π On This Day in 2006...
Tim Cahill and John Aloisi came in clutch for the @Socceroos, overturning a one-goal deficit to help secure Australia's first ever win at the FIFA World Cup against Japan in Kaiserslautern.
Itβs taken him about 50 goes but heβs finally got me.. π£
What an ill-timed and typically opportunistic piece.
The one thing that @kanecornes isnβt counting on however, is that North people - real North people - wonβt quit on their club as easily as he so desperately wants them to.
I do appreciate this a foreign concept for him after the South Aus MFB invested tens of thousands of dollars in him in training and development, only for him to walk away a few weeks into his tenure after he had a change of heart⦠or after his little protege decided the 45 minute flight from Melbourne to Adelaide was too far from his loving and definitely safe family home. Two generational quitters right there.
We all get Kaneβs schtick - Iβve heard heβs the βAustralian Skip Bayliss' more times than Will Minson pulled on the Dogs jumper - but letβs be clear on a few thingsβ¦ Skip is a media giant, earning close to eight figures a year, talks to millions daily via his online and traditional platforms and has built a brand around going after one of the worldβs most famous and popular athletesβ¦ Kane talks to 37 people, a lamp post and a few stray dogs daily on SEN Breakfast - or whatever itβs called - and is hellbent on destroying the smallest club in Australiaβs largest footballing city as it endures generational lows. Heβs courageously picked his mark there, but in fairness what else could you expect?
It may not be tomorrow, and it may not be for another year or so yet, but as it always is, North will be fine...
As Chip le Grand wrote in 2005β¦
βIF the world were consumed by a nuclear holocaust tomorrow, the North Melbourne Football Club and cockroaches would be the only two things left scurrying round the earth."
@AmberLSowden@CoreyMcKernan@NMFCOfficial Itβs so boring, Iβm sure next up heβs going to complain about the home game crowd numbers that was a story 15 years because the material is drying up.
Leckieβs goal is the 2nd best ever #Socceroos goal behind Aloisi in 05 and just in front of Cahills brace in 06 against Japan. Bring on Argentina Cmoooooon Socceroos! #FIFAWorldCup
WE'RE INTO THE #FIFAWORLDCUP ROUND OF 16!!!
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#GiveIt100#Socceroos
WE'RE INTO THE #FIFAWORLDCUP ROUND OF 16!!!
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#GiveIt100#Socceroos
@RyanMobilia@Le0verrated This is the one I went to! It was awesome and Jason Kidd played out of his mind as well. My favourite memory was Caron Butler sitting a few rows in front of me wearing this t-shirt.
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Four-time premiership coach Alastair Clarkson has agreed to lead North Melbourne for the next five seasons.