Canada Calamities, Cupsets, and Channel Reshuffles - Oh My! | 12 September 2022

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There's been soaring highs and crushing lows in the past week of Australian football, and who better to break it down than Joey Lynch, Josh Parish, Taryn Heddo, and Nick D'Urbano? Nobody, that's who.

It was another day, another defeat for the Matildas against Canada on Tuesday evening and the vibes were definitely not good. What went wrong? How does it get fixed? Can it be fixed? Should Tony Gustavsson stay? Would Football Australia even be able to move him on? The TNC crew looks at it from all angles as they break it down.

Then there's the A-Leagues new broadcast deal. There are two A-League Men games on free-to-air now. That's good. But there's no A-League Women on free-to-air. That's bad. But all A-League Women games are out from behind the paywall. That's good! But it's tucked away from channel surfers. That's bad. Multiple things can be true at once.

But then there's the good stuff. Sydney United is the first ever side from outside the A-Leagues into the final of the Australia Cup. Magic. What does this mean for Australian football? And can the Oakleigh Cannons join them in the final?

And what does this mean for the future of a National Second Division? Is it time?

And as ever, there's the most comprehensive wrap of the National Premier Leagues of any poddy going around. We think. We haven't checked.

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