Adelaide for the Saudi game: http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...a/news-story/a73def58d9343cb72ccf2c328423db8e
A few bolters in the new squad! http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...d/news-story/7aae7d05e05e60e7bd04442bc728cbad
SOCCEROOS SQUAD TO FACE IRAQ, UAE FULL 30-MAN SQUAD BY POSITION GOALKEEPERS Mat Ryan (Genk, Belgium), Mitchell Langerak (Stuttgart, Germany), Danny Vukovic (Sydney FC) DEFENDERS Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC), Milos Degenek (Yokohama), Trent Sainsbury (Inter Milan, Italy), Rhys Williams (Perth Glory), Bailey Wright (Bristol City, England), Alex Gersbach (Rosenborg, Norway), Brad Smith (Bournemouth, England), Aziz Behich (Bursaspor) MIDFIELDERS Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa, England), Mark Milligan (Baniyas, UAE), Jackson Irvine (Burton, England), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield, England), James Jeggo (Sturm Graz), Mustafa Amini (AGF, Denmark), Riley McGree (Adelaide), Ryan Edwards (Patrick Thistle, Scotland), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar). Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers, England) ATTACKERS Tim Cahill (Melbourne City), Tomi Juric (FC Luzern, Switzerland), Mathew Leckie (FC Ingolstadt, Germany), Robbie Kruse (Liaoning Whowin, China), Nathan Burns (FC Tokyo, Japan), Awer Mabil (Esbjerg fB, Denmark), Chris Ikonomidis (AGF, Denmark), Craig Goodwin (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory)
GROUP B STANDINGS Saudi Arabia -- P 5, W 3, D 1, L 1, GD 4, Pts 10 Japan -- P 5, W 3, D 1, L 1, GD 3, Pts 10 Australia -- P 5, W 2, D 3, L 0, GD 3, Pts 9 UAE -- P 5, W 3, D 0, L 2, GD 1, Pts 9 Iraq -- P 5, W 1, D 0, L 4, GD -2, Pts 3 Thailand -- P 5, W 0, D 1, L 4, GD -9, Pts 1
AUSTRALIA'S REMAINING WORLD CUP QUALIFYING FIXTURES Iraq (A) March 23, 2017 United Arab Emirates (H) March 28, 2017 Saudi Arabia (H) June 8, 2017 Japan (A) August 31, 2017 Thailand (H) September 5, 2017
WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION - GROUP B Saudi Arabia: 6: 4-1-1 +7 13pts Japan 6: 4-1-1 +5 13pts Australia 6: 2-4-0 +3 10pts UAE 6: 3-0-3 -1 9pts Iraq 6: 1-1-4 -2 4pts Thailand 6: 0-1-5 -12 1pts AUSTRALIA’S FINAL QUALIFIERS v Saudi Arabia, June 8, Adelaide Oval v Japan, August 31, Saitama v Thailand, September 5, Home (Venue TBC)
One down- three to go. Although I do think even a draw with Japan may be enough to get us over the line.
It will guarantee us at least equal points with second but we may still miss out on goal difference (provided of course we pick up six points from the other two games)..
Kruse and Smith <_< No Gersbach, Grant or Goodwin >_> I think Hrustic is being called up now so we cap-tie him and keep Bosnia away.
Yep- what happened to his "must be playing" mantra? As much as I like Smith & Kruse, they don't have the legs for a 90 minute press.
Like? Kruse and Smith had little to no game time at Leverkusen and Bournemouth respectively. Kruse was last playing in China and played a couple games before being released; he should return to A-League IMO, while Smith should try his luck in The Championship a la Irvine, Mooy, Luongo and Wright. I reckon Rogic is too good for the Scottish league; he, too, should make a move to The Championship IMO.
After all 3 games in the Confederations Cup, and especially the Chile game, it's evident that we definitely don't need Jedinak or Smith. What shocked me most is that although Mooy and Rogic are two of our best players atm, benching them against Chile saw us play some of the best football in a while; we looked so much faster without Mooy and Rogic, it's a shame we couldn't score a second goal. Perhaps Ange should bench them again when we play Japan and Thailand. Furthermore, Kruse, Troisi and Milligan all need to find a club ASAP whether in Europe or A-League. Sainsbury should leave China as well IMO.
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It will be on Go. http://wwos.nine.com.au/2016/10/05/...vision-world-cup-qualifying-with-channel-nine
SOCCEROOS SQUAD NAME (CLUB/COUNTRY) CAPS (GOALS) GOALKEEPERS Mitchell Langerak (VfB Stuttgart, Germany) 8 (0) Mathew Ryan (Brighton & Hove Albion, England) 35 (0) Daniel Vukovic (KRC Genk, Belgium) — DEFENDERS Milos Degenek (Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan) 11 (0) Alex Gersbach (Rosenborg BK, Norway) 3 (0) Ryan McGowan (Guizhou Zhicheng, China) 20 (0) Trent Sainsbury (Jiangsu Suning, China) 27 (3) Brad Smith (Bournemouth, England) 15 (0) Matthew Spiranovic (Hangzhou Greentown, China) 34 (0) Bailey Wright (Bristol City, England) 18 (1) MIDFIELDERS Mustafa Amini (Aarhus Gymnastikforening, Denmark) 1 (0) Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion, England) 13 (1) Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers, England) 29 (5) Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory, Australia) 59 (6) Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town, England) 26 (5) Tom Rogic (Celtic, Scotland) 27 (7) James Troisi (Melbourne Victory, Australia) 32 (5) ATTACKERS Tim Cahill (Melbourne City, Australia) 100 (48) Tomi Juric (FC Luzern, Switzerland) 26 (7) Robbie Kruse (VFL Bochum, Germany) 55 (4) Mathew Leckie (Hertha Berlin, Germany) 44 (5) Awer Mabil (Paços de Ferreira, Portugal) — Jamie Maclaren (SV Darmstadt 98, Germany) 4 (0)