Canberra are going to seem miles behind the 8 ball, when Auckland announce a name, kit design and player signings this Thursday.
We're mid-March come the end of this week, and even if anything is announced in Canberra they're already four months behind anything that Auckland have managed, that's including having the run through of all the best off-contract A-League players.
The longer the wait goes on, the bigger the shambles will be.
Either that or they simply won't have enough time and will be deferred out until 25/26...
They must now be on a similar tight timeline to what the Phoenix were in 2007, getting their licence on 19th March and playing their first ALM game against the VUC on 26th August. I guess that means Canberra will sign a 2024 version of Cleberson.