In the turbulent world of football in Australia, the ever spinning wheels of the news cycle have turned Football Federation Australia's way.

There has been, in recent times, FFA chairman Frank Lowy's successful role as Henry Kissinger in the resolution with disgruntled Newcastle Jets owner Nathan Tinkler. There was a summit with A-League club owners and operators, accompanied by a pledge from the FFA to listen to the concerns and ideas of their most important stakeholders.

Still calling the shots ... Frank Lowy. Credit:AFP

Points emphasised by Lowy on Sunday night during an interview with Eddie McGuire on Fox Sports. One in which Lowy made it clear that, at 81, he had no intention of walking away from his all-powerful position in a sport that is yet to embrace the fashionable independent commission governance model.

That will please those who believe the billionaire's experience, not to mention his ability to squeeze another $8 million out of the federal government as it prepared to deliver a budget tighter than Warwick Capper's shorts, is irreplaceable. For others, it will again raise the question of whether, like Winston Churchill, the game's great war time leader remains the best man to govern in times of relative peace.