Arnie seems to have the boys playing for each other and the team performance is reflective of that. Great coaching from the top.

Can hope China learn a bit from these and provide nuisance value to the others.

Next up they are at home to Japan. Both teams with a lot to prove. Would be nice if China could sneak a draw out of it.

Elder looks like a beast. I think the spot will become his to lose. Been slightly disappointed with behich of late. 

so real talk....how were china so bad given what they have on paper

I mean, they weren't much better than taiwan

Sainsbury, Souttar, Irvine, Hrustic  set the tempo
The spine was very composed even under early pressure 
I thought Rogic lost possession far to often and drifted in and out of the game 
I like Taggart and want him to do well but Duke just offers more in general play and I think will offer more against better opposition 

The conditions generally and the pitch particularly were great for Australia’s game. Really helped the ball speed and with good first touches.
Will be interesting to see how it compares with Vietnam next week.

Oh yes

Taiwan is China    :P

Arnie just said we were "fantastic".   High praise from a generally restrained coach. 

Team for Vietnam

                       Ryan
Strain   Sainsbury  Souttar   Elder
                Mooy     Hrustic
    Arzani      McGree  Mabil
                 Taggart

I think Boyle is out. Maybe Jeggo or Dougall could start with their stamina and Hrustic can turn it on late.     

Slept through and couldn't find any on demand options on 10Play at all, oh well, I'll take the win!

That'll be in Qatar as well.

Yeah what's the go with this? The only way for me to watch the socceroos is to get up at 3am on a weekday?

Good game and the winning streak continues.  Hrustic just seems to get better/more comfortable in the national team.  I think Duke should be starting ahead of Tags.

On a different note, I watched some of Japan v Oman last night and the commentator sounded like a troll from a kids medieval movie.  Made Speed sound eloquent. 

Rogic was the key to the opening of the Chinese back line, did 3 of 4 through balls perfectly weighted, and on more than 1 occasion turned a flat pass in to forward momentum.

I'm expecting a goat track next week

I thought the anchor for Channel 10 did a reasonable job of managing the talk and the show. Good to see. On another note, Breakfast ABC no mention of the result. Very poor.

yep, the pass to Boyle for the second goal wasn't "classic" as such, but kept the momentum going and had their defence on the back foot, which resulted in a relatively easy shot for Boyle. Mind you, the positioning of the Chinese keeper was poor also, probably helped by the crispness of the attack. So often the simple things done well are the difference between winning and losing.

Seems like 10 has a 4minute highlight video but not the full replay. How hard is it to upload the full game?

EDIT: mini match is up now too. Hopefully the full game isn't too far away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0iQQtdQp5E

VPN for these countries work
Syria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Yemen, Poland, Romania, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Ireland & Andorra.

More like a rice field trampled by water buffalo. 

I'm not expecting a classic that's for certain.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/socceroos/socceroos-vs-china-world-cup-qualifiers-player-ratings-tom-rogic-ajdin-hrustic-news-score/news-story/9ec33e828958e8bb616adbafbab7e119

Jesus Christ It’s not - for now, but I’m less confident after Afghanistan.

I found the studio panel with Millsy, Brosque & Georgia bland and really boring. Hopefully it is not the way for the whole 10/ Paramount broadcast go for every other things.

Me too. Really stock-standard stuff but it's early days, hopefully they'll grow into it but I think from the pundits thy've signed on they need a "character" like to liven things up.

Why would Vietnam serve you a pitch like that? They depend on technique players more than is.
This is post is actually quite offensive.  Have you ever been to a Vietnam? 

Because they’re one of the worst footballing nations on earth and don’t deserve to be anywhere near a World Cup. 

i suspect that during the season there will be plenty of drop ins from santo sam and ed given that they all work for chanel 10. we will also see a lot more of archie so there are plenty of charaters around for the regular season. 

hahaha me too, slept through the bloody alarm :(
Sounds like it was a bit of a training run though .... good result....