I agree with the Teague comments. In addition, in the game against China he played a large part in allowing China their best chance on goal, which Ryan saved.

I don't think anyone here is annoyed Australia qualified, with or without their favourite players. I think we are all ecstatic that Australia has qualified. We are all football fans, so we are all going to have different opinions. Some players are always going to be perceived more negatively...

The legitimacy of coaches thought processes always get questioned! Most of these posts related to Nisbet are questioning coaches thought processes in relation to his height. I’m not saying it’s right, I’m saying it is apparent.

I wasn’t the one who said he was short. Decentric said he was a shorter player, so I was using his height as a comparison to Nisbet.

Not sure what this adds to the discussion.

I’m not validating the idea that Maradona wouldn’t have made it today. Maradona would obviously have been a superb player in any era, irrespective of his height. I’m using Maradona as a height comparison, in that Nisbet compared to his peer group looks shorter than Maradona compared to his peer...

I’m certainly not disputing that shorter players are not as good as taller players. The fact is though that Nisbet is super-short, and I suspect that is a factor in a lot of coaches thinking. As an example, Decentric quoted Valadon as an example of a short player. Wikipedia has Valadon as 1.77 m...

Unfortunately I think the height issue does enter into a lot of coaches thinking. You can argue that it shouldn’t, but I’m sure it does. One other thing to consider is that while Nisbet might only be an inch or two shorter than Maradona, in the 30-40 years since Maradona played I suspect the...

I've got to be honest, I had to google as well to make sure it was the word I was after!

In general I agree with you. However when someone frequently uses grandiloquent words to communicate on a recreational forum, then in my opinion they have forfeited the option to use poor grammar and spelling.

Quotes Craig Kelly!!! That says it all!

Are you not aware of Google. Hint - try searching “cricket scores”.

I assumed JS96 was talking about the European Nations League, not the European Championship (Euros).

Humour, sarcasm, irony - they’re all beyond him.

Your guess is wrong. He arrived in Saudi at the same time as everyone else.

Here, here!!! But one must use the correct word, not an incorrect word which is a homophone of the correct word 😉.

Wow, that pitch looks a bit of cow paddock!

Yeah, I know what elucidate means, it just read a bit strangely in your sentence. Regarding keyboard warriors, with todays technology allowing anyone to air their opinion relatively broadly, I think that a national sports team and coaches just need to ignore any vituperative comments.

The comment about ball retention and distribution is spot on. They are core skills for holding midfielders. Ball winning is one thing, but if it is immediately given away then that’s not good.

Here here! Are you calling your dog? I think you mean hear hear! And “elucidates”???