Socceroos Pre WC friendly match day thread featuring the Czech Republic & Hungary

[ioppolo]

Arzani looks clean with the ball at his feet. Start him ahead of Kruse and Nabbout.

 

[FreoRicci]

Timmy time. On for fellow substitute Juric. Managed minutes or performance based?

Looks very frustrated Juric, his body language suggests that knee is definitely not right.

 

[FreoRicci]

Arzani looks clean with the ball at his feet. Start him ahead of Kruse and Nabbout.

Agree. More composed. Even play Cahill and Nabbout up front? Arzani on the left. Kruse shouldn't be starting. Nabbout isn't his natural position up front though

 

[FreoRicci]

Oh god. Own goal

 

[dwwaino]

Gee whiz.

 

[ioppolo]

Our defence has been a shadow of a week ago.

 

[FISTO]

lol

 

[ioppolo]

Very similar own goal to the one we conceded against Paraguay before the 06 WC

 

[Jivlain]

Whoopsies.

 

[FreoRicci]

Well even if we had won 1-0, Hungary has been the better team at times. Very different then last week that's for sure.

 

[corbies]

Thats all Jones. Sainsbury is looking for a call that never comes so thinks Jones isnt coming. Then Jones decide to come incredibly late.

 

[Quokka]

Will mean absolutely nothing but still, you idiots

 

[FreoRicci]

Thats all Jones. Sainsbury is looking for a call that never comes so thinks Jones isnt coming. Then Jones decide to come incredibly late.

Very quiet. Ryan would yell like crazy as well.

 

[dwwaino]

Lol this is Benny Hill esque.

 

[ioppolo]

LOOOOL what a shitshow of defence

 

[Quokka]

hahaha

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Credit where it's due, that's a great nutmeg.

 

[Jivlain]

 

[ioppolo]

I know it's only 25 minutes in a friendly, but how good has Arzani looked?

 

[dwwaino]

Arzani is so refreshing compared to our other more vanilla players.

 

[corbies]

Lets not forget how filthy the reverse ball was from Arzani to lead to the own goal.

He is pure silk.

 

[Quokka]

Azani and Irvine both looked good imo

 

[FreoRicci]

Arzani's ball. Jeez.

 

[ioppolo]

My observations from that;

-Arzani looked very good.
-Milligan and Risdon went from great form last Saturday to plodders this week.
-Behich was rather solid
-If at any point Jones is keeping in Russia, I'll be shitting myself every play.
-Nabbout offered nothing. Didn't offer much last week except for a solid finish once, which a few of us got a bit excited over.

 

[underthestars]

well it's created more questions than answers that game. at least we won't see bert making the same mistake that guus made in giving our second goallie a game.
still think arzani shouldn't start against france - come on against wearier legs, but gee he brought a touch of youthful confidence and and silk to our game. irvine added a bit. nabbout gave us nothing. risdon looked shaky. jedinak brought composure. milligan didn't. juric would appear to be an afterthought.
we were outplayed in the first but milligan's mistake aside, they never looked like scoring. and but for sainbury and jones mindsnap we looked in control once we had the goal.