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Who will miss out?


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By Tom Rogics Left Foot - 14 Feb 2018 7:47 PM

With the WC coming up and a new coach, I am just wondering which of the socceroos mainstays or regulars will get snubbed??

Personally, I am not so sure about Milligan or Sains, a lot of people have Sainsbury as their first choice CB ( I do too, back 4 of Wright, Sains, Wilko and Behich is my pick, if you were wondering) , there's no doubting his talent, but will Van Marwijk care? or will he just see his shockingly poor minutes at club level... in China??  
personally I think Bert would be more inclined to start with a clean slate and pick players based on merit, rather than past roos performances, if you had next to no idea about Australian football and seen a talented player basically rotting in china or all places, and seen players who may not be as good, but are playing 90 or so minutes every week at a decent level (Wright, Dougall etc) who would you pick?
I know a lot of you wont want to hear this, but I am just being realistic.
who else would be a big name who could possibly miss the WC?? I had initial fears about timmy when he was clubless for a while, but now he's signed for Milwall he should be a lock in..

I don't think Spira will even get near the final squad which is a shame... what a wasted career and talent.
By Neanderthal - 15 Feb 2018 3:07 PM

personally I think Bert would be more inclined to start with a clean slate and pick players based on merit, rather than past roos performances, if you had next to no idea about Australian football and seen a talented player basically rotting in china or all places, and seen players who may not be as good, but are playing 90 or so minutes every week at a decent level (Wright, Dougall etc) who would you pick?
I know a lot of you wont want to hear this, but I am just being realistic.


Couldn’t agree less.

It’s Bert Van Marjwik. Not some forum keyboard warrior.

Merit does not mean what league you’re playing in. Any decent coach will evaluate a player for themselves based on footage. Especially footage with the NT.
Not just look at which league they’re in like most overly opinionated 14 year olds on this forum do.

Players who’ve done well previously for the Roos but struggling at club level will have a much better shot than players not impressing at higher levels. Sainsbury is easily safe.