Nick Montgomery

I'm so happy in Melbourne.

Hey, Yaz, before we go into, well, Malta and then NPL, can you explain to us what it was like being coached by Nick Montgomery? Because I've heard a lot of good things.

Yeah.

So Monty was the type of coach and Serge, the assistant, they were closer to the players, if that makes sense.

I am so sore today that I can barely walk.

So you're a pretty good Nick.

Fucking hell.

No, I am struggling.

Well, they've got five rounds to go.

So it's not nearly – well, it's nearly finished, not finished yet.

Did you see the dust-up between Nick Montgomery's team and the club that –

Rudin?

Anyway.

Right, speaking of global football, please tell me you guys saw Marco Ruban versus Nick Montgomery.

I did, man.

UFC, bro.

Oh, not Brett.

Nick, sorry.

Nick Montgomery.

Did you say Brett Montgomery? I didn't even catch that.

John Aloisi's Shengdu Rongcheng are within touching distance of wrapping up the Chinese Super League with a month to go.

And Gianni Stensness and Nick D'Agostino qualified for the UEFA Champions League with Viking.

Christian, that is quite a list.

It is.

And to get the clean sheet, obviously, the week prior against Paris, I think he's in a really good position now.

So, yeah, I guess I can go on and on with the list because there's just so many guys.

I think as well, Nick D'Agostino, I saw a quote recently earlier this week.

I'm not too sure if it was from him or somewhere else where he said that they used to wake up at 4.30am and watch Barcelona on SBS and now they're in the Champions League.

They just can't take a trick against FC Tokyo.

Chief in China, we've seen John Aloisi's Shendu lose 5-4, but are fortunate in that Nick Montgomery's Beijing Guan conceded late, meaning they only gain one point in John Aloisi's side.

Ross Aloisi's Zhejiang got a late equaliser in a one-all draw and are 11th, nine points from the relegation zone, so pretty safe there.

And then Big Ange, chief of Saudi Arabia, he continues to win.

Only 8th in the group last season with that aligned 100-year J-League.

But they were runners-up in 2025 and that's how they qualified.

uh we've got more aussie mix beijing guan from china nick montgomery coach currently fifth in chinese super league fourth in 2025 but our chinese fa cup super cup winners of 2026 Canberra Saka, Eli Adams, former club, could you have scripted this anymore? Fifth in Group B, aligned Japanese J-League 100 years, ninth in 2025, and now a 2025-2026 Asian Champion League 2 winners, hence why they are in the elite.

So big win there last year.

And obviously as well there are two Australians that Mark Milligan will be facing as well.

Those are Kevin Muscat who manages Shanghai Port and Nick Montgomery.

who manages Beijing Zhuan, who are also in the Asian Champions League group phase as well.

And let's not forget Big Ange, Posta Koglouz, El Nasir, they're also in the AFC Champions League, but could not be drawn to face Newcastle in the league phase due to being located on the west side of the draw.