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Thanks for the votes of confidence backing me in for another term. Given there didn’t end up being a campaign run against me I’m going to assume the 11 votes for FE are actually a sign of dissatisfaction with my previous form and not actually supporting his case, which is fine and understandable. I’m always up for learning and improving, so if that’s how you’re feeling feel free to message me with your concerns or things you think I can improve on.
We have a scrimmage early tomorrow morning before we kick off our hosting duties of the Asian Cup. Still tinkering with the squad, so if you’d like to have some input feel free to get in touch.

The squad is shaping up ok at this stage - if we get some luck we should be very competitive this season.

Let’s get some wins!

Don't take it the 11 votes against too seriously, i'm sure there were people who voted based on country and world rank without anything else considered.
I'm pumped up for this HCA, lets bring home the trophy

Just trying to be open to feedback. If there's two things I hope the community has worked out about me is that, 1, I passionate and invested in this and 2, I'm always open for feedback and to engage in dialogue.
Being realistic, we still have to take down the newly crowned World Champs to bring home the trophy, so it will need a little bit of good fortune and management in terms of game shape and injuries at the right stage of the season, but we're in about as good of a position as I can recall so hopefully we give it a red hot crack.

We have our first competitive hit out this Monday arvo.
Some managers might have noticed their players go on and off the National roster over the last week or so, for those not in the know that’s a part of the scouting process.
We’ll start the season with the 12 players for the first game, which factors in current game shape and progress over the last few weeks.
If your player has dropped off the roster, don’t worry, the line up will change across the season as game shapes fluctuate and skills develop, so we’ll add players on as required or as they’re ready.

Looking forward to a good competitive season!

and I'm looking forward to hassling you about my 3 hopefully sometime next season ;)

Pressure on the team is always good. Bring it on!

Things are tracking nicely with the Aussie team. With last night’s win it makes it 11 on the trot in our so far unbeaten season. That’s the first time we’ve won 11 games in a season since season 47, when we won 12 on our way to an Asian Final under the esteemed Lord Woody.
We’re well on track to make the semi finals this season and with some good game shape are a decent chance of making another final and, with it, a place in next season’s World Cup.
The depth is also coming along nicely. We’ve had the odd blip in game shape recently in key players and we’ve able to ride it out nicely by shuffling our options around and there are a handful of players who have been very stiff not to get a run this season, but their time will come.
I encourage managers of players not in the team but on the fringe, particularly those I’ve been in touch with, to keep me updated on the progress of their players. We still have 3 spots in the squad we can use by season’s end so if your guy pops let me know - it might be enough to break him into the line up.

Well, after 13 matches we've made it to the second last stage of our goals - a place in the Asian Cup semi finals.
We'll take on the Philippines on Friday night at 6pm, which is an awkward time as some of our players won't have had a game shape update yet.
I strongly urge all of our local trainers in particularly to please look after the game shape of your player this week - try to keep their minutes around the 60-65 mark if you can, because game shape is going to be a crucial factor.

We've had a terrific run so far this season to go 13-0 but this next game is going to be a real contest to earn the right to play in a final and book a ticket to next season's World Cup. There's been some great work by a lot of managers to keep the pressure on for spots in the line up - which makes settling on the line up a real challenge most weeks, which is a good thing.

We've got some options this week and hopefully we'll hit the court with our full squad in proficient game shape ready to push our season to one more game.

Thanks for all of the support from the community to get the side into the shape it is, it's a real team effort. Now let's win a semi final on our home court!

Cheers mate, we’ve still got to get past your old mob this week. Should be tough, but hopefully a good game.

Game time for the semi, after an earlier question about changing it, has remained at 6pm for tomorrow night. Bit earlier than our usual Monday night matches. Hopefully we put on a show for all of the Aussie managers to enjoy and we book a place in the final.