Robbie Slater

Feb 6, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Tess McCracken |Robbie Slater |Jessica Halloran |Marco Monteverde

Matildas mentor Tony Gustavsson has turned to super coach Ange Postecoglou for some “inspiration” in his bid to guide Australia to this year’s Olympic Games without the help of star striker Sam Kerr. Gustavsson has named a 23-player squad – missing the injured Kerr – for this month’s two-legged, home-and-away Paris Olympics qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tashkent and Melbourne.

Jan 28, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Robbie Slater

Coach Graham Arnold told his Australia team “to fight till we drop” to avoid a major Asian Cup upset at the hands of Indonesia in the last 16 on Sunday (10:30pm AEDT). The Socceroos came to Qatar as one of the favourites and will be fully expected to defeat Indonesia, who are the lowest-ranked team left at 146 in the world. Indonesia’s coach Shin Tae-yong said they will need “a miracle” as they compete for the first time in the Asian Cup knockout rounds.

Jan 17, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Marco Monteverde |Robbie Slater

Australia must make the most of their aerial superiority at the Asian Cup, coach Graham Arnold says, starting against Syria in their second game on Thursday. The Socceroos began their campaign in Qatar with a 2-0 win over India on Saturday but had to wait until the 50th minute before Jackson Irvine broke the deadlock.

Jan 12, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Robbie Slater |Marco Monteverde

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has demanded a performance worthy of a legitimate Asian Cup contender when Australia opens its tournament campaign against minnows India on Saturday night. But there was no confirmation on whether captain and goalkeeper Mat Ryan, who continues to wear a mask at training to protect the cheekbone he fractured last month, would start the match despite having trained fully in the lead-up to the game.

Oct 20, 2023 | codesports.com.au | Robbie Slater

After some lean years, both football and the Wanderers are on the rise. Wanderers chairman and co-owner Paul Lederer chats to ROBBIE SLATER about where both go from here. Paul Lederer oversees a billion dollar business empire, is chairman and co-owner of Western Sydney Wanderers and a board member of the Australian Professional Leagues. He discusses the Wanderers’ difficult years, the APL’s split from Football Australia, the contentious grand final decision and the A League season ahead.