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MUCH has changed in the corridors of Australian football's HQ since Ange Postecoglou and Graham Arnold worked side by side a decade ago, integral to the national set-up under Frank Farina
Then in the days of Soccer Australia it was budgets of less than nothing, making do and mend every day – epitomised by Arnold working across four national teams, assistant to Farina with the senior and Olympic teams, and to Postecoglou with the U17s and U20s.
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Years later one of them – almost certainly Postecoglou - will return within days to Football Federation Australia as it is now, to take over a Socceroos side heading for its third World Cup but in apparent disarray. The challenge is one of a footballing kind rather than the threadbare environment where they worked before.
It's true that Postecoglou is now almost unbackable as the anointed successor to Holger Osieck. But there are still discussions to be had about the structure he would work in, and as in any football contest, nothing is certain until the whistle goes or, in this case, the contract is signed.
Certainly the merits of the two leading candidates will be debated until the deal is done. The rise in Postecoglou's star has been spectacular since he took over Brisbane Roar in 2009.
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The style of the Roar team he developed, and Postecoglou's media-friendliness, make him in some ways the people's choice – and evidently that of David Gallop, the FFA CEO determined to make fundamental changes to the way his national teams unit operates.
It's obvious that Gallop is also attracted to the way Postecoglou remade Roar in his own image, getting rid of older players who he judged unable – or unwilling – to buy into his philosophy.
From a corporate point of view, it's understandable that FFA would value the fact that the Victory coach "gets" the need for a profile, and to be comfortable with the spotlight.
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But it's also noted within the game that there is a certain degree to be taken on trust in appointing him. His teams play in a style about which he is almost a zealot – in July there was an interesting contrast between the All-Stars, whom he coached for a few days and were no match for Manchester United, and Victory a few days later who on the back of a year with Postecoglou did the A-League proud against Liverpool.
In an international environment where preparation time is often measured in hours rather than months, whether Postecoglou can instill his philosophy into the Socceroos quickly enough is one of the fascinating questions of this whole debate.
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At FFA it has been noted that the new man will have almost a month with his team before the first game of the World Cup, which they believe will make a huge difference – especially with players of national-team calibre.
Arnold by contrast is far more of a pragmatist in the sense that he first appraises the players and then chooses the system to fit what he has.
Building from the back first, Arnold got the defensive structure right at the Mariners before gradually refining the tactics further forward over subsequent seasons. In the process he also gave them the acumen to switch between systems comfortably even within a game – something that many players will say is a pre-requisite for international football.
Where 'Arnie' is far less comfortable is when the spotlight turns his way. The Mariners has suited him perfectly, the only regional club in the competition and one that every year flies under the proverbial radar.
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Arnold used the travails of the club in recent times to his team's advantage, creating a siege mentality from the obstacles that the club being broke threw up.
But in the process his carefully cultivated Mr Grumpy routine has rather stuck in the public consciousness, which is both unfair – he is a passionate and creative thinker about the game – but also entirely self-inflicted.
There are two things that they both have in common: an obvious patriotism, and also a graciousness about the other, as befits friends of long-standing. Many things have changed since they were international colleagues before, but the camaraderie between them hasn't.
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