Huh?

I hope this isn’t an indication of whats ahead for Australia… FFA Techincal Director Rob Baan is the coach for the Nov 17 Nigeria friendly. Apparently, now Dickie (thats what I am calling him from now on) doesn’t plan to make his coaching debut until the start of the world Cup Qualifiers in February. If anyone’s attending this match at Craven Cottage, please let us know if you see Dickie mucking about. Oh, but the somewhat good news is Alex Tobin will be promoted as Baan’s assistant. While I understand everyone is very excited to have Dickie at the helm (someday), I am a little intrigued to see what the two relatively inexperienced coaches can pull out of their collective asses. Should be a good game nonetheless.

In other news, do you think there are any permanent repercussions from the Thompson/Milicevic incident from a few weeks ago? I ask this because Archie’s name was tossed out by a fan as a possible signing for the 2008 San Jose MLS team. Could either one of them jump ship at Melbourne and take a possible offer from the US (as Fred did for DC United) at the end of the season?