Farrell has definitely earnt Roos call up. So consistent 

https://thewest.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-souttar-earns-chance-to-seal-club-transfer-c-14765666

Makes sense.

I honestly can't think of an Australian player with better ball skills and vision than Arzani. Number 10 is probably his future.

Seeing him on the bench during that fan video of Ange yelling back at the crowd v Man City was pretty funny

Apparently due to our lack of midfield options, Arnie has been discussing with tottenham about bringing Jedinak back from retirement and into the fold again as a player. 

...just kidding, but I wonder how he's going as assistant coach and if he's responsible for all the set piece goals they've given up 

Yazbeks been playing

Started again last night and starting pretty much every game

Folami has the same issue but more pronounced - nothing enough pace for the flank. 

For whatever reason, Arzani now lacks the pace for the wing at elite level, but his ball handling is still high class. Much feeling is that he is should be playing now as a 10.

Ben Old is very quick. Payne not so much

Hopefully both Circati and Nieuwenhof  are available and fit for the next Socceroo WCQs. 

Yazbek apparently has not been playing in Norway. Pertinently,  Nieuw impressed me far more than Yazbek in the one game they both played for the Young Socceroos in lead up games to the Qatar U23 Olympic Qualifiers.

After watching the game against South K in the Asian Cup, it was depressing to see the Socceroos comprehensively outplayed despite the result on the scoreboard. This doesn't happen at U23 level between South K and Aus ATM.

We need more rapid ball circulation, or ball movement, from the  Socceroo front 6. A lot more of the players in the Socceroo U 23s can move the  ball more quickly than the senior Socceroos - Nieuw, Jake Hollman, Valadon, Youlley, Segecic, Teague, Robertson, Brook, Ivanovic, Toure, Jelecic - come to mind. 

There are probably more U 23s I can't think of ATM too.

Arzani has been burned for pace by both Old and Paine for Nix in the semi.

Not sure if both Nix players are exceptionally quick?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Wu5m2KBCo

England C against Nepal. Non League players but still pro to semi pro these guys.

To break a record to help with our case to move to asia from oceania

Why did we need 31 goals?

Wonder if anyone explained why we needed 31 goals, they kind of seem to think we were just jerks haha

Anyone have the full 90 minutes of it?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68761702

Provided both Korea and Australia win the final 2 qualifiers, then Korea will stay ahead - they will gain more ranking points / lose less ranking points by winning / matching results than us due to having higher ranked opponents.

https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men

Ukraine jump both South Korea and Australia. More pressing is Australia is now 0.06 rankings points off South Korea. That seems incredibly close but I don't now how the calculations from the final 2 qualifiers would work.

So people can enjoy watching fantastic players, so young players can learn off them and so we can do better in Asian tournaments yes 

So they can take more spots from our young strikers?

Georgia win on pens and it's so 2005. Just wow. Bedlam. Commiserations to Greece as the Euros is a special thing for them. Georgia led early in the shootout then missed one but recomposed. The joy in the stands is a nice football story.

Pens it is. 05 feeling this. It's been a tussle and Georgia meet with their destiny while Greece will be so desperate to make it.

05 vibes between Georgia and Greece. Goalless and now ET.

Really need guys like Goodwin duke and Cummings in the a league imagine seeing them every week 

I suppose so but he's really starting to fade away and we haven't had him in the side for ages. He even withdrew injured against Mexico.

We’ll miss Leckie against big teams. He was too good off the ball. Hard to replace that when you’re up against top top opposition.

Notice how we don't miss Leckie, Boyle and Mabil? 

Lots of drama. Georgia host Greece. Israel missed a pen to equalise and ended up losing 4:1 to Iceland who'll face Ukraine after two late goals to beat Bosnia. Wales host Poland.

Greece Wales Iceland please.

HT in Europe. Greece will play Georgia as they're 4:0 up against Kazakhstan. Poland up 1:0 against Estonia who are down to 10 men and the same bracket sees Wales 2:1 up against Finland. Iceland winning 2:1 in Israel while Bosnia Ukraine goalless. 

Just mental. Georgia now lead Luxembourg 2:0 but that wasn't after Luxembourg went up the other end to make it 1:1 only for the goal to be cancelled out by VAR and a red card as Georgia had been fouled while bearing down on goal.