Wage: $1.5M

Accolades: 2015 Asian Cup.

Teams beaten:

Bangaladesh
Tajikistan
Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Oman
China
United Arab Emirates
South Korea (after extra time)
Krygyzstan
Japan x 2
Jordan
Greece

Lost to

Greece
Jordan
South Korea
Japan x 2
Ecuador
England
Croatia
Chile
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Brazil

Drawn against

Thailand
Macedonia
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Germany
Iraq
Cameroon
Chile

My two cents:

Almost 3 years in and we still have headlines by Australian football writers about how the team impressed and gained respect against England (which we also had after the World Cup - despite it being statistically out worst ever performance at a World Cup).

Ange is in a tough spot as he does not have great players to choose from, but there is still a worrying lack of consistency with players at the back and after 3 years Australia still do not have a striker.

Overall looking at those results - the Asian Cup was obviously fantastic, but against mostly weak sides - it’s probably just a pass mark and what you’d expect, nothing more or less. The only worry is not really being able to beat any side that’s ranked higher than us, with the exception of South Korea after extra time.

Anyone else have thoughts on how the team is travelling or progressing under Ange?

Edited by tsf: 8/6/2016 08:44:54 AM