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Chapter 1: What insights does Jimmy Jeggo share about the Socceroos' World Cup journey?
midday Friday what an occasion it's going to be the Socceroos next match Jimmy Jago is a former Socceroo himself he's currently on the tools at Melbourne City individual development program lead and youth team assistant coach City have got such an active role in this Socceroos team at the moment Jimmy it's great to have you on the program cheers thank you for having me are you immersed in this World Cup
Yeah, massively. Massively. It's been absolutely amazing. The times as well. I've wasted many a morning. Well, not wasted, but spent many a morning sitting watching football.
All right. Give us your assessment of the Socceroos and what you've seen so far.
I think it's been sort of two games. One, everything that's really exciting about the Socceroos team. And then probably the second game showed where we've still got a little bit of work to do. But look, I think it's exciting. I think... it probably paints a good picture of where I think Australian football is in general and sort of the future and the promising future that we have.
And it's just about how we can get the most out of ourselves, most out of that team, but also the most out of ourselves as a country in terms of developing players. I think we're on the cusp and there's a really good opportunity for the country to make really good strides in terms of players and where they play, et cetera, et cetera.
And I think if we get things right, this World Cup can be a massive boost towards that.
So the emotional investment in what's coming on Friday. What are your thoughts? How do we shape up against Paraguay?
Look, I think it'll be a really good game. I think, you know, you've seen with so many of the games at World Cup, they can go any which way. And, you know, like every World Cup, there's different teams and different continents, different styles of football. And, you know, the same way that it's gearing up as a massive game for us, it's exactly the same for Paraguay, I think.
you know, the boys can take real, real confidence and I think from that first game against Turkey and I think there's a real clarity in what they do and a real identity as a team and I think if, you know, they can hold on to that and be on the front foot and really get after them then I think we can put on a really good performance and get ourselves
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Chapter 2: How does Jimmy Jeggo assess the Socceroos' performance so far?
You know, in the case of Aidan and Connor, they're two guys that have gone over to Europe and they've stayed over there and they've got second moves. And Beachy, you know, in the space of a year or two, has gone from being second search horse keeper at Melbourne City to now holding his own on the world stage.
So I think it's a real testament to the type of players and people that get developed at the club. But I think you look at Aziz and Lex and two at the opposite ends of the spectrum. And I think their role in, you know, I think to when Beachy came through and,
and the older boys and someone like Jamie Young and how the environment really helped Beachy to be able to take that next step and now go out and do what he's doing on the world stage.
And that's a big part of the conversation at the end of the tournament. I rather love that it's a big part of the conversation during the tournament is the next generation of Australian footballers who will be inspired by this, but also have a pathway created and refined. And that's where some of the calls around government money come into it as well.
What is the opportunity to harness the future out of a month like this?
Yeah, look, I think we've had this chat a lot after, you know, A lot of the tournaments recently for Australia, especially the World Cups, have been quite successful. Obviously, we won the Asian Cup with Ange. I think there's always been that yearning for it to then take off in the country afterwards. I think it's sort of twofold.
I think in the sense of the way the A-League is going and developing youngsters and also you know, the overseas clubs are starting to look at our young players, starting to pay money for our young players, which then helps the clubs be more self-sustainable is one side of the coin.
And it's really, really important because I think, because obviously then it gives our players, you know, it encourages clubs here to give young players opportunity and then they then get a move and clubs get reimbursed for it. And I think the onus is then on,
on the clubs here to produce players that cannot just get that first move to Europe but get that second move and that third move because that often brings in more money but it also keeps European clubs and clubs around the world coming to look for players because if they pay a bit of money for them and in the two or three years they end up back in the A-League then clubs are going to stop looking in Australia but I think the performances that a lot of young players are putting on at the World Cup will continue to encourage clubs to keep looking at Australian talent which is a massive
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