So, in the 27 years we were graciously allowed by the great and benevolent "mainstream Australia" to compete at a national level before being excluded for reasons beyond our control we were premiers 3 times and champions 4 times ( sorry I'm  not sure what that relates to in the modern toilet seat parlance) also 1 times buffalo cup and 2 x time NSL cup winners, do you not count those? How about continental trophy (what has Sevco put into the trophy cabinet at Ibrox???? Even the previous tenants only managed a cup winner cup didn't the? Lol) OK its just ofc champions league but it got us into a fifa club world cup at least.... I'm interested to know who you think is more successful in Australia?

The thread is actually about the Greek born coach who is actually Australian :).. lololololol

Except he is Greek lololololol.

Australian means born here FGS, just like you were :)

Sevco you say ? Can't find any tables or leagues with a Sevco in it. That one ECWC is more than any of your Greek teams has won.

Oh and the 55 Scottish titles are a world record :):):)

Sydney FC are the most successful team in national league history.

That FIFA world club cup was funny in that you were not permitted to wear your own strips as you had more than the allotted amount of sponsors on the said strip.

By that logic we should the Aussies Abroad thread be moved out of Australian football too?

 No, it’s all about Aussies , not foreigners.

Maybe talk about Angie in that thread.

He has spent most of his life in Australia. He would consider himself Australian or even Greek Australian. Who are you to tell him he is not? It's like saying Nicole Kidman is American and can't be Australian because she was born there and not in Australia. So many Australians were born overseas.. they are still Australian.

I'm not sure why it bothers you.  It's also a tad strange given you are one of the main contributors to this thread. 

So if he spends the next forty years in Scotland he will magically become Scottish ?

Are Souttar and Boyle Australians ?

If he had spent more time in Scotland than Australia, why can't he call himself Scottish? You realise the world is a global place? People aren't always just one nationality but a mix.

They play for Australia. If they want to call themselves Scottish, Australian or Scottish Australian, it is up to them. 

How did this thread go off track and fall prey to a race baiting prick? Football is a global game and Australia is a country where people of all races choose to come and call home. For fuck sake, don’t engage with the wanker. 

Postecoglou is an Australian citizen, has lived in Australia for the bulk of his life, played for the Australian national team and, correct me if I'm wrong, identifies as an Australian.

How is this even up for debate?

You make me laugh CH .

Maybe our grumpy teddy  bear is on the board of one of the APL clubs or even the Apartheid football federation of Australia (AFFA for short) and simply cannot accept a player or club being born of/in Greece and then identifying legaly as Australian...... its a terrible conundrum. 

Yeah that was a shambles, hahahah we where sponsored  by Vivian's Collection hahahahah ladies discount fashion, 2 little  stores in Melbourne and we wanted to advertise that at the Maracana against Man United, hahahahahahahahah Still, we had less sponsors thosemdays than the walking billboards in the Aleague.... front of shirt, back of shirt, shirts, sleeves Jesus Christ they are worse than Oackleigh Cannons......

The only problem i have with Aussies, is the ones that were born here and proclaim themselves to be something else. Prime examples are Greeks,Ex Yugoslavs and Lebanese people. I work with plenty of them and none of them say they are Australian despite never stepped foot in so called " Home country ".
You simply just cannot make up your nationality. 

You should tell them to go back to their own countries  filthy animals..... What about the ones that have actually visited or were born overseas? Are they allowed to speak another language other than the queen's English?  Would it help if they maybe wore a sign on their clothes or something  so you "pure dinkum die British Australians"  can identify  which is which? 

Ummmmmm.... Not if they want to play in the Isuzu Racism leagues they can't.

Why does it matter to you? Does it impact on your life? Who cares?

Riley McGree joining Ange, Rogic and 4x Japanese players at Celtic would be a dream come true for Aussies Abroad / Asians Abroad followers. 

A question for the Celtic fans in this thread: I’ve just noticed that there are games scheduled throughout the January international break whilst Japan and the Socceroos are playing. Is that normal?

Or is this upcoming FIFA Window only for AFC teams or something? 🤔 

it's a replacement window for the afc and it's not a fifa window so clubs are not required to release players

Oh brilliant. CONCACAF have games also. Surely clubs will be understanding.

That's now the 3rd Aussie player (Ryan, boyle and mcgree) that Celtic have started negotiating with since Ange took over.. but shooshhhhh dont tell all the retards on here at the start of this thread that said "none of our players are good enough for celtic" and "Ange doesnt owe Australian football anything."

Im a celtic fan, watch them week in and week out and can tell you that along with the 3 aforementioned names Mooy (over every CM bar Rogic), Sainsbury (over Welsh and possibly Starfelt), Souttar (over Welsh and starfelt), Smith (over scales and possibly Taylor) and Behich (over scales and possibly Taylor), would all get at least squad rotation minutes.

Dead set, we must be the only nation of fans who talk down our players :( 

You don't know how wrong you are with that last sentence.

You must care as you always reply to me !!

If you don't mind, off you fuck please.

The four Japs are all going along with Rogic and some others. All will miss the game against Rangers and two other diddy teams.

Go back to the initial pages of this thread - people starting getting hopeful with Ange's signing that Celtic would buy some aussies, which was met with the typical eurosnobbery of "our players aren't good enough." 

We made a big play at Ryan who turned us down for Sociedad and now are in advanced talks for McGree and Boyle. 

We dont have that many that's the difference. 

I think the SPFL rules are that if three or more players are on international duty, a game can be postponed. That means that the game against the zombies could be potentially postponed if Celtic ask for it but I think Ange has said they will play all their games as is.