The Aussies Abroad Thread


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The commentators saying it's a 'deep cut to the knee requiring stitches', but that Mooy should be fine. Good stuff if true. That was worrying. 
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Ffs Mooy. Knee cut not an internal injury? 
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Massive 3 points there
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4-1. 

2 wins and 2 draws from last 11 games be enough to stay up? On 27 points.....35 be safe you think?
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Reports of Mooy with a cut knee are relieving but the player would know more about how they feel. Scans and checks will be a nervous moment. 
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So hopefully minor and gets a 4 week break in which his body can recover if he has fatigue.
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Good outcome in a world cup year kind of isn't it?

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DW says @AaronMooy had no ligament damage, but a deep cut on his knee that required stitches #htafc (DTS)
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Not getting too concerned about Leckie not playing much. A very large number of players are getting time and are regularly chosen for their clubs. Perfect timing for the world cup. 
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Still people on twitter thinking Mooy is English and should get an England call up :D
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Juric starting 
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DW says had no ligament damage, but a deep cut on his knee that required stitches (DTS)10:41 PM - 11 Feb 2018 from Huddersfield, England


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johnszasz - 12 Feb 2018 1:57 AM
DW says @AaronMooy had no ligament damage, but a deep cut on his knee that required stitches #htafc (DTS)

must be very quick at scanning his knee. I mean it does say no ligament damage wow
Probably a good cork when its like th@, he probably couldn't walk on it either.
Will come good 100%


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Hrustic and Giannou on the bench
Oar came on in the 75th minute. Top of the table.
Carter on the bench for Benfica B.


By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.

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Mooy had a seriously good game. Even though this game was better, he still had a couple poor balls.
He should try and aim higher and improve this. He'd be one of the world's best if he could weed out the inconsistent shit.
I'm talking the kicking skill/level of Beckham, Pirlo


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Bowden - 12 Feb 2018 12:15 AM
Brighton fans discussing Maty on their forum:http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?355249-Maty-Ryan-Discuss/page79From page #79 it’s the equivalent of our ‘egg on face, how do you all feel’.

that makes fantastic reading

For a goal keeper he is still a kid and has a chance to become one of the best in the world in spite of his height

they are praising his distribution too
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highkick05 - 12 Feb 2018 2:27 AM
Mooy had a seriously good game. Even though this game was better, he still had a couple poor balls.
He should try and aim higher and improve this. He'd be one of the world's best if he could weed out the inconsistent shit.
I'm talking the kicking skill/level of Beckham, Pirlo

he had a midseason downturn last year

the long seasons over there is a lot to adjust too especially now we have a short season here
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johnszasz - 12 Feb 2018 2:01 AM
Still people on twitter thinking Mooy is English and should get an England call up :D

haha and on facebook socceroos any update on mooy is followed by 10s of comments about how average he is

aussie fans are determined to prove we are worse than we are
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Mooy highlights

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2018/02/11/huddersfield-town-vs-afc-bournemouth-highlights/

if he made that pass leading to mooy's second assist for the australian team its unlikely a shot would have happened and if it did it would have been skied.

But since its a pass to a competent finisher mooy's creativity gets the credit it deserves

I really don't think we lack creativity at the moment with mooy, luongo, rogic and kruse providing so much and at the confeds we showed we can create against the worlds best. We just struggle for finishers not creators. Thats why I'm a little skeptical about how much difference arzani can make before he starts banging in goals
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Juric scores. 1:1 10 to go. 
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Juric scores in the box off the chest of a team mate. CLassy goal. left footed into the left corner str8 around the keeper.


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wow Luzern scored again. 2-1 83'


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Luzern score again. 2:1. Game turned on its head. No info of Juric had involvement in goal two. 
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Juric help Luzern to a win. good ending. Never doubted the lad, always good for a goal. 


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grazorblade - 12 Feb 2018 3:27 AM
Mooy highlights

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2018/02/11/huddersfield-town-vs-afc-bournemouth-highlights/

if he made that pass leading to mooy's second assist for the australian team its unlikely a shot would have happened and if it did it would have been skied.

But since its a pass to a competent finisher mooy's creativity gets the credit it deserves

I really don't think we lack creativity at the moment with mooy, luongo, rogic and kruse providing so much and at the confeds we showed we can create against the worlds best. We just struggle for finishers not creators. Thats why I'm a little skeptical about how much difference arzani can make before he starts banging in goals

I beg to differ. I consider the qualification campaign to be unequivocal proof that we lack creativity and attacking prowess in the final third. It was rife with sideways passing. We just could not break down congested defences. And some of our opponents, e.g. the Thai winger, were far better than our attacking footballers. It's interesting that you mention the Chile match. Chile open the game up. But when we play teams that sit back (even crappy Asian ones), we are awful.

If I may, I think you're looking at the individual parts rather than the sum of the parts. Simply listing who we've got doesn't really give much of an idea of how good/bad we are. Rather than listing who we've got, it's necessary to list their strengths and weaknesses.

The bottom line is none of the Socceroos are capable of taking people on with speed and agility. That's the creativity/attacking prowess we lack. And I can promise you it makes a hell of a difference to an attack. It's far harder for defenders to deal with. It also means that Mooy and Rogic have far more to work with. I imagine that Decentric would use the term passing lanes. Basically, Arzani will open up passing lanes. And he will require more diligent defending. This, in turn, means that the other attacking players have more time on the ball. As things stand, there's an easy recipe to beat the Socceroos.

Sit back, mark Aaron Mooy or Tom Rogic out of the game, and wait for them to cough up the ball.

That recipe is suddenly a lot shakier with a winger with outstanding 1 vs 1 ability.
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I beg to differ. I consider the qualification campaign to be unequivocal proof that we lack creativity and attacking prowess in the final third. It was rife with sideways passing. We just could not break down congested defences. And some of our opponents, e.g. the Thai winger, were far better than our attacking footballers. It's interesting that you mention the Chile match. Chile open the game up. But when we play teams that sit back (even crappy Asian ones), we are awful.

If I may, I think you're looking at the individual parts rather than the sum of the parts. Simply listing who we've got doesn't really give much of an idea of how good/bad we are. Rather than listing who we've got, it's necessary to list their strengths and weaknesses.

The bottom line is none of the Socceroos are capable of taking people on with speed and agility. That's the creativity/attacking prowess we lack. And I can promise you it makes a hell of a difference to an attack. It's far harder for defenders to deal with. It also means that Mooy and Rogic have far more to work with. I imagine that Decentric would use the term passing lanes. Basically, Arzani will open up passing lanes. And he will require more diligent defending. This, in turn, means that the other attacking players have more time on the ball. As things stand, there's an easy recipe to beat the Socceroos.

Sit back, mark Aaron Mooy or Tom Rogic out of the game, and wait for them to cough up the ball.

That recipe is suddenly a lot shakier with a winger with outstanding 1 vs 1 ability.

Most of what you're describing relates to Ange's messy tactics. You need to have the worlds greatest players to pull off goals against the defenses we ended up playing against.

There were no passing lanes. Often it was Juric/Rogic/Kruse/Leckie's job to brute force chances. Understandebly, they found it stupidly difficult because they lack so much quality.

BVM will play different, more than likely, flip the tactics on its head. But I'm sceptical, the only 'space' he will be able to create will be on the counter.

Certainly, we don't have Jesus or Courtinho to cause mass panic in defenses to create this 'space'. 

I think we just need different tactics, tactics Ange wouldn't be able to conceive perhaps in his entire life, that suite our players strengths.





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grazorblade - 12 Feb 2018 3:27 AM
Mooy highlights

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2018/02/11/huddersfield-town-vs-afc-bournemouth-highlights/

if he made that pass leading to mooy's second assist for the australian team its unlikely a shot would have happened and if it did it would have been skied.

But since its a pass to a competent finisher mooy's creativity gets the credit it deserves


I really don't think we lack creativity at the moment with mooy, luongo, rogic and kruse providing so much and at the confeds we showed we can create against the worlds best. We just struggle for finishers not creators. Thats why I'm a little skeptical about how much difference arzani can make before he starts banging in goals

Agree. ROgic would have netted this one I think. 50/50, but Mounie simply nets it because he's played this position his entire career. It's what he does


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the perception that we were a bunch of sideways passers that never shoots doesn't fit with reality

of the 32 teams at the world cup we are 17th in terms of how much we passed before making a shot behind spain, germany, france, argentina, belgium, England, switzerland, south korea, brazil, croatia, sweden, poland, denmark, portrugal, mexico and russia. We are actually pretty efficient at generating shots and considering how many shots we dont take we are extremely efficient at generating chances. Also the shots we have are on average easier chances than a lot of the shots other teams create and put away

our shots to goal ratio is whats terrible not our ability to generate shots

(Also our defence is probably one of the leakiest at the world cup. I think our 1v1s in defence is ok but our positioning is terrible and we could do with a little bit of streetsmarts)
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also in terms of passing lanes kruse is heads and shoulders above arzani in this facet comparing to holman as one of our best at opening passing lanes

arzanis strength so far hasn't been opening passing lanes its his ability to make a crowded area look like a good passing lane through sublime 1v1 or even 2v1 ability. He is also very creative. His defence is also surprisingly decent for his age. If his finishing comes good he could be a superstar!
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Juric scored



9 goals from 21 games
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