Dylan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) There Edited January 13 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Dylan said: There It wasn't that hard after all, was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Wasting screen ink. Disgusting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 (edited) Well the Arnold era is about to start, or perhaps more correctly the Arnold era II. For the record I’m an Arnold fan and believe he’s the best available/ realistic appointment. As I see it his biggest challenge will be the one that brought the veteran coach Van Marwick unstuck- scoring goals. We all know we’ve got some great midfielders, we’ve got s great goalie, we’ve got some Ok defenders and some decent wingers, but we simply don’t have an international class striker. In fact I’ll go a step further, we haven’t produced a striker even close to international standard since Viduka. Timmy Cahill was fantastic but I don’t count him, he was a goal scoring midfielder pushed forward in desperation. I’ve no doubt that if one time second stringers “Unlucky” John Aloisi or Paul Agostino were running around now they’d be starting every game. This desperation is reflected in plucking the unknown John Iredale from a youth league and the recall of the long forgotten Mitch Duke. The one positive is that the likes of Tomi Juric and Jamie Maclaren still have time on their side, even if both seem short of the required standard right now. If Melbourne City reject John Roberts can get a couple of starts this season I wouldn’t be shocked if he finds himself in a squad. Ultimately we won’t win games if we can’t score goals, so good luck Arnie, hope one of these boys comes through. Edited September 1, 2018 by Shahanga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 3 hours ago, Shahanga said: Well the Arnold era is about to start, or perhaps more correctly the Arnold era II. For the record I’m an Arnold fan and believe he’s the best available/ realistic appointment. As I see it his biggest challenge will be the one that brought the veteran coach Van Marwick unstuck- scoring goals. We all know we’ve got some great midfielders, we’ve got s great goalie, we’ve got some Ok defenders and some decent wingers, but we simply don’t have an international class striker. In fact I’ll go a step further, we haven’t produced a striker even close to international standard since Viduka. Timmy Cahill was fantastic but I don’t count him, he was a goal scoring midfielder pushed forward in desperation. I’ve no doubt that if one time second stringers “Unlucky” John Aloisi or Paul Agostino were running around now they’d be starting every game. This desperation is reflected in plucking the unknown John Iredale from a youth league and the recall of the long forgotten Mitch Duke. The one positive is that the likes of Tomi Juric and Jamie Maclaren still have time on their side, even if both seem short of the required standard right now. If Melbourne City reject John Roberts can get a couple of starts this season I wouldn’t be shocked if he finds himself in a squad. Ultimately we won’t win games if we can’t score goals, so good luck Arnie, hope one of these boys comes through. I think it was more a case of he was homesick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 41 minutes ago, Dylan said: I think it was more a case of he was homesick Was waiting for the pedants on that. Was a bit tongue in cheek. The truth is He was our player and now he’s not. I’ve never seen an explanation, or even an announcement of his departure for that matter, so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 11 hours ago, Shahanga said: Was waiting for the pedants on that. Was a bit tongue in cheek. The truth is He was our player and now he’s not. I’ve never seen an explanation, or even an announcement of his departure for that matter, so who knows. I actually have no idea but that’s the theory that makes the most sense IMO. What was he? 16? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Dylan said: I actually have no idea but that’s the theory that makes the most sense IMO. What was he? 16? He was 16 when he left us - turned 17 just a few weeks later. He came to us from the AIS mid-2017, so he was with us less than 6 months. His departure was never announced by City. We guessed he'd gone, but the confirmation was from WSW's Twitter account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Team is out. https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/caltex-socceroos-squad-afc-asian-cup-uae-2019tm-finalised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I think Taggart was worth taking over given his A-League form and our thin striking options, but hopefully Maclaren finally shows us what we all know he can do in the green and gold. Great squad otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Predictions? Group A UAE Thailand Bahrain India Group B Australia Jordan Syria Palestine Group C Korea Republic China PR Philippines Kyrgyzstan Group D Iran Iraq Vietnam Yemen Group E Saudi Arabia Qatar Korea DPR Lebanon Group F Japan Uzbekistan Oman Turkmenistan Winner - Japan Runner Up - Saudi Arabia Aus Campaign - IMO we'll do quite well early but ultimately japan are a better side and will do us when we inevitably cop them in the quarter final. Would prob be better for us as far as advancing as far as possible to not top the group... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Cant get over the fox people who have been saying its a traviesty that some of the Aleague based players like Antonis and Goodwin havent got in, yet Amini is in. I could almost 100% guarantee you they dont watch any games in Denmark to see whether he deserves it or not Im going Qatar to win. They will want to integrate all their new Brazilians for 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 How many teams in the A league will lose players for games during this competition. A couple of clubs in the SPFL and especially Hibs who have 3 Australian internationalists are going to be very under strengthed for the duration of Australian participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Nice win over Oman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afif Adam Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 57 minutes ago, Shahanga said: Nice win over Oman. Just saw where they stand , Ooooman they’re ranked 82 in the world...so I wouldn’t get my hopes up for the AC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, Afif Adam said: Just saw where they stand , Ooooman they’re ranked 82 in the world...so I wouldn’t get my hopes up for the AC Not Germany I know, but in the past we’d have a 1-1 draw and the players would come out and say “Asian teams are getting better”. our record against Oman was poor, so that was a good win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Hanging on by our finger nails here. Getting out hussled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 31 minutes ago, Shahanga said: Hanging on by our finger nails here. Getting out hussled No VAR or refs to help out Arnie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Remember that time Rogic did something of note when we actually needed it and not just in qualifiers against minnows of friendlies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, mus-28 said: Remember that time Rogic did something of note when we actually needed it and not just in qualifiers against minnows of friendlies Can’t believe he missed that sitter. we’ll be doing well to get out of our group, playing like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 It's a sad state of affairs that the bloke leading the line is the 4th choice striker for the team sitting in 8th in the SPL. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 We're shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, mus-28 said: It's a sad state of affairs that the bloke leading the line is the 4th choice striker for the team sitting in 8th in the SPL. Rumour control he is replacing Bruno Ross went to team 9th in the SPFL Edited January 6, 2019 by Inchcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, playmaker said: We're shit Joyce would be happy 78% - 22% possession and 627 - 194 passes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 On a good day our depth is questionable, but of the 3 players we have playing in top leagues, 2 are injured. On top of that so are the next two best. Little wonder we look toothless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Inchcolm said: Joyce would be happy 78% - 22% possession and 627 - 194 passes I was thinking that when I was watching it. Probably a worse game, which I thought could not be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Shahanga said: On a good day our depth is questionable, but of the 3 players we have playing in top leagues, 2 are injured. On top of that so are the next two best. Little wonder we look toothless Mooy, Arzani, Nabbout, Boyle and Leckie all out. That's 4, maybe 5 of our starting front 6 out injured. I mean we're toothless at the best of times, but we're really fighting with both hands tied behind our back in this tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 19 minutes ago, bt50 said: Mooy, Arzani, Nabbout, Boyle and Leckie all out. That's 4, maybe 5 of our starting front 6 out injured. I mean we're toothless at the best of times, but we're really fighting with both hands tied behind our back in this tournament. Yea but fuck Arnie etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Watching the Socceroos first half reminded me of watching Joyce's Melbourne City: sterile possession, impotent attack, predictable play, cop an easy goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aardvark Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Rogic is such a nothing international player. For all his skill and technique he is incapable of imposing himself on the game and makes way too little of his chances at this level. We continue to be toothless in attack, Mabil, like Arzani in the WC (and Leckie tbf) is one of the only players to actually look dangerous because he can run and move with the ball. Everyone else is so stagnant or unable to get the ball into a good threatening position. McLaren is possibly the least effective player to be in our squad in the last few years. Contributes absolutely nothing. Is tiny so not only is unable to have any physical presence but is worked off the ball all to easily, lacks the elite pace to be a danger in the open, has no hold up play ability and is middling to poor on the ball anyway. Geez that was a disspoiting performance. For all our "dominance" you never really felt like we were a threat aside from maybe getting a lucky goal to even up the scores. Deserved the end result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 53 minutes ago, The Aardvark said: Rogic is such a nothing international player. For all his skill and technique he is incapable of imposing himself on the game and makes way too little of his chances at this level. Fixed. Anyone can look good playing for Celtic in the SPL. He's been playing against opposition that is the equivalent of League One and below, hardly great for development long term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Well we got the job done over those giants of football, Palestine and wonder of wonders MacLaren even scored a goal. now well placed to go through. A draw vs Syria should do it (Palestine will need to beat Jordan by 5 in that case, seems unlikely) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Shahanga said: Well we got the job done over those giants of football, Palestine and wonder of wonders MacLaren even scored a goal. now well placed to go through. A draw vs Syria should do it (Palestine will need to beat Jordan by 5 in that case, seems unlikely) A draw will do it as the 4 best 3rd place finishers go through as well. Finishing 2nd is oddly a better result draw wise than 1st as it means we avoid Japan until the latter stages of the tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) Hope we don't need a goal at any stage, Kruse and Giannou are the only attacking options on the bench who are fit. Edited January 15, 2019 by mus-28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Messy but a decent win. This might be Rogic's tournament. And if Mabil can conjure those types of moments more regularly, we could go further than we thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 So we've got Uzbekistan on Tuesday morning. We should account for them but they could be a tougher opponent than we think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Dodged a huge bullet by losing to Jordan really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 We were going to find it tough to break teams down consistently without Mooy, Arzani and Boyle. Leckie's injury didn't help. Zero goals against the better teams in Jordan, Uzbekistan and the UAE is poor but I'm not surprised. We're an average team in Asia and qualifying for the WC will be a tough slog. This is just the reality of Australian football at the minute. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Harrison said: We were going to find it tough to break teams down consistently without Mooy, Arzani and Boyle. Leckie's injury didn't help. Zero goals against the better teams in Jordan, Uzbekistan and the UAE is poor but I'm not surprised. We're an average team in Asia and qualifying for the WC will be a tough slog. This is just the reality of Australian football at the minute. The bloke everyone loved to hate Timmy Cahill was pretty much the only bloody reason we made the last cup. Our striker cupboard is bare. In fact I’m not sure we even have a cupboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted January 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 We won’t qualify for Qatar if it stays at 32 teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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