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Best 11 (of eligible players) never to play for the socceroos?


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By Bunch of Hacks - 28 Nov 2020 12:16 AM

So was on wiki trying to work out what had happened to Ersan Golum and turns out he is back in Turkey as a starter for mid table Antalyaspor in the first division.   Together with Lyndon Dykes recent success with Scotland it's about time we did another best 11 not to play for the socceroos - this includes players who could have played for us but chose to represent other countries (Vieri, Seric, SImunic), guys who chose not to play for us and weren't picked by anyone (Johnson) and guys who simply weren't picked for the roos Tchourglou. 

What's your team? 


Mine...

                          Tchourglou
Papadopoulos Rutjes  Simunic   Dorigo
Johnson       Ki-Seung         Ergic      Samaras
                        Dykes      Vieri

2nd XI: 
                            Didulica
Georgievski   Bosnar  Golum     Cassio 
 F. Mitchell   McGree Isaias      Seric
                      Porta    Smeltz 

John Souttar, Christophe Teinert, Sasa Illic, Durante, A. Đurić, Caravella, Theoklitos, Aleksandr Jokanovic, Henrique, Ansell, Marusic, Josh Rose, Daniel McBreen, Osama Malik, Nigel Boogard, F Karacic, Charlie Perkins, Johnny Moriarty, Shane Lowry, Talay Ufuk


By huddo - 22 Jan 2021 2:18 PM

Bunch of Hacks - 28 Nov 2020 12:16 AM
So was on wiki trying to work out what had happened to Ersan Golum and turns out he is back in Turkey as a starter for mid table Antalyaspor in the first division.   Together with Lyndon Dykes recent success with Scotland it's about time we did another best 11 not to play for the socceroos - this includes players who could have played for us but chose to represent other countries (Vieri, Seric, SImunic), guys who chose not to play for us and weren't picked by anyone (Johnson) and guys who simply weren't picked for the roos Tchourglou. 

What's your team? 


Mine...

                          Tchourglou
Papadopoulos Rutjes  Simunic   Dorigo
Johnson       Ki-Seung         Ergic      Samaras
                        Dykes      Vieri

2nd XI: 
                            Didulica
Georgievski   Bosnar  Golum     Cassio 
 F. Mitchell   McGree Isaias      Seric
                      Porta    Smeltz 

John Souttar, Christophe Teinert, Sasa Illic, Durante, A. Đurić, Caravella, Theoklitos, Aleksandr Jokanovic, Henrique, Ansell, Marusic, Josh Rose, Daniel McBreen, Osama Malik, Nigel Boogard, F Karacic, Charlie Perkins, Johnny Moriarty, Shane Lowry, Talay Ufuk



Why is smeltz there? I'm pretty sure he was born in Germany to kiwi parents, and never could have played for Australia, as his duel citizenship came after his appearance at a senior level for the all whites.