The Roar » Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au Your Sports Opinion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:19:13 +0000 en hourly 1 davidde-corranhttp://feedburner.google.com A-League coaches are saying but not doing http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/hkxvFhDg7K4/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/09/a-league-coaches-are-saying-but-not-doing/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:17 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=67652 Melbourne Victory’s position as the A-League’s biggest club was highlighted over the last week as interim coach Jim Magilton continued to make headlines. From debate over his British heritage through to whether it is he or the players who should hold responsibility for recent results, it seems every aspect of the 42-year-old’s time south of [...]

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]]> Melbourne Victory’s position as the A-League’s biggest club was highlighted over the last week as interim coach Jim Magilton continued to make headlines.

From debate over his British heritage through to whether it is he or the players who should hold responsibility for recent results, it seems every aspect of the 42-year-old’s time south of the Murray is coming under scrutiny.

In the lead up to last week’s Melbourne derby, the discussion moved on to the Northern Irishman’s coaching past and what that says about the style of football he wants to implement at the Victory.

John Gorman, who was Magilton’s assistant at Ipswich Town and Queens Park Ranges, was positive when he described Magilton’s past teams to the Herald Sun’s David Davutovic.

“People still talk about the football his teams played,” Gorman said.

“We both believed in passing and playing out from the back.”

Philip Ham, editor of Ipswich Town’s twtd.co.uk website, emphasized this point saying “He’ll play football in the right way”.

A brief diversion, for those looking for some insight into Magilton I suggest you read Davutovic’s article, an interesting reading that further highlights his place as the best story breaker in the Australian football press.

Back to those quotes though, it’s not the first time I’ve heard the claim “he likes to play good football”. The issue is there’s a difference between wanting to and being able to.

I was told a story last week that, while it might be a tad apocryphal, apparently comes from Steve Pitts’ book 39 days of Gazza, which recounts Paul Gascoigne’s short-lived tenure as Kettering Town’s manager.

In it Gascoigne sits his team down in front of a TV and shows his players a video of Zinedine Zidane before explaining this is how he wants them to play. Naturally it didn’t work out.

While nowhere near as extreme or incompetent, the A-League and Australian national teams have their fair share of similar tales of coaches wanting to play good football without having developed the necessary skills to instruct their players on how to do so.

Thankfully this is slowly being rectified with improving coach education programs.

The only true barometer of a coaches ability is the football his teams produce and not whether he likes a “passing game”.

Across 90 minutes on that green patch of grass, there is no hiding behind words, no matter how well intentioned they may be.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/09/a-league-coaches-are-saying-but-not-doing/feed/ 17 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/09/a-league-coaches-are-saying-but-not-doing/ Heart’s Schip loses its captain http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/XUfLFq_QcmA/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/02/heart%e2%80%99s-schip-loses-its-captain/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:04:04 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66643 “If you leave a place in a better condition then that’s the measure of a man, and clearly John van ‘t Schip’s delivery to this club is exactly that.” That was how Melbourne Heart chairman Peter Sidwell summed up van’t Schip’s impact on the A-League’s youngest club when announcing the Dutchman’s departure yesterday afternoon. Van’t [...]

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]]> “If you leave a place in a better condition then that’s the measure of a man, and clearly John van ‘t Schip’s delivery to this club is exactly that.”

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/02/heart%e2%80%99s-schip-loses-its-captain/feed/ 5 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/02/heart%e2%80%99s-schip-loses-its-captain/ A-League tactics starting to stack up with Europe http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/BsBt6P8Romg/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/26/a-league-tactics-starting-to-stack-up-with-europe/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:04:59 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=65486 This weekend I watched a fairly underwhelming Turkish Super Lig game which, when compared with the same situation occurring in the A-League, became rather illuminating. Before we get to that though, here’s a hypothetical question for you. Your A-League team is away from home and starts the game defensively, looking to settle for a tight [...]

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]]> This weekend I watched a fairly underwhelming Turkish Super Lig game which, when compared with the same situation occurring in the A-League, became rather illuminating.

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]]> So, after a few days in which divisive spot fires popped up all over the Australian football scene, it was nice of Sydney FC and Perth Glory to come together last night and play out one of the drabbest games of the season.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/19/football-community-united-in-frustrated-boredom/feed/ 89 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/19/football-community-united-in-frustrated-boredom/ Where football should import knowledge from http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/W-SKGyR8QLk/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/12/where-football-should-import-its-knowledge-from/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:49:20 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=63274 The announcement last Friday of former Northern Ireland international Jim Magilton as Melbourne Victory’s new coach may have the club’s board hoping for a revival of their fledgling season, but it’s also set off a discussion about the importance of importing football knowledge. On that point, on Tuesday, I had the opportunity to spend the [...]

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]]> The announcement last Friday of former Northern Ireland international Jim Magilton as Melbourne Victory’s new coach may have the club’s board hoping for a revival of their fledgling season, but it’s also set off a discussion about the importance of importing football knowledge.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/12/where-football-should-import-its-knowledge-from/feed/ 26 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/12/where-football-should-import-its-knowledge-from/ Getting the most out of Kewell and Emerton http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/BRGl2OMuJ8g/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/04/getting-the-most-out-of-kewell-and-emerton/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:13:21 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=62324 The New Year celebrations must of been a frustrating time for fans of Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC as they ended 2011 half way through a season blighted by inconsistency. After signing high-profile Socceroos in the offseason to complement already strong squads – Harry Kewell heading south of the border and Brett Emerton north – [...]

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]]> The New Year celebrations must of been a frustrating time for fans of Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC as they ended 2011 half way through a season blighted by inconsistency.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/04/getting-the-most-out-of-kewell-and-emerton/feed/ 5 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/01/04/getting-the-most-out-of-kewell-and-emerton/ One step forwards, one step sideways for football in 2011 http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/GRrAoxo2-h4/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/29/one-step-forwards-one-step-sideways-for-football-in-2011/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:06:16 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=61794 As Daniel Severino wheeled away from the penalty spot on Boxing Day, having just condemned Brisbane Roar to their fifth straight defeat, I couldn’t help but feel it was an appropriate way to wrap up an eventful year for the game in Australia. 12 months ago the game was still reeling from a shambolic end [...]

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]]> As Daniel Severino wheeled away from the penalty spot on Boxing Day, having just condemned Brisbane Roar to their fifth straight defeat, I couldn’t help but feel it was an appropriate way to wrap up an eventful year for the game in Australia.

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]]> Like getting back with an old-girlfriend, John Kosmina’s return to the helm of Adelaide United this week has thrown up a whole raft of past-issues.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/22/football-needs-coaches-not-characters/feed/ 47 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/22/football-needs-coaches-not-characters/ Kosmina in at Adelaide as Coolen is shown the door http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/cfcBFEAuvf4/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/19/kosmina-in-at-adelaide-as-coolen-is-shown-the-door/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:26:43 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=60580 So John Kosmina, a man fond of dust ups and discussing the mentally unstable, is back in the coaching game. “[It] Lets the lunatics out [of] the asylum. The lunatics run the asylum,” was how Adelaide United’s new manager described the Internet in a post-match press conference during his time at Sydney FC. It’s one [...]

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/19/kosmina-in-at-adelaide-as-coolen-is-shown-the-door/feed/ 25 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/19/kosmina-in-at-adelaide-as-coolen-is-shown-the-door/ Brisbane Roar are in a slump not a crisis http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/UdbF737joHw/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/15/brisbane-roar-are-in-a-slump-not-a-crisis/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:58:30 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=60140 So after 36 games unbeaten Brisbane Roar’s players have promptly reacquainted themselves with losing. Last night’s 2-0 loss to Wellington Phoenix was their third on the trot. Six goals conceded, one goal scored and zero points acquired. After the final whistle in Dunedin, Ange Postecoglou had his players run laps of the Forsyth Barr Stadium [...]

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]]> So after 36 games unbeaten Brisbane Roar’s players have promptly reacquainted themselves with losing. Last night’s 2-0 loss to Wellington Phoenix was their third on the trot. Six goals conceded, one goal scored and zero points acquired.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/15/brisbane-roar-are-in-a-slump-not-a-crisis/feed/ 38 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/15/brisbane-roar-are-in-a-slump-not-a-crisis/ Let’s get over our A-League vs MLS obsession http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/5PyYIKGP9LA/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/08/lets-get-over-our-a-league-vs-mls-obsession/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:19 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=59283 So the final edition of the Beckham down under experience has come and gone and with it the now annual comparisons between the A-League and MLS. Yesterday my fellow Roar writer Luke Doherty wrote: “it would be fantastic to see the A-League champions and the winners of the MLS Cup face off every year for [...]

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]]> So the final edition of the Beckham down under experience has come and gone and with it the now annual comparisons between the A-League and MLS.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/08/lets-get-over-our-a-league-vs-mls-obsession/feed/ 8 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/08/lets-get-over-our-a-league-vs-mls-obsession/ Brisbane lose but they remain far from defeated http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/TC_xSHJOq9E/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/05/brisbane-lost-but-they-remain-far-from-defeated/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:07:15 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=58938 “As they finally succumb, let’s pay tribute to what they’ve achieved,” declared Fox Sports’ redoubtable commentator Simon Hill as the final whistle confirmed Sydney FC had ended Brisbane Roar’s 36-game unbeaten streak. Having never been visited by A-League football before, the blustery WIN Jubilee Oval was an unlikely venue for the longest undefeated streak in [...]

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]]> “As they finally succumb, let’s pay tribute to what they’ve achieved,” declared Fox Sports’ redoubtable commentator Simon Hill as the final whistle confirmed Sydney FC had ended Brisbane Roar’s 36-game unbeaten streak.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/05/brisbane-lost-but-they-remain-far-from-defeated/feed/ 34 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/05/brisbane-lost-but-they-remain-far-from-defeated/ Buckley thinks we’ll be better than Argentina in four years http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/jugjBfnqmuI/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/01/buckley-thinks-well-be-better-than-argentina-in-four-years/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:30:41 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=58455 It’s been a busy few days at College St as Football Federation Australia re-elected its Chairman Frank Lowy (unopposed, naturally) for a third consecutive term and also released its intriguing four-year strategic plan. These two events are of course interlinked as Lowy wishes to leave his role having overseen the game’s complete rebirth. While there’s [...]

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]]> It’s been a busy few days at College St as Football Federation Australia re-elected its Chairman Frank Lowy (unopposed, naturally) for a third consecutive term and also released its intriguing four-year strategic plan.

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]]> “This club is not in crisis,” claimed Melbourne Victory chief executive Richard Wilson on Tuesday after the announcement that technical director Francis Awaritefe had parted ways with the club.

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]]> One by one the Socceroos lined up to call their 1-0 defeat at the hands of Oman on Friday the loss they needed. “There’s absolutely no need to hit the panic button – what that result should be is a rude awakening,” said goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.

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]]> The Socceroos have the opportunity to seal top spot in Group D with victory against Oman tonight. Join us for comprehensive live score updates and commentary from 1.00am AEDT at the Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in Muscat.

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]]> Tired and bleary-eyed, Socceroos striker Josh Kennedy and wife Jacinta Hamilton wander through Tokyo’s Narita airport looking confused and more than a little out of place.

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]]> This week’s announcement that Jan Versleijen would not be continuing in his duel role as head of the AIS football program and Australian youth teams coach when his contract expires later this year came as little surprise.

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]]> Wednesday’s announcement of the Australian squad that will take on Oman and Thailand in next week’s World Cup Qualifiers saw the continuation of Holger Osieck’s gradual evolution of the Socceroos.

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Socceroos youngsters shine in draw against Serbia

Socceroos youngsters shine in draw against Serbia. AAP Images

Hyperbole and Australian football seem to go hand-in-hand together these days. Usually it’s self-defeatism or pessimism reigning supreme, but this week, with Holger Osieck calling a two-day camp for domestic based potential Socceroos and Olyroos, all of a sudden the A-League has become a hot bed of national team talent.

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Melbourne Victory supporters. AAP Image/Paul Miller

Melbourne Victory supporters. AAP Image/Paul Miller

This week is all about Melbourne. With the A-League’s only intra-city derby on the horizon, the self-proclaimed centre of the sporting world is currently the focus of the Australian football public’s attention.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/20/turning-the-pressure-up-on-melbourne/feed/ 54 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/20/turning-the-pressure-up-on-melbourne/ The European grind takes another Australian casualty http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/izpBSLUbA1o/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/13/the-european-grind-takes-another-australian-casualty/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:39:46 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=52495 Yesterday, Wednesday the 12th of October, passed without much notice for most of those within Australian football circles except at one little club. Situated on an unpaved road a few kilometers outside of Geelong, the North Geelong Warriors were coming to terms with the retirement of one of their greatest sons, and possibly the most [...]

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Ajax's goalkeeper Joey Didulica. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Valencia's Ruben Baraja, left, tries to shoot past Ajax's goalkeeper Joey Didulica. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Yesterday, Wednesday the 12th of October, passed without much notice for most of those within Australian football circles except at one little club.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/13/the-european-grind-takes-another-australian-casualty/feed/ 30 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/13/the-european-grind-takes-another-australian-casualty/ Jets risk A-League cred on eve of new season http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/FaEwUWDU0Ig/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/06/jets-risk-a-leagues-credability-on-eve-of-new-season/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:00:58 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=51978 “We’re trying to turn the team into a club and it’s on the right track”. So said Branko Culina just hours before he was sacked as coach of the Newcastle Jets on the eve of the new A-League season. While the cruel irony in that comment is more than palpable, Culina’s sacking, along with the [...]

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Adam D'Apuzzo for the Newcastle Jets during the A League football match between the Perth Glory and the Newcastle Jets. AAP Image/Tony McDonough

Adam D'Apuzzo for the Newcastle Jets during the A League football match between the Perth Glory and the Newcastle Jets. AAP Image/Tony McDonough

“We’re trying to turn the team into a club and it’s on the right track”. So said Branko Culina just hours before he was sacked as coach of the Newcastle Jets on the eve of the new A-League season.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/06/jets-risk-a-leagues-credability-on-eve-of-new-season/feed/ 25 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/06/jets-risk-a-leagues-credability-on-eve-of-new-season/ European football reflects on a life too short http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/QlTwvU6x-UU/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/29/european-football-reflects-on-a-life-too-short/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:30:54 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=51548 “In our achievement-oriented society a goalkeeper, the last bastion in defence, can’t be a depressive. So Robert summoned up a huge amount of strength to keep his depression secret. He locked himself away in his illness.” This is just one of the many heartbreaking moments in Ronald Reng’s book A Life Too Short which tells [...]

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/29/european-football-reflects-on-a-life-too-short/feed/ 9 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/29/european-football-reflects-on-a-life-too-short/ FIFA’s reform sham continues http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/9EWH1mSd2zI/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/22/fifas-reform-sham-continues/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:01:33 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=51066 “The IOC? It is like a club of princes, princesses and kings. They have no transparency! Our accounts are open, theirs are not. They manage their money like a housewife.” – FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter in response to the IOC’s investigation of FIFA exco member Issa Hayatou, January 2011 It’s been a comically depressing [...]

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/22/fifas-reform-sham-continues/feed/ 4 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/22/fifas-reform-sham-continues/ Holger Osieck and the Tim Cahill conundrum http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/k4_5ZxZecsc/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/08/holger-osieck-and-the-cahill-conundrum/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:02:53 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=49888 In the early hours of Wednesday morning, just four days after a 2-1 win over Thailand that was of such poor quality veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer said it “feels like a loss”, we saw what makes the Socceroos a cherished part of the Australian sporting landscape – humility and determination. In the immediate fallout of [...]

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Tim Cahill sent off in Socceroos' World Cup opener

Australia's Tim Cahill reacts after getting a red card during the World Cup group D soccer match between Germany and Australia at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, just four days after a 2-1 win over Thailand that was of such poor quality veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer said it “feels like a loss”, we saw what makes the Socceroos a cherished part of the Australian sporting landscape – humility and determination.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/08/holger-osieck-and-the-cahill-conundrum/feed/ 52 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/08/holger-osieck-and-the-cahill-conundrum/ Previewing the 2011 NFL season http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/McNks9KGITM/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/07/previewing-the-2011-nfl-season/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:05:30 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=49792 On Friday morning at 10:30am AEST the NFL season that almost wasn’t will kick off. Nearly seven months after talks between the NFL players union and the clubs over a new collective bargaining agreement moved from the meeting room to the courtroom, the 92nd season of the NFL will start. “You can commence your fantasy [...]

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]]> On Friday morning at 10:30am AEST the NFL season that almost wasn’t will kick off. Nearly seven months after talks between the NFL players union and the clubs over a new collective bargaining agreement moved from the meeting room to the courtroom, the 92nd season of the NFL will start.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/07/previewing-the-2011-nfl-season/feed/ 11 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/07/previewing-the-2011-nfl-season/ The A-League is not out of the woods yet http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/drfiiuJxIZ4/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/01/the-a-league-is-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:30:00 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=49427 With all the hype floating around the A-League since the signing of key Socceroos Harry Kewell and Brett Emerton to Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC respectively, you could be forgiven for thinking all of the league’s problems had been solved. So positive have things been, it was almost inevitable that an article like Rebecca Wilson’s [...]

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/01/the-a-league-is-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/feed/ 147 http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/09/01/the-a-league-is-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/ Kewell, Schwarzer victims of narrowmindedness http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/davidde-corran/~3/B7uOOC3gQXE/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/08/25/kewell-and-schwarzer-victims-of-narrowmindedness/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:58:45 +0000 Davidde Corran http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=48943 So Harry Kewell forgoes huge money in the Middle East with almost no tax liability to return to the A-League and he’s a “greedy bastard”. Meanwhile Mark Schwarzer responds honestly to a question on whether he’d consider playing in the A-League and is roundly panned for it. With friends like these, who needs enemies? From [...]

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Australia's Mark Schwarzer applauds the crowd.

Australia's Mark Schwarzer applauds the crowd after the Socceroos 2-0 win over Uzbekistan. AAP Image/Paul Miller

So Harry Kewell forgoes huge money in the Middle East with almost no tax liability to return to the A-League and he’s a “greedy bastard”.

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