World Cup Qualification Thread for 2026 - Socceroos/Asia

[JS96]

Graham Arnold to Iraq is a done deal and former Jets head coach Rob Stanton will also be part of his coaching staff.

Heard Luke Wilkshire will assist.

Fact is Basra is very stable so I guess they'll operate from there and have high security.

 

[Barca4life]

Good luck to Arnie, it’s good he’s trying to test himself as he should because we want our best coaches to be successful overseas.

 

[mkxx]

Are there any articles or sources to gauge the discussion from the Japanese perspective?

Read it before last year someone post about Japan football news in Asean board (couldnt find it now) saying that Japan FA are not interested in this idea of AFC. 99.99% of Japanese fans are against it too in comments

 

[NicCarBel]

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Good

 

[JS96]

Photo of Arnold in Baghdad on social media doing the rounds.

 

[melbcityguy]

Photo of Arnold in Baghdad on social media doing the rounds.

What a time to be alive. I hope they do well I'd also like Jordan to qualify I guess there's positives with a expanded world cup