The player Ange needs to pick for the Socceroos

Too late for Alex Brosque and the Socceroos? Depends.

Nobody is denying the ugly truth that a crisis is afoot

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There are a million theories as to why Australian youth football is in crisis. There is, though, universal agreement on one thing: It is in crisis.

Has Tim Cahill played his last game for the Socceroos?

For the first time in the Ange Postecoglou era, our greatest Socceroo won't be involved when the Socceroos play a World Cup qualifier. So has Tim Cahill played his last game for Australia?

The world game needs an Indigenous boost

Self-help is a theme which has run through Indigenous affairs throughout its long and often tortured white-funded history. Easy to imagine, hard to achieve. But maybe, just maybe, football has finally made a breakthrough.

The next Socceroos coach is patiently waiting in the A-League

Is Kevin Muscat the best choice to become the next coach of the Socceroos? It's a question I've been mulling over for some time. Watching him during Saturday night's "Big Blue" has brought me closer to a conclusion. Well he might be, and it wasn't that long ago I could never imagine myself saying that.

Time for FFA to be bold and bring in Tassie

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Tassie for the A-League? The obvious question is why? The better question is why not?

The A-League's great survivors

And then there were 17. That's all we've got left from those players who crossed the great divide from "old soccer" to "new football". Eleven seasons into the A-League, just 17 players remain who played in the old National Soccer League.

Cahill's City are the perfect pantomime villains

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Are Melbourne City fast becoming public enemy no.1? Could be. Such is the price of success, the world over. Now just one game away from their maiden trophy, Melbourne City's determination to dominate Australian football is certainly gathering steam. Maybe jealousy too.

The problem with the FFA's expansion plan

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Apparently, expansion of the A-League is back on the agenda. No, really. That being the case, the fault lines of a debate which excites the football public like no other are about to reach a sharper focus. Derbies, or regions? New markets, or existing ones? Ultimately, that's the conversation which matters most.