Matildas failure under the microscope! | Deadline day delights and disasters | Socceroos crunch qualifiers | Palace's academy game-changer | A hole-in-one hat-trick for Bridgey! |

The Matildas bombed out of the Asian Cup with their worst-ever result so Optus Sport's GegenPod is bringing in 19-cap former international and current Canberra United star Ashleigh Sykes to break it all down. Join former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen with host Claudio Fabiano for all the big issues of the week:Why did the Matildas come up short and should that mean the sack for coach Tony GustavssonDeadline day dealings with the winners and losers of the transfer windowBridgey, Schwarzy and Thomas take us down memory lane with their own tales of deadline day drama. Did the deals get through in time?!Crystal Palace's initiative to take better care of their academy graduates and players that don't crack it in the professional gameA look ahead to some crunch international games for the Socceroos and club football latest with the Old Firm Derby vital for Ange Postecoglou's challenge for the SPL title at CelticBridgey's third hole-in-one of his golf career! What are the secret non-football skills of our GegenPod regularsListen to more from the GegenPod team: https://play.acast.com/s/the-gegenpod/Optus Sport's Football Belongs was named the Best Sports Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Award - listen here: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.