Australian National Teams Thread 5: WC Playoffs Here We Come

[mack]

Oh good, we've now given every major role in the national setup to Arnold, a man who built his reputation by stealing players from Western Sydney, then going to Sydney FC and not developing any youth prospects while failing at every attempt he's made at winning a continental trophy.

[matty]

Strapped for cash, get one guy to do it all

[Carns]

31 minutes ago, matty said:

Strapped for cash, get one guy to do it all

He's also supposedly paid $1.4M, which is ridiculous.

[matty]

On 29/03/2020 at 10:28 PM, Carns said:

He's also supposedly paid $1.4M, which is ridiculous.

[sonar]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-08/socceroos-keeper-mitch-langerak-catches-coronavirus/12331644

[Paul01]

U19 AFC grouping

Australia’s Young Socceroos have been drawn in Group C for the AFC U-19 Championship 2020, which is scheduled to be held in Uzbekistan from October 14 to 31. They will face Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Laos in the group stage.

[Paul01]

U17s AFC tournament group 

Australia’s Joeys have been drawn in Group C for the AFC U-16 Championship 2020 in Bahrain (date yet to be confirmed) and will play Korea Republic, India, and Uzbekistan in the group stage

[Edinburgh]

Part of a Matildas article I found on facebook

 

The preparations of the Matildas and Australia’s U-23 men’s national football team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have received a boost, with confirmation that the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) will be providing high performance funding to both teams to prepare for and compete in Japan.

Following on from Australia and New Zealand’s successful bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ a fortnight ago, the AIS has committed to a continuation of high performance funding for the Matildas until post-Tokyo, and provided a one-off high performance funding grant to support Australia’s U-23 men’s national football team ahead of their first participation at the Olympics since Beijing 2008.

The men’s squad will receive $400,000 to support their preparation and participation at Tokyo 2020, with the funding coming as part of the Federal Government’s $50.6m investment in high performance sport over the next two years.

[THEWANDERERSPOST]

https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/07/nike-australia-2020-kit.html

lol looks like something you'd buy at best and less.

Logo looks terrible.

Very dull.

[papersun]

It seems that the Socceroos are playing a friendly in London next month against USA according to Vince Rugari on twitter, likely to be European based players only.

Nearly a year since our last game.

[sonar]

lol.....

 

[Sithslayer1991]

Apparently Arnold is still considering an MLS club offer watch this space

[Paul01]

3 hours ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

Apparently Arnold is still considering an MLS club offer watch this space

Let him f*** off to Covid central with Trump

Will make watching the Australian Football Team far more pleasurable.

[Sithslayer1991]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-set-to-resume-world-cup-qualifiers-20201112-p56dys.html

 

Aussie qualifiers confirmed to resume March-June 2021 to complete the second phase.

AFC also confirmed the Asian play-off of the 3rd placed teams in the final stage will be a one-off match and not home and away.

[THEWANDERERSPOST]

Olyroos down 3-0 40 minutes in. Keanu Baccus looks to be doing fairly well. Tass could be doing a lot better, 2nd goal he should've cleared the cross.

[papersun]

13 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

Olyroos down 3-0 40 minutes in. Keanu Baccus looks to be doing fairly well. Tass could be doing a lot better, 2nd goal he should've cleared the cross.

Not sure whether it was him or Atkinson at fault.

[THEWANDERERSPOST]

1 minute ago, papersun said:

Not sure whether it was him or Atkinson at fault.

His marking in the box was pretty tragic I think.

[Paul01]

Game about to start.

Line-up maybe 1-4-5-1

................Glover

Atkinson....Tass....Rowles.....O'Toole 

Genreau. Metcalfe. O'Neill. Baccus. Thurgate 

Wales

[Paul01]

Macarthur has Suman and Najjar starting.

Rolex and Perkatis in the bench for the s*****ers

[Davo]

 

[Sithslayer1991]

Looks like AFC have placed the final socceroos games in Kuwait. Confirmed on their website

[Davo]

Feels like a step up from Caltex and more in line with the old Qantas Socceroos days.

Good to see that the Matildas have been included as well, although with the way they're playing, the growing profile of women's sport and the upcoming Women's World Cup you could argue that it's good to see the Soceroos have been included.

[Sithslayer1991]

The Commonwealth Socceroos.

 

The Commonwealth Matildas.

 

[Wobblies]

7 minutes ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

The Commonwealth Socceroos.

 

The Commonwealth Matildas.

 

Which one?

[MathyouWSW]

8 hours ago, Ossified said:

Which one?

[Edinburgh]

2 hours ago, MathyouWSW said:

Apparently the naming sponsorship is only for the Matildas (and young Matildas etc).

The Socceroos sponsorship is as the "banking partner".

[sonar]

Can't see us progressing past the group stage.

[Sithslayer1991]

Go in with zero expectations. However having grouped Spain and Argentina you know there will be European scouts present. For any individual Olyroo this presents a fantastic opportunity for their career.

[wendybr]

Ohhhhh dear!

Compare that to the New Zealand draw! 

[Paul01]

Listened warily to Graham Arnold on the  Box-2-box pod.

For the Olyroos, he mentioned Glover and Margush in the same sentence as good goalkeepers. Also said that locally based Olyroos will play in the finals series (if their team makes it)