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Matildas thread

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booney

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turbo said:
It depends how willing the squad is to accept change. Are they operating as a modern high performance squad or are players still trying to have things on their terms? From memory some of the changes Staj wanted to bring in were at the core of how things blew up.

Women's sports have skyrocketed in visibility and presumably professionalism should follow. Do we hold the matildas to the same standards as the boys?
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Aren't they on the same pay scale as the Socceroos?Is so they definitely should be held to the same standards.
 
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booney

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The whole Matilda saga has been a shit storm since the never explained sacking of Stajcic.Top striker that she is Sam Kerr is the Alpha female of the pack and she is the one the others listen to.The sisterhood controls the team culture and Staj came up against this and eventually he was forced out(Heather Reid and some female football journalists colluded with the sisterhood)

The WC result was good for women's football and women's sport in Australia and other sports have been able to cash in though the women's league does not appeared to have had great benefit.However there was a element of luck involved as really the team's play in the group games was pretty dire.To be fair the Matildas were gritty and rode their luck and the penalty shoot out with the French was memorable and a great moment in Australian sport.

Tony G is a personable and engaging character but it appears he let the sisterhood still have a lot of control over team selection.This seems to be the only way that Van Egmond and Polkinghorne made the Olympic squad.He has been criticised for not bringing younger players through but apart from the above mentioned cultural issues there appears to be a dearth of young players who are up to national team standard.

I went to several Mariners womens games last season.Really there was a lot of enthusiasm,commitment and some excellent goalkeeping but many of the younger players were very average in their passing and ball control skills so perhaps the coaching at junior levels leaves much to be desired.
 
Stuartmcateer

Stuartmcateer

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true believer said:
well heather garriock must be a contender . i'd appoint her as interim coach till .
it's sorted . the coach needs to have a working knowledge of the w-league .
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There's decent wraps on the assistant - mel andreatta - and the young Matildas coach Leah Blayney.

Garriock was part of the agitation against staj. She was certainly very vocal from the media.

A top coach worth hiring won't take long to get up to speed on the a league. They don't need to come with a working knowledge.
 
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Big Al

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FFC Mariner said:
Ch9 surprised "wow they didn't wait long"
His contract expired you twats
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They were also hoping to cash in on the Matildas as a draw card for the olympics. The best parts of the olympics is the sports we don’t see except for the olympics and nine haven’t been doing a good job in their knowledge on much of it
 
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