That’s also gotta be Luik done, without the fanfare.
Have said it before but when we look back at how this golden generation was set up to fail and why they didn’t actually win anything (since the earlier, unexpected Asian Cup anyways) the underuse of prime Luik at #6 should be the starting point. Fantastic player who’d have done so, so much to help balance a midfield that has underperformed since Staj was still in charge.
Especially as the alternates travel and train and can be subbed in throughout the tournament.
Just allow a 22 person squad
Was mentioned on the news it will be 8 of the 18s 3rd Olympics, and I think 6 2nd. Presumably one of the older squads competing.
Likely a very different team for LA28.
Polkinghorne isn’t up to it anymore - shouldn’t still be around in squads like this.
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Tillies doco on Stan…
Montemurro signs with Lyon 
With ante signing for another two years, the odds of Tony g staying on are only increasing 
Dislike.
As poor as he is, they’re probably not going to ditch a coach who took the Matildas to the semi finals of a World Cup.
Why not?
They ditched a coach that could have won it.
I’m not intending to re-prosecute this argument, but “could have” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this sentence…
Everyone was convinced they had a shot, and Staj was the coach that got them there.
So yeah, could have.
What if having a generation of utterly ludicrous talent is what got them there, and Staj was in the right place at the right time?
Its certainly working for the current guy.
Absolutely! If anything they’ve probably come off a little - many of these players were playing at Rio in 2016 and were better then!
That’s my point though, he got them through the qualification process, not through a 4th-place finish at the actual cup.
I think the following couple of years suggests that it was a bit more than the playing group.
Because he got sacked for putting in professional standards?
Not trying to reprosecute that argument, but there’s a difference between that and sacking Tony G before the Olympics.