The Round Ball Analyst

Dissecting all things Australian (and international) football, with a particular angle to what's happening where it really counts, on the field and in the manager's mind

Sunday, January 03, 2021

Who would have guessed: Play the kids and people get excited

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There’s been a bit of commentary around about the exciting and fresh start to the A-League and W-League seasons, but it doesn’t come as a su...
Friday, June 14, 2019

Australia vs Brasil WWC - A few thoughts

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The thing that struck me most about the much needed Matildas fightback in Montpellier is that they look best when they flick the switch and ...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Half-Time Heroes has arrived

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ADDICTED to the round ball? Read through the daily press, various blogs, forums and still can't get enough football? Well, now there...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Bluetongue’s carpet is back?

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A POSTSCRIPT to the piece I wrote on The Roar a couple of weeks ago about the importance of quality A-League surfaces, it was great to hea...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Half-Time Heroes; New Australian football fanzine out in six days

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WITH only a week till the start of the new season, two fresh clubs to cast an eye over, a stack of returning Roos, a European at the helm in...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Fantasy Time

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Long time TRBA readers will know I've long been a fan of fantasy football, and with only a week or so till the start of A-League season...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

What type of kids should we be producing/nurturing/encouraging?

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OF course, a team can't completely be made up of little fellas that are great on the ball, but we need to start encouraging the kids tha...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

An assessment of Carle against Japan

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ARGUABLY the most intriguing part of the Socceroos selection last Wednesday was to see how Nick Carle would go with a rare start. I thought ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

TRBA Roar's On

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A BIG thanks to the TRBA regulars who have touched base over the past couple of weeks to enquire about why I haven't been writing about ...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Mark Viduka...

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"Patched-up, put out, played well, the fulcrum of much of Newcastle's play". THE great Martin Tyler on Viduka being replaced i...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Can Barca burst the blue banks at the Bridge?

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Join the debate in my first article on www.theroar.com.au, or add your two bobs worth in relation to the other semi, where Arsenal were neve...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

UCL semis first leg wrap

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The yellow brick wall; Chelsea came to the Nou Camp, set the stall out in a very defensive 4-5-1, with twin screeners in Obi Mikel and Essi...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Bang on Bozza

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PROPHETIC work from the former Socceroos gloveman, this time from the comfort of the analyst's chair in Fox's Pyrmont studios. Speak...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Nice work Glory

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SOME good signs on the field last season through the likes of Dadi, Rukavystya, Pellegrino, Srhoj and Trinidad, and further signs here that ...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

A great morning of football, especially for the champions

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YOU could hardly watch a more thrilling morning of football action and be left thinking that it only improved the lot of the defending cha...
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