Oct 13, 2026 · 51 min · 13 segments
Sam Cosgrove = FREE TO PLAY! Auckland FC's previously-banned A-League Super Villain is available to play Melbourne City in Round 1 of the new season. In a bizarre turn of events, as news of his…
Sam CosgroveGuest
Goran PaladinHost
Paul IfillHost
Jacob SpoonleyHost
Bev PriestmanGuest
Michael WoudGuest
But what the red card against Al Ali did, it just sort of fed even more into this A-League villain that you've become over the course of the last 12 months.
I can't think of another A-League player that's got a target on their back like Sam Cosgrove does.
I really enjoyed it last year, to be fair, and kind of building on what you said, to be fair, you almost can't do it unless you're backing it up.
And last season probably did in terms of the goals return, kind of the success that the team was having.
I could play into that a little bit, but the humility has to come first, if that makes sense.
But as I said, when you're kind of banging in the goals and you're winding up centre-halves, it kind of just, it snowballs and snowballs.
And by the end of it, yeah, I had a big target on my back and I'm sure that's going to be even worse this year, to be fair.
But I remember reading some of the comments on the official A-League post on Instagram.
But what the red card against Al Ali did, it just sort of fed even more into this A-League villain that you've become over the course of the last 12 months.
I can't think of another A-League player that's got a target on their back like Sam Cosgrove does.
I really enjoyed it last year, to be fair, and kind of building on what you said, to be fair, you almost can't do it unless you're backing it up.
And last season probably did in terms of the goals return, kind of the success that the team was having.
I could play into that a little bit, but the humility has to come first, if that makes sense.
But as I said, when you're kind of banging in the goals and you're winding up centre-halves, it kind of just, it snowballs and snowballs.
And by the end of it, yeah, I had a big target on my back and I'm sure that's going to be even worse this year, to be fair.
But I remember reading some of the comments on the official A-League post on Instagram.
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