Agree. Jack Iredale another worthy one in contention for LB.

I think King will be a good player but he isn't there yet and not playing at his age really affects development. 

Totally forgot Gersbach too. Could imagine a foreign coach picking Elder and Gersbach quite quickly. 

King and Behich both were outplayed by the Japanese RW. That Jap player even gave his interview that the weakest spot of this Australian team is LB. If Arnie insists with these players against France ..they could be murdered. France RW is on another level, the best in the world.

Did U watch him in Denmark?  Can't defend, cross and no ability to beat anyone 1 on 1 forcing him to pass backwards. I'd rather have McGowan there at least he is solid and can defend well.

No Taggart today. So confusing. One week in and scoring then completely out. Probably pulling up a little sore with a big squad.

Teague starting for Famalicao U23. Probably couldn't get a loan... not good.

Mooy bench in CL early window

Last game Taggart started and didn't score.  To impress this coach he must score or assist.

Sainsbury starting 

Ryan starts, Ruka bench

No Rogic or Wright. Bouzanis bench. Dougall starting.

Isn't Rogic on his way from Australia now?

Possibly but the WBA interviews seem to be done there. 

No Wright is a funny one. Have to assume he’s injured 

Clean sheet Ryan in CL

ffs Ruka could've scored against PSG... offside though. Oh well.

Huge result for them 

Marea can’t hit a barn door. Celtic with two huge chances to win it at the end. 

Maeda 

Such a great transfer for Maty. Love to see it.

Suddenly we have several options at LB.  With all respect to Behich, we have to be looking towards the next Asian Cup/WC cycle.  Amazed Elder wasn't named.  Gersbach has had a great run of matches so hopefully that means he is settled after a few seasons floating around.  Jack Iredale and Joel King are both interesting options but need to have solid seasons.  I am still a Brad Smith fan, although he is still covering from an ACL.

Holland, Devlin starting
Atkinson, Volpato bench

@john I saw alou kuol wasn’t in the reserves team yesterday for their game. Does this mean he’s in the first team for the weekend? I tried finding some info on it but couldn’t find anything. Cheers 

They'll probs start playing him to bait some of that inflated Toon coin.

Decent chance now I'd say of being included. 

Hearts won 2-0 away with Devlin getting the whole match and Atkinson on the bench. 

Devlin getting good ratings again. He's having a very good season, and I would love to see him pull on the Socceroos shirt. I think he's got a bit of that Kante style grit and tenacity about him. 

https://youtu.be/LtDTYdu4N_U

Karacic starting
Rawlins too

Good shift from Karacic. Brescia top for the time being.