Thomas is a freelance journalist who specialises in tactical analysis. While principally freelancing at Kick360, Thomas also works for Scouted Football and previously owned a sports news website. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts (BA) followed by a Juris Doctor (JD) as a Chancellor's Scholar at the University of Melbourne.
Cliché often dictates that a team discovers more about themselves when the chips are down. Typically, the saying extends to assert that the most crucial individual assets of a collective unit will come to shine when a side has its…
Buoyed by a swathe of promising performances under new manager Rodolfo Arruabarrena, the United Arab Emirates head into Wednesday morning’s encounter with their tails up as they look to qualify for their second ever FIFA World Cup. The Argentine’s side…
How do you build a football club from the ground up? If you were to ask Western United’s detractors, they would likely say something along the lines of, “do the opposite of Western United”. Armed with money and a vision…
Western United are A-League Champions for the first time in their short history. Frankly, from the beginning of the game it did not seem like the game would go any other way as Aloisi’s side outwitted, outfought and, ultimately, outclassed…
Melbourne City have booked their place in a third successive A-League Grand Final after a scintillating second leg victory at AAMI Park which ended in extra-time. They will host the league’s first ever all-Victorian Grand Final against Western United as…
Western United have booked their place in a huge A-League Semi-Final against the Melbourne Victory after sweeping aside the Wellington Phoenix with a 1-0 victory after an early goal. After a relatively nondescript opening to proceedings, the home team sprung…
When Erick Mombaerts arrived in Melbourne at the start of the 2019/20 season, Melbourne City had struggled to score from set plays. Having scored just four goals from corners in 2018/19 (just one more than bottom-ranked Newcastle, Melbourne Victory and…
When last year’s A-League Men Grand Finalists Melbourne City and Sydney FC kick off their Asian Champions League campaigns this week there will be a new weight on their shoulders. After the pandemic essentially forced Australian clubs to withdraw from…
In the city where gladiators once entertained the masses, a new hero was born. Under the beaming lights of Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on a crisp winter’s evening, 18-year-old Australian Cristian Volpato helped rescue José Mourinho’s AS Roma after they trailed…
Australia’s hopes of automatically qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup were thwarted by Hajime Moriyasu’s Japan outfit as they came away 2-0 victors in front of 41,852 people at Stadium Australia. A match that will be forensically analysed incessantly…
