Jack Snape

So he was really going to be a crucial player.

Yeah, it was an extraordinary scene or moment of tragedy there for McGree.

I think he got through about 70 minutes in that playoff final.

But...

Had Southampton not cheated, he wouldn't have even been playing.

So the poor guy has played the match, lost, so he didn't go to the premiership, and now he's also out of the World Cup.

So he's probably the unluckiest footballer going around.

For people who aren't plugged into the politics of the state of Victoria in the bottom end of Australia, Max tweeted some sort of frustration about this decision and was replied by the Premier's Twitter account when she reversed the decision.

And so Max was the recipient of all this goodwill.

He was the trigger point.

He was the reason the most powerful woman in the state changed her mind.

And so I can only imagine, Max, that's why you're raising it.

You don't really care what I have to say in response.

You just want me to talk about your tweet.

Yeah, Socceroos, I think they'll probably squeeze into third, struggle against Turkey, benefit from the imminent United States implosion as hosts, and then probably jag a result against Paraguay, but probably won't go much further than that.