Socceroos

[Ian4]

Socceroos were great. Reckon Arnold will be a better coach for them than Ange.

he's definitely giving them a bit more freedom. but the same old issues keep popping up. no one can finish. Rogic especially has failed us at this level. the asian cup is less than 2 months away and i can't see us at the pointy end unless we can find a quick solution.

 

[Giardiasis]

Yeah our transition through the midfield is still so slow. The biggest positive was Risdon, he was awesome. Hopefully a move to Europe is on the cards.

 

[Ian4]

Yeah our transition through the midfield is still so slow. The biggest positive was Risdon, he was awesome. Hopefully a move to Europe is on the cards.

is our slow transition due to coaching, our lack of speed or both? i think its due to our lack of speed. This is why we need to give Awer Mabil more game time.

 

[tigerman]

Boyle scores his first goal for the Socceroos, he's got a lot of pace, looks very promising, Aust 1 Lebanon 0 after 19 minutes.

 

[tigerman]

Boyle scores his first goal for the Socceroos, he's got a lot of pace, looks very promising, Aust 1 Lebanon 0 after 19 minutes.

Make that 2 to Boyle, he was Johhny on the spot for his second.

 

[Giardiasis]

is our slow transition due to coaching, our lack of speed or both? i think its due to our lack of speed. This is why we need to give Awer Mabil more game time.

Yeah lack of speed. Rogic, Mooy and Luongo shouldn’t all start at he same time IMO.

 

[tigerman]

Nice to see the players taking shots, rather holding on to the ball and passing it around, a big tick to Arnold.

 

[jb03]

Pretty ordinary send off for Cahill. The last 10 minutes contained 9 minutes of injuries and substitutions.

 

[year of the tiger]

Pretty ordinary send off for Cahill. The last 10 minutes contained 9 minutes of injuries and substitutions.

Nah it was the thought that counts - he was on the field when the game ended and that was all that matters.

Most players don’t get to say goodbye this way - sport is more ruthless these days

 

[Ian4]

Boyle and Mabil look the goods, don't they?

Nice to see the players taking shots, rather holding on to the ball and passing it around, a big tick to Arnold.

thats the biggest difference i have noticed. and we have some players capable of shooting from distance.

 

[tigerman]

thats the biggest difference i have noticed. and we have some players capable of shooting from distance.

Yes we do, and like Boyle's 1st goal there are many long range goals that come from a deflection, it's impossible to defend against that.

 

[Panthera Tigris]

Boyle and Mabil look the goods, don't they?

thats the biggest difference i have noticed. and we have some players capable of shooting from distance.

Good point.

In recent times you looked at the Australian team's attack and it looked totally impotent on several fronts. 1) As you point out, no one shooting from long range 2) No one looked even close to threatening, in the sense of having the flair and skill to dribble around international level defenders. In short, you never felt we realistically looked like scoring, no matter whether we dominated possession and attacking play or not.

Boyle and Mabil look like they might change that outlook somewhat. Throw in Arzarni, when fit, and the line up takes on a much more attacking look.

 

[craig]

Time to grow a new side going forward Arzani et al.

 

[AngryAnt]

Gotta hand it to Arnie - he's realised our remaining out-and-out strikers are sh!t and he's copied the fast mosquito fleet forward line of the Tigers. 4 pacy forwards who can score the odd goal each. Will be interesting to see how far we can go in the Asian Cup.

 

[Ian4]

Gotta hand it to Arnie - he's realised our remaining out-and-out strikers are sh!t and he's copied the fast mosquito fleet forward line of the Tigers. 4 pacy forwards who can score the odd goal each. Will be interesting to see how far we can go in the Asian Cup.

I don't think we'll go far tbh. Too many injuries. If we top pur group we will play Japan in the quarter finals. That'll be our exit for mine.

 

[leon]

Gotta hand it to Arnie - he's realised our remaining out-and-out strikers are sh!t and he's copied the fast mosquito fleet forward line of the Tigers. 4 pacy forwards who can score the odd goal each. Will be interesting to see how far we can go in the Asian Cup.

Actually, Arnold himself is saying he wants to base their new, attacking style of play on Liverpool's mercurial front four. Don't think he has quite the same class to choose from!

Anyway, just came on to say that it's appalling that Australians cannot see one of their major national teams on F-to-Air TV playing in the Asian Cup starting with match against Jordan tonight. Not sure why SBS not showing any games - funding cuts probably or simply outbid by Fox? (I refuse to subscribe to any platform that makes profit for that creep, Murdoch).

Disappointing - usually the games of that highly deflating national RU team, the Wallabies, are telecast sometime on F-to-Air but not what I would describe as a team with a far broader national following. (Rapidly overtaking the national cricket team too?!)

 

[year of the tiger]

Actually, Arnold himself is saying he wants to base their new, attacking style of play on Liverpool's mercurial front four. Don't think he has quite the same class to choose from!

Anyway, just came on to say that it's appalling that Australians cannot see one of their major national teams on F-to-Air TV playing in the Asian Cup starting with match against Jordan tonight. Not sure why SBS not showing any games - funding cuts probably or simply outbid by Fox? (I refuse to subscribe to any platform that makes profit for that creep, Murdoch).

Disappointing - usually the games of that highly deflating national RU team, the Wallabies, are telecast sometime on F-to-Air but not what I would describe as a team with a far broader national following. (Rapidly overtaking the national cricket team too?!)

Yes agree totally - I logged onto the my football app to watch the game streaming but it’s only live on Fox - I had the impression that I could watch it free being a Telstra customer - weak as.

FFA have no clue - what a waste of money hosting the event last time and then not following that up with fta coverage, particularly as we are the defending champions

 

[Baloo]

We're crap. Arnold coaching like its 2007. Nothings changed.

 

[marella jube]

Players too often static & ball movement too slow. Rogic, in particular, very poor. Cruse, even as injury cover, should not be in the squad. Need to find some young, quick central defenders as we always look vulnerable to the quick counter. Like to think we'll improve in our next 2 games but will it be enough? No easy beats. Little room for error now.

 

[Smoking Aces]

We're crap. Arnold coaching like its 2007. Nothings changed.

It was like the bad old days when Farina was coaching.

We lack class up front. How Troisi is not in that team is beyond me, especially with Moy and Arzani out. Zero creativity in midfield.