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Wembley hero in line for Socceroos as Arnold calls for longer local season – The Sydney Morning Herald
With the Socceroos set to play their first fixture in 18 months, coach Graham Arnold says his Australia-base charges should be playing ‘at least six or seven’ more…
It is unlikely to change until the A-League expands to 14 teams, but Arnold said it was simply not enough to ensure the improvement of Australian players.
I think its at least six or seven games too short, he said.
If theres 12 teams, three times 11 is 33 rounds, plus the finals series and FFA Cup – all of a sudden you get up to around 40 games and were getting closer to players playing overseas instead of not training and players having long off-seasons.
The APL will do what they do, but for me…
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