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Full game for Sainsbury in a 4-2 loss. At least our NT defenders are all getting big minutes.
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Souttar in the official Championship team of the week again.
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+x+xBrighton under a lot of pressure now. Sanchez with a nice flap for the second goal. Wouldn't height be an advantage there? Long may the losses continue, hoping they go to League 1. only goal difference is keeping them out of the relegation zone now
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Borrello's assist at 6:21 https://goals4.footupvideos.com/player/html/MdC8B8fGDyd5H?popup=yes&autoplay=1 And some good work from Teague https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpD3ygZlNes
By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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Robertson on for the U23s in the 70th minute in a 5-0 win against West Ham.
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+xRobertson on for the U23s in the 70th minute in a 5-0 win against West Ham. Didn't see or lad Watts on the Southampton u23s bench? Hope this means he'll be on the bench against Man City. Hope it doesn't mean injury
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+x+xRobertson on for the U23s in the 70th minute in a 5-0 win against West Ham. Didn't see or lad Watts on the Southampton u23s bench? Hope this means he'll be on the bench against Man City. Hope it doesn't mean injury Watts wasnt in squad for last senior game but played u/23's so dont think he was/is injured and senior team had some injuries so expect him back in senior squad for this game
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Harrison Delbridge starting for Incheon against Ulsan
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+x+x+x+x+xArzani, McGree two of our recent talents to have come through the aleague as our best prospects and both at the moment are not playing for their clubs. I know they quite young and can still come good once they find a decent envionment to flourish in, but ill ask this question has the aleague done a good enough job preparing these guys for the tough environment for Europe or is it players themselves that haven't gotten the breaks they need? Lets hope they come through because we have seen with former young prospects who have broke though at aleague level and once we have seen them struggle in Europe they come back home, and at least they have established themselves as good aleague players but unfortunately they are not good enough for European football especially at the bigger leagues. Riley Mcgree and Daniel Arzani are 22, it is not young. Especially in Europe. So i think the reason for the struggle with a lot of our players is in Aus these players are considered young and given slack when their performances arent up to scratch where as in Europe they are considered as mature so expected to play at peak level and not make mistakes. When they do they get dropped. We as a league need to start considering 17-19 as young and to instil this mentality in players and better prepare them for overseas. Also Arzani whilst talented when he left, only played 24 games at a league level so the league had no prepared him for Europe because he was not here long enough (which is common with Aussie players sadly). Mcgree has only played 79 A league games which is also on the lower end. I think their was a study done where players who went overseas with 100 + A league games did better overseas than those with less. Mooy for example played 102 games in the a league so basically a full extra season (and didnt have it broken up by a euro stint) Another reason to have a longer season (30 or more league games plus others, e.g., cup games) rather than the shortest season in world football that we have now. And Mooy, that Jaymz mentions, had a difficult job when he first went to Europe as he wasn't robust enough to handle the extended amount of games. Time we got moving on this front. Bring in a minimum of 4 new teams to the A League in as short a time frame as possible. dude. mooy went into the championship and was playing nearly 60 games in comp and cup. plus NT duties. had no breaks because of NT. there are very few players that would hold up to that. but aside from that agree. the aus league is pretty much part time. the injuries our players get consistently when they go to europe say to me that they also train at semi pro levels and they dont cope with the step up in training regimes. And of course you are fully conversant with all the details of the different training regimes which I'm sure is how you can make such a sweeping generalisation. Honestly, what half arsed nonsense.
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Full match for Delbridge in a 3-1 loss to Ulsan. Conceded a penalty and almost scored.
By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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I kinda forgot Lyndon Dykes ever existed so I just looked up his stats. 5 goals in 30 apps this season (mostly penalties) and hasn't scored since last November. A quick search of his name of twitter yields lots of comments from QPR fans saying he's really bad. No loss for the Socceroos there imo despite our lack of ST depth. If I had to pick one Aussie/Scottish dual national for the Socceroos from the English Championship I'm easily picking Souttar every single day of the week.
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+xI kinda forgot Lyndon Dykes ever existed so I just looked up his stats. 5 goals in 30 apps this season (mostly penalties) and hasn't scored since last November. A quick search of his name of twitter yields lots of comments from QPR fans saying he's really bad. No loss for the Socceroos there imo despite our lack of ST depth. If I had to pick one Aussie/Scottish dual national for the Socceroos from the English Championship I'm easily picking Souttar every single day of the week. Exactly. Dykes had one good game against Celtic & the myth grew from there. And he said that Australia was the easy option. Doubt he'll get another game for Scotland
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Goal for Mileusnic in a cup match Watts bench
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+x+xI kinda forgot Lyndon Dykes ever existed so I just looked up his stats. 5 goals in 30 apps this season (mostly penalties) and hasn't scored since last November. A quick search of his name of twitter yields lots of comments from QPR fans saying he's really bad. No loss for the Socceroos there imo despite our lack of ST depth. If I had to pick one Aussie/Scottish dual national for the Socceroos from the English Championship I'm easily picking Souttar every single day of the week. Exactly. Dykes had one good game against Celtic & the myth grew from there. And he said that Australia was the easy option. Doubt he'll get another game for Scotland I was thinking this yesterday as well. Don’t like to wish poorly on anyone but it looks like the decision could come back and bite him in the arse.
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Watts on against City in the 72nd minute, getting some real minutes now, even if the game is gone 5-2.
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+xWatts on against City in the 72nd minute, getting some real minutes now, even if the game is gone 5-2. Spent his 18 minutes hugging the left touchline, Southampton were still trying to play out of the back but weren't in the game at this point. Watts repeatedly getting into space on the left but it was never honoured. Completed a couple of passes, certainly didn't look any worse than his teammates. Southampton not conceding any more goals after he came on, ending 5-2. City 14 points clear on top of the table.
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Watts getting a rating of 5.9 on futmob in his short term, same rating as the other player that came on at the same time as him in the 72nd minute, Sergio Aguero.
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Guardiola specifically praising the Southampton midfield, saying they've given him more problems than anyone else this year. Pretty good for Watts to be getting minutes in that company!
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+xGuardiola specifically praising the Southampton midfield, saying they've given him more problems than anyone else this year. Pretty good for Watts to be getting minutes in that company! Southampton must really rate him. A kid just turned 19, playing 20 odd mins against one of the best teams in the world. Now we just need some of the others to kick on and start getting first team mins - Francois X 2, Teague, Hammond, Robertson, Iredale, Italiano etc etc. Could really start building the next generation around these guys.
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I really hope Watts is given permission by Southampton to play for the socceroos in the June WCQ's.
If he was a very fringe member of the squad he would only be getting the last 5 mins in games like that. 18 mins is a definite show of confidence. As the season winds down and Southampton have less to play for hopefully he gets more minutes and maybe a few starts.
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+xI really hope Watts is given permission by Southampton to play for the socceroos in the June WCQ's. If he was a very fringe member of the squad he would only be getting the last 5 mins in games like that. 18 mins is a definite show of confidence. As the season winds down and Southampton have less to play for hopefully he gets more minutes and maybe a few starts. Permission? Are they not FIFA dates? They have to be for WCQ don't they.
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+x+xGuardiola specifically praising the Southampton midfield, saying they've given him more problems than anyone else this year. Pretty good for Watts to be getting minutes in that company! Southampton must really rate him. A kid just turned 19, playing 20 odd mins against one of the best teams in the world. Now we just need some of the others to kick on and start getting first team mins - Francois X 2, Teague, Hammond, Robertson, Iredale, Italiano etc etc. Could really start building the next generation around these guys. Or he could end up being another aidan oniel
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+x+x+xGuardiola specifically praising the Southampton midfield, saying they've given him more problems than anyone else this year. Pretty good for Watts to be getting minutes in that company! Southampton must really rate him. A kid just turned 19, playing 20 odd mins against one of the best teams in the world. Now we just need some of the others to kick on and start getting first team mins - Francois X 2, Teague, Hammond, Robertson, Iredale, Italiano etc etc. Could really start building the next generation around these guys. Or he could end up being another aidan oniel True. Or another Jordan Lyden or Chris Herd. But its promising nonetheless. Wonder how long his current u/23 contract is and wonder if they'll seek an extension or seek to sell him during next transfer window. A contract extension would be a good sign.
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Southampton is one of the best clubs for young players to develop too. Hopefully he can push his way into a starting berth
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Southampton to be fair looked quite average and made too many mistakes, surprised it only ended 5-2.
But good to see Watts get more minutes at this level.
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+xI really hope Watts is given permission by Southampton to play for the socceroos in the June WCQ's. If he was a very fringe member of the squad he would only be getting the last 5 mins in games like that. 18 mins is a definite show of confidence. As the season winds down and Southampton have less to play for hopefully he gets more minutes and maybe a few starts. Southampton's last game this season is 24/05, so you'd think he'd be ok to Play on the WCQ's.
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+x+xI really hope Watts is given permission by Southampton to play for the socceroos in the June WCQ's. If he was a very fringe member of the squad he would only be getting the last 5 mins in games like that. 18 mins is a definite show of confidence. As the season winds down and Southampton have less to play for hopefully he gets more minutes and maybe a few starts. Permission? Are they not FIFA dates? They have to be for WCQ don't they. permission is one thing. international clubs definitely have a history of pressuring os aussies to reconsider NT duties. they definitely pay a price for representing aus. there's always a form slump from the toll of the workload and travel and then trouble getting into the squad. it something i think we should be better managing. we shoot ourselves in the foot when we take on players for NT duties, then their club career dives, then they cant represent for us as well as they could. mooy, kruse, leckie, jedinak, luongo - it goes on - the list of players who slumped heavily at club after NT duties
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+x+x+xI really hope Watts is given permission by Southampton to play for the socceroos in the June WCQ's. If he was a very fringe member of the squad he would only be getting the last 5 mins in games like that. 18 mins is a definite show of confidence. As the season winds down and Southampton have less to play for hopefully he gets more minutes and maybe a few starts. Permission? Are they not FIFA dates? They have to be for WCQ don't they. permission is one thing. international clubs definitely have a history of pressuring os aussies to reconsider NT duties. they definitely pay a price for representing aus. there's always a form slump from the toll of the workload and travel and then trouble getting into the squad. it something i think we should be better managing. we shoot ourselves in the foot when we take on players for NT duties, then their club career dives, then they cant represent for us as well as they could. mooy, kruse, leckie, jedinak, luongo - it goes on - the list of players who slumped heavily at club after NT duties Agree with this. I should have emphasised that its more with Watts being so young and just starting out with the first team, he might get some implicit pressure to miss a WCQ squad during covid who are playing against minnows. But lets hope thats not the case and he gets the all clear.
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Great news for Watts, I don't see him going the way of Herd or O'Neill both of those guys were thrown in due to their strength at winning the ball..something us Aussies are developing a name for... but Caleb in the last two games has come on when they are looking to attack more and hes being played as a wide midfielder... they must see him as an attacking option.
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+xGreat news for Watts, I don't see him going the way of Herd or O'Neill both of those guys were thrown in due to their strength at winning the ball..something us Aussies are developing a name for... but Caleb in the last two games has come on when they are looking to attack more and hes being played as a wide midfielder... they must see him as an attacking option. Yeah he's more of a 10 - have a look on his Instagram page, there's a highlights clip of him at the u17 World Cup. He's got all the skills & he's quick
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