To quote from the article "Gustavsson deserves credit for turning Clare Hunt, Cortnee Vine and Kyra Cooney-Cross into mainstays of the Matildas set-up and backing Mackenzie Arnold as his first-choice goalkeeper."

Certainly Hunt and KCC are now an integral part of the national team, and deservedly so. Vine is not yet there as an international player, and I'm not sure bringing in your second choice keeper (Arnold) to replace an ageing and not-so-great keeper (Williams) can be considered a coaching masterstroke. So Gustavsson really has only developed two starting level players over his four year tenure. Not a pass mark in my book.

Add to that his continual apparent belief that van Egmond is a solution to a problem, rather than seeing what she actually is (a problem looking for a solution, where the solution is an easy one, i.e., don't select her), and my assessment is that Gustavsson as Matilda's coach has not been a success. The relative success of 4th placings at the last Olympics and the World Cup has been much more due to the players efforts with some one-off good performances, and a fair sprinkling of good fortune, rather than his coaching prowess.

About time. Gustavsson was tactically poor. 

Who are the candidates to replace him? 

I nominate you 🥴🤞

Thanks man. Could be fun 🤘🏻

Hopefully andreatta is fired too.
Juric probably frontrunner for new HC.

Lots to do.
New squad, would like to see in the short-medium term…

GK(3)
Arnold
Micah
Whyman
+dvlp 2 new gk

CB(3)
Kennedy
Hunt
Morrison
+dvlp 2 new cb 

RB(2)
Carpenter
Torpey or Doran or another
+dvlp 1 new rb 

LB(2)
Catley
Grant or Nevin or Fenton
+dvlp 1 new lb 

DM(3)
Gorry
Wheeler
new dm?
+dvlp 2 new dm

CM(2)
Cooney-Cross
Sayer or Hawkesby or another
+dvlp 2 new cm 

AM(2)
Fowler
Simon or Chidiac or Logarzo
+dvlp 2 new am

RW(2)
Raso
Vine
+dvlp 2 new rw

LW(2)
Foord
Freier or Mcnamara
+dvlp 2 new lw 

S(2)
Kerr
Heyman
+dvlp 2 new s

The End of…
Polkinghorne
Yallop
VanEgmond

I wish him well overall he did good job it is a results business and deserved the axe after this but he had a good WC and gave the nation some good moments we won't forget

Australian fans are harsh critics but he gets credit for me I wish him well 

Time for a new approach, the style of play isn’t as conductive for success at international level with the amount of running they do.

Could not of said it better!! And many of my coaching friends see it the same. 

Sorry mate, can’t agree really. He went to the Olympics and parked the bus against USA from the kickoff !! 

Said it before and I'll say it until the cows come home. We did well at the WC in spite of Gustavsson and not because of him.

I posted an article from the Australian about his departure. It's in the Matildas thread if anyone wants to read it.

that is because your emotional 

facts are we came 4th last Olympics and 4th in the WWC these are national team bests 

Someone else 'might' do better but chances are they will do worse a lot worse 

We are not as good as we think we are, can almost garentee if we have a bad run with the next coach questions will be raised over why we sacked Tony so quickly 

I understand why he was sacked but the players coming out moaning about him now prior to that they moaned about Alan need to have a look at themselves they ultimately didnt turn up 

His contract finished with that game so saying he was sacked is rubbish.Fair enough results under him were up and down but as Davstar pointed out a 4th at the WC and at the previous Olympics.Without Kerr the team at times looked lost.

Tony's biggest problem was that he was not able to overcome the power of the sisterhood hence he picked Van Egmond and Polkinghorne who were well past it

Missing one of the world's best strikers was probably a bigger problem than we thought or was acknowledged.

Anything from the Murdoch press is always going to be negative.  I would far rather read Joey Lynch’s take on it all, at least he’s rational.

fact is doesn't matter who writes a great perspective article and not.
Results matter right and then IF your employer decides/decided long ago it seems not to re sign your contract thats it....what other storey is there to read.

All I see is a spiralling aging Lioness pit lacking alot in defense and heads in the sky of their fame due to the press and yes sell out crowd fandom.
I look forward whats to become in the after wash and ahead + murdoch joey lynch and rugari spin added for the hoot......
Big problem when a team is lost due to 1player but I think thats where the W game is atm espcially ours, a MIA Kerr.