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TIMMY Cahill is the centre of much debate in Brazil among the thousands of Australian fans following the Socceroos … is he now our greatest player of all-time.
Certainly no other Aussie has scored goals at three World Cups but it's a big call considering we have produced champions like Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell among other greats.
Fox Sports commentator and former team mate Mark Bosnich is now convinced Cahill is the best of them all.
He was convinced the moment our 34-year-old super striker inspired the Socceroos stirring comeback with the magnificent header against Chile on Saturday morning.
"Three years ago I said Harry Kewell," Bosnich said, "He'd won the Champions League along with everything else he's achieved.
"But if we're talking about Australia's greatest right now, it has to be Tim Cahill. You can't beat anyone who has scored goals at the last three World Cups.
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"To do it against the best players and best teams in the world is just a phenomenal performance."
Like most others, Bosnich was absolutely blown away by the Australian fightback.
"At two-nil down after 14 minutes I feared for the worst like everyone else," he said.
"The vast majority of teams around the world would have just capitulated.
"That fighting spirit is just part of Australia's DNA. They were outstanding."
Bosnich's Fox Sports colleague Andy Harper says he is uncomfortable comparing the greats described Cahill as: "just a freak of nature."
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A-LEAGUE OF IT'S OWN
The Socceroos' magnificent performance against Chile was a wonderful advertisement for the A- League competition.
All but two of the Australia's players are products of our domestic competition that is just nine years old.
Only the great Tim Cahill and Jason Davidson began their careers overseas.
The rest of the team plus Ange Postecoglou's entire coaching staff come from A-League clubs.
Socceroos have strong links to the A-League. Source: News Corp Australia
Three of the Socceroos players are still playing in our domestic competition.
While the local competition will never, ever be the quality of the major European or South American competitions, it has come a long way as the main breeding ground for the Socceroos.
SOCCEROOS A 'MERRIN'
Brazil has a population of 200 million with only one football code and virtually no opposition from rival sports.
Australia has a population of less than 25 million with four football codes competing for the best athletes.
It shows just how much the Socceroos are punching above their weight at the World Cup.
We visited the headquarters of Rio de Janeiro's oldest soccer team, the Fluminense Football Club.
They have 600,000 football club members and are not even the biggest club in the country.
HITTING THE WRITE NOTE
The warring factions of the rugby league media of the last few decades are a far cry from the happenings in the Socceroos host city of Vitoria where up to 50 media personnel have been living in harmony during the World Cup in Brazil, thanks to the efforts of FFA media boss Kyle Patterson and his team.
David Gallop hosted drinks for the media on Saturday night to watch the England v Italy clash and according to all accounts everyone got one well.
It's a far cry from some Dally M medal nights that your correspondent and Gallop have seen over the years.
David Gallop is running a smooth ship in Brazil. Picture: George Salpigtidis. Source: News Corp Australia
LATE NIGHT BLUES
The Socceroos have been travelling by charter flights to each of their games. After their cruel loss to Chile the team arrived back in Vitoria at 3am and wouldn't have hit the sack until well after that.
I am told that FFA boss David Gallop and Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou were the first to breakfast bright and early the next morning, no doubt having had a sleepless few hours thinking of how close to a historic win their young team had bravely gone.
HIGHLIGHT
Being here for the greatest show on earth. The passion and atmosphere at the games, at live sites and on the streets is just out of this world.
LOWLIGHT
We miss the live State of Origin coverage on Wednesday night because our two-hour flight to the Socceroos next game in Porto Alegre is right on kick-off time.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Food prices at the Socceroos game in Cuiaba and at all World Cup games are far more reasonable than at venues in Australia.
A beer costs $5.50, a hamburger $5 and soft drinks or water $3.
ADDED EXTRAS
The Socceroos are on $50,000-a-game for this tournament, which is a much better pay rate than the State of Origin stars who get $30,000 for each match.
And Australian soccer officials will only get around $4 million from the tournament while FIFA is expected to pocket $2 billion in profits.
NAMING FOOL
Dave "Benji Barba" Smith and John "Cronulla Hawks" Grant should send a sympathy card to PM Tony "Mike Jedinak" Abbott.
Still the PM shouldn't feel too bad — at least he isn't in charge of the game.
FREE KICK
Another round of footy and another weekend that the NRL has just handed over to rival codes.
The Swans got their fourth biggest crowd at the SCG and everyone was raving about the Socceroos.
At the same time best 34 players in rugby league were unavailable for their clubs. It's outrageously stupid.
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