I know his NRL background but you don't grow up in the area from Five Dock to Stanmore without knowing football. The 1974 Socceroos captain played for both Western Suburbs and Apia-Leichhardt in the NSL. Sure the Rabbitohs and Tigers were probably higher profile but football in the area was / is? very prominent. I lived in Five Dock and worked in Leichhardt and Apia-Leichhardt in particular were integral to the community across the area

Doesnt mater mate.... watch the clip, the guy was talking about Arnie switching to 5 at the back and the heads in Parliament were nodding their heads in agreement... Holy Shit in Parliament, in Australia!!!!!!!!  Dont know about you guys but I never dreamed I would EVER see something like that, even if we got an ex Socceroo as PM one day..... remarkable.

Hahahaah you guys are both more superstitious than I am... hahahah love it.

You say that, and then we can become even more superstitious haha.
I found my old 2010 Socceroos shorts the past month or so. Didn't wear them against France, but did wear them during the Tunisia and Denmark games. Hadn't worn them since the 2014 game against Netherlands.

Not sure what we can put our success down to at the moment: Arnie, or the shorts?

yes agree APIA had great exposure locally, the place was vibrant infact its heydays then as you'd know.
I'd say he was being very diplomatic mixing around very populated ethnic area/s having 50% Italian blood but he was working hard being accepted Aussie due to his career path hence his nrl devotion but sure pj he would have an idea, more than many pollies I guess.
Ol Wilson, mentioning him the mullet days haha.
MSC I haven't looked at the vid I'll check it out in time.

The shorts, no question about it .Hahahahaha
I can top that on the craziness level.... Wednesday afternoon I flew back from Canberra and as the plane was taxiing at the airport after landing the stupid window shutter kept dropping down every time we hit a bump.... after the 4th or 5th time I slammed it up and said to myself if it doesn't drop again the Roos are gonna win in the morning....... guess what?  The stupid windo shade on a QANTAS 717 seat 20A, arriving in Melbourne at 7.3pm on Wednesday is why we beat Denmark.... hHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I’m scared we’re gonna get thrashed 

Come back and do it again? And then if we beat Argentina, I'll show you the sights and sounds of Parliament House fence :P

I think our good fortune is down to having watched game 2 and 3 on my laptop with SBS, not German TV and wearing the same kit as the team on the pitch. 2 from 2 so far. We all have our superstitions. 

Live sites popping up all over the world for this. Free Sydney public transport from 4am to 12pm Sunday. Tumbalong Park live site.

Did that include the shorts? If so, then it's definitely the shorts

Nothing like coming to a party late. That fucked nanny state I live in is pathetic. Some copper would have said if we have people in town a bottle might get broken. Better lock it all down.

I had white socks on if that helps. Find our kit looks really sleek when we're winning. Fond memories make kits better.

My head says we are going to get smashed, 5-0 or something like that. They are just too good.

But my heart is hoping that we can do it, somehow we can do it.

It does seem unlikely we can start with the same eleven as last game but there is no way of knowing who needs to be replaced and who is ready to go.

Can I ask why England gets a longer turnaround than us? What the hell?!

We don't play England.

Yes I know but why do they get an extra days rest for their R16 match?

It simply doesn't matter. Our task is Argentina. They have less rest than us. We're not even in the same half of the knockouts as England. This isn't the time to be worried about everybody else's shit.

We seem to be the only match that has a 3 day turn around, everyone else will be 4 days (correct me if I’m wrong). 

Referee is Szymon Marciniak from Poland. He officiated France Denmark. 

Hrustic starting n we will lose 99%

Sir Alex Ferguson said that, in the 2009 Champion's League Final, if he had started Park Ji-Sung and told him to stick to Leo Messi like glue, he reckons Man Utd would have won.

We don't have Park Ji-Sung. Who's our player whose attributes are most similar to the great man? 

Bacchus 100%. Elite level runner and good tackler

I remember watching Paul Wade (almost) do the job on Maradona in Sydney in a playoff qualifier. Maradona refused to swap shirts with Wadey after the game. 

Sook

Devlin maybe - will be itching to go with 100% fresh legs too

Got my round of 16 ticket from the FA. Woohoo.

Look for me in my spew shirt with blow up roo. Will be in active support behind the goals.

It’s not impossible but Argentina scored 13 less goals than Brazil in the qualifiers which suggests pragmatism.
 I hope for a closer game, this is Australia’s biggest game and many will watch us, I want us to put on a show. 

LOL!

Saudi beat them.

Saudi had a spell for 15 minutes in the second, where they were right on top. They scored whilst in that short period of domination.

I hope  Argentina are too knackered to Squeeze us like Denmark did.

Hopefully, the  clinical finishing of our new potent strike force of Goodwin, Duke and Leckie, manifests again! The World Cup seems to have improved their finishing qualities.