger, as a forward. But, you know, at Wigan

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last season, he was actually playing a bit as a wing back. So be interesting

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to see, you know, what Frank Lampard

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sees in him as a player, whether he plays either of those positions

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or if he does make the move, whether he goes into.

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be a bit of a curse when you're a utility kind of player like that.

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So in terms of other transfers, Scott, has there been

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any others that have caught your eye in terms of the Socceroos that

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have moved on? Been interesting, right? Because since

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the World cup, so many of our World cup squad have been focused on three

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right now. We've also got Paul o' Connell and Patrick Beech who've moved to top

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five leagues. And you've got Cam Devlin, Nishan Valupoli, Jackson Irvine,

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Adrian Horstage, our Mobile, Teta Yengi have all moved as well.

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And if Motore and Harry Sutoff, their prospective moves do end up

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eventuating. That's half of our World cup score that have made moves on the back

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of the World cup, which is quite remarkable. But even some of the other moves

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beyond that have been really interesting. You've seen Sam Klein move to Germany.

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He's made his debut in the last week. That's a really interesting one. The two

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guys who've gone to Japan, Dan hall and Eli Adams has started off playing over

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there. That's a really intriguing one as well. I think Luki Ianovich might have made

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his first start for San Jose today as well, which is interesting.

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But then there's a couple of other guys. I'll leave the Scotland guys alone because

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I think we are going to talk about the Scottish League in a moment.

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But there's two other guys who have moved to England in the lower leagues that

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are very much off the off the radar. Lucas Smith was

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completely bypassed by the A League, ends up going to Finland, scoring goals

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for fun. Now he's at Knott's County. And Kayla Majeka Dunmy,

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who was at Perth not really playing, spends five minutes in the MPLS and

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then goes on a trial over to Swindon, ends up not only earning a contract,

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but starting the first game of the season. So there's

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some very intriguing stories that once you get beyond the headlines, which we just

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focused on and all the. The soccer is at the World Cup. There's some other

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very intriguing moves that have happened for some Australian players over the last few weeks

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who may or may not be part of the future to wait and see,

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but thought those two might be worth mentioning. Yeah, definitely more

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left field, I guess moves, as he said, and ones that are a bit

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off the radar, but they could, you know, be on the path to

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getting to the top leagues or, you know,

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at least making a name for themselves overseas. You know, particularly when

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you look at our striking stocks, it is quite strong. But Lucas Smythe,

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if he can just keep doing what he's doing, you know,

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or transfer the form he had in Finland to Knott's county,

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he could, you know, he's in the English pyramid now. He could quite well rocket

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himself up there. We've seen it before with the likes of Jamie Vardy

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and those. Not that I'm saying that he is Jamie Vardy, but the way

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that Jamie Vardy climbed the English leagues from non league football to the

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Premier League and winning the Premier League, it's. It's possible. I'm not saying that

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he will do it, but it's. It's certainly possible. I guess it's a broader point.

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Our depth is actually, I think it's stronger than we've ever had before in terms

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not at the high end level. I think the 2006, 2010 generation,

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that was a higher level of a group across the board. When you look at

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the, the socceroo sport, every time it was picked, they were basically all in the,

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in the top five leagues or in the Netherlands. So it was a, a much

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higher range of players. We're getting players to that level now, but the tableau.

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We're having more players in leagues maybe 6 to 12 in

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European football where we are having more and more players compete. I think that's a

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really encouraging thing to see. We have seen so many players going over. I should

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mention Joe Gauche's line as well. I think that's a really good move for him.

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And, and maybe he might want to make that a move, a more permanent move

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given that Aston Villa decided a new goalkeeper this week.

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Yes. In the World Cup. So maybe that's not going to happen for him at

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Aston Villa. But a move to the championship, much like with Borges Rodriguez,

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might not be the worst thing for him either. Definitely not. Yeah. And of course

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that is Zeon Suzuki that's signed by Aston Villa. But Aston

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Villa have a tendency to let players rot on the bench. With no explanation.

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But anyway, I won't get into that rant. That's. That's one for a Liverpool podcast.

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But yes, thanks, Scott. There's some really good moves there. The depth is incredible in

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Australian football right now for our men, which is just great to

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see. But the Scottish League, as we made mention earlier, it's in full swing

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now. We've had League cup games, we've had a couple of. We've had a couple

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of league games, we've had the teams that are playing in Europe trying to

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go through their qualification and a couple of points. I wanted to raise. Locky Rose

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four goals in seven games. He has hit the ground running at Dundee United,

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hasn't he, Scott? Yes, the A League All Stars are off to a very good

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start in the front third up there at Dundee United with Locky Rose doing a

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very nice job. Daniel Benny moving from QPR online as

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well. Zach Saps, yes, doing well. So I think Jesse Randall, the Kiwis over there

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as well. So as I said, the front thirds very much the A League all

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stars, but Locky Rose had done remarkably well and it's somewhat

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of a surprise, but it really shouldn't be given he's in his prime right now

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and he's coming off a very good year in the A League and he certainly

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has hit the ground running over there and could very well be somebody that Tony

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Popovich might be keeping an eye on because his form start the year has been

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very impressive. Yeah, he should. And, and look, the door's slightly ajar

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with Mitchell Duke retiring. There's sort of that, you know, maybe that third striker

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spot if, if you like. Obviously Bo Toure and well, I mean,

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Nestor, Erin Kunda playing as nine, let's forget about that. But you know, Teta Yengi

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who seems to be the preferred second striker if you like.

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Maybe there's that opening there for Locky Rose. It'd be interesting to see,

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um, he'll be battling his teammate, you'd imagine. Zach Sapsford,

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who seems to be playing a little bit wider. We saw him

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do that from time to time at Dundee last season.

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But with Locky Rose joining the club, it seems to be a more permanent thing.

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So that seems to be an interesting dynamic that that's playing out

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at club level there for, for Dundee as well. Also feels

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like he's a bit more rotational option this year. It felt like last year he

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played a lot more regular, but the addition of, of the other players from Yaleg,

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Randall Rose and also Benny has seemed like it's

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Taken some of his minutes away, so he's doing a bit more of a rotational

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option. So maybe a bit more competition for places as well might be a beneficial

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thing for him in the long run as well. But between that front third,

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they're going quite well at the moment. Dundee United. Yeah, definitely.

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Which is, which is great to see. And now another player that's a bit left

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field, Jake Garwood Reich. So he, he made the move to Motherwell. He actually

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captained the side in the League Cup. I think they did get beaten

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from memory in that game, but captain already nonetheless.

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I mean, it's pretty promising. I mean, obviously again, it would have been a rotated

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side that they played in that league cup fixture from what I can remember.

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But yeah, he's. He captained the side so there's obviously quite

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high thinking of him already in, in such a short amount of time being at

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the club. Yeah, they lost to the mighty Stenhouse Muir. I hope I

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pronounced that. Yeah, one nil in the Scottish League cup, but that's

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one move I did not see coming. He was at Sydney SC and moved over

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to the MLS where I don't think he got too much football for. I think

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it was Salt Lake City. And then he ends up coming. Austin Lorsley might be

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part. Then he ends up back in the A league at Auckland and then he

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does okay there and then gets a move to Motherwell where all of a sudden

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he's starting every week and captaining the club. It's a, it's a move that I

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didn't see coming, but it's one he's taken really well. And we might get to

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some issues about the center backs to the national team coming forward, injuries. And maybe

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he's one who might put himself firmly in the frame for the upcoming Asian cup.

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Because if you're starting every week in the Scottish Premier League and you're captaining the

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club, you're doing something right. That's right. Yeah, definitely. And I do wonder,

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Scott, because from memory, and correct me if I'm wrong, he did play most of

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his time at Sydney in that sort of holding midfield role.

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And I think he might have went to St. Louis as a midfielder.

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And it wasn't until Steve

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Corker got him at Auckland and put him into that center back

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role that he seems to have got. I mean, he was all right at

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Auckland. He was in and out of that team too, wasn't he? But maybe it's

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that move to center back that that's really benefited him. From memory,

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he. At Sydney he played A little bit of center midfield like you said,

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a little bit of center back, a little bit of right back. He was a

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young player coming through. I don't know what happened at St. Louis, but in the

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A league, as you said last year with Auckland, he was basically there alongside Dan

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hall or Nando Pynacker all, all season. I did pretty well for that Auckland

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side. Then end up winning the Grand Final. And yeah, I think center back looks

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like it's going to be his position where he's going to be able to make

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a, a good career for himself. And so he's taken European football

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really well. That's, that's again, it's a really encouraging thing that again that pathway from

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MLS to the A League, which also the European football bank, your pardon, that a

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number of players are taking now out of Australia looking like it works really well.

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So I think it was Riley McGree did it as well. Of course he was

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over in yes, the MLS briefly and he's doing sensationally in the championship. So it

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feels like that's a pathway that does work really well for Australian players. It does,

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yeah. And I think it's one we're going to see a lot more of going

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into the future given the recent moves as well.

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So going back to European football, let's talk a little bit about

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continental football because we've had some qualifiers happening

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over the last couple of weeks and Viking,

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the wonderful Norwegian club where we've

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got Johnny Stenzness and Nick d' Agostino

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of course. D' Agostino has returned from his ill fated

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lone spell at Brisbane Raw, as you well know. Well, I mean it was an

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ill fated. He scored well, but the injury just was unfortunate

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for, for Nick. But Johnny Stanza's put in a, an incredible

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performance. Was it earlier this week, Scott, or was it last? Yes, it was.

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It was this week. It was against Dinamo in the Champions League.

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They're, they're playing off for a spot in the, in the Champions League or group

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stage or whatever it's called. You know more about the Champions League these days.

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I mean my club, Man United doesn't even. Not sure what it is, but we'll

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find out in a few weeks. But it seems like it's a good result for

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them. They've got to draw away from home to get themselves into the box position

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to get in through the through and Yanni Stances played 90 minutes at the back

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so that's a fantastic sign if they are able to do that. Having another player

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playing in the Champions League, that's another. It's a great opportunity for them because who

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knows who they, who they may draw. It could be Erin Kunder versus Stenson's for

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all we know in the champion. That'd be one to keep an eye on,

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but it'd be great opportunity for him if they are able to see that through

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and get there. Same with Yaya de Cooley over there in Slovenia. I mean he's

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only, he only moved a month or so ago. It was one we were

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talking about. So it was one neither of us saw coming from him going from

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Adelaide over to there. But he's done well for them off the bench. I think

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he scored in the previous round as well and they had a draw as well

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on the road. So both Viking and, and the Coolies Club are going to be

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back home in the second leg in for a spot in the Champions League.

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If we can get both of those players through the Champions League group stage.

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What a, what a great opportunity that is for both those players. Yeah,

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wonderful opportunity. And again we, we talk about stepping stones

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and I mean, obviously you don't want to say that, but it really is,

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let's be honest. And by playing in the Champions League and putting in a

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good performance against a team that's in a different country at a

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perhaps a higher level is a wonderful way to get a move there,

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whether it be in the winter transfer window, of course January or

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the following year is a wonderful chance.

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And of course we must return to Erin Kunda

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and Cher Carty who are both vying for European football as well. Iron Gunda

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for the Champions League, Chakati for the Europa League.

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So again, two wonderful opportunities. They're not only just going to be playing domestically,

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they're going to be playing on the continent and again feeding into what we're saying,

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you know, looking down the line to moves for both of them

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if they have good seasons and they play well in the continental competitions,

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isn't it, Scott? Certainly is. I think Erin Kunder and Sporting are locked into

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the Champions League group stage. From memory. I think Benfica got a two

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legged playoff coming up to try and get into the Europa League group. So it's

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a fingers crossed that Jakarta you can firstly play in those games and then also

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get through and they can get to that group stage. You would expect them to

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do that. They're a big club. Benfica, I think not being in the Champions League

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will really hurt them this year in terms of the pride point of view.

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Having a great year last year and then not winning the league and now being

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in the Europa League probably will sting a little bit. So I imagine they'll want

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to go really deep in that competition if they are able to. To do that.

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What an opportunity that is for Chakati to test yourself at the business end of

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a European competition. We have seen Australians win them before. Mark Swartzer won

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this competition a few years ago and others have as well. So it

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can be done. And what an opportunity this is. And Aaron Corda in the Champions

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League is going to be from Australian perspective, that's going to be. Must see.

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It's, it's, yeah, 100% because you know, if he scores,

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what, what great Michael Jackson celebration we're going to get for starters.

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And then just him lighting it up on the Champions League, he just

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feels like a Champions League night.

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Which Premier League defender is he going to sit on his backside as he runs

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00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:04,320
past? I know which club I prefer it to happen

430
00:27:04,820 --> 00:27:07,360
to, but we'll see what does happen. He's the sort of player, as you said,

431
00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:11,640
who could, could light up the Champions League for Sporting Lisbon. Yeah, I'd absolutely love

432
00:27:12,140 --> 00:27:15,720
him to run past Matthias Nunes at Manchester City, but I have a feeling it

433
00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:20,190
might be against one of the four defenders from Liverpool. But anyway,

434
00:27:20,690 --> 00:27:22,950
let's not talk about that either way for me.

435
00:27:23,830 --> 00:27:27,430
Yes. Yeah, yeah, both. Both on your not

436
00:27:27,930 --> 00:27:31,670
so good list, shall we say? Now we probably should get to some

437
00:27:32,170 --> 00:27:34,470
unfortunate news. There's been plenty of injury news,

438
00:27:35,190 --> 00:27:39,550
particularly with Jordan Boss giving an interview to Channel 10 in

439
00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:43,630
the last week saying that he is actually facing a six month layoff

440
00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:47,750
with that knee injury. The ACL is fine, a bit of bruising, but it is

441
00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:52,910
the. I think the cartilage got torn away and an

442
00:27:53,410 --> 00:27:57,310
MCL injury as well. So not the kind of news we

443
00:27:57,470 --> 00:28:00,630
wanted to hear. But it will

444
00:28:01,130 --> 00:28:04,990
hopefully get the right. Well, hopefully he's got the right diagnosis.

445
00:28:05,070 --> 00:28:09,310
First and foremost. The surgery's been successful and the rehabilitation

446
00:28:10,170 --> 00:28:13,810
will be even more successful. But it does mean he will be cutting

447
00:28:14,310 --> 00:28:18,170
it fine for the Asian cup, which leaves that left back spot

448
00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:21,610
wide open, doesn't it? Well, firstly, what a great season that was.

449
00:28:22,110 --> 00:28:24,610
Not to have a foul or a yellow card given in that game in the

450
00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:27,850
World cup, given now what we know about the injury. But you're right, it does

451
00:28:28,350 --> 00:28:30,650
mean that Jordan Boss, if he is going to be at the Asia cup,

452
00:28:30,890 --> 00:28:34,570
it's going to be a case where he is probably underdone in terms of

453
00:28:34,650 --> 00:28:37,960
he might be physically fit. But match fit and match up are two

454
00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:42,080
very different things. And I wonder how fit he is. And it might even be

455
00:28:42,580 --> 00:28:44,800
as hard as it would be for Tony Poppins to do. It might even be

456
00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:48,000
depending on how long it takes the best case for him. Stay at final,

457
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,559
get yourself absolutely fully fit, get back into that side, play well in

458
00:28:53,059 --> 00:28:55,000
the back half of the year and then make a move which you probably would

459
00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:58,680
have done in this window if fit. So that's terrible time for him that this

460
00:28:59,180 --> 00:29:02,400
has happened, given so many of his teammates have made moves to big European clubs

461
00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:04,620
and, you know, would have been right there in the mix to do so as

462
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,380
well. So I do think he, he probably will be 50, 50 at best to

463
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,300
be at the Asia cup. And I do wonder if for the long term future

464
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,980
of Jordan Boss, the national team player for the next 10 years, as much

465
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,139
as we want him there for the Asia Cup, I wonder if it's not the

466
00:29:19,639 --> 00:29:22,420
best thing just to say you might have to miss this one. It depends on

467
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,900
how the recovery goes, of course. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And, and yeah,

468
00:29:27,060 --> 00:29:30,940
he should get a pretty good. I imagine the Feyenoord

469
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,980
medical department is quite good. They were the ones that picked up the extent

470
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,300
of the injury. So, you know, the Netherlands medical system is one

471
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,260
of the best in the world. So it probably just comes down to now

472
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,940
how Jordan Boss recovers. But in terms of left back options,

473
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,940
we do, interestingly enough have his brother Casey Boss

474
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,180
as a potential option. And of course he's in Rotterdam

475
00:29:56,260 --> 00:29:59,300
at Excelsior though, one of the three clubs there,

476
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,800
I believe in the professional system in Netherlands football.

477
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,480
He wasn't part of the match day squad for Excelsior though in

478
00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:11,400
their season opener. So it does make me wonder, is he maybe just building up

479
00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:13,920
to a bit of fitness? Has he got a knock? Has he got the,

480
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,319
the family trait of having injuries? I hope

481
00:30:17,819 --> 00:30:21,320
not. But Scott, do you think Casey is a potential option

482
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:25,480
for, for the left back role? Well, firstly, fingers crossed that Jordan and Casey

483
00:30:25,980 --> 00:30:28,880
can line up opposite sides of that derby during the season because that would be

484
00:30:29,210 --> 00:30:32,770
a fantastic mention off the start of the show how good the Lisbon Derby

485
00:30:33,270 --> 00:30:35,970
might be with Aaron Kunda versus Cartier. That could be another one to keep an

486
00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:39,370
eye on as well. Fingers crossed he is going to get more playing time for

487
00:30:39,870 --> 00:30:43,250
them over the course of the year because he may be the, the most likely

488
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:47,290
or best option for Australia to cover for that spot there at the fullback position.

489
00:30:47,790 --> 00:30:49,410
I don't know if you want to get into it right now, but we are

490
00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:52,650
a little bit light on in terms of the fullbacks. Probably more options on the

491
00:30:53,150 --> 00:30:56,600
right than the left. Maybe some of them can cover both sides. But the less

492
00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:00,520
side we could really do with Casey boss playing 20 games between now and

493
00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:04,600
the Asia cup selection and him being ready and available, potentially fill in for his

494
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:07,640
brother or go alongside of him to the Asian cup because we are a little

495
00:31:08,140 --> 00:31:12,480
bit light on. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Let's get into it Scott, because obviously

496
00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:15,960
we've got Aziz Page but he's at the tail end of his career.

497
00:31:16,460 --> 00:31:20,000
Even though he showed he's still well and truly up to it.

498
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,440
I mean between now and January is a long time

499
00:31:23,940 --> 00:31:27,520
so hopefully he can at least maintain that. So we've got one left back but

500
00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:31,140
I mean outside of that and Casey Bosses, there's it's. It's pretty

501
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,860
slim pickings, isn't is. And a lot of the options we do have are more

502
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,700
right side than left side. I mean people like Keely Adamson's more of a

503
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,140
right side player than the left side of play. I think Josh Rollins is more

504
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,500
of a right sided player than left. Maybe Jacob Italiano can do the reverse Jordy

505
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,340
Boss and go over and play on that left hand side but because Lewis Miller

506
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,980
would then come in and play on the right. So that would give you those

507
00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:55,250
three options where it basically be Miller in, Boss out.

508
00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:58,850
But that would be one. There's not many other real options

509
00:31:59,350 --> 00:32:02,970
out there unfortunately. I mean look, Jacob Farrell is one who's at Portsmouth

510
00:32:03,470 --> 00:32:06,330
in the championship. He's not fit and that's a real shame because we know what

511
00:32:06,830 --> 00:32:09,810
a good player he is and he could potentially fill in that sort of.

512
00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:13,770
You mentioned Borges, Rodriguez, I'd say Samuel Silvera, same sort of thing, more of an

513
00:32:14,270 --> 00:32:17,410
attacking minded option. There's not really anybody in the A league

514
00:32:17,650 --> 00:32:20,950
who's really lighting it up at the moment. The last six

515
00:32:21,450 --> 00:32:24,950
months screaming out they are a national team player. I'll throw one other name at

516
00:32:25,450 --> 00:32:28,870
you. And it's a little bit more of a left field, one more defensive Ky

517
00:32:29,370 --> 00:32:33,550
Rolls. Yeah, certainly play on the left hand side. He's a trusted player of Tony

518
00:32:34,050 --> 00:32:38,190
Popovich at 28 years of age and he's the most unlucky footballer that

519
00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:42,430
we have. He's probably the one player who's cursing the meteoric rise of Lucas Harrington.

520
00:32:42,930 --> 00:32:46,720
That was his spot in the World cup which unfortunately went to Lucas. So maybe

521
00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:49,480
Kyle Rolls can get a bit of redemption and get into the Asia cup squad

522
00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:53,640
playing as a left sided player for us. It's a good point. And you

523
00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:57,400
know the other injury that we'll get into later could open up

524
00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:01,840
the door for him either as the left back or as a left

525
00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:05,040
footed center back option. But yeah,

526
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,880
that's probably the one that Tony Popovich will take. Particularly with

527
00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:13,960
his contract running down to the end of the Asian Cup. I get the

528
00:33:14,460 --> 00:33:17,590
feeling he might actually want to try and win this thing, which means he's going

529
00:33:18,090 --> 00:33:21,030
to take experienced players rather than youth players.

530
00:33:21,530 --> 00:33:24,790
But I mean I could be reading the room wrong but I, I think you

531
00:33:25,290 --> 00:33:27,910
probably very much agree with you on that. I was looking ahead and thinking which

532
00:33:28,410 --> 00:33:31,790
senior players should we say thank you and farewell to? And as his badges at

533
00:33:32,290 --> 00:33:34,110
the top of that list of mine in terms of I thought we had the

534
00:33:34,610 --> 00:33:36,750
full back then cover but now the injuries mean we will actually need him for

535
00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:40,790
that. But I do agree, I think Tony Popovich will take an experienced look

536
00:33:41,290 --> 00:33:45,100
to the Asia cup which might bring in a Frank Karachic or a Cameron Elder

537
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,740
as well. So both those guys could come back into the framers experience options as

538
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,100
well. So we'll have to see what he does. But I do agree with you,

539
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,500
I think experience will be something that he very much values and if it is

540
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,460
going to be the last rodeo for Tony Popovich in charge, you'll want to win

541
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,420
it. Yeah, for sure. And there we go. You've just found another left back option

542
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,860
we've both completely overlooked in Callum Elder. I mean again, it probably depends

543
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:10,200
on how his body holds up. It seems to be a very problem position both

544
00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:13,560
on the left and right for Australia at the moment because lots of injuries.

545
00:34:14,060 --> 00:34:17,080
Frank Karasic, every time he gets called up he seems to get injured somehow.

546
00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:21,080
Not sure what's going on. Jacob Farrell, Farrell walks

547
00:34:21,580 --> 00:34:25,560
past a puff of wind and gets injured. So Johnny Katrumbas,

548
00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:29,280
he seems to get fit in patches. So yeah,

549
00:34:29,780 --> 00:34:32,280
it's like we can produce one but let's seems like the limit we're allowed to

550
00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:36,000
produce one at any one time. We had Brett Emerson, then it was Luke Wilkshire,

551
00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:40,200
then the Ivan Franich and it was Sam Lazarees and then Scott Chipperfield

552
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:43,800
and then David Carney. It was never multiple at once. It seems like we're allowed

553
00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:48,120
one per position and that's it and they better stay healthy. Yeah, yeah, you're right.

554
00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:52,760
Luckily a lot of those ones that you've mentioned were fairly durable because

555
00:34:53,260 --> 00:34:56,920
yeah, outside of that it was. Yeah, it fell away the depth.

556
00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:00,800
So yes, that seems to be the way Australian football

557
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:04,820
is at the moment. But the other injury I guess we should talk about is

558
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,300
Cameron Burgess who ruptured his Achilles in Swansea's

559
00:35:09,620 --> 00:35:12,980
first, I think it was their League cup game from memory. So he's going to

560
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,940
miss the entire season, which is a real shame. And it opens up

561
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,620
that center back spot for the Asian Cup. We talked

562
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,100
about Ky Rawls, but there's a couple of younger names I wanted to throw at

563
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,580
you. Scott in your thoughts, Dylan Leonard at Schalke of course, another one playing in

564
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,920
a top five league and Hayden Matthews there playing in Portsmouth.

565
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,440
Anyone outside of those two and Chirols that you see

566
00:35:36,940 --> 00:35:40,280
might challenge or what are your thoughts on those two as well? Well,

567
00:35:40,780 --> 00:35:43,880
they would be the most logical options. I mean Hayden Matthews was there in the

568
00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:47,800
preliminary World cup squad. He's a player that Tony Bobby certainly does like, so I

569
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:51,360
can very much picture him being a part of that as well. And as you

570
00:35:51,860 --> 00:35:54,720
said, Ky Rawls and Dylan Leonard as well, two really good options.

571
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,280
Again we mentioned Gerbil D Reich, he might be able to, if he can get

572
00:35:58,780 --> 00:36:01,620
himself called up between now and then, have an opportunity. I think Yanni Stenson,

573
00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:05,140
especially if he gets into the Champions League, that's going to be a real opportunity.

574
00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:08,900
There's a kid in Denmark, is it Marcus Walker, one who's playing

575
00:36:09,140 --> 00:36:12,300
semi regularly for Norman, so there's some options there

576
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,660
that you can consider. And there may be more than one spot available of course

577
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,540
with the J League and with Jason Guerrier as well. So maybe there's multiple

578
00:36:19,780 --> 00:36:23,260
positions but just on Cameron Burgess, I feel like this is

579
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,820
a terrible shame because a lot of people are just rushing to move on from

580
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:31,000
him because Lucas Herring has come in and done so well. But as you pointed

581
00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:34,720
out before, he played every minute basically for Swansea last year and he was a

582
00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:38,680
crucial member of that side that qualified for the World cup. And because what happened

583
00:36:39,180 --> 00:36:42,280
against us, which wasn't, wasn't his finest game, it's fair to say, and he got

584
00:36:42,780 --> 00:36:45,640
subbed up to 45 minutes. It'd be a terrible show if that's the last time

585
00:36:46,140 --> 00:36:48,840
we see him in a national team. I, I do hope he gets back and

586
00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:51,600
can overcome this. It's just going to be hard for him at 30 years of

587
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,470
age to overcome this Achilles injury. But fingers crossed he can and can

588
00:36:55,970 --> 00:36:59,150
finish his career at the national team level on a more positive note because he's

589
00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:02,870
been a real solid contributor and there's still a lot there left him to achieve

590
00:37:03,370 --> 00:37:06,270
at the national team level. So fingers crossed he can get back because he's a

591
00:37:06,770 --> 00:37:09,630
really good player. Yeah, I completely agree, Scott.

592
00:37:10,350 --> 00:37:14,070
Absolutely terrible shame. He's a really, really underrated

593
00:37:14,570 --> 00:37:18,470
player in my opinion, that the fact that he's

594
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:22,550
left footed and is able, his long ball is actually quite good

595
00:37:23,050 --> 00:37:26,830
and quite accurate and it's such a important weapon in

596
00:37:27,330 --> 00:37:30,910
the modern game where we're seeing those compact defenses. To have a player that's

597
00:37:31,410 --> 00:37:34,630
able to pin those sort of diagonal balls that he does is such a key

598
00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:37,990
outfall and a key tactic that can be used. So,

599
00:37:38,150 --> 00:37:42,390
as you said, hopefully the Swansea medical department is really

600
00:37:42,890 --> 00:37:46,270
good and can get him back up and going soon because we'd love

601
00:37:46,770 --> 00:37:49,990
to see him in the green and gold again. As I said, very underrated player,

602
00:37:50,490 --> 00:37:54,220
very good player and so hopefully he

603
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,900
can get back to that level because he was so crucial for them in the

604
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,300
championship last season as well. So, yes, some interesting players as

605
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,820
well that could take his place. I think Dylan Leonard is the one to watch

606
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,220
for me if it's not this Asian Cup, I think it's, you know,

607
00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:13,300
the qualification campaign. He looks a real player.

608
00:38:14,740 --> 00:38:17,420
Feels like one who will see called up for the Brazil series, doesn't he?

609
00:38:17,570 --> 00:38:20,770
I that feels like one you think is definitely going to happen. I think so,

610
00:38:21,270 --> 00:38:24,490
yeah. And Schalke did experiment with him a little bit, playing him

611
00:38:24,990 --> 00:38:28,210
in a holding midfield role as he was building his minutes at the back end

612
00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:31,890
of last season. So that should be quite an interesting one.

613
00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:36,130
But Scott, I'm going to ask you, who are you most

614
00:38:36,370 --> 00:38:40,210
looking forward to seeing in these European leagues

615
00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:44,010
coming up? I mean, we've got the French league kicking off this weekend,

616
00:38:44,510 --> 00:38:47,330
Premier League, of course, the Portuguese league is underway.

617
00:38:48,570 --> 00:38:51,690
Anyone in particular? Bundesliga next weekend? I believe so.

618
00:38:52,010 --> 00:38:55,650
Anyone in particular? Well, I will be keeping tabs on the European

619
00:38:56,150 --> 00:38:58,010
leagues more than I have been in the past given we are seeing more and

620
00:38:58,510 --> 00:39:02,090
more Australians playing at good levels over there. I'm going to be watching Aaron corner

621
00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:05,770
closely, but forgive me for being a little bit biased here. I'm going to be

622
00:39:06,270 --> 00:39:09,330
keeping on the Premier League and Lucas Harrington, not just because he's playing against my

623
00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:13,330
club this weekend, but to see what he's done in the last two years

624
00:39:13,830 --> 00:39:17,160
from playing in the NPL here in Queensland, to be now going to make his

625
00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:20,520
debut at home to Man United this weekend. That's going to be one that I'm

626
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,960
very intrigued to see. I expect him to go really well and Harmony wants

627
00:39:24,460 --> 00:39:26,360
him to keep a clean sheet as well. That would just be a remarkable thing

628
00:39:26,860 --> 00:39:29,720
and it'd be very on brand for Man United to drop points or team like

629
00:39:30,220 --> 00:39:33,040
I'll on the opening day of the season. So if that happens. At least I

630
00:39:33,540 --> 00:39:37,280
can confirm myself. Lucas Harrington playing really well. So I'll be keeping on how he

631
00:39:37,780 --> 00:39:40,440
goes over there in the English Premier League. Yeah, fair.

632
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,400
And look, I think the only time it's acceptable to have some split

633
00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:49,260
loyalties there as a football fan. Right. To have something like that for

634
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,140
me, I think I'm really intrigued to see how Patrick beach does at

635
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,140
Trois and whether he actually wins that number one spot from the off.

636
00:39:57,540 --> 00:40:00,980
That's the big one for me, but I think the one that no

637
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,260
one's really talking about and the one that gets me a little bit more excited.

638
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,420
Obviously we've got Nestery at Sporting, we've got Ducati at Benfica,

639
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:13,220
but I'm really looking forward to see how Paul Oak on Angstler goes at

640
00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:18,020
Cologne. I think. I think he is a Bundesliga

641
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,580
player to a tee. I think he is going to fit in perfectly at

642
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:28,020
Cologne and I will not be surprised if he makes a move to someone

643
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,060
like a Leverkusen or maybe not.

644
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,260
Yeah, look, I'm going to throw Dortmund's name in the ring. It'll be fantastic.

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If he could. And his rise has been sensational. And the role he's going to

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play for Australia in the next decade in that midfield where it's going to be,

647
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it's going to be on him to dictate the game for the soccers, getting on

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the ball, making things happen. Bundesliga is perfect for him to

649
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develop those skills and Cologne's a pretty good team as well. So I'm very

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excited for him as well. I should have included him, but he might be third

651
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on my list, if not after Lucas and Nestry. Yeah,

652
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definitely. Yeah. I mean, Nester is going to be box office, but we're going to

653
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have to find a way to watch Portuguese league games to

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do so. But they're very hard to find. So fingers

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crossed, one of the networks can pick it up. I'm not, not sure who,

656
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I don't really care who, but someone please pick it up. Yeah, please. Yeah,

657
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exactly. Right. But yeah, yeah, I, I just had to bring up Paul

658
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Oak on. I just think. And. And funnily enough, linking it back to Portugal,

659
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a player that spent time in Portugal for the Benfica B

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side, that's where Sydney picked him up. So a lot of

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those teams in Portugal and Spain, just for anyone that's curious, they do have

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B teams which they play in usually the second or the third division,

663
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but can't get promoted to the top flight, which is basically a

664
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reserve team is it's made up of their Youth teams and a few odds have

665
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been there as well in that B team as well. I think Casper Tafta was

666
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there way back in the day. Yeah, yeah, I think Carter was there, who's been

667
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floating around in Portugal for a long period of time, was there at one stage

668
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as well, so. And Paul Ocon, as you said, was there. So a few Aussies

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have been there in the B team. Now we can see Chicati in the.

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In the senior team. Yeah, which is just going to be incredible.

671
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I'm really looking forward to this season.

672
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Just there's so many stories that we're going to see come out and players

673
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and, you know, we've still got another week or two of the transfer window,

674
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so we've got some more stories. Of course. Maybe we'll end it on a Motore

675
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Rumors. There's plenty on Motore potentially leaving Norwich,

676
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which is interesting considering he hit the ground running, but a

677
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move in the offing straight away. What are your thoughts on that,

678
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Scott? I think it's a really interesting one for him. If he's going to

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move, it should be to a place where he's going to play every single game,

680
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because at least at Norwich, you know he's their first choice, number nine. He's going

681
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to play for a really good championship side which could very well end up being

682
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promoted to the Premier League in their own right. So if he's going to move,

683
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it better be the right move for him, not just moving for the sake of

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it and sitting on the bench. So for him, I'd make sure, like the other

685
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guys did, make sure it is the right move. But you also got the Harry

686
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Sutar move potentially, if it comes through to wrex

687
00:43:07,700 --> 00:43:10,680
him. And who knows, there might be another young phenom from Australia heading to the

688
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MLS in a cola con. So we'll see. There's a lot to keep an eye

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on in the last couple of weeks of the window, which has already been a

690
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transformative one for Australia, to say the least. Yeah, an absolute blockbuster,

691
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hasn't it? So, yeah, look, keep your eye out.

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I'll try and do my best to. To update you on social media, as I'm

693
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sure Scott will once he gets his hands on the Brisbane Football Review

694
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social pages. But fighting Adam for them as we

695
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speak. Yeah. Yep. So we'll. We might televise that boxing match

696
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if. If you're lucky. But anyway, before we get into any more hijinks,

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that is it for the Aussie Football Review. Aussie Football

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Review. Aussie football passport. There we go. I was trying to do another mix up

699
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of the names. There we go. Jesus, has it been that long of a book?

700
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Long, long day. Long day. Anyway, look, I hope you've enjoyed

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this episode. I'll certainly try and bring you some more bonus episodes

702
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like this as the transfer window wraps up. Of course,

703
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we'll check in on our ladies overseas as well, or work on

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that one. But normal service will resume next week with a regular show.

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I'm going to update the format for you and I'll let you know about what

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that's going to sound like in the coming days. But apart

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from all my rambling, thank you very much for joining me, Scott. Really appreciate you.

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Pleasure as always, Alex. Brilliant. Thanks, Scott.

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And I will catch you in the next episode. Goodbye for now.