Mask off moment.

It won’t happen. But it should.

Not to keep going on about it, but I hope everyone who blamed Ange’s training methods last season — despite knowing zero about those methods — is embarrassed and ashamed of themselves for their lack of intelligence. You were stupid.

When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.

Just catching up with the highlights and did I see a Thomas Frank defensive line on halfway? Did anyone call that suicidal, or question whether it contributed to any injuries?

Such a good article from @vincerugari.com on why we’re just not that much into singing at sport. www.smh.com.au/sport/why-do...

Wrote this a few days ago. Still holds up I think. Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Amazing that this comes from a website specialising in evidence-based stats content lol

One of my favourite quotes in football. Spurs feeling now what the Socceroos did after 2017: the grass isn’t always greener. Hopefully Frank gets there, I like him. These things are like a pendulum. Neither way is correct, and both have drawbacks and advantages!

Of the top 50 players for G+A in the #ALeague last season, almost half - 23 - have departed. Here's a bit on what that means, the good and the bad, with a bit of help from Stefan Mauk. www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Hello Tottenham BlueSky. www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

How Oasis ruined the Socceroos’ plans for a 20-year anniversary clash with Uruguay — plus a whole load of new stuff from a lengthy chat this week with Tony Popovic www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Comedians, influencers and footy players: Why we can’t get enough of celebrity boxing, even though we say we hate it www.smh.com.au/sport/boxing...

The Premier League awaits Wrexham. One more promotion to go. But how can a club built on authenticity, accessibility and community reach the game’s most elite and corporatised level without sacrificing its soul? www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Sydney FC to seek millions in compensation over Allianz Stadium drainage fiasco www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

‘We’ll show you how to do it’: Secret recording catches suspected match-fixers red-handed www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

A massive honour and great pleasure to sit down with George Vasilopoulos this week to talk about his time as South Melbourne president — and how he saved Ange Postecoglou by calling in sick to stop a board meeting in 1996 where he was to be sacked. www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Anyway. In today's @smh, one of my favourite - and most important - things I've ever written. It's about a special club in Griffith, NSW, and the needless rigidity of Australian soccer administration. www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Ange will land on his feet. But Spurs have made an enormous mistake in sacking him www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Ah well. Their loss.

Perfectly imperfect: Unlikely hero takes Socceroos to brink of another World Cup www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

A great, great pleasure to speak with Alessandro Circati about his comeback from his ACL injury and his time in Serie A so far. ‘I view things differently now’: The Socceroos’ next big thing is back, and even better than before www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

‘I can smell success’: Montemurro aims for Asian Cup glory with Matildas www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

“James Maddison, he reminds me a lot of Jason Cummings – that sort of character.” That and a couple other pearlers from my chat with Nick Montgomery here… ‘We believed all season’: Inside Tottenham’s euphoric Europa League victory www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

‘I’m in awe of the girls’: Ex-Matilda makes her greatest save yet for Australia’s blind football team www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

“I’ve tasted success and frankly, it’s not for me”

My pleasure. And tbh, it wasn’t difficult. When you’ve seen and experienced what I have over 10+ years… like I’ve said before, tipping Ange to be successful is like predicting the sun will rise tomorrow. It’s not profound, you don’t need a crystal ball. It’s obvious. Hopefully others can see now.

Hope this makes sense. Ange delivered like he always does. Spurs would be mad to sack him now www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

That’s why.

Chat how we coping

My preview. ‘I’m not a clown, mate’: Why winning the Europa League would be Postecoglou’s biggest achievement www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

This has never been more true than it is today.

If he doesn’t play on, Juan Mata says he might buy into the A-League: www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Actually, the best case scenario is that Postecoglou ends the wait for the trophy, and then stays, and then delivers more trophies.

Enjoy your lunch. Ange dropped the coldest quote in soccer history. In 90 minutes he can deliver on it www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

James Johnson steps down as Football Australia boss www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

On Alex Robertson: He’s a third-generation Socceroo who says he bleeds green and gold. So why isn’t he playing? Plus - an almost full transcript of everything else Tony Popovic had to say in his roundtable chat with journos. www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Joe Montemurro to coach Matildas, Graham Arnold to coach … Iraq? www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Molto bene: Australia in line to host world-first Italian Serie A match www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Ange Postecoglou team defying outside noise to stand on the brink of achieving something people said was impossible is it? Hmm.

Am I the only one who doesn’t really see enough parallels to call this a “potential Ten Hag situation“? Seems like fairly lazy shorthand for pretty different situations, for me. Lot of PL watchers can only explain things based on past happenings and not for things as they are. (To me! To me!)

It’s absolutely wild to remember that Ange copped pelters in season one for not prioritising the cups by rotating the squad and getting eliminated from the Carabao Cup early. These days he rotates specifically to prioritise the Europa League and gets savaged for it.

People seem to have pigeon-holed "AngeBall" into specific formations or memories of the 9-men, high line against Chelsea. That leads people to believing we're not even "playing AngeBall anymore". Playing philosophy and strategy aren't the same as formation or line-height.