And now a red card for the uzbeks. Was a great individual goal
And now a red card for the uzbeks. Was a great individual goal
This is disgusting play by Australia, the players should be embarrassed
Buhagiar >>>>>> Toure.
Ugly as, but fuck it, great result to get there. This Arnie fella looks like he could go on to become a very good coach.
Credit to Arnie, he did pretty well over a short period.
Was ‘super coach’ Ange ever so close to the junior set up at all?
We might be quite average, but Arnie is at least trying to build something here through all levels.
Piscopo has been a stand out, huge credit to Talay for seeing his potential.
D’agostino needs more game time and Glover should pretty much now be our bolted on third choice keeper for the NT. He’s done really well for himself here.
In terms of the whole tournament, Ryan impressed me. He’s calm which I like. Fleur should never be anywhere near a squad. Unfortunately Atkinson who I rate highly was one of the scumbags…we are so thin at RB. I thought Deng showed quite a bit and in a position he shouldn’t be playing. He’s got a really good head on his shoulders and deserves to captain the team. I get the feeling Grant will be one of the senior players…we are so thin at RB
Well, there was that time he was the u23 coach…
Worth a watch if you haven’t seen it recently. Was surprised how little time it takes for the fireworks to start.
Considering how young the squad was (It must’ve been the youngest in the tournament), and the players that we had out or not picked (McGree, Arzani, Souttar, Devlin etc.) this is pretty impressive from Arnie. People still continue to give him shit but he’s clearly one of the best Aussie coaches we’ve ever had.
Fozzie v Ange was the biggest match up of narcissistic dickheads ever in Australian football.
Well done for the group,a fair amount of time to prepare.
Some different players to come in including 3 over age(who haven’t been to an Olympics,if that’s still the rule)
It’ll be interesting to see which group they get drawn in.
Trying to coach a group of players that you only see for short periods must be bloody difficult.
One of the reasons I’m just that into the NT at all levels is that most games are knockouts and that is always going to mean you have to play a little negative to get a result.
Grant would be a good shout, solves that problem while also giving a relatively new NT member more tournament experience. Only saw the last half hour or so last night but Baccus was pretty shit again, maybe an overage CM and either Maclaren or Taggart too.
In the end, whoever makes the 18, I’ll probably be more interested in who gets to room with McGree
Piscopo has been the biggest find of the tournament, rate him really highly. Also hopefully this leads to D’Agostino getting a bit more HAL time, definitely has something about him.
Got to love how silent the Arnie haters are today and how much spin the ones who are out are using
Wes souttar injured or something? Wasn’t following closely enough.
We weren’t the better team last night, but that doesn’t matter. Got the job done
Souttar probably wouldn’t have been allowed to go. This tournament was played outside of a FIFA international window, so clubs don’t have to release their players.
Yeah Souttar wasn’t released.
Probly be quite a different squad come the Olympics. Only 18 players allowed instead of the 23 in this tournament. Throw in a few over age players and there’s a pretty stiff fight for spots.
Will be pre-season time for Euro clubs so they should release players I guess?
Tough to know how we will line up for the Olympics given it comes right on the back of the Copa America. The Copa America group stages are 13-30 June while the Olympics’ group stages are 23-29 July . It might be a bit much for players to finish their full club seasons then stay fit and play for an extra two months before starting up their club pre-season shortly afterwards. I wonder if Arnie will put some of the fringe Socceroos into one squad or the other, or if he is going to ask some of the key players to play for the whole time (say, we pick Mooy for both tournaments).
You’d think Mat Ryan would be in for both squads. That leaves two outfield players that might well do the same. Maybe Grant and Maclaren? If they’re still in the A-League by the end of the year, they will still have time to have a bit of a rest ahead of the new A-League season.
Arnie needs to be looking ahead to the NT qualifying over the next 18 months and be careful with how he handles his European-based players. We don’t want the likes of Mooy and Rogic to be cooked in 12-18 months when we’re really going to need them.
Not sure about his current injury status, but i vote Vukovic for sentimental value.
High five for this post.