The Socceroos thread.

[Meerkat]

Does that mean legends of the club are above criticism? No denying he owns his place in our history but there's also no denying he's not the keeper he was just 2 seasons ago. No where near and also no where near what anyone thought we were getting. He got his consideration when no one barked up at signing a keeper that played only 4 cup games last season.

THIS!!! ???

 

[Meerkat]

Would be nice if Danny was afforded the same consideration and forgiveness on this forum.

Forgiveness for ONE match .. fair call. Forgiveness for the completely sub par performance since he resigned.. how long do you want it to stretch out for? If we were in Scotland we would have been gunning for his blood after the first loss or even the points dropped against Wellington. But he’s been backed, supported, embraced, celebrated, given a go until it became impossible to ignore he isn’t doing what we signed him for.

Not unreasonable at all in my book.. it’s a professional sport, not a charity.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Hutch copped it when he was shit, Simon copped it when he wildly celebrated with the Cove. Agree, no one is immune. If you are (allegedly) our highest paid player you need to deliver.
A good keeper (Birra) will earn you 10 points. Danny has already cost us 3

 

[BrisRecky]

hope SBS does a good job with replays and so forth with the Cup

 

[scottmac]

hope SBS does a good job with replays and so forth with the Cup

They tend to do a great job but then broadcast technology changes so much from cup to cup and expectations change.

 

[FFC Mariner]

hope SBS does a good job with replays and so forth with the Cup

Im so lucky I can watch BBC/ITV wall to wall coverage (allegedly)

 

[booney]

SBS has always done a fantastic job when it does the WC coverage.British visitors who have watched the first week or two in the UK and then come Down Under have been blown away by the SBS coverage-by that stage the Soccerros are gone but SBS have still covered many games.

 

[turbo]

They tend to do a great job but then broadcast technology changes so much from cup to cup and expectations change.

I’m really disappointed we don’t seem to have any way of watching the WC in 4K. Other countries will, the games will be filmed that way for sure. Very frustrating.

 

[Big Al]

Hutch copped it when he was shit, Simon copped it when he wildly celebrated with the Cove. Agree, no one is immune. If you are (allegedly) our highest paid player you need to deliver.
A good keeper (Birra) will earn you 10 points. Danny has already cost us 3

Fair call

 

[Big Al]

We have to disagree about this. He does a hell of a lot more than stand statically in the box and pops in tap ins.

Either way we are f**ked because no one in the squad is good enough to compete successfully at a WC, but to replace someone who is your most prolific scorer in the team with someone who has nice tattoos and people love his personality, is just nuts.

Wife this morning, when is the World Cup starting. Then who is our striker?
Told her it’s Maclaren and what he’s being called and why.

Her very simple response - That sounds like that will come in handy.

Sometimes we complicate the simplicity of sport.

At the end of the day he has more goals than anyone else. End of

@marinermick thought you might like that

 

[Ben10]

I'm excited, have a fools hope we can actually beat France. I back us to win 2-1. Think GA will start the below team:

--------------Ryan-------------
Karacic-Rowles-Soutter-Behich
-------------Devlin-------------
------Irvine---------Mooy------
Boyle-------Duke------Goodwin

 

[marinermick]

Wife this morning, when is the World Cup starting. Then who is our striker?
Told her it’s Maclaren and what he’s being called and why.

Her very simple response - That sounds like that will come in handy.

Sometimes we complicate the simplicity of sport.

At the end of the day he has more goals than anyone else. End of

@marinermick thought you might like that

Your wife sounds like a smart woman

 

[StensnessGOAT]

Wife this morning, when is the World Cup starting. Then who is our striker?
Told her it’s Maclaren and what he’s being called and why.

Her very simple response - That sounds like that will come in handy.

Sometimes we complicate the simplicity of sport.

At the end of the day he has more goals than anyone else. End of

@marinermick thought you might like that

Can under-complicate it as well though. We’re playing France and Denmark, not fkn Newcastle Jets and fkn Perth Glory etc

That said, I wouldn’t care anywhere near as much if Cumdog had signed with Sydney instead of us lmao

 

[pjennings]

I'm excited, have a fools hope we can actually beat France. I back us to win 2-1. Think GA will start the below team:

--------------Ryan-------------
Karacic-Rowles-Soutter-Behich
-------------Devlin-------------
------Irvine---------Mooy------
Boyle-------Duke------Goodwin

I think he may rest Boyle (injury) and play Mabil. I also think he may include Wright or Degenek for one of our recovering CBs

 

[sydmariner]

I think he may rest Boyle (injury) and play Mabil. I also think he may include Wright or Degenek for one of our recovering CBs

https://www.news.com.au/affiliates/kayo/martin-boyle-world-cup-injury-fears-as-backup-player-flown-in-for-socceroos/news-story/bf9e5287f267e3378b12394c81a9ec14?amp=

 

[sydmariner]

 

[AuzDutchy]

Is there some sort of media exclusivity for the WC?

Would have been awesome if CCM sent someone over to follow our boys around and report from a Mariners perspective

 

[marinermick]

Is there some sort of media exclusivity for the WC?

Would have been awesome if CCM sent someone over to follow our boys around and report from a Mariners perspective

I know from personal experience that media passes are very difficult to get for the WC given everyone in the industry wants one.

 

[sydmariner]

King Cahill is in camp.

 

[sydmariner]