Socceroos World Cup Qualifiers Third Round - Australia V Saudi Arabia/China

[Carbine Chaos]

Two players didn’t even want it there in the box.

This is dismal.

 

[Munga]

The most one-dimensional match I've seen from us

 

[Carbine Chaos]

And Sainsbury has been woeful.

 

[omgfridge]

Super hoof cross to the opposition there Irvine....

Karacic shits on Grant btw

 

[giggler99]

Two players didn’t even want it there in the box.

This is dismal.

just horrible.
nobody wants to take the game on and shot!

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Degenek you utter gimp, get up.

 

[jhong]

Game descends into farce

 

[FreoRicci]

Embarrassing. Absolutely embarrassing. 2 from 9 last three games.
Better hope Oman holds Japan. Not going to qualify second in the group.This is what you get for rehiring an absolute dinosaur of the game. Couldn’t do it with such a talented squad in 2007. * off Arnold

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Pathetic performance. Pathetic tactics. Pathetic result.

 

[giggler99]

ffs embarrassing second half, game on the line and not one shot at goal!

Arnold out!

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Lol @ a 34 year old striker with 1 international goal being brought on late to save us. Are our stocks really that thin?

 

[lewdogs]

Substitutions a disaster again.

 

[FreoRicci]

Arnold playing favourites with Grant, who can’t defend nor cross, Sainsbury who’s playing for a farm league ahead of Degenek, who only played due to Souttar out.
Irvine has been woeful last three games.
Arnold doesn’t deserve a World Cup squad, if we get through.

 

[jhong]

One match closer to Arnold pissing off .

 

[FreoRicci]

Substitutions a disaster again.

Maclaren should’ve started with Duke. Leckie wasn’t impactful whatsoever.
So bland against Japan onwards.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Irvine was terrible.

 

[FreoRicci]

Japan just scored. Australia down to third

 

[And_ROOS]

We all saw Arnold tactically shits the bed when they signed him In 07 and in the A League, staggered they went ahead with it. Second spot should have been just about sealed and instead we did a massive bottle job in Japan, didn't punish the Saudis when we were all over them, and now salvage a point against China?

Surely you sack Graham now and give a new manager the time between now and the next break to get this campaign back on track before Arnold bungles it and we miss out.

 

[Leon]

The penalty was harsh, but they do generally give them don’t they?

Wasn‘t our penalty against Denmark at the World Cup virtually the same?

Disappointing result but I’m just fairly resigned to the fact that we’re just not very good.

I’m expecting we’ll need to qualify through the playoffs again.

 

[Leon]

The aussies are about as inspiring as this commemtator

Who the hell was that guy?


Where was Simon Hill?

 

[HODGEYROAD]

So it seems we'll have to qualify that hard way again just like 4 years ago when we beat Syria and Honduras via playoffs. Tbh I'm not shocked the squad is garbage.

 

[SunshineBoy]

just horrible.
nobody wants to take the game on and shot!

Risk averse manager

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Terrible squad, terrible manager, terrible tactics.

 

[juss]

I haven't seen the scores and didn't watch the game, but let me guess, defensively stout largely due to crap opposition, but completely incompetent in attack? I'm thinking controlled the midfield but no one had a clue or did anything meaningful in the final third.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

FFA needs to bite the bullet and sack him now before it’s too late. There is no way we are getting 6 points against Japan and the Saudis (away) to directly qualify with the pathetic tactics we are using.

imagine doing opposition analysis on us, would take all of 10 seconds. Yeah, it’s not the golden generation but we have enough talent to beating China comfortably.