No rivalry with Ange for national job, says Arnold Marcos Flores of the Mariners takes on his man. Potential Socceroos coach Graham Arnold is adamant the contest for the biggest job in the Australian game is not an "Ange versus Arnie battle." I would be so happy if Ange [Postecoglou] got it. It's not a competition against each other," he said after his Central Coast side had stumbled, luckily, to a draw with Melbourne Heart courtesy of two late penalties. Both of us have put a lot of effort and work into Australian football over a lot of years. We want to see it go forward but there's a lot of thinking to do on my side as well. The championship-winning coach is interested, but made it clear it would only be on his terms - and only if he was confident that he would get the support and infrastructure required to do the job the way he wants. I had a period of six or seven months as interim coach [of the Socceroos] and it was murder because it's so hard if you can't do things the way you want to do them. I worked with Pim [Verbeek] and Guus Hiddink, and they wanted their own people . . . I am sure that Ange would be the same. He would probably want his own people around him. That's the only way you can be successful. Arnold confirmed he had been contacted by Football Federation Australia, and said: "you'd have to be honoured to be a candidate for the national team." But he sounded wary about whether he wanted to pursue it unless he was convinced he had the full support of the FFA. "It's a big job," he said. It's a job that a lot of people would like, but on my side of it, I don't need the job - they have to want me to be the manager and want me to take the job. I think Ange is a fantastic candidate, Poppa's [Tony Popovic] a great candidate. Part of their [the FFA's] decision will be my decision. You have to think about the coaches' side. No one asked us to apply, it's just been put out there that we are candidates. [Do] we have a say in what the job is about or if we do want it? That's all up in the air at the moment. I am happy doing what I am doing. I have had ten years with the national team and been to two World Cups, and I have got an ambition to go overseas. I really enjoy club coaching . . . but it would be an honour to coach my country. Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi has kept the faith with Golgol Mebrahtu, hoping that the big Eritrean youngster will develop into a handful as he gains experience in leading the line. On Saturday afternoon, Aloisi's patience and support were rewarded as the 23-year-old played with power and purpose. It was almost enough to inspire Heart to a morale-boosting win over the defending champions. Mebrahtu stamped his authority on proceedings within 15 minutes of the restart, setting up the two goals for David Williams that looked to have kick-started Heart's season.