World class keeper is Ryan.
I've been a critic of his shot-stopping in the past but can't fault him tonight.
World class keeper is Ryan.
It's certainly been more attacking since we equalised.Game could go either way here
I've been a critic of his shot-stopping in the past but can't fault him tonight.
Have to have another look from another angle, might have been better if Ryan hadn't got a hand on it.take it back now. LOL
yeah either way can't really blame Ryan, I'm being too harshHave to have another look from another angle, might have been better if Ryan hadn't got a hand on it.
Thought we were very poor last night. tempo was terrible, especially in the first half. we looked frail at the back (Sainsbury of all people) and the ball movement lacked creativity.
I seriously question whether Mooy and Rogic are in our best starting 11 anymore. Hrustic is the future, along with Boyle, Mabil, Arzani, Ikonimidis, etc,
We are still in a reasonable position. Our next game is against Saudi Arabia in Sydney next month. need to win that.
Yep, largely agree Ian... I thought we moved the ball well but turned it over too much, Irvine and Hrustic in particular. They are still regulars IMO though. Mooy still class on the ball but looked really slow. Rogic does a few magic things every game but starting to look a bit past it as well.
We still have a good core of young players, I guess arnie is trying to get the job done in qualifiers using all the old heads.
Mooy & others playing in China hampered by the domestic league being on hold the last couple of months, supposedly to help China's WC qualification preparations but also due to financial problems.
I'd agree with that. Hrustic wasn't great on Tuesday night (apart from the decent goal), but oozes class and should be the mainstay of our midfield for the next 2 world cup campaigns.
Happy for the old heads to play a part when needed, but I feel they should have gone with the 11 that got to 11 wins in a row to begin with.
very true. the owner of Guangzhou Evergrande (who have won 8 of the last 10 domestic titles) are on the verge of financial collapse
Yeah, Hrustic, Arzani (if he gets his head right), Souttar great young players.
We still lack the ball control skill of the top quality countries. It was the turnovers that killed us; just couldn't keep the ball in the close contests or find the right pass to release pressure and move the ball into attack. Frequently just resorted to going backwards continually, which only enabled Japan to press up more and apply more pressure, either leading to a turnover in a dangerous position or one of those aimless long balls into the box as Baloo lamented. Overall, we were lucky Japan did not score another two; largely thanks to Ryan.Thought we were very poor last night. tempo was terrible, especially in the first half. we looked frail at the back (Sainsbury of all people) and the ball movement lacked creativity.
I seriously question whether Mooy and Rogic are in our best starting 11 anymore. Hrustic is the future, along with Boyle, Mabil, Arzani, Ikonimidis, etc,
We are still in a reasonable position. Our next game is against Saudi Arabia in Sydney next month. need to win that.