https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/oct/12/ange-postecoglou-matildas-world-cup-comments-australians-arent-interested
“When you look at what the Matildas did at the World Cup: unbelievable,” he said. “But you still won’t see an influx of resources to the game. You won’t, I guarantee it.”
“I just don’t think the nation as a whole has that inside them to understand you can make an impact on the world of football, but it requires a kind of nationalistic approach that I just don’t think Australians at their core are really interested in,” Postecoglou said.
“I just don’t see it,” he told reporters. “I don’t think it registers. You guys are only talking about it because of me.”
The 58-year-old revisited that period this week, saying he had given up the “fight” for Australian football after being “frustrated for so long”.
“One of my major drivers for doing what I did was to do that, to change football in Australia,” he said. “And that’s the reason I left, I felt I hadn’t made an impact at all.”