Tim Cahill - What Can You Say!

[Thryleon]

Just a few points
The A-League was considered that it wouldn't be far off Championship level when it was formed.
Now, at very best is would be equivalent to League One (Division 3) in England.

I just done a quick check on FIFA 18 as well and Mooy is the only outfield player for Australia that is ranked as a 'gold card'
Now that doesn't mean much to those that don't play, but it just means that based on their statistical rating of players, (where 99 is the highest number), he s the only outfield player ranked above 75. (Also 2 Keepers are ranked the same as him.. 77).

Now just to put in perspective. There are almost 1750 players in the world ranked at 75 or above and about 900 of them are ranked higher than Mooy's 77.

Now this doesn't 'prove' anything, except that EA would put more time, money and resources into their analytics than probably any other organisation in the world, so it would be considered currently the most accurate 'rating' system for players out there, though it is of course not a guaranteed 'ranking'.

Maybe, I reckon FIFA would be a bit subjective about its rankings too, and would do a bit based on popularity (i.e. statistically biased upwards for a bloke playing in La Liga, who might have come from another division elsewhere and jumped up the rankings for it after one season).

Still, you are not half wrong to look at this.

Surprised Leckie isnt rated higher to be honest, but anyway, its going to be an interesting few years for Aussie Soccer moving forward.