The A-League cops a bad wrap from some corners of the Australian sports community and recent poor pay-tv ratings were used to give it another whack. Are things really that bad though?

We need someone who knows what they're on about to set us right, so in this episode of A Sporting Discussion, Andrew and AJ talk with The Age's Chief Soccer Reporter Michael Lynch about where the A-League sits in the Aussie sporting scene, how it got to this point and what if anything can turn things around.

It's a most interesting chat with someone who has probably forgotten more about football than most of us know!

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