Kevin Muscat

If you just think about any unique collection that's out there in the world of pop culture, going from Ange to Arnie, you know, into Popper, Kevin Musket completes the set.

Those are the four coaches that have really, I think – got the Australian sort of the footprint out there in the world of football, whilst also being unique, you know, staples of A-League culture for years and years, right? So I think, yeah, you complete the set by getting Muskie involved.

Can I make one edit to that? I think when I'm reading Ange Ball, Vince's book on postcode glue, I remember he's talked about, and I'm sure people who lived through this with a little few more years on their dial than I was at the time.

But when Ange was going to be thought about to be appointed, right, there were three names.

It's just, it's a really nice, nice way to think about that.

And it's, it's nice that that kind of long-term thinking is actually something that's not too speculative either.

So yeah, I think it's, it's really, It's really quite exciting and I think if a Muskie or an Aloisi or someone like this wanted the job, the connections wouldn't be too far away.

We would really be living the dream at that point.

He's been coaching for over a decade.

He's worked alongside Ange Postacoglu, Kevin Muscat, Harry Kuehl.

He's been over in J1 in Japan.

He's been in America.

So Sister to Sister are an Australian music duo made up of sisters Christine and Sharon Muscat.

I tried to find if there's any link to Australian player Kevin Muscat, but other than Maltese heritage, I couldn't find any.

The girls came from an artistic family where music played a prominent role.

And during their formative years, the girls developed a love for music.

And then Jackson Irvine played 85 minutes as Cerezo Osaka go down 4-2 to Kawasaki.

Over in China, getting down to the business end in that competition, Kevin Muscat's Shanghai Port.

Secure a 1-1 draw in the midweek action with Daejeon Hana Citizen in the ACL Elite.

So still going strong in the continental competition is Shanghai Port.

Obviously Ange was, Ange was here and brought them some titles.

Then you had Kevin Muscat, another Australian, followed him.

And then, yeah, they've had a couple of lean seasons and I think, um, you know, that's, that's... a l- a lot comes down to, um, you know, the quality of player they've been able to bring in.

Uh, I think the club has probably fallen on a little bit tougher times in terms of their financial situation.

It's very much just a, a part of the culture here, which has been, which has been a nice part to see.

Yeah, fantastic, mate.

You did mention that this team had been coached by Kevin Muscat, and then you said you had to convince the team to be more aggressive.

I was just double-checking we had that right.

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I didn't see Kevin Muscat with his hands around Dodgy's neck.

He had it, he had it around, uh, Johnny Kosmina's neck, but not around Dodgy's.

Exactly.

Uh, obviously the other teams play tonight, so, uh, still could win it tonight, um, obviously not on the pitch, but they do play the defending champion Shanghai Port next week.

Kevin Muscat's side, Shanghai Port, beat Ross Aloisi's Zhejiang Professional 4-2 as they continued their late season resurgence, having lost only once in the past 10 in the league.

So John Aloisi will have to wait just a little bit longer.

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[laughs] Of course.

But, um, yeah, I mean, whether you're, um, for, for Victory or for South Melbourne or, or just a, a football neutral, it's just gonna be fantastic.

And, um, yeah, just I, I love all the connections even between the, the two teams.

Obviously the Davidson family, you know, Kevin Muscat, there's, there's James Postacoglu.

There's so many connections between, uh, as you say, um, uh, old soccer and new football.