Get Excited Australia! (A-League Men's Season Preview)
Offside Report
English - October 07, 2022 07:09 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBFootball Sports football sports sports talk euro 2020 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The football world's longest off-season is finally at an end, the A-League Men’s competition is back, kicking off on Friday with the Grand Final replay between Melbourne City and reigning champions Western United at Aami Park.
Welcome to the Offside Report - A-League addition, where our three expert panellists Nick Guglielmino, Mitch Ball and Jack Elliott preview a HUGE 2022/23 A-League Men's season.
Kicking off this monthly podcast, the boys review the weekend's Australia Cup final between Macarthur FC and Sydney United 58, before getting stuck into one of the A-League's most important seasons to date, with a club-by-club analysis and their season predictions.
ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE:
1. Australian Cup Final Review
2. Every team's pre-season burning question:
- Is Macarthur's Australia Cup success a good indication of how Dwight Yorke’s Macarthur might fare in the new season and what impact can new signing Daniel Arzani have on that?
- What does success look like for reigning champions Western United in 2022/23?
- Is this year’s title Melbourne City’s to lose?
- How can Luis Nani help Tony Popovic’s Melbourne Victory take the next step?
- Can you see a revival happening for Sydney FC after their disastrous 2021/22 season?
- Was last season’s finals berth for Wellington a false reading for Talay’s men or can they back it up with another finals finish?
- Can either of Perth’s Ruben Zadkovich and Brisbane’s Warren Moon keep their jobs if they finish anywhere near the bottom of the table?
- What sort of impact can Garang Kuol have on Central Coast before January arrives after his off-season in the spotlight?
- Do Adelaide have what it takes to close the gap on the title contenders?
- Is this the year the Wanderers *finally* rise up the table after a successful off-season of spending?
- Can Newcastle deliver this time around after another spending spree?
3. Season Predictions
- What new signing will impress the most?
- Golden Boot?
- Player of the Season?
- 2022/23 Premiers/Champions