Wow - great to see he’s committed to Australia, at least at U23 level.

Surely McGree over Pasquali??????????????????

I wouldn't at this stage. McGree isn't even starting at City atm.

Has he?
He has a brother John.But both have only a tenuous link to Australia through their grandmother.
Is there any information on him being scouted for the Socceroos?

Fair enough, your opinion and I respect that. However, Pasquali hasn't touched the ball since the U19 qualifiers last October, at least McGree gets on the park.

Pasquali's stats.......
 

11/23/18	H		(11.)		MVV Maastricht  (12.)	0:1	Not in squad
16	11/30/18	A		(13.)		FC Twente  (5.)	2:5	on the bench
17	12/7/18	H		(11.)		TOP Oss  (4.)	1:0	Not in squad
18	12/14/18	A		(9.)		Almere City  (7.)	2:3	on the bench
19	12/21/18	H		(8.)		Sparta R.  (1.)	2:0	Not in squad
20	1/13/19	H		(7.)		PSV U21  (6.)	2:2	on the bench
21	1/18/19	A		(8.)		RKC Waalwijk  (12.)	4:1	Not in squad
22	1/28/19	H		(8.)		FC Volendam  (13.)	1:3	Not in squad
23	2/1/19	A		(9.)		FC Dordrecht  (18.)	3:3	on the bench
24	2/11/19	H		(10.)		Roda JC  (6.)	5:1	Not in squad
25	2/15/19	A		(8.)		FC Eindhoven  (11.)	1:1	Not in squad
26	2/22/19	A		(10.)		Telstar  (16.)	0:2	on the bench
27	3/1/19	H		(9.)		FC Den Bosch  (3.)	2:2	on the bench

McGrees stats..........

1

10/20/18

A

(5.)

Melbourne  (3.)

1:2

1

23'

2

10/27/18

A

(2.)

Central Coast  (5.)

1:1

AM

90'

3

11/2/18

H

(3.)

Sydney FC  (1.)

0:3

CM

75'

90'

4

11/9/18

H

(5.)

Wellington P.  (6.)

2:0

CM

1

90'

5

11/24/18

A

(3.)

Brisbane Roar  (8.)

2:0

LW

77'

6

12/2/18

H

(5.)

Newcastle  (7.)

3:0

AM

1

90'

7

12/8/18

A

(5.)

Perth Glory  (1.)

1:0

AM

90'

8

12/16/18

A

(5.)

Adelaide United  (4.)

0:2

AM

90'

9

12/22/18

H

(4.)

Melbourne  (2.)

1:1

RW

90'

90'

10

1/1/19

A

(4.)

Western Sydney  (8.)

0:2

AM

1

46'

69'

11

1/6/19

H

(4.)

Newcastle  (7.)

2:1

LM

1

90'

13

1/11/19

H

(4.)

Brisbane Roar  (9.)

1:0

LM

15'

12

1/16/19

A

(4.)

Central Coast  (10.)

2:1

AM

67'

14

1/19/19

H

(4.)

Perth Glory  (1.)

0:0

29'

15

1/22/19

H

(4.)

Western Sydney  (8.)

4:3

RM

1

90'

16

1/26/19

A

(4.)

Wellington P.  (6.)

1:0

RM

90'

17

2/3/19

A

(4.)

Sydney FC  (3.)

2:0

AM

90'

18

2/9/19

H

(5.)

Adelaide United  (4.)

1:1

34'

19

2/15/19

A

(5.)

Newcastle  (7.)

3:1

38'

20

2/23/19

A

(5.)

Melbourne  (2.)

1:1

14'

21

3/3/19

H

(5.)

Perth Glory  (1.)

2:2

26'

I thought he was playing regularly over there. 

I guess whoever impresses Arine in the camp will start.

True. Guess we wait and see.

To be honest I was surprised to see Pasquali's name on the list. Don't get me wrong, I think he's a great player with a bright future, however after watching the u19 qualifiers last October, I thought he played poorly and think Thurgate deserved a run after his efforts.

I didn't watch that much of it tbh so I can't comment on how Pasquali played.

What's Thurgate's natural position btw?

Deng probs out after doing groin last night

I seem to think there are a lot of overseas players missing or am thinking of the 19s?

Leo Mazis hasn't got a look in at any age level for Australia has he ? He's playing regularly at Celtic 

is Šušnjar to old for the squad?

Yep

Decent Olyroos squad, South Korea will be a tough game.

The Joeys led 2-1 in the last few minutes but lost 3-2 to Tanzania in the friendly game in Turkey.

Really? How many SPL starts and subs has he got?

For the first team?

How incredibly disappointing. Our men's national team's are all a complete disaster at present. A real lack of quality at all age groups, and poor coaching seems to be another issue. 

We have to remember these are just pure friendly games where the result wont be important for the coaches, also alot of new players are getting tried out so there wont be much cohesion.

The bigger picture has to be the world cup later this year.

Leo played with the U18 squad that went to Japan last year for the SBS Cup. He plays regularly for the U18's at Celtic and usually comes off the bench for the Ressies. 

Good to see him on the radar 

The end of the AIS program starting to bite ? 

I suppose you could argue it is, but the question is, do we want to align ourselves with European academy types which will likely be more efficient in the long-run, or do we do what the Qatari's did with the Aspire program which is similar to the AIS, with specialised training and stuff. Which has clearly worked over a short period. 

Last night I watched Charlestown vs Newcastle Jets Youth and was very impressed with a number of Jets players. Their first touches and ability on the ball was superb, especially Maki Petratos and their new signing former SD Raiders winger Matthew Barkho who played against Bolt in 'that' friendly. Noah James, the Goalkeeper was absolutely brilliant as well before being injured unsurprisingly. 
BUT, the only thing that let them down was their finishing, could've been 5 or 6 nil.

News this morning of Kwabena Appiah signing for the Jets completely deflated the excitement I had after watching those youngsters last night. And THAT is ultimately a huge part of our problem.

The Joeys finished off there tour in Turkey with a 2-2 draw with Guinea.

My cheif concern is whether or not hal clubs actually have the resources to properly fund academies 

True, it's all well and good that these clubs have 'academies', but if they don't have the correct resources and the right people in charge, is there any basis towards it?
 

No luck in the first friendly for the Olyroos going down 2-0 to Petaling Jaya City FC

CSNSportsTalk
14th March, UiTM Stadium. Selangor. 
International Friendly match.
PJ City FC vs Australia U23.
PJ City FC win 2-0 over Australia.

this is very concerning. cant even beat a club side from malaysia

Pathetic.

Losing to a local Malaysian side seems about right for where our national teams are in the current Asian pecking order

Keeping in mind that club teams train and play together every day, whereas our boys have probably never met each other up until last week