Australian National Team Thread - #PopaOut!

some great finishing by our lads against the Central Committee Mariners

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FFA’s decision on what happened in Cambodia

McGree is suspended from national team duty until April 2020, the other 3 until August 2020.

What did they do?

The allegations are discussed in here:

So McGree got off lighter because it was in his room so he technically didn’t break curfew?

That’s just …

They have been banned for having consenual sex with someone?
Broke curfew even though they didn’t leave the hotel?

No, they’ve clearly been banned for unprofessional conduct, obviously something happened to cause the young lady distress after the consensual activity which led to her complaint and the situation coming to light.

I imagine Arnie would’ve hit the fucking roof when he found out they’d been on Tinder throughout the tournament and then brought a girl back to the hotel. Would you want any of our boys pulling that shit this weekend in Perth? Hell no. If anything being away on NT duty means being held to even higher standards.

Noteworthy that McGree, Atkinson and Wales were all together at the cultural vacuum of Melbourne City at the time. Maybe they’ve crossed swords before at club level but there would have been a clear directive about behavioural expectations while away with the NT. McGree being available should we qualify does seem rather convenient though…

I’m with you on this one. I doubt any one of them would have thought that what they were doing was OK. Kinda reminds me of this.

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Crossed swords. Heehee.

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This is fucking grim. Not fussed about the football side, if the facts are as told in SMH and these were my mates I wouldnt be impressed at all.

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Can only agree. There’s nothing illegal, but it’s just seedy and awful. They’re young, and they’re dickheads. I hope they give it proper thought and learn from it.

Glad I wasn’t the only one with Finbarr Saunders’ brain.

Bit shit coming from a young bloke who is captaining the side and really does look like he could have a quality future ahead of him. (permanent deal to his hometown club, team being built around him etc) Just think for a second first before the BS.

Can’t they just use the NRL defence of “boys will be boys” and let them off with a slap on the wrists?

What did they do? I wouldn’t be keen on a foursome involving three males but it’s certainly not illegal. I have read the SMH article and I must be missing something.

While that part seems consentual, there’s clearly something in the way they treated this woman that caused her to lodge a formal complaint. That hasn’t been made public and we would only be speculating.

Right. These comments seem a bit strange if it’s purely speculation.

Your maths are off. It would have been a fivesome with four dudes.

Also, legality is not the issue. Professionalism is.

It’s all a bit of Puritanism to me.

Sure it might be a bit seedy, but whatever adults do behind closed doors is no one else’s fucking business.