Japan coasting at 5-0 now! Seems we might have poked the bear!

Hard to keep track of all these under-age matches. Which age group was this and who scored?

Surprised Peppa Pig didn't rate more highly. Top show that one. Apparently Mr Bull is a massive West Ham supporter. Never misses a game. Thanks for sharing.

I've gotta say though what a nice change it is to play against a side that shows some honour and respect, and don't simulate injuries like the Middle East teams do constantly.

Wouldn't we still finish ahead on goals scored (AUS 19-15 versus Saudi 15-11)? Equal on points and GD.

There may be more talent coming through but we're not exactly Brazil, so I'd argue that until the day that we are, we need to be taking every step possible to secure promising and talented dual nationals. In fact, even the best of the best are always on the lookout for dual nationals that can...

Earlier reports on one of the threads are that the AFC have predictably selected Saudi and Qatar to be hosts of those play-off matches. Can't imagine it was an open process. That's what I was alluding to sorry. Clearly Saudi and Qatar expect to be in that 3rd/4th spot, so would love if Saudi...

That's precisely my point.

Hopefully the boys rise to the occasion to give him a win against Saudi in cap #100.

Now more than anything, I want to see Bahrain and Australia get wins against Saudi and relegate them to 5th/6th so Saudi get to host Indonesia/Bahrain in the play-offs. Well done Aussies. Clearly second best tonight, and I'll maintain my contempt for Popa's selections whilst acknowledging that...

Sales of Circati Socceroos jerseys gonna go thru the roof! What a bloke.

In hindsight, I was a bit critic of Arnie, but one area where he did excel was in man management and proactively courting dual nationals. Popovic seems to be backward in both regards, which concerns me greatly. Let's not forget that we have Souttar and Boyle because Arnie got off his ass and...

Do we even know if this was even an open process and if other countries had the ability to or actually did submit a request to be host?

Sounds about right.

Not based on the treatment of other dual nationals.

Wondering how this team would fair against Popa's first 11? And I'll pre-empt team Popa from pointing out to me that the dual nationals have elected not to make themselves available for Australia by making the point that Popa has contributed to that situation by his specific actions or has...

I think for a period there he was well below his best, and I was one that felt he was no longer deserving of a spot in the squad. That said, I reckon he's had a really solid last 6 months, and I actually do think he's among our best options now in that spot on recent form.

Talking way too much sense and logic. Why on earth would you pick a 23 year old striker with 12 goals and 6 assists this season, when you could pick a 34 year old striker with 1 goal and 0 assists this season. Clearly Botic has peaked way too early, whereas Duke is well rested and timing his run...

Mitch Duke started 4 matches for entire season (381 total minutes including sub appearances), and has a total season tally of 1 goal. On what basis is he being selected?! Given that apart from Duke, there's only 2 players (Boyle and Taggart) in the 26 man squad who've scored more than 2 career...

I thought I recalled that to be the case but wasn't 100%. Thanks for confirming. Yup, makes it even worse! Greece will be rubbing their hands with glee. An insult after the season he's had when he's seeing guys like Brattan handed a start versus Japan.