The new regime's first 100 days has been overwhelmingly overshadowed by the sacking of Alen Stajcic and the subsequent fallout.

The board's deputy chair Heather Reid stood down from her role for personal reasons in the midst of the row after accusations direct messages on social media had been sent to a range of people by one director, spreading potentially defamatory innuendo about Stajcic's dismissal. 

Nikou and Gallop both insisted the sacking was the right move, but conceded they may have handled things differently.

"It's a learning curve, isn't it," said Nikou. "As a board we have committed to certain media protocols - no Twitter. But you want to be as transparent as you can.

"There's no doubt there's been some teething problems, I'm not going to lie. But you move forward."

He added: "We made a decision that I'm comfortable with.

"Obviously it impacted a lot of people so the consternation was not intended. It was in the best interest of the Matildas.

"If we had more time, it might have been a different process but we had to make a call based on those recommendations."

https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/ffa-to-a-league-bosses-bring-out-the-big-guns-again-520484/page0

Stajcic results against New Zealand were 3-2, 1-1, and 2-0.

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/video/1450175555575/that-s-just-ridiculous-fozz-lucy-and-joey-peters-analyse-stajcic-sacking-and-problems-australi-s-national-teams?playlist=latest-videos-twg

Fozz 2c

I’ll wait until after the Korea game, but they look to be heading back in the right direction. (New Coach bounce maybe).
They looked really poor against France and England, but those were away from home. And the first game against Chile they struggled to put them away, and Chile isn’t as good as NZ.

People will remember. So long as Stajcic is looked after with his settlement then let the Matildas focus on their campaign. 

Hahaha.
Nuvo new dawn bitter, brilliant.

I disagree. I have watched plenty of the Matildas under Stajcic. I am judging the team objectively and don't have an opinion either way on the Stajcic sacking.

Yep, Matildas success will allow for whitewashing! And Stajcic will not get any credit!

if fifa can get away with the world cup in qatar then ffa can get away with stajic being sacked for no reason 

They looked exactly the same under Stajcic except we were putting away teams like New Zealand, just a reminder, New Zealand.  

But I get the whitewashing has begun, who was the previous coach again?   

Strategy is working, let em have a sleepover after the game if they put in a good effort rofl.

-PB

agree they also moved the ball around the park very well and looked sharp, they looked a little shaky at times but thats what happens when you press from the back

This I thought the Matildas looked very well structured and dangerous, even though they are getting used to a new system.

FFA have relied on the fact that it will blow over ...and it will...people will move on to the next story and Stajic will become a memory. He probably will sue but it will settle out of court and we will hear very little.
No justice will be done here.
Sadly, this is how things happen now .

Laughable. Dominated the game start to finish, yes Aus should've scored more but it was a very comfortable win. The defense allowed only one dangerous attempt on goal from NZ.

I wonder how Stajcic would have felt about that performance.  Struggling against New Zealand.  Pathetic.   

Whatever happened to the FFA and Stajcic’s settlement - was supposed to happen before Milicic was appointed if I recall.

It looks like FFA are just bunkering down and hoping for it all to blow over.
Based on what has happened with Milicic taking over,suggests Stajcic was the cause of the toxic culture.It was all him,because as far as anyone is aware nothing has changed at planet Matildas other than a new coach.
Now if Milicic has not conducted any review of processes and HR and is not being directed by FFA to do anything regarding HR,then the only conclusion is everything is now fine.Toxic culture gone!
Otherwise FFA have not made their workplace safe .
What have FFA done ro make sure Milicic doesnt make the same mistakes which lead to a toxic culture?

Which means its up to Stajcic to take legal action to protect his reputation and the implication he was responsible for a toxic culture or wait for a wrong move by FFA,before doing so.

Nah, just not a lot to say at the moment, maybe some court action will liven things up.

The fire has really gone out of this thread.
Has everyone moved on or is it all just too contraversial or...??

The list is a statement, a conclusion & a reminder to these people & to others.  

Reid
Dodd
Gill
Heyman
Van Egmond
De Vanna

People haven't forgotten as I'm sure Stajic hasn't regardless whether the FFA & their bimbo media lapdogs have moved on or not.   

Mine has nothing to do with anything. Do Go On is a comedy podcast and it's great. Nothing more.

What podcast? Why the list? Why the cryptic posts?

Can someone connect the dots for me.

A great podcast

Do go on.....

Reid
Dodd
Gill
Heyman
Van Egmond
De Vanna

Wasn’t FFA supposed to have settled with Stajcic last week? Anyone heard anything?

These claims of toxic culture is questionable particularly when you have half the coaching staff resigning in protest, 18 players expressing their public dismay, third parties connected to the Women’s game saying that there was no such behaviour from Stajcic and even articles from SMH over the 4-5 year period showing no such culture.

The FFA keep on saying the situation deteriorated quickly which warranted the action and everything was fine before, but that is inconsistent with one of the 3 anonymous whistleblowers.

Essentially, the position of the FFA is inconsistent from the outside looking in.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there was player division and those that didn’t like Stajcic. But if that was it, to find for a toxic culture, then I question their decision.

@paulc

There's been innuendo and rumours. Buzz words like toxic culture. There's also been rumours of player division, relationships and bed hopping. They carry as much weight as the ones that apparently put Stajcic in a bad light. So no it's not enough. FFA needs to make a statement giving transparent but thought out explanation on the reasoning behind the decision.