Road to Russia

[scottmac]

My guess of the final squad.

IMO Out
Langerak, Wright, Risdon, Gersbach, Brillante,Troisi, Rukavytsa, Giannou, Cahill

WC squad
GK, Ryan, Jones, Vukovic
DF Sainsbury, Susnajr, Jurman, Degenek, Karacic, Behich, Meredith
MFJedinak, Milligan, Luongo, Irvine, Mooy, Rogic, Petratos
FW Leckie, Arzani, Kruse, Nabbout, Juric, Maclaren

Forget Petratos and Nabbout. Much rather having Cahill and Troisi who've actually scored in big international games. That's all these 4 will be doing is coming in late to score.

 

[sydmariner]

WTF?

LMFAO

 

[Forum Phoenix]

That is mental.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/optus-sport-unveils-all-star-aussie-line-up-for-world-cup-491043


"...veterans headline the expert commentary with John Aloisi, Tony Popovic, Brett Emerton, Paul Okon, Shane Smeltz, Luke Wilkshire, Alex Wilkinson, Tony Vidmar, Amy Harrison and Sasa Ognenovski all on board."

Aloisi is painful to listen to. Popovic is always an uptight wanker. Okon is doubling down on Popovic. Smeltz and Wilkshire? WTF?

Vidmar is ok, but lacks any charisma ditto Emo. Wilko is a great guy but not sure how he'll go... Sasha is great value imo, but otherwise not a line up that remotely excites me.

The anchors though...

MEL is Back



They will be joined by Optus Sport’s anchor crew of hosts consisting of Richard Bayliss, Mel McLaughlin and Jules Breach and analysts Mark Schwarzer and Michael Bridges.

Brdges and Schwarzer will be great.

 

[BrisRecky]

FARK MOI, how does Bailey Wright not get a spot after the season he had at Hibernian...Bart and his son in law did some Amsterdam Anathesia while squad selecting , weren’t they❓

 

[Wombat]

Jamie Maclaren, Apostolos Giannou, Alex Gersbach and Mitchell Langerak.

4 very good players not to make the cut.

 

[Big Al]

Jamie Maclaren, Apostolos Giannou, Alex Gersbach and Mitchell Langerak.

4 very good players not to make the cut.

Gersbach has been unlucky regularly getting over looked for Brad Smith and now Bechic but I feel he isn’t defensive enough for Bert
Langerack has fallen from grace to miss out to brad jones.
Giannou never showed anything
Maclaren needs a certain style to succeed

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I agree with Smeltz. Where the hell are our goals going to come from. Tom Mooy and Mile I guess.

 

[Wombat]

We probably won't score any apart from a couple of deadball strikes. This could be a tough World Cup.

 

[Big Al]

We probably won't score any apart from a couple of deadball strikes. This could be a tough World Cup.

A very big strength of ours.
Not pretty but they still count
Cahill Irvinr and Mile are all very good in the air from corners

 

[Forum Phoenix]

A very big strength of ours.
Not pretty but they still count
Cahill Irvinr and Mile are all very good in the air from corners

Mooy puts in quality desd balls too. So I guess there’s that.

 

[midfielder]

We need to stay positive I saw that French side. So we have to..

You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the sceneTo illustrate his last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so darkMan, they said we better, accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

 

[Forum Phoenix]

We need to stay positive I saw that French side. So we have to..

You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the sceneTo illustrate his last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so darkMan, they said we better, accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

I wish we had a pack of wolves and a large bear on our team Middy.

 

[pjennings]

My take

First XI

----------------Ryan---------------------
Karacic-Sainsbury-Mile-Behich
Leckie-----Mooy----Luongo-----Kruse
------------Rogic--------
-----------Juric---------

Shadow players
----------------Vukovic/Jones------------
Milligan-Degenek--Jurman--Meredith
Arzani-----Irvine----Petratos-----Nabbout
------------Cahill--------
-----------Ruka---------

Out
Risdon - may make it in place of Milligan or Degenek but will give away fouls in dangerous areas
Brillante - poor end to the season - struggles under pressure - zero minutes under BVM
Triosi - poor season with Victory - two assists qualifying - only 7 minutes under BVM

 

[Big Al]

I think we will park the bus against France. Bert will be going for a draw or small loss.

 

[pjennings]

I think we will park the bus against France. Bert will be going for a draw or small loss.

Agree - but I wouldn't be surprised if it is 0 - 0 at 75min (unlikely), he tries a few late changes like Arzani to try and sneak an unexpected win.

 

[FFC Mariner]

France are notoriously slow starters in tournaments, a draw is not impossible here

 

[Tevor]

France are notoriously slow starters in tournaments, a draw is not impossible here

Totally agree, I’m glad we have them first up. Even a 1-0 loss is a good result for the for and against, just have to avoid a hammering.

 

[Pirate Pete]

https://www.pedestrian.tv/sport/peru-australia-world-cup-video-message/
Peru Has Sent Australia A Bloody Lovely Message Before Our World Cup Clash

 

[VicMariner]

https://www.pedestrian.tv/sport/peru-australia-world-cup-video-message/
Peru Has Sent Australia A Bloody Lovely Message Before Our World Cup Clash

That was great! Top find!