We’ve tried different players and different coaches and it might be time to accept the #Matildas are just not really a “playing it out from the back” sorta nation.
Attack sharper, midfield more decisive and busy, and the new faces got a good run.
Not perfect, but stuff to like
New ep on YouTube! Our #Matildas June window debrief is live and we're chatting about the lineup choices, the milestone games, what it means for Brazil 2027, and more!
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Still time for things to change, but I’m not loving some decisions or the answers for them
The ending of Disclosure Day should have been a twist where it’s revealed Messi is an alien
I don’t know if it was the year long wait for a coach, or the issues outlined in this pod about game style and “consistency in lineup” or if it’s that we’re somehow expecting a better result in a 4th or 5th WCup by some players.
But I’ve never felt more down about The #Matildas immediate future
Canberra United ownership updates.
Hope remains
(As long as nothing goes wrong at APL level)
* and nothing ever has right?
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A much improved second half by The #Matildas
Wheeler was excellent and the young faces were all good, but for the long term good of the national team, they need and deserve more minutes
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Starting a new, additional thing.
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Things I hope to see from The #Matildas tonight.
-a win. Result not as impressive as performance but 2 consecutive home losses is rare.
- either Gomez or McKenna to get a run in place of EvE or AK. We need someone to be running in at the end of those attacks
-Murphy
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#Matildas forward Caitlin Foord is set to make her 150th appearance in the green and gold as Australia hosts Mexico in Sydney for game two of the friendly series. Foord & head coach Joe Montemurro spoke to the media after MD-1 training.
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