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 Caltex Socceroos Head Coach Bert van Marwijk today named 32 players as part of his preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ which will commence in Russia next month.
All 26 players who took part in van Marwijk’s first Caltex Socceroos camp in March this year – which included friendlies against Norway in Oslo and Colombia in London – have been included in the preliminary list of players, while six new players are also in contention for selection.
Van Marwijk and his coaching staff will reduce the preliminary squad to 26 players next week before the team assembles in Turkey for the start of their pre-tournament training camp from Saturday, 19 May.
After an intensive period of training, the Caltex Socceroos will play the Czech Republic in St. Polten, Austria on Friday, 1 June (local time) in what will be one of the final opportunities for the players to press their claim to be included in the final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™.
The final list of 23-players is scheduled to be announced in Turkey on Sunday, 3 June, and the team will continue their build-up for the tournament with a further friendly against Hungary in Budapest on Saturday, 9 June (local time).
Van Marwijk said the players that featured in his first camp deserved to retain their places, howeverhowever admitted additional players have piqued his interest since Australia drew 0-0 with Colombia at Craven Cottage in London.
“I am not a person who changes all the time and we thought for a long time about the first squad that we selected,” said van Marwijk. “I had a good experience with the 26 players in the ten days that I worked with them, so I had no reason not to nominate them again. But we have since seen other players so there will be a few new names in the squad.”
Since the conclusion of the Caltex Socceroos’ March camp, van Marwijk, his coaching staff and scouts have travelled to many locations across Europe, Asia and Australia to monitor the performance of potential players.
This includes the six players that have been added to his last squad – Daniel Arzani, Alex Gersbach, Apostolos Giannou, Fran Karacic, Mitchell Langerak, and Jamie Maclaren – who have been monitored closely whilst playing for their respective clubs in domestic leagues.
“We have travelled extensively and watched many, many matches because we want to get as much information on as many players as possible,” van Marwijk explained.
“I am looking forward to the time in Turkey because there I will be able to work with the players every day, and most of the time it will be two times a day. In those few weeks it must be very clear for the players what we want (at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™),” concluded van Marwijk.
https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/socceroos-2018-fifa-world-cup-squad
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StiflersMom
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So lets say it comes down to Arzani and Petratos , who do you take?
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I would have like to have seen DENG in. He is so much better than Risdon. Mcgee or Antonis instead of Briillante. Cahill needs to be cut at next round (he is done).
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+xSo lets say it comes down to Arzani and Petratos , who do you take? Petratos easily - just simply got more runs on the board (170+ club games compared to 24 for Arzani). Combine that with that I think Petratos was much more influential in a average team this season, whereas I think Arzani had more talent around him to fall back on. Arzani is going to be a massive talent, I don't doubt that - but when comparing apples with apples he just doesn't stack up just yet.
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paladisious
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+xI would have like to have seen DENG in. He is so much better than Risdon. Mcgee or Antonis instead of Briillante. Cahill needs to be cut at next round (he is done). Can't disagree with any of that.
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The Camel
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I would have liked to have seen Hrustic or Mabil instead of Ruka (With Borello being injured he would have been my first preference), and McGree and Antonis or Amini over Brilliante and Troisi
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The Camel
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+xSo lets say it comes down to Arzani and Petratos , who do you take? Petratos is a more complete player at this point in time
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Midfielder
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Fran Karačić, young fullback will be interesting to see if he makes the squad.
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8 players from the squad to go.
Timmy, Ruka, Langerak, Brillianta, Wright ... thats 5 with 3 more to add....
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Other than Troisi pretty happy with that.
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+x8 players from the squad to go. Timmy, Ruka, Langerak, Brillianta, Wright ... thats 5 with 3 more to add.... We all know Timmy's going to the World Cup.
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Maybe McGree for Troisi, Chapman for Jurman and maybe Mabil for Ruka but apart from that its a good squad.
Karacic is a good choice, not sure why Risdon is selected again same with Brillante as a defender.
Great to see Arzani get rewarded, interesting Bert said he wasnt ready for the March friendlies but they kept an eye on him all along.
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Brad Smith the only one that misses out, that comes to mind...
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Don't know how Brillante or Troisi make that squad. Both have been average at best this year. O'Neil has outplayed Brillante who's second half of the season was really quite poor.
You'd think Langerak, Brillante, Troisi, Karacic, Gianou would all get cut. No more than 2 of Arzani, Maclaren, Nabbout and Petrat will make the squad. And a defender will get cut too.
Timmy will definitely be in the final squad.
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Troisi must give a mean gobby, hes been awful at MV with some pretty talent players around him. Amini seems to be doing well in Denmark yet cant get a lookin for a 35 man squad?
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+x+xSo lets say it comes down to Arzani and Petratos , who do you take? Petratos easily - just simply got more runs on the board (170+ club games compared to 24 for Arzani). Combine that with that I think Petratos was much more influential in a average team this season, whereas I think Arzani had more talent around him to fall back on. Arzani is going to be a massive talent, I don't doubt that - but when comparing apples with apples he just doesn't stack up just yet. Well put Everyone talks about right back, but we have just as big a problem with forwards IMO. Which order would you pick these guys? Forwards: Daniel Arzani, Tim Cahill, Apostolos Giannou, Tomi Juric, Mathew Leckie, Jamie Maclaren, Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos, Nikita Rukavytsya For Me, atm ( open to change based on form) 1. Mathew Leckie 2. Dimitri Petratos 3. Andrew Nabbout 4. (can't believe I'm saying this ) Jamie Maclaren 5. Daniel Arzani 6. Tomi Juric 7. Tim Cahill 8. Apostolos Giannou 9. Nikita Rukavytsya
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+xTroisi must give a mean gobby, hes been awful at MV with some pretty talent players around him. Amini seems to be doing well in Denmark yet cant get a lookin for a 35 man squad? I have a feeling the FFA wanted to see more a-league players in the squad, do we really think Brillante and Troisi are any better than say somebody like Amini or Hrustic who are playing regularly in there european leagues? Probably a conspiracy but its interesting...
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City Sam
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+x+xTroisi must give a mean gobby, hes been awful at MV with some pretty talent players around him. Amini seems to be doing well in Denmark yet cant get a lookin for a 35 man squad? I have a feeling the FFA wanted to see more a-league players in the squad, do we really think Brillante and Troisi are any better than say somebody like Amini or Hrustic who are playing regularly in there european leagues. Probably a conspiracy but its interesting... They aren't better than Mcgree
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+x+x+xSo lets say it comes down to Arzani and Petratos , who do you take? Petratos easily - just simply got more runs on the board (170+ club games compared to 24 for Arzani). Combine that with that I think Petratos was much more influential in a average team this season, whereas I think Arzani had more talent around him to fall back on. Arzani is going to be a massive talent, I don't doubt that - but when comparing apples with apples he just doesn't stack up just yet. Well put Everyone talks about right back, but we have just as big a problem with forwards IMO. Which order would you pick these guys? Forwards: Daniel Arzani, Tim Cahill, Apostolos Giannou, Tomi Juric, Mathew Leckie, Jamie Maclaren, Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos, Nikita Rukavytsya For Me, atm ( open to change based on form) 1. Mathew Leckie 2. Dimitri Petratos 3. Andrew Nabbout 4. (can't believe I'm saying this ) Jamie Maclaren 5. Daniel Arzani 6. Tomi Juric 7. Tim Cahill 8. Apostolos Giannou 9. Nikita Rukavytsya 4 of your top 6 are wingers. Realistically: Leckie Juric Cahill Kruse Petrat/Nabbout Arzani Maclaren/Ruka Giannou Petrat/Nabbout/Kruse - Juric/Cahill - Leckie will be our front 3. Presuming we play with 3 not 2 up front.
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Not bad but wouldnt have picked troisi, brilliante, ruka, cahill, and still unsure of jmac for the roos.
Thought that dougall or antonis would have been better picks than brilliante in dm. McGree is another missing out after an incredible goal. Deng also has been really solid although he doesnt havd as much going forward as antonis
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+x+x+xTroisi must give a mean gobby, hes been awful at MV with some pretty talent players around him. Amini seems to be doing well in Denmark yet cant get a lookin for a 35 man squad? I have a feeling the FFA wanted to see more a-league players in the squad, do we really think Brillante and Troisi are any better than say somebody like Amini or Hrustic who are playing regularly in there european leagues. Probably a conspiracy but its interesting... They aren't better than Mcgree Hrustic played 90 minutes against PSV last night...but hes only 21 and like McGree they both got age in there side. Maybe Amini for Brillante but i suspect Brillante is there due to his versatility as a right back too.
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+x+x8 players from the squad to go. Timmy, Ruka, Langerak, Brillianta, Wright ... thats 5 with 3 more to add.... We all know Timmy's going to the World Cup. Care to make a schooner wager on that? I'm thinking he's done his dash.
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+x+x+x+xSo lets say it comes down to Arzani and Petratos , who do you take? Petratos easily - just simply got more runs on the board (170+ club games compared to 24 for Arzani). Combine that with that I think Petratos was much more influential in a average team this season, whereas I think Arzani had more talent around him to fall back on. Arzani is going to be a massive talent, I don't doubt that - but when comparing apples with apples he just doesn't stack up just yet. Well put Everyone talks about right back, but we have just as big a problem with forwards IMO. Which order would you pick these guys? Forwards: Daniel Arzani, Tim Cahill, Apostolos Giannou, Tomi Juric, Mathew Leckie, Jamie Maclaren, Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos, Nikita Rukavytsya For Me, atm ( open to change based on form) 1. Mathew Leckie 2. Dimitri Petratos 3. Andrew Nabbout 4. (can't believe I'm saying this ) Jamie Maclaren 5. Daniel Arzani 6. Tomi Juric 7. Tim Cahill 8. Apostolos Giannou 9. Nikita Rukavytsya 4 of your top 6 are wingers. Realistically: Leckie Juric Cahill Kruse Petrat/Nabbout Arzani Maclaren/Ruka Giannou Petrat/Nabbout/Kruse - Juric/Cahill - Leckie will be our front 3. Presuming we play with 3 not 2 up front. True, trouble is identifying any decent strikers in our line up
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My 23 squad -
GK (3)
Ryan, Jones, Vukovic
Defence (8)
Risdon, Karacic, Sainsbury, Jedinak, Wright, Jurman, Behich, Gersbach
Midfield (6)
Irvine, Luongo, Milligan, Mooy, Rogic, Petratos
Forwards (6)
Arzani, Cahill, Juric, Leckie, Maclaren, Kruse.
Gk's pick themselves for mine, Langerak to little to late.
Our RB options arent great, Risdon hasnt convinced me and havent seen Karacic before but ohwell, it is what it is.
Sainsbury could be world class. Wright over Degenek is a tight call. Gersbach over Meredith is a tight call.
Id take Jedinak as a defender, hes to loose with the ball in midfield and i think if were to get out of the group we need a more dynamic midfield 3 who are quicker across the ground and better passing, standing in the middle of the park winning headers isnt enough IMHO. My ideal mid lineup is Luongo and Irvine at the base with Mooy at the point. Rogic as impact or even played on the right wing to float central onto his left, all his highlights from Celtic are in that right to central movement.
Can fit both Arzani and Petratos in as i think Dimi works better centrally than as a winger. We know what to expect from Leckie, Juric and Kruse whereas Arzani offers something totally different. Maclaren's move has been successful thus far so he will stephen bradbury into the squad.
Anyone not picking Cahill has rocks in their head. Is he past his best? Yes, but he'll be there.
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Interesting to note that BVM sees Milligan as a defender rather than a midfielder so i doubt he'll compete with a midfielder.
Of the 9 to get dropped i think it'd be
Langerak
Gersbach
Degenek
Risdon
Brillante
Troisi
Ruka
Giannou
Nabbout
At Right back we could play Karacic, Wright and even Milligan and since we have selected 6 strikers half of them will definitely be cut in which i expect Cahill to stay for experience. I expect the final spot to be Jmac vs Nabbout with the former getting the spot to the world cup.
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GK-Ryan, Jones, Vukovic
CB-Sainsbury(DM), Susnajr, Jurman
RB-Karacic, Degenek(CB)
LB-Behich, Gersbach
DM-Jedinak(CB), Milligan, Luongo(CM)
CM-Irvine, Mooy(AM)
AM-Rogic, Petratos(W)
W-Leckie, Arzani, Kruse(S)
S-Juric, Maclaren, Cahill
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+x+x+x8 players from the squad to go. Timmy, Ruka, Langerak, Brillianta, Wright ... thats 5 with 3 more to add.... We all know Timmy's going to the World Cup. Care to make a schooner wager on that? I'm thinking he's done his dash. I think he's done his dash as well, but the lack of any other goalscoring players almost guarantees his inclusion.
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bah we have so many young talents with no international experience. What we need though is more players playing in the big leagues. (ala Golden Gen) When this happens we can include these younger guys like McGree in WC squads Either that or just tell these young guys to man tfu & bring it in front of 80,000 ha, at the same time drop Cahill off a cliff
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+x+x+x+x8 players from the squad to go. Timmy, Ruka, Langerak, Brillianta, Wright ... thats 5 with 3 more to add.... We all know Timmy's going to the World Cup. Care to make a schooner wager on that? I'm thinking he's done his dash. I think he's done his dash as well, but the lack of any other goalscoring players almost guarantees his inclusion. Bert has to figure out how he can get Rogic closer to the pointy end and and not stuck scrapping and burning energy in the middle.
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+x+x+x+x+x8 players from the squad to go. Timmy, Ruka, Langerak, Brillianta, Wright ... thats 5 with 3 more to add.... We all know Timmy's going to the World Cup. Care to make a schooner wager on that? I'm thinking he's done his dash. I think he's done his dash as well, but the lack of any other goalscoring players almost guarantees his inclusion. Bert has to figure out how he can get Rogic closer to the pointy end and and not stuck scrapping and burning energy in the middle. 2 up front, JMac and Rogic, although a world cup probably isn't the time to experiment
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