Postecoglou, speaking at an FFA function, finally fielded some questions about his future plans. OK, it was a stage-managed occasion in front of a hand-picked audience with a presenter from the FFA's host broadcaster asking the questions, but it was a start.

More to the point, his quip that since his bombshell there had been no talk about whether the Socceroos should employ a back three or how the political impasse over the way the sport's Congress would be composed in the future, was essentially true.

The former will be resolved for good or ill in the upcoming games against Honduras, which will determine Australia's World Cup fate.

The latter, however, is unlikely to go away as the seemingly endemic war between the sport's governing body, the FFA board headed by its embattled chairman Steven Lowy, and the A-League clubs, continues.

The FFA is determined to stick to its guns and next month plans to hold an emergency general meeting to ratify its proposed new make-up of the Congress.

The latter is threatening to block the Lowy-led board's initiative at every turn, including using court action to seek an injunction to prevent the EGM taking place.

It's hard to see how this can end well as the prospect of FIFA intervention to take over the governance of the Australian game looms in the background.

The clubs could drop their long-running antagonism to Lowy and his colleagues, accept the proposals and fall into line under the new rules.

But they have argued those changes would vest control of the game in the board's hands through the block vote of their vassals, the state federations, who would have a clear majority in the Congress, so that's about as likely as pigs flying.

Lowy could back off, accede to the wishes of the clubs and the PFA (the players' union) and accept that the model he is proposing is insufficiently broad-based and extend the voting franchise on Congress a little to please all parties.

But snow may fall in the Sahara at the height of summer.

This looks like a struggle to the end because the passions have been inflamed and the personality struggle has now become so bitter that there is no simple or straightforward way out.

Certainly there is little sign of an escape route for either party which would not look like a climbdown.

It would appear that there are three possible outcomes.

The EGM will take place in November, FFA will push through its plans and the courts will back the governing body in the event of a legal challenge. Lowy wins, and then it will be down to FIFA as to whether it accepts the new set-up.

The clubs take legal action, tie the board up in court, the EGM cannot proceed, FIFA's deadline arrives and the sport's global governors declare a plague on all your houses and take control of the game on an interim basis.

Or the clubs say enough is enough and break away, establishing an independent A-League which it will then use as the major bargaining tool to leverage some kind of peace deal with the FFA - probably on condition that Lowy goes.

Don't we live in interesting times ...