Governance – tell me when it’s over

There is nothing more boring for me than governance. It’s one of those things that I hardly know what’s going on because it’s like reading about state politics.

It’s like it’s injecting me with an anaesthetic.

But at the same time It feels like that we are on the verge of something else. Our football has developed in periods. Before this period we had the National Soccer League.

It feels like the Golden Generation and the Lowy period – it feels like we are going to shed that skin.

People want to push the past away and say what’s next?

Whatever it is let’s just embrace it. If it’s promotion and relegations so be it. Let’s do it , that injects a little bit of excitement into the situation let’s do that. I feel that excitement.

I’m not invested in the game enough. You know what? I’ve been asked, ‘Do you want to be a shareholder in the club? Do you want to join the board? Do you want to join his committee?’

I’m so much of a football fan that I don’t want the issue of governance to get in the way of my passion for the game. So in a way I like to stay away from the detail.

I don’t want it to get in the way of what I’ve always loved about Australian football.

That’s it’s tough, beautiful, it’s tragic, it’s lucky, it’s funny, it has great personalities and I just look forward to the next phase.

We have qualified for four straight World Cups in a row, that is no mean feat. That’s really hard.

We’ve got players at an international level that I reckon are going to get better and better.

I think the next phase is going to be pretty good I feel hopeful about it, I really do.