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

[Burtonsgottago]

He cleared through like 4 players there, what a goal.

It’s called talent

 

[juss]

Can we * off Arnold yet? There's enough time to bring in anyone else and they could not do any worse.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Their coach won the points with the subs

 

[dwwaino]

I occasionally watch EFL 2 highlight packages on BeIN and see more attacking instinct than anything Australia on whole has to offer. The state of everything Australian football is rubbish.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

He cleared through like 4 players there, what a goal.

They were gassed. The scorer was the sub with fresh legs. Completely on Arnold for mismanaging this team.

 

[Munga]

Get farked, Arnold. This is on your head. Taken to school by a better coach.

All too late sacking him now, damage has been done.

Is there no one better available? WTF are we waiting for?

 

[NYRB]

with those cross bars, Japan scoreline was deceiving.

Could have easily been 4-0 or 5-0 for me.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

All too late sacking him now, damage has been done.

Is there no one better available? WTF are we waiting for?

A decent striker?

 

[GreekLunatic]

I hope bosnich bags Arnold well said Archie

 

[Munga]

Great to see Japan not diving all night like other nations. Respect

 

[Punt Road Feral]

Archie Thompson nails it.

Japan far too good and we barely landed a punch.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Shocking keeping there by Ryan. Classic the commentators don't blame him, though it didn't matter anyway.

I don't think you can really blame the forwards either for not scoring. Midfield especially out wide is non existent. Forwards never have a chance other than 1 or 2 per game which is no where near enough. 1 goal in 3 games vs Japan and Saudi Arabia and it was a set piece.....

 

[Kuuz]

I mean, on paper, Japan has a far better team - players and coach.

Quality of Socceroos from top to bottom is a bit embarassing compared to the golden generation. Need a bit of a reset now and to blood youth. Arnold has failed too many times to be a good coach to take us forward.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Arnold a pleb, nsw boys club have only themselves to blame

 

[Munga]

It’s called talent

True that. We're another generation away from anything decent coming through.

Where's the talent??

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Imagine thinking someone who has played games for Roma wouldn't be ready for a game like tonight. Volpato may not have made the difference but the squad picked for this game was just not good enough.

 

[Hawks1994]

I occasionally watch EFL 2 highlight packages on BeIN and see more attacking instinct than anything Australia on whole has to offer. The state of everything Australian football is rubbish.

I watch Irish second division highlights for a team I follow, and you see better attacking structure from them. And they're a semi-professional club!

 

[krakouers]

I mean, on paper, Japan has a far better team - players and coach.

Quality of Socceroos from top to bottom is a bit embarassing compared to the golden generation. Need a bit of a reset now and to blood youth. Arnold has failed too many times to be a good coach to take us forward.

This…
Every day of the week

 

[GreekLunatic]

Funny Ange is flying with Celtic and this potato can’t win jack

 

[dwwaino]

I've nothing but admiration for Japan though. Love how they play compared to other AFC teams, great players with good attitudes. I was listening to Simon Hill about a month ago on the radio talk about how Japan overhauled their football system in the 90s and that's what we should be doing. They are the real kings of AFC.

 

[NYRB]

The positives from tonight, Australia still has a back door entry to the World Cup


I fancy them to knock over the other Asian team in the playoff.

Uruguay/Paraguay/Chile in 2 legs will be a different story though.

 

[charcoalchicken]

We hounded out Ange for Arnold. Only in Australia.

*nsw boys club

 

[dwwaino]

Archie - "you have to earn your spot"

Could apply this to the coach too.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Archie Thompson dribbling s**t. What the heck was he talking about, handing out caps like tic tac?

 

[Kuuz]

I've nothing but admiration for Japan though. Love how they play compared to other AFC teams, great players with good attitudes. I was listening to Simon Hill about a month ago on the radio talk about how Japan overhauled their football system in the 90s and that's what we should be doing. They are the real kings of AFC.

100%

They are churning out absolute quality - look at their starting lineup compared to ours. Starters in all top 5 leagues.

We can barely get one of our starting 11 on the field for a top 5 league nowadays. Our number 10 is barely used in Bundesliga. Theirs is a rotation for one of the best teams in the world.

The chasm between the two national sides is massive.