A-League preview: Can Sydney FC be stopped ... would you miss your brother’s wedding for Socceroos?

AHEAD of the new A-League season, we got the best football writers from around the country in to one room to debate all the big issues. LISTEN HERE!

Milos Ninkovic’s Sydney FC will be the team to beat again in this season’s Hyundai A-League.

AHEAD of the new A-League season, we got the best football writers from around the country in to one room to debate the big issues for your listening pleasure.

Matt Windley and David Davutovic from the Herald Sun were joined by the Courier Mail’s Marco Monteverde and Val Migliaccio from the Adelaide Advertiser.

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The team rated each club's chances of catching up with last season’s runaway champions Sydney FC, assessed the best of the new talent joining the division, gave a brief insight in to the behind the scenes debate that went in to creating our definitive Top 50 Players in the A-League Today ... and gave probably more time than was necessary to the thorny issue of family loyalties when it comes to weddings versus a Socceroos call up.

The podcast was recorded prior to the bombshell news of Tony Popovic’s departure from Western Sydney Wanderers and Ante Milicic being lined up to replace him, but other than that we’ve got everything covered over a sprawling hour plus change of football chat.

You can listen here or download to enjoy at your leisure.

Spoiler alert: Wellington Phoenix fans probably won’t enjoy the conversation as much as some other supporters. Apologies in advance ...