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The Socceroos thread.
- Thread starter sydmariner
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My player ratings for last night:
Ryan 7-Had more to do than his NZ counterpart.One very hairy clearance early on nearly resulted in a goal but much improved after that.
Karacic 5-he had difficulty handling Cacace,Just and Garbett when they ran at him.His passing and crossing was ordinary.
Sains 4.5-the opening 15 minutes were a shitshow-he had problems handling the physicality and speed of Woods and de Jong.Improved as game went on but against a better team who could finish he would have struggled.Did score a goal which was unfortunately and possibly wrongly disallowed.
Degenek 5.5.Strong in the air but like Sains probably past his best.
Behich 6.5.Some good combination with Mabil and worked hard but I thought back to his horror game against Japan and shudder to think how he will go up against Mbappe( to be fair most full backs around the world would not relish playing him).
Atkinson 7-an improvement on Karacic and one top covering clearance prevented an almost certain goal.
King was not on long enough to rate.The same goes for Delbridge.
Mooy 7.5 -made himself available and his passing was effective and accurate.Also some excellent defensive work.Lack of pace is a concern but has a good football brain.
Irvine 6.5-as usual a mixed game.Some timely interceptions and good pressing and ball winning to assist Mabil's goal and also the smart header to Sains for the disallowed goal.However several times gave up possession in situations which put our CBs in vulnerable positions.
Boyle 7-was off the pace in the first half but more involved in the second 45 minutes.Love the way he runs at defenders and commits them.
Hrustic 6-frustrating as usual.Skilful and gets involved but often runs too far with ball ignoring players who have made the runs and he should be passing into the spaces they have created.Needs to be in the team for his dead ball skills but is not really the no 10 we need.
Mabil 8.5-best game from him for a long while.He scored an excellent goal but his willingness to take on his defender on the outside was great to see.In previous games he has always cut inside and was too predictable.
Taggart 6-I have never been a fan but did want him to show something in this game as we need a striker who is in form.He worked hard to make space for himself but as mentioned above to little avail as Hrustic was the main offender in ignoring him.As the commentators remarked he looked frustrated when subbed and I felt for him.
Leckie 6.5-still very quick( he was able to keep up with Boyle when the latter made the break which nearly led to Leckie scoring).He was criticised for not converting that chance but did everything right but just thwarted by Sail's fingertip save.He does not have the best technique but is very physical.However I think he will be lucky to make the final squad if JC or Garang can step up.
J Mac 5.5-one good chance at the end but hit straight at the keeper.He is just not suited to the way the team plays despite having a poacher's instincts at A league level.
McGree 6.0-I would like to see him on earlier replacing Hrustic.He looks to have more football nous than Hrustic but has not has the opportunity to really demonstrate it at this level.
Metcalfe 5.5-not sure about him.Is tigerish but is a prime candidate for yellow cards as often mistimesd his tackles.Maybe Devlin is the better bet.
Let's hope JC,Garang,Francois,Devlin,Langerak and Baccus can move the ball with more speed and precision on Sunday
Ryan 7-Had more to do than his NZ counterpart.One very hairy clearance early on nearly resulted in a goal but much improved after that.
Karacic 5-he had difficulty handling Cacace,Just and Garbett when they ran at him.His passing and crossing was ordinary.
Sains 4.5-the opening 15 minutes were a shitshow-he had problems handling the physicality and speed of Woods and de Jong.Improved as game went on but against a better team who could finish he would have struggled.Did score a goal which was unfortunately and possibly wrongly disallowed.
Degenek 5.5.Strong in the air but like Sains probably past his best.
Behich 6.5.Some good combination with Mabil and worked hard but I thought back to his horror game against Japan and shudder to think how he will go up against Mbappe( to be fair most full backs around the world would not relish playing him).
Atkinson 7-an improvement on Karacic and one top covering clearance prevented an almost certain goal.
King was not on long enough to rate.The same goes for Delbridge.
Mooy 7.5 -made himself available and his passing was effective and accurate.Also some excellent defensive work.Lack of pace is a concern but has a good football brain.
Irvine 6.5-as usual a mixed game.Some timely interceptions and good pressing and ball winning to assist Mabil's goal and also the smart header to Sains for the disallowed goal.However several times gave up possession in situations which put our CBs in vulnerable positions.
Boyle 7-was off the pace in the first half but more involved in the second 45 minutes.Love the way he runs at defenders and commits them.
Hrustic 6-frustrating as usual.Skilful and gets involved but often runs too far with ball ignoring players who have made the runs and he should be passing into the spaces they have created.Needs to be in the team for his dead ball skills but is not really the no 10 we need.
Mabil 8.5-best game from him for a long while.He scored an excellent goal but his willingness to take on his defender on the outside was great to see.In previous games he has always cut inside and was too predictable.
Taggart 6-I have never been a fan but did want him to show something in this game as we need a striker who is in form.He worked hard to make space for himself but as mentioned above to little avail as Hrustic was the main offender in ignoring him.As the commentators remarked he looked frustrated when subbed and I felt for him.
Leckie 6.5-still very quick( he was able to keep up with Boyle when the latter made the break which nearly led to Leckie scoring).He was criticised for not converting that chance but did everything right but just thwarted by Sail's fingertip save.He does not have the best technique but is very physical.However I think he will be lucky to make the final squad if JC or Garang can step up.
J Mac 5.5-one good chance at the end but hit straight at the keeper.He is just not suited to the way the team plays despite having a poacher's instincts at A league level.
McGree 6.0-I would like to see him on earlier replacing Hrustic.He looks to have more football nous than Hrustic but has not has the opportunity to really demonstrate it at this level.
Metcalfe 5.5-not sure about him.Is tigerish but is a prime candidate for yellow cards as often mistimesd his tackles.Maybe Devlin is the better bet.
Let's hope JC,Garang,Francois,Devlin,Langerak and Baccus can move the ball with more speed and precision on Sunday
Not sure I agree with that, he must not look up as Taggart was making runs all the time only to be ignored.
pjennings
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I think there is plenty of room for improvement in the squad. I think there are 16 sure picks out of the 26
Goalkeepers (2): Ryan, Langerak.
Defenders (5): Rowles (if fit), Wright, Atkinson, Karacic, Souttar (if fit)
Midfielders (5): Mooy, Irvine, McGree, Rogic (if fit), Hrustic
Forwards (4): Mabil, Boyle, Duke, Taggart
then
(1) Danny vs Redmayne - I would pick Danny (Redmayne trick ahs been shown)
(2) Trent vs Deng - I suspect Trent will make the squad but really is not the player he was.
(3) King vs Elder vs Behich vs Davidson (2 of) - very important spot - not really impressed with the incumbents
Leckie and Maclaren really have not delivered. Leckie works hard like Duke and maybe you can make a case that he adds something to the team but Maclaren is a waste of a spot.
I think we need to add some some players youngsters like Arzani, Garang, Cumdingo. Tilio, Genreau & Francois.
sydmariner
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sydmariner
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cumdog & kuol on the bench.
Also Langerak, why did he bother coming out of retirement. Can’t wait to watch Duke and Leckie screw everything up.
FFC Mariner
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Rather Cumdog and Garang stayed home to train
crock
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Agreed and played in our previous pre season game im fuming tbh i reckon less than 10 mins for both if any waste of them being in the squad tbh ?
Is Cummings not fit? Just thinking he didn’t start for us in trials or Australia cup from what I recall. Pretty disgraceful not to give him a proper chance. Duke and Leckie are known quantities, there is no value in playing them especially to start. Even Daggers and Folami would have been better inclusions
crock
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Why have them there then ccm have every right to be fumming because they miss preseason games that could have been handy for them coming into season
sydmariner
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Storm on the bench for NZ.
Melange
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Yep, it was a big loud WTF as soon as I saw Redmayne starting.
sydmariner
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Seriously Duke wtf.
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