Seriously world sport needs some ageism to take hold. Schwarzer, Ponting and boxing all perfect examples of people, sports organisations and the media that just don’t have any understanding of when enough is enough.

This team has a fantastic never-say-die attitude obviously built from so much time together and they may well go on and be competitive at senior level. Time will tell.

As a former employee of Fox Sports let me simply say that I was told that “we are partners in promoting the game.”

However there are other journalists who you will note rarely raise their fingers over the keyboard when the FFA make a mistake.

Sadly too many in the media today have been “bought,” by that i mean that their outlets are aligned to certain organisations and therefore their stories are skewed; rather than giving the facts and simply letting the reader decide for themselves.

Thank you once again for your interest and comments, shame we are not discussing this over a wine or beer!

I am not a supporter of Clive Palmer, however I am a supporter of his review, being compiled independently by a man who has the integrity to carry out such a task and the football knowledge required to make it relevant.

To my mind Lowy, and Buckley both have to go. Lowy has had his day and is the cause of many of our problems and failures, and if Buckley as CEO is not a big enough man to stand up and be counted rather than pander to his Chairman’s wishes then it is time he moved on.

The game needs strong leadership at every level, and from the FFA down that is where the problems lies. We have too many mediocre people in key positions and a dictatorial leader at the top.

If you listen to the podcast of last week’s show the Inquiry Commissioner Gary Collis, who is well respected, sat down with Clive Palmer before accepting the role as he wanted to be sure that he genuinely cared about the game.

Personally I do not think it was a case of legitimising a rival, when else will there be an inquiry into the running of the game? There won’t be one, because the FFA will not pay for it, and the Government are hardly likely to pay for one while they keep handing over money to keep the FFA afloat.

Surely therefore it is beneficial to air your views and have them on the record? Football fans in WA and in other parts of Australia would do well to remember the famous quote from pastor Martin Niemöller who was imprisoned in Dachau during the second World War. If you are unfamiliar with it I suggest you google his name.

For too long too many people in football are happy to moan but not prepared to stand up and be counted, and that is partly why the game is in a mess. Only a show of unified support can change the direction we are currently headed.