In Graham Arnold marched, through the side door and up on to the landing, sat down in front of the sponsorship board and cleared his throat into the microphone. “One day more.” No, he did not really say that – that would have required some French 19th-century rebel garb that frankly isn’t available in Qatar.
And even then it would have somehow felt too unvarnished for a Graham Arnold press conference. A Graham Arnold press conference, in its purest form, features a catchphrase or analogy, or maybe even a flagrant repurposing of Les Misérables lyrics-turned internet meme to the point of inglorious cliché – anything to distract from on-field issues or push the desired message of the day.
