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Michael wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:07 pm If that's the next gen of Aussie players, its going to be a lonnnnnng time till Australia makes another world cup!


Only players worth a sniff is Goodwin, Gauci, Borrello & Bos!

Michael wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:07 pm If that's the next gen of Aussie players, its going to be a lonnnnnng time till Australia makes another world cup!


Only players worth a sniff is Goodwin, Gauci, Borrello & Bos!

God is an Englishman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:22 pm Did you actually play the same team twice in 5 days?

Con M wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:54 pm

God is an Englishman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:22 pm Did you actually play the same team twice in 5 days?

Hey GIsn’tAE, please clarify your question - do you mean Straya’s team lineup or whether Straya played Ecuador twice?

If it’s the first, no - Arnold did not play the same team lineup twice as he wanted to give more of the squad playing time against a pretty handy opponent.
In Europe and Africa most nations had two games over this weekend set aside for qualifiers. Others with byes played friendlies as did Straya. It made sense to play Ecuador twice who had to travel to the distant land-down-under. Ecuador’s formal qualifiers don’t start ‘til later this year.

If it’s the second, then yeah they played the same team (Ecuador) twice - once in each big city of Sydney & Melbourne to welcome home the squad after a reasonable performance in the World Cup where they only lost 1-2 to Argentina the eventual Cup winners after giving them a scare in the last 15 minutes of their game.

ps, not intruding but how did you spend Tuesday night? Watching Yankee movies, reading or streaming reruns of “Leave it to Beaver” as probably the resurrected unbanned zzzzz did or it’s mates Not Nice Cyril, Vanilla “molten Icecream” Vanilla, Victor “grumpy” Meldrew and surprisingly even the silent Bomber?

God is an Englishman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:19 pm

Con M wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:54 pm

God is an Englishman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:22 pm Did you actually play the same team twice in 5 days?

Hey GIsn’tAE, please clarify your question - do you mean Straya’s team lineup or whether Straya played Ecuador twice?

If it’s the first, no - Arnold did not play the same team lineup twice as he wanted to give more of the squad playing time against a pretty handy opponent.
In Europe and Africa most nations had two games over this weekend set aside for qualifiers. Others with byes played friendlies as did Straya. It made sense to play Ecuador twice who had to travel to the distant land-down-under. Ecuador’s formal qualifiers don’t start ‘til later this year.

If it’s the second, then yeah they played the same team (Ecuador) twice - once in each big city of Sydney & Melbourne to welcome home the squad after a reasonable performance in the World Cup where they only lost 1-2 to Argentina the eventual Cup winners after giving them a scare in the last 15 minutes of their game.

ps, not intruding but how did you spend Tuesday night? Watching Yankee movies, reading or streaming reruns of “Leave it to Beaver” as probably the resurrected unbanned zzzzz did or it’s mates Not Nice Cyril, Vanilla “molten Icecream” Vanilla, Victor “grumpy” Meldrew and surprisingly even the silent Bomber?

I was asking if you played Ecuador twice.

I was at football training.

Con M wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:27 pm

God is an Englishman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:19 pm

Con M wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:54 pm

God is an Englishman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:22 pm Did you actually play the same team twice in 5 days?

Hey GIsn’tAE, please clarify your question - do you mean Straya’s team lineup or whether Straya played Ecuador twice?

If it’s the first, no - Arnold did not play the same team lineup twice as he wanted to give more of the squad playing time against a pretty handy opponent.
In Europe and Africa most nations had two games over this weekend set aside for qualifiers. Others with byes played friendlies as did Straya. It made sense to play Ecuador twice who had to travel to the distant land-down-under. Ecuador’s formal qualifiers don’t start ‘til later this year.

If it’s the second, then yeah they played the same team (Ecuador) twice - once in each big city of Sydney & Melbourne to welcome home the squad after a reasonable performance in the World Cup where they only lost 1-2 to Argentina the eventual Cup winners after giving them a scare in the last 15 minutes of their game.

ps, not intruding but how did you spend Tuesday night? Watching Yankee movies, reading or streaming reruns of “Leave it to Beaver” as probably the resurrected unbanned zzzzz did or it’s mates Not Nice Cyril, Vanilla “molten Icecream” Vanilla, Victor “grumpy” Meldrew and surprisingly even the silent Bomber?

I was asking if you played Ecuador twice.

I was at football training.

Please see aforementioned reasons/logic for playing that South American Nation twice on this international weekend.

Training? You’re excused. Did it finish by 8pm-ish? In your Clubrooms, was the TV tuned to the second half of this Country’s game v. Ecuador? Or did you blokes head to the nearest pub which probably had AFL reruns on a constant loop?

Rookie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:29 pm

Michael wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:07 pm If that's the next gen of Aussie players, its going to be a lonnnnnng time till Australia makes another world cup!


Only players worth a sniff is Goodwin, Gauci, Borrello & Bos!

you are joking right

Con M wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:52 am Looks like Riley McGree will be in the starting lineup.

Good to see a backpage pic of eight Socceroos who currently call, or have previously called Adelaide home. Goodwin, Gauci, McGree, Strain, Borrello, Deng, Irankunda and Young Australian Of The Year Awer Mabil.

N5 1BH wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:48 pm

Con M wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:52 am Looks like Riley McGree will be in the starting lineup.

Good to see a backpage pic of eight Socceroos who currently call, or have previously called Adelaide home. Goodwin, Gauci, McGree, Strain, Borrello, Deng, Irankunda and Young Australian Of The Year Awer Mabil.

Am I right in thinking Goodwin, McGree & Mabil, 3 of the better Australian players in the team, all started in E&D. If so does that mean E&D contributed more to the Aussie national team than all the expensive bells and whistles inner city NPL clubs put together ?

Come to think of it apart from Gauci (NZ?) didn’t all of the rest also start in the working class northern districts ?