Smith definitely had a great game, was definitely a (the?) standout player, in what was a pretty tame liverpool side.
From what I saw he would definitely fit with the NT's style, was super advanced on the field it felt as though he was playing as a winger at times and made some decent crosses a couple of which should have been converted. One was at the 4' or 5' minute, that was an open goal..but the liverpool player couldn't finish. He also made some good defensive contributions, however he wasn't tested to fullest extent.
Only negative point is late in the 1st half he got a little wound up making 3 successive tackles/fouls after the 1st should have went his way and was lucky not to get a yellow.
He should definitely get more minutes in Europa/EPL!

Ikon was good, made a few chances and had about 2-3 opportunities to score 1 of which was a cross that went across the face of the goal. I don't think he read it completely though.
He rotated/covered very nicely, mostly at LM and saw him twice at CF.
He also came back to help defensively a lot and seemed to enjoy running at players to create pressure/get back possession.
Only negative I saw was he could have been involved a little more at certain points, as his teammates could have passed to him at certain points, but chose not to. This happened less in the 2nd half, but was still very much open on certain occasions and wasn't passed to.
He should get some minutes off the bench now that he's had a start and didn't do much wrong, but considering he's quite low in the pecking order at LW he should still seek a loan, it would benefit him greatly!

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Pala thats huge. Smith, Ikon, Rogic, Sainsbury, Jedinak, de Silva, Juric, Griffiths, Bulut even Antonis playing in top tiers.

Not to mention the abundance of players playing in second tiers that could step up.

Begs the question could we see less Aussies from the ALeague in the nt set up?

Nice wrap up. Thanks for that

Insight and analysis. Love it. Hope you post in this thread more often.

Pala thats huge. Smith, Ikon, Rogic, Sainsbury, Jedinak, de Silva, Juric, Griffiths, Bulut even Antonis playing in top tiers.

Not to mention the abundance of players playing in second tiers that could step up.

Begs the question could we see less Aussies from the ALeague in the nt set up?

Thanks guys, happy to contribute!



Unsure about Griffiths, just because he's getting a lot of time at Roda in the Eredivisie, doesn't mean he should play for the NT.
Roda aren't that good of a team, currently they're struggling against weaker sides losing 3-0 against Heerenveen and have recently been smacked 5-0 by Zwolle (sainsbury side) and 6-0 by Ajax.
Obviously this isn't just Griffiths fault, just trying raising the question as to why he is being called for a NT cap?
What does he provide that Jedinak, Milligan or even the young Amini don't?

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munchen fart man

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Socceroo Rhys Williams on the comeback trail


http://www.socceroos.com.au/article/socceroos-defender-rhys-williams-set-to-play-first-game-in-12-months/xpo6owcu08ds1b8wpzmif0yl5#xVi7EIXBWylWpWV0.99


i can only hope his body holds together. he's one of the most talented o/s aussies that we have atm.

Great goal by Halloran after 6mins. Edge of the box ground shot hits far post and in. Easy.

BOOM. didn't see it though well done benny