And now, to the future.........

We were really good in the first half, surprisingley very good considering how shite that squad on a whole is. They ran out of steam in the second half which is understandable considering they've been in off-season for 2 months now.

But we didn't really see much else that we didn't already know(apart from the fact that they did show they can play some nice football), Nichols, Cernak and maybe Bozanic are the only dead certs that I can see still playing a big part once the overseas boys and the U20s are thrown into the mix.

Speaking of Nichols, ******** me, he was everywhere. Never seen a guy cover as much ground as him, let alone a fat bastard like Nichols. The Olyroos are going to really need his work rate and his guile moving forward.

Great as it'd be for Mark it would be something of an indictment if Federici, Langerak, Jones etc can't displace him by then.

I guess this goes here:

Holger's Special Summer Camp For Potential Call-Ups, U23 Talent... And Archie Thompson

Full list:

Terry ANTONIS,
Aziz BEHICH,
Luke BRATTAN,
Zenon CARAVELLA,
Ivan FRANJIC,
Sam GALLAGHER
Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk),
Antony GOLEC,
Rostyn GRIFFITHS,
Ryan GRIFFITHS,
Ben HALLORAN,
Brendan HAMILL,
Jason HOFFMAN
James JEGGO,
Ben KANTAROVSKI,
Adrian LEIJER,
Bradley McDONALD,
Tahj MINNIECON,
Mitchell NICHOLS,
Erik PAARTALU
Dimitri PETRATOS,
Joshua RISDON,
Joshua ROSE,
Mathew RYAN (gk),
Milan SUSAK,
Matthew SMITH,
Adam TAGGART
Michael THEOKLITOS (gk),
Archie THOMPSON,
Michael Twat,
David WILLIAMS

good to see archie thompson in there. that kid could be awesome one day!

The kid could try his luck in Europe one day, mabye at a dutch club to develop his game

Cruel article now.

Sarota got a call-up but no Zullo and we're back to Carney and North. Not great news.

When you consider the u23s are almost certainly not going to London and the failure at Colombia it's been a bleak period for a promising generation.

He really can't be ignored any longer. A squad call-up at least.