World Cup Qualification Thread for 2026 - Socceroos/Asia

[Lupi]

20 years of new dawn and this is the result

 

[West Adelaide Hellas]

Biggest game in years and I am struggling to stay awake.

 

[JS96]

FFS Boyle

Good we went long but the header down was bad. Long goal kicks can see the ball land in favour while playing out from the back is too risky.

 

[Quicky]

The Japanese press is first class. No one on any line is getting any time on the ball.

 

[Quicky]

Good we went long but the header down was bad. Long goal kicks can see the ball land in favour while playing out from the back is too risky.

Boyle needed to face forward and drive. Not sure what he was thinking but he's feeling the tight marker.

 

[Lupi]

not a single socceroos player has a first touch that can retain possession under a press

 

[Muz]

Looks like the WA papers were right to ignore this match. What a fucking joke we are. Have we made 3 consecutive passes yet? Have we been in their 18?

 

[highkick05]

Im confident we will fluke a result here but its embarassing that we cant touch the ball.

Very measured the boys. Starting to cave. I'm very surprised at how unphysical we are. Baffles

 

[Lupi]

I don't think 1 pass completed past halfway yet

 

[Quicky]

Its very annoying that even with such a lacklustre 11 we dont have guys like Toure, Irankunda, Triantis, Ballard as bench options. Surely they're better depth than Caceres, Duke et al.

 

[Muz]

If they're waiting for Japan to stop pressing they'll be waiting for a long time.

 

[JS96]

It's France 2018 shit again. Back to goal. Hopeless distant passing.

 

[highkick05]

Fuck sake where's Mooy

 

[Muz]

Its very annoying that even with such a lacklustre 11 we dont have guys like Toure, Irankunda, Triantis, Ballard as bench options. Surely they're better depth than Caceres, Duke et al.

I hear ya but they wouldn't get the ball anyway. Boyle's touched it once and half an hour is gone.

 

[derider]

It's France 2018 shit again. Back to goal. Hopeless distant passing.

This is much worse. We didn’t need to win that one.

 

[JS96]

Getting a whiff....

 

[Lupi]

This is much worse. We didn’t need to win that one.

and it was France, not a 4th string Japanese team

 

[derider]

Getting a whiff....

Not really.

 

[jas88]

behich is getting smashed... in what world does poppa think the same doesn't happen to arzani and tilio? at least bennie and nestory would be half a chance of winning headers or second balls.

 

[Muz]

Can't pass, can't control, can't win a ball. Farrrrkkkkk.