Socceroos 2018 WCQ THREAD-v HONDURAS FOR SPOT IN RUSSIA (Dates TBC)

[happy_eagle]

Lets be brutally honest here, we learnt nothing last night. Whilst it was nice to put a few on the board the opposition wasnt close to A League standard.

Yeh
Rogic was promising (this combined with his recent form with Celtic) and was good to see Leckie finally score again for his country
There won't be a lot of difficult tests this early on in Qualification.
Do we have any friendlies lined up soon?

 

[youngbear]

Lets be brutally honest here, we learnt nothing last night. Whilst it was nice to put a few on the board the opposition wasnt close to A League standard.

True, but to be fair WCQ are about results and we got exactly what we needed. Win and a large increase in GD.

 

[hey shorty]

True, but to be fair WCQ are about results and we got exactly what we needed. Win and a large increase in GD.

No doubting that, just hard to get an idea about just how good some of the guys were.

 

[kangaspurs]

Lets be brutally honest here, we learnt nothing last night. Whilst it was nice to put a few on the board the opposition wasnt close to A League standard.

Even against poor opposition I think we learnt that Luongo, Rogic and Mooy ar\e all able to play together, despite playing similar positions.

 

[Redalert]

Even against poor opposition I think we learnt that Luongo, Rogic and Mooy ar\e all able to play together, despite playing similar positions.

The question is will they be exposed defensively against a better side? All very well to be running rings around a side when there's no pressure on you, but it could be a different story against the Japan/Koreas of the world. Bangladesh gave us a ridiculous amount of time and space, something which just won't happen all that often/

I'm more than happy to see those three work in tandem against the weaker teams, I'd just rather a bit more defensive stability in tougher games.

 

[hey shorty]

Bailey Wright looks a good prospect, Spiranovic and Sainsbury are quality and Irvine is playing well in Scotland. We just need Curtis Good to get fit......

 

[ioppolo]

I think we'll find this match easier than the Kyrgyzstan one. Tajikistan's form hasn't been overly good.

 

[Zidane98]

Trouble brewing in Tajikistan. Good to get these away trips out of the way. I notice Jordan failed to defeat Krygrytstan at home. That's a huge shock.

 

[hey shorty]

Spiranovic in doubt with illness.

 

[ioppolo]

Trouble brewing in Tajikistan. Good to get these away trips out of the way. I notice Jordan failed to defeat Krygrytstan at home. That's a huge shock.

Political? What's actually happening?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Political? What's actually happening?

Political tension. A few clashes have killed quite a few people in the past week.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Guam tieing with Oman was probably interesting for their group.

 

[ioppolo]

Guam tieing with Oman was probably interesting for their group.

Guam has had a good run (except the Iran game). Always good to see minnows improve out of sight.

 

[BlueBen]

 

[ioppolo]

Rogic not starting? Rough. Also hope Irvine gets some good minutes.

 

[eth-dog]

Would have liked to see Burns get a start but oh well.

 

[happy_eagle]

Hopefully Oar can get some minutes in

 

[thecatattack]

So how come Ryan doesn't play? Is it because of his Valencia commitments?

 

[ioppolo]

So how come Ryan doesn't play? Is it because of his Valencia commitments?

He's injured.

 

[thecatattack]

He's injured.

oh ty

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Ouch. Rogic omission is harsh.

 

[eth-dog]

Ouch. Rogic omission is harsh.

Pretty sure just management

 

[kreglze]

Good to see McGowan getting a run after good Scottish form.

 

[kreglze]

This SD broadcasting reminds me of a Friday night football on Channel 7.

 

[Great8]

This is like watching Essendon play, ton of possession in the middle of the park but no substance going forward and first instinct to pass backwards