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+xanyone know if these games will be on FTA? SBS
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+x+x+x+x+xAnything less than a combined GD of about +15 from these two games will put us in real danger of not getting a top 4 runner up spot in the likely event of us losing away in Jordan. Why do we have to win by that much? Even a combined gd of +6 would be more than enough (will probably get +8-10). You assume that everyone will thrash their minnows in the other groups, but it just doesn’t work like that. Second placed teams will mostly be minnows themselves. I also have no idea why you keep thinking of Jordan as this massive threat. They barely beat Taiwan the other day. We have to be certain of being clear of the other runners up as we have no second chances with a playoff etc. There is every likelihood that Jordan could get maximum points from all their non-Australia games, so any slip ups in any game and it's out of our hands. A "massive threat" is a bit of hyperbole on your part, but only a fool would look at our record in the Middle East against Jordan (three games, three losses) and assume we're in for an easy ride. It certainly looks like an easy ride. We'll beat Jordan here like we've always done and that should be enough. But I would also be surprised if they beat us over there again. Winning streaks always come to an end and it feels like it's Jordan's turn now. They seem unsteady this time, only winning 2-1 against Taiwan. It will take something very unusual for us not to finish first. And even if we don't, 5 second-placed teams will qualify, not 4. You're forgetting that Qatar has already qualified and won't play next round, so that if they win their group (which they will), 13 teams will effectively have to go through. You're talking about things that aren't in our hands working out the way we hope and "she'll be right". I'm talking about doing all we can and not putting ourselves in a position to worry about it. Yes we are the strongest team in the group, but were clearly coming at this with differing philosophies. Speaking of streaks coming to an end, we're up to 4 world cups in a row now... Because you are assuming all the top 2 teams are going to win every game in their group except against eachother which is ridiculous. 3 groups already have had the bigger teams stumble, some of the other groups which haven't yet had a slip up include North Korea, Tajikstan and Oman. We won't be in trouble of not getting the 2nd place unless we drop points in 3-4 matches. The same as the previous campaign where the cutoff was 17 points.
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nomates
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What happens if the game ends in a 0-0 draw? I know Nepal will park the bus and the Socceroos just cant score all to often. Its quite worrying.
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johnszasz
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+xWhat happens if the game ends in a 0-0 draw? I know Nepal will park the bus and the Socceroos just cant score all to often. Its quite worrying. Nepal will be sitting nicely on 4 points and will want to go all out to snag Jordan.
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paladisious
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+x+x+x+x+x+x[quote]Anything less than a combined GD of about +15 from these two games will put us in real danger of not getting a top 4 runner up spot in the likely event of us losing away in Jordan. Why do we have to win by that much? Even a combined gd of +6 would be more than enough (will probably get +8-10). You assume that everyone will thrash their minnows in the other groups, but it just doesn’t work like that. Second placed teams will mostly be minnows themselves. I also have no idea why you keep thinking of Jordan as this massive threat. They barely beat Taiwan the other day. We have to be certain of being clear of the other runners up as we have no second chances with a playoff etc. There is every likelihood that Jordan could get maximum points from all their non-Australia games, so any slip ups in any game and it's out of our hands. A "massive threat" is a bit of hyperbole on your part, but only a fool would look at our record in the Middle East against Jordan (three games, three losses) and assume we're in for an easy ride. It certainly looks like an easy ride. We'll beat Jordan here like we've always done and that should be enough. But I would also be surprised if they beat us over there again. Winning streaks always come to an end and it feels like it's Jordan's turn now. They seem unsteady this time, only winning 2-1 against Taiwan. It will take something very unusual for us not to finish first. And even if we don't, 5 second-placed teams will qualify, not 4. You're forgetting that Qatar has already qualified and won't play next round, so that if they win their group (which they will), 13 teams will effectively have to go through. You're talking about things that aren't in our hands working out the way we hope and "she'll be right". I'm talking about doing all we can and not putting ourselves in a position to worry about it. Yes we are the strongest team in the group, but were clearly coming at this with differing philosophies. Speaking of streaks coming to an end, we're up to 4 world cups in a row now... Because you are assuming all the top 2 teams are going to win every game in their group except against eachother which is ridiculous. 3 groups already have had the bigger teams stumble, some of the other groups which haven't yet had a slip up include North Korea, Tajikstan and Oman. That wouldn't have to happen, they'd just have to slip up less than we do.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x[quote]Anything less than a combined GD of about +15 from these two games will put us in real danger of not getting a top 4 runner up spot in the likely event of us losing away in Jordan. Why do we have to win by that much? Even a combined gd of +6 would be more than enough (will probably get +8-10). You assume that everyone will thrash their minnows in the other groups, but it just doesn’t work like that. Second placed teams will mostly be minnows themselves. I also have no idea why you keep thinking of Jordan as this massive threat. They barely beat Taiwan the other day. We have to be certain of being clear of the other runners up as we have no second chances with a playoff etc. There is every likelihood that Jordan could get maximum points from all their non-Australia games, so any slip ups in any game and it's out of our hands. A "massive threat" is a bit of hyperbole on your part, but only a fool would look at our record in the Middle East against Jordan (three games, three losses) and assume we're in for an easy ride. It certainly looks like an easy ride. We'll beat Jordan here like we've always done and that should be enough. But I would also be surprised if they beat us over there again. Winning streaks always come to an end and it feels like it's Jordan's turn now. They seem unsteady this time, only winning 2-1 against Taiwan. It will take something very unusual for us not to finish first. And even if we don't, 5 second-placed teams will qualify, not 4. You're forgetting that Qatar has already qualified and won't play next round, so that if they win their group (which they will), 13 teams will effectively have to go through. You're talking about things that aren't in our hands working out the way we hope and "she'll be right". I'm talking about doing all we can and not putting ourselves in a position to worry about it. Yes we are the strongest team in the group, but were clearly coming at this with differing philosophies. Speaking of streaks coming to an end, we're up to 4 world cups in a row now... Because you are assuming all the top 2 teams are going to win every game in their group except against eachother which is ridiculous. 3 groups already have had the bigger teams stumble, some of the other groups which haven't yet had a slip up include North Korea, Tajikstan and Oman. That wouldn't have to happen, they'd just have to slip up less than we do. With the new FFA board in charge that's unlikely.
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+xWhat happens if the game ends in a 0-0 draw? I know Nepal will park the bus and the Socceroos just cant score all to often. Its quite worrying. Well yeah, a 3-0 result against Kuwait, in Kuwait, is a major cause for concern... You should be worried! If only we could borrow some New Zealand players for this tie :ermm:
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+x+xWhat happens if the game ends in a 0-0 draw? I know Nepal will park the bus and the Socceroos just cant score all to often. Its quite worrying. Well yeah, a 3-0 result against Kuwait, in Kuwait, is a major cause for concern... You should be worried! If only we could borrow some New Zealand players for this tie :ermm: New Zealand would wipe the floor with the Socceroos atm, better players and we actual have a striker unlike someone we know.
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+x+xStart Mabil , get Rogic into it. We could win this with a second string side though. Rogic won't be part of the squad, as he's getting married. How many times he been married.
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saweston
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+x+x+xWhat happens if the game ends in a 0-0 draw? I know Nepal will park the bus and the Socceroos just cant score all to often. Its quite worrying. Well yeah, a 3-0 result against Kuwait, in Kuwait, is a major cause for concern... You should be worried! If only we could borrow some New Zealand players for this tie :ermm: New Zealand would wipe the floor with the Socceroos atm, better players and we actual have a striker unlike someone we know. Oh my... I can only assume your trolling as no one in their right mind would .... ah never mind.... you're definitely trolling.
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paladisious
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+x+x+xStart Mabil , get Rogic into it. We could win this with a second string side though. Rogic won't be part of the squad, as he's getting married. How many times he been married. This is the first IIRC.
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johnszasz
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Nepal game 11
Langerak
Grant Souttar Degenek Smith
Jeggo Luongo
Mabil Hrustic Goodwin
Taggart
Chinese Taipei 11
Ryan
Grant Souttar Degenek Behich
Jeggo Mooy
Leckie Irvine Borrello
Giannou
Makes this Milligan call up a bit unnecessary. Would've preferred Susnjar. Glad to see Wright being considered. His fitness must be OK to be selected.
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As one would expect, the squad is very unimaginative. Typical Arnie. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we shall find out in due course. I would have liked some broadening of the squad, and the introduction of a couple of fringe type players to the mix. This seems to be the easier two game set we will face in this phase of qualifying, so should have been used for that.
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hotrod
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+xAs one would expect, the squad is very unimaginative. Typical Arnie. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we shall find out in due course. I would have liked some broadening of the squad, and the introduction of a couple of fringe type players to the mix. This seems to be the easier two game set we will face in this phase of qualifying, so should have been used for that. That's what friendlies are for. Even though it's Nepal, let's keep the tinkering for the next friendly.
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SOCCEROOS SQUAD CHANGE
IN - Dimi Petratos ✅
OUT - Mass Luongo ❌
Luongo is managing a "minor knee issue".
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+x+xAs one would expect, the squad is very unimaginative. Typical Arnie. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we shall find out in due course. I would have liked some broadening of the squad, and the introduction of a couple of fringe type players to the mix. This seems to be the easier two game set we will face in this phase of qualifying, so should have been used for that. That's what friendlies are for. Even though it's Nepal, let's keep the tinkering for the next friendly. Agree. I’m ok with starting a couple of bench players but making mass changes and tinkering for a competitive match comes off as disrespectful imo
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Derider
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+x+xAs one would expect, the squad is very unimaginative. Typical Arnie. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we shall find out in due course. I would have liked some broadening of the squad, and the introduction of a couple of fringe type players to the mix. This seems to be the easier two game set we will face in this phase of qualifying, so should have been used for that. That's what friendlies are for. Even though it's Nepal, let's keep the tinkering for the next friendly. Tbh this is less than a friendly. Not since Vanuatu and Tonga have wins been more certain. About as mickey mouse as football gets. If there's a need to experiment and tinker, these 2 games are as good an opportunity as you'll ever have.
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hotrod
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+x+x+xAs one would expect, the squad is very unimaginative. Typical Arnie. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we shall find out in due course. I would have liked some broadening of the squad, and the introduction of a couple of fringe type players to the mix. This seems to be the easier two game set we will face in this phase of qualifying, so should have been used for that. That's what friendlies are for. Even though it's Nepal, let's keep the tinkering for the next friendly. Tbh this is less than a friendly. Not since Vanuatu and Tonga have wins been more certain. About as mickey mouse as football gets. If there's a need to experiment and tinker, these 2 games are as good an opportunity as you'll ever have. so, if for some chance we fuck it up and lose then those 3 points towards WCQ don't really matter?
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Derider
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+x+x+x+xAs one would expect, the squad is very unimaginative. Typical Arnie. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we shall find out in due course. I would have liked some broadening of the squad, and the introduction of a couple of fringe type players to the mix. This seems to be the easier two game set we will face in this phase of qualifying, so should have been used for that. That's what friendlies are for. Even though it's Nepal, let's keep the tinkering for the next friendly. Tbh this is less than a friendly. Not since Vanuatu and Tonga have wins been more certain. About as mickey mouse as football gets. If there's a need to experiment and tinker, these 2 games are as good an opportunity as you'll ever have. so, if for some chance we fuck it up and lose then those 3 points towards WCQ don't really matter? There is zero chance of losing to Nepal and Taiwan.
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So since we beat Kuwait 3 nill away, the team that beat Nepal 7 nill at home, does that mean anything less than a 7+ goal win by the socceroos, Arnie should be sacked?
Discuss.
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+xSo since we beat Kuwait 3 nill away, the team that beat Nepal 7 nill at home, does that mean anything less than a 7+ goal win by the socceroos, Arnie should be sacked? Discuss. Troisi thinks so. He cares not for a team managed by Arnold.
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Australia's biggest down fall in football history is not taking teams seriously, Look what happened in Thailand last WC qualifiers.
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+xAustralia's biggest down fall in football history is not taking teams seriously, Look what happened in Thailand last WC qualifiers. 
By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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Chinese Taipei should be called Taiwan.
That's Taiwan.
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Hope we pummel these teams. It's about sending a message!
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i think it will be 8-0
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+xChinese Taipei should be called Taiwan. That's Taiwan. Maybe they don't have the exclusive license to Taiwan this year
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the Luongo not in squad thing, I think his club asked him to stay cause he hasnt played that much for us anyways
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ErogenousZone
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+x+xChinese Taipei should be called Taiwan. That's Taiwan. Maybe they don't have the exclusive license to Taiwan this year Maybe FIFA gobbles the cock of China, oh wait, not maybe.
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