We have seen the likes of Qatar naturalise players from Brazil, Uruguay and Senegal in order to provide their national team. New Zealand may be about to follow their lead with Daniel recently gaining citizenship. With the quality of the imports this season, the Socceroos could certainly benefit from following this approach. Click to continue reading...

By Thomas Rooney - A sports writer who blogs about football betting Former Manchester United keeper Mark Bosnich has turned down the chance to join Australian A-League side Wellington Phoenix. It is thought that the club couldn't guarantee him a starting place and that this was the deal-breaker. Bosnich - who made 17 appearances for the [. Click to continue reading...

Many, many apologies for not most posting for so long. I'll blame the financial crisis? Well through a combination of exams and work related dramas, I have been kept away from my blog. For those of you who don't know, you can actually find a few of my recent blogs on FourFourTwo here. Yes, I [...] Click to continue reading...

By Thomas Rooney - A sports writer who blogs about football betting The man who once won the treble with Manchester United has turned down the chance to play his football in the Australian A-League. After considering an offer to represent the Newcastle Jets, Dwight Yorke has decided to stay in England with Premier [. Click to continue reading...

By Thomas Rooney West Ham United skipper and Australian international Lucas Neill may well be earning millions of pounds playing football in the English Premier League, but he has revealed that he could return to Australia in the not too distant future.   Neill has confirmed that he will swap West Ham for Western Sydney should plans for [. Click to continue reading...

By Thomas Rooney   Tim Cahill has played 19 times for Australia and scored 10 goals along the way. He has become a mainstay in the national team and has help lead a new era of Australian players to a positive start in their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. Overall, he is one of the most talented [. Click to continue reading...

You can find my latest piece on FourFourTwo here. It is just a short article on the lack of genuine wingers in the A-League. Click to continue reading...

The F3 derby could be renamed the route one derby, well at least for the most recent addition in this rivalry anyway. The rate at which the Mariners were pumping those long balls up was alarming and this kind of football is very much an acquired taste. It will also leave a foul taste in [...] Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, for the first time in a long time, I got to watch Nick Carle play. He played the whole game for Crystal Palace as they quite comfortably accounted for Barnsley at home 3-0. The commentaries seemed to be very impressed with Carle, noting his high work rate, his willingness to track back, the quality [. Click to continue reading...

Man Of The Match: This probably should go to Marko Jesic for scoring the winning goal but Edmundo Zura was nothing short of outstanding, despite missing a penalty in the first half. We are still to see the spider mask come out but with performances like this, surely this is not far away. His work [.. Click to continue reading...

By Thomas Rooney   Experienced goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has revealed that he is extremely excited by the depth of talent in the current Australia squad. The Fulham man believes that the quality of the players right now is stronger than at any other time in his international career.   Schwarzer has been encouraged by how the team has [. Click to continue reading...

For Melbourne, Hernandez is again available for selection. It will be interesting to see if Hernandez comes straight back into the team, which will probably be the case, and if so, who will be the unlucky midfielder that will be dropped from the team that destroyed Perth. Bredner and Pondeljak are likely candidates for [. Click to continue reading...

Predicted formation and line-up: We will probably see the usual 4-2-3-1. Wilkshire and Chipperfield will be the full-backs. The main question is whether Moore will come in for Coyne. Coyne hasn't been first-choice for his club which will count against him. Meanwhile, Moore has been playing regularly and has been in good form for the [. Click to continue reading...

Result: 3-0 Attendance: 16,998 (Record attendance for Adelaide United. Congratulations!) Crowded House: Watching on TV, the atmosphere at the packed out ground looked amazing. For the 90 minutes, the drums thundered and the fan sang. It was electric. The other codes can only dream of international nights like this. Click to continue reading...

Result: 3-3 Attendance: 9024 Man of the Match: This was very hard to pick since a lot of players had an up-and-down game. Captain reliable Travis Dodd was consistently dangerous throughout the night, running very direct at defenders which caused the Mariners all sorts of problems. He capped his game with a penalty. Click to continue reading...