The Socceroos thread.

[sydmariner]

Rowles on for behich 86 mins to late.

 

[Spacks]

Yeah we aren't getting out of this group. What a waste of effort.

 

[Tevor]

I want to like Mabil but he is just bang average and so wasteful. Looks like no goals in two games.

 

[Spacks]

I want to like Mabil but he is just bang average and so wasteful. Looks like no goals in two games.

Modern day Kwabenah Appiah

 

[Ironbark]

Hmmm

 

[midfielder]

I want to like Mabil but he is just bang average and so wasteful. Looks like no goals in two games.

+999999999

 

[Stuartmcateer]

Japan beat Bahrain 5-0. We are so screwed.

 

[turbo]

Rowles on for behich 86 mins to late.

Rowles was a terrible sub. He's a good defender but offers nothing going forward in general play.

I think overall we showed more intent than we did in the previous match but thats a very low bar. Results so far obviously horrible and China is a must win game. Japan needs to be kept to a respectable margin so the GD damage they're doing to others works in our favor.

Qualifying isnt out of reach but has the potential to get away from us especially if the Saudis and either Bahrain or Indonesia become dominant over the other lower sides. Best case for us is they're taking points off each other.

 

[FFC Mariner]

If only Arnold had used the easier games to blood young kids rather than keep putting his favourites in the shop window to engineer moves for them.

Great news about last night is he is now 1 game closer to the sack. Wonder if any of his media mates will start to turn. He is a protected species like Rudan.

 

[sydmariner]

If only Arnold had used the easier games to blood young kids rather than keep putting his favourites in the shop window to engineer moves for them.

Great news about last night is he is now 1 game closer to the sack. Wonder if any of his media mates will start to turn. He is a protected species like Rudan.

Lol he isn’t a stalker.

 

[yellowcake]

I surprised myself with a thought last night - "needs more Cumdog"

 

[sydmariner]

I surprised myself with a thought last night - "needs more Cumdog"

I’ve been saying that all along but no one listens to me.

 

[Ben10]

Really think this line up could get the job done, just put the every eligible CCM 22-23 player in there, couldn't do any worse!

Duke - Cummings
Silvera - Nis - Max - Nestor
Behich - Kye - Circati - Miller
Ryan

If fit, Bos/Faz for Behich, Robertson for Max and McGree for Cummings

 

[Josho Howe]

Not scoring a single goal against the 2 weakest teams in our group. Arnieball special that is.

 

[pjennings]

My take out from the game was that Niz when he came on looked to be completely at home. More so than any other midfielder.

 

[Spacks]

My take out from the game was that Niz when he came on looked to be completely at home. More so than any other midfielder.

Very calm and composed.

 

[turbo]

My take out from the game was that Niz when he came on looked to be completely at home. More so than any other midfielder.

The players around him need to be aware of when hes getting himself into space. There were many times he had a mile of space around him while the backs sat deep. The passing lane was open yet they didnt take it.

 

[Ironbark]

My take out from the game was that Niz when he came on looked to be completely at home. More so than any other midfielder.

His distribution was very good

 

[Tevor]

Really think this line up could get the job done, just put the every eligible CCM 22-23 player in there, couldn't do any worse!

Duke - Cummings
Silvera - Nis - Max - Nestor
Behich - Kye - Circati - Miller
Ryan

If fit, Bos/Faz for Behich, Robertson for Max and McGree for Cummings

Whilst Duke is ex CCM I wouldn’t be concerned if I never seen him in the green and gold again.

 

[dlanod]

Whilst Duke is ex CCM I wouldn’t be concerned if I never seen him in the green and gold again.

While I broadly agree, every time I watch the Socceroos I always feel like Duke is literally the least of the problems of that team. At least he gets on the board moderately often compared to anyone else and puts the effort in - he's not great at that level, but there's half a dozen I'd shuffle around first.