Either Ikonomidis or Taggart. Probably Taggart, as with Japanese Covid restrictions being in the Middle East for 3 weeks would wreck his season. 

Oh yeah I forgot ikon

So the Socceroos tweet confirms Petratos is out 

Squad announced. https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/31-players-bound-kuwait-socceroos-seek-seal-top-spot-group-b

Aziz BEHICH	Kayserispor, Turkey	38 (2)
Brandon BORRELLO	Fortuna Dusseldorf, Germany	3 (0)
Martin BOYLE	Hibernian FC, Scotland	4 (2)
Milos DEGENEK	Red Star Belgrade, Serbia	29 (1)
Kenneth DOUGALL	Blackpool FC, England	Uncapped
Mitchell DUKE	Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia	6 (2)
Denis GENREAU	Macarthur FC, Australia	Uncapped
Apostolos GIANNOU	OFI Crete, Greece	12 (2)
Curtis GOOD	Melbourne City FC, Australia	1 (0)
Rhyan GRANT	Sydney FC, Australia	12 (0)
James HOLLAND	LASK Linz, Austria	15 (0)
Ajdin HRUSTIC	Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany	3 (0)
Chris IKONOMIDIS	Perth Glory FC, Australia	12 (2)
Jackson IRVINE	Hibernian FC, Scotland	34 (5)
Fran KARACIC	Brescia Calcio, Italy	Uncapped
Mathew LECKIE	Hertha BSC, Germany	63 (11)
Awer MABIL	FC Midtjylland, Denmark	14 (4)
Jamie MACLAREN	Melbourne City FC, Australia	17 (5)
Ryan MCGOWAN	Sydney FC, Australia	20 (0)
Riley MCGREE	Birmingham City FC, England	Uncapped
Connor METCALFE	Melbourne City FC, Australia	Uncapped
Andrew REDMAYNE (Gk)	Sydney FC, Australia	1 (0)
Nikita RUKAVYTSYA	Maccabi Haifa FC, Israel	18 (1)
Mathew RYAN (Gk)	Arsenal FC, England	59 (0)
Trent SAINSBURY	KV Kortrijk, Belgium	48 (3)
Brad SMITH	Seattle Sounders FC, United States of America	22 (0)
Harry SOUTTAR	Stoke City FC, England	2 (4)
Adam TAGGART	Cerezo Osaka, Japan	11 (6)
Lawrence THOMAS (Gk)	SønderjyskE Fodbold, Denmark	Uncapped
Ruon TONGYIK	Central Coast Mariners FC, Australia	Uncapped
Danny VUKOVIC (Gk)	KRC Genk, Belgium	3 (0)

No Mooy. No Wright.

No Rogic. No Duncan.

No Mooy, no Rogic?
Can sort of understand Rogic, but really surprises me that Mooy is not there. Is he injured?

So something like

GK: Ryan
LB: Behich
CB: Souttar
CB: Degenek
RB: Karacic
CM: Holland (?)
CM: Irvine
CAM: Hrustic
LW: Mabil
ST: Mclaren
RW: Boyle

This is gonna be tough

Where the fuck is Aaron mooy 

I can't believe Arnold would not have picked Mooy if he was available, so can only assume that he is not available for some reason. Family?

Exactly, he's our best current player & playing well in China, so it's not form related. Unless Arnold has lost the plot?!!!

GK - Ryan
RB - karacic
CB - sainsbury 
CB - degenek
LB - Behich
CDM - Holland 
CDM - Irvine 
RAM - Boyle 
CAM - Hrustic 
LAM - Leckie
ST - Maclaren 

Also no deng is a bummer 

Also pretty surprised at Genreau's selection. 2 goals and 1 assist this season and I feel his form has fallen off a little after a bright start to the season. Would've liked to have seen Kalik or maybe Devlin or Brimmer selected in his place, they've had better seasons imo. Also very surprised at McGowan's inclusion. He's not even the best Aussie CB at Sydney FC, let alone one of the two best in the AL. Wright or even Cameron Burgess would have been worthier inclusions. Pretty unsure as to the need to include Redmayne; 3 keepers is enough and Ryan, Vuka and Thomas' seasons are done. Giannou is extremely lucky, Deni Juric is playing in a better league and has 11 goals this season to Giannou's 0. Doesn't make any sense. Would've also liked to have seen a call up for Mileusnic; moved abroad to a strong team in a strong league and has played regularly of late. He would have been more deserving than a 31 year old Apostolos Giannou. 

You're right. I see what I've done there. 

Nah. Gotta be extenuating circumstances.

Remember there are a lot of players that have been sent to the olyroos camp such as kalik and juric 

Mooy surely has club commitments or travel restrictions. Holland is our third highest capped midfielder. Hopefully we can win the first game then see many debuts. 

Mooy hasn't seen his family for ages, intl window is the only time he can get off to see them. Hence why he hasn't been selected.

Oh that's right his wife stayed in England. 

No issue with Genreau, his general play has warranted his place, he has been Macarthur's best. McGowan has been solid for Sydney and can't think of a reason why he shouldn't have been selected, Cam Burgess and Wright are on the same level as McGowan, but I reckon he's the safest option to take.

No idea what the go is with Giannou, good player, but on form, shouldn't be there. Dunno why but I'd kind of prefer Juric away with the Olyroos regardless. 

we're fucked. Only 31 announced too.. 

I would say Shanghai don't want him to be gone for 4-6 weeks with quarantine. So the club asked him to stay.. Aaron wants to get payed so has listened to the club.

Cant go to England to see family..Quarantine would kill him anyways.

Rogic most likely couldn't be bothered... sounds about right.

How Genreau is there but no Danny da silva... is criminal... don't see many players in that squad who play as a 10 week in week out.

exactly, de silva would be perfect for unlocking deep defences. He's also had a better season than Genreau

Sounds like Mooy has been able to get to his family. I think he's one of the few players to be alone in his current place of residence.

Rogic has an ankle issue. Our midfield looks thin as these two plus Jeggo and Luongo are out. This is the chance for Holland to redeem himself. Pretty much everyone else is there. I'm a little disappointed for Wright and Goodwin. Ikon has come from nowhere and that's great. 

Yep. Do you want a guy who mentally just wants to see his wife & kids & football comes a distant second during  a WCQ campaign?  Let him go, we'll be fine. 

I'm fine with it. This is a unique case and players get compassionate leave all the time. 

Yes, Mooy is a loss but if his heart wasn’t in it, he wouldn’t be bringing his A game. This is a squad that can do the job. No excuses. There’s plenty of experience, quality as well as some young blokes out to prove themselves. I can’t wait to see Boyle, Hrustic and Souttar in particular, at various stages. Lots  to look forward to.

So no Tommy Deng or Zac Duncan in either Olyroos or Socceroos squads. Interesting. 

Its an interesting squad with some new players that have caught my surprise but Arnie seems to rate them for higher honours.

My only concern is the lack of creativity or general to control the play, Genreau is an upgrade on that but I doubt he will play as a starting player so he has to rely on Hrustic who hasn't gotten alot of game time this season but has potential as the No.10 of this team to eventually replace Rogic.

If only Arzani got his Euro career together he would have been a shoe in for squad as he's a standout for what he brings to the team.

What caught my surprise is Tongyik's inclusion, who would have thought he would make the Socceroos squad after troubling to find a club in his young aleague career as a recycled option for clubs, so huge credit to get the recognition from Arnie to make the squad and credit to Alen Stajcic in helping turn his career around.

Metcalfe is an outstanding prospect who doesnt too many weaknesses to his game so im not surprised Arnie has seen this to put into the squad as a future prospect.

Looking forward to the games!