Bit of a let down though. There was that period where it sounded like he was doing very well there and destined for bigger things

Yeah he seemed to be taking a leading role and was constantly improving. From the Australian perspective it was a real wild cars appearance to the set up. 

geria is way down that list.

grant is the best option,  other than that we should play some lefties on the right.  grant > degenek > risdon/franjic > geria

True. Which LB would be the most able RB? Behich or Smith? 

Risdon will cement RB come 2018 , bloke pounces forward like a PUMA. na but WSW will do the country lad good I think &working with Poppa

Dougall starting. Goodwin bench. Large benches in Holland with 11 players.

The mistake prone Risdon should be nowhere near a national team

well behich is actually playing so that's pretty straight forward to me.  and the turkish league is a very decent quality.  probably better than holland or belgium. lightyears beyond the shit in china.

i would have zullo and behich in the squad and leave smith at home.  

the boss need to pressure players into making better club choices by not rewarding them for shit.  if holger had the balls to do that lucas neill would have settled himself at a club and we would have gotten more games out of him.  

also you cant deny the harm that NT squads have had on some lads on the fringes at clubs.  they come back from camp fatigued and more often than not it costs them a starting spot.  fine if its a comp - the asian cup -  or they are guaranteed a good run - but if not they need to be left to get it together at club.  ange needs to look more to the a-league to build the NT imo.

Totally agree. Regular game time in Europe must be treated as a priority.

Players like behich should be the first name on the sheet.

Also, if Holger had some balls and stopped picking Neill he may have kept his job and gone to world cup. 

In that case, we're doomed...

i think behich is a much more reliable stable option for the job.  either that or put milligan in the spot.  if you are going to play someone out of position they need to have a head on their shoulders.

also i would be putting goodwin in the mix ahead of smith.  i dont think smith should even be in the squad until he is playing regularly.

holger was the most useless manager ever.  it pains me to even remember how bad it was.  the squads.  the strategies.   what gives me the shits is ange's army is leaning more and more that way with each squad.  time for ange to have the balls he showed when he first got the keys.

Of the top 10 most expensive league 1 players I had a look and only one you could say was ever a regular in a top 5 league the A league actuallty has better Marquees atm maybe on par certainly not any worse. The very best look to either have a bit of Brazilian 1st division experience or have played with a top team in a much lower quality league Austria, Croatia , Serbia. So every other week you would play against one player who has played for a quality team or in a decent competition. Looks as though they are simply being paid much more than they are worth not that they are all that good. Plenty of countries with high populations who couldn't make a competitive A league squad or even starting XI India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippines e.t.c 

Lots of action coming up today. FA Cup and German stuff. EPL on Tuesday Wednesday next week.

Positive news with Halloran starting in the first match after the winter break. 30min until kick off. 

Scott McDonald just had the worst miss of the season against rangers.

And now McDonald has got sent off. Both teams down to 10 men.

McDonald won the ball but caught his opponent with his studs up with his foot raised in the follow through so it was a deserved red for mine.

Liverpool down 2/nil vs wolverhampton. Have all the play. Wasting time faffing it around the box rather than just getting it in there.

I fear our national team is doing similar lately. I wonder if Ange would have a different strategy with a pure striker in the team?

Anyway, with Luongo, Rogic and Mooy, that's a pretty good team core

this is not even an under strength team, it's a wank of a team klopp's put out there

Wright starting away to Burnley. Unfortunately no O'Neill despite Burnley making some rotations.

Mooy on bench to Rochdale in FA Cup. Irvine captain today and he's playing Luongo who's starting too. 

Williams, Inman on the bench. Meredith starting. No Herd or Elder. Leckie starting.

Great to see Irvine being the captain. Looks like he's not going anywhere this window.

Wow did wolves absorb pressure to hold on.

Liverpool>80% of the ball. Was it vs Thailand we were like that and didn't win? 

In 1997 it was same vs Iran.

Oh the value of a striker. No point in continually trying to break it down if you never execute an entry into the box

Leckie uses his body well for the ball to hit his hip and go to a teammate who scores from a tight angle. He might be given the assist. 

Leckie subbed off with a knock to the knee. He was treated and played 5 more but then limped off. 

Good's starting for Newcastle away to Oxford.

Bremen have 2 shit keepers. It'd be the perfect side for Ryan.

looked absolutely shocking. farkin old roger ramjet for hamburger looked quite pleased with himself. 
Swear to god that same tossbag got him last time, same knee in the fucking back. Dirtykarntt should get a life ban, tryna make him a paraplegic
fucking disgraceful

That's brilliant news. I'm pretty disappointed O'Neill isn't in the Burnley squad but u can understand they want to go far a Bristol City is a tough opponent. 

It's that dirty Greek fuck my ticker tells me. Absolute dog at Schalke and Leipzig also. 

he was smirkin about kneeing him in the spine. & that's not even the worst bit, his full body weight came down right on the side of his knee. fuck me
I just fucking tweeted on Lecks subbing off on Ingolstadt feed & to Bundelsiga account . fuckin disgusted by that tackle and disgusted by the league, letting it happen.