The Socceroos thread.

[marinermick]

First, let me say I have no confidence that we will win against Peru. However, if we do I can't see FA dropping him for the tournament.

That’s well and good but we will have either Atkinson or Grant marking Mbappe if we qualify. Probably best we don’t.

 

[FFC Mariner]

The worst thing about jagging win over Peru is that the Arnold era doesnt end. Youth wont get a chance and the renewal wont happen with him there

 

[sydmariner]

 

[Wombat]

The worst thing about jagging win over Peru is that the Arnold era doesnt end. Youth wont get a chance and the renewal wont happen with him there

Did Arnold shag your Mrs? ....or your Dog?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Did Arnold shag your Mrs? ....or your Dog?

No - seen too much of his dire shit (usually in the rain at a cold homebush) Football has moved on. Coaches like Muscat, Monty and Aloisi leave him for dead and he needs to go.

 

[sydmariner]

no taggert for the peru game.

 

[Wombat]

no taggert for the peru game.

Bonus. Great at A league level. Not international class.

 

[BrisRecky]

Im with FFC , if, and I say, if we jag a win over Peru , its gonna be yet more of Arnie and his pick and stick team picking...i mean c'mon, for example, that drongo Mooy has been unemployed for most of this WC campaign , how the f**k do you get picked "on form" if you dont have a contract anywhere?

 

[Ozhammer]

Dunno about anybody else …but my replay got to just after half time and changed into a Paw Patrol episode …PARAMOUNT , YOU f**kED UP , TOSSED UP, NEVER COME DOWN USELESS MOTHERf**kERS …the sooner you lose football rights the f**king better

Am I sensing you are not a Paw Patrol fan Recky?

 

[Ben10]

I'd rather be at a world cup with Arnold than not at all.

This World Cup could be prime for some upsets, not many players have played in Qatar before, could be be time for some Asian nations to shine.

 

[Tevor]

I'd rather be at a world cup with Arnold than not at all.

This World Cup could be prime for some upsets, not many players have played in Qatar before, could be be time for some Asian nations to shine.

This where Peru will struggle I feel, Doha has been like a home away from home for us. Peru would not have played a lot of games in the middle east.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Stadium is fully air-conditioned I think

 

[true believer]

Bonus. Great at A league level. Not international class.

cummings sitting on terrigal beach with garang . no f'king brainer

 

[ryan]

The worst thing about jagging win over Peru is that the Arnold era doesnt end. Youth wont get a chance and the renewal wont happen with him there

I'd still rather be at the World Cup than not

 

[Big Al]

I'd still rather be at the World Cup than not

Exactly and you don’t throw the youth in at a world cup no matter the hate for Arnie.
You take a few for the experience and the training but you don’t blood more than 1 or 2.

Arnie will be gone after the World Cup and the next coach should be tasked with changing the squad

As much as Arnie has been dire and his selections puzzling if he gets us there he deserves to coach at it. The top 3 in our group were strong it was how we blew the lead over Japan after there bad start that has everyone frustrated with him.

 

[sydmariner]

his contract expires after the peru game so is it renewing.

 

[FFC Mariner]

his contract expires after the peru game so is it renewing.

You would imagine not but...
Exciting opportunity for someone. Few decent players in their mid 20's and a decent crop of youngsters to blood.
Need to change the utterly sterile rubbish he coaches.
When you have the best players it doesn't matter how you play. Everywhere he has been where he didn't have the best squad he failed
Miserably

 

[booney]

On paper the Mariners squad he assembled during his tenure here would not have been regarded as the best squad in the A-League at the time.That he managed to take it to the Roar with his squad was an achievement which demonstrates he was a talented coach.He also gave starts to Ryan,Amini,Ibini,Rogic and Sainsbury. The contrast in styles between the Roar and CCM made for fascinating viewing.Also I always felt that Roar and Ange having Broich as the cornerstone of their team gave them the advantage.

At Sydney he did have an excellent and very experienced squad and he coached them to make use of their strengths.

I do concede that Postecoglu is the gold standard for Australian coaches but the last WC qualification under him was a very close thing.This was a reflection of a fall in the standard of
our playing stocks

Arnie's selections and use of subs has been very been questionable at times in this WC campaign but the fact players such as Mooy,Rogic,Leckie and MacLaren have been unavailable in this final round of qualifiers has handicapped the team and Arnie's tactics.

He has been criticised for not giving younger players a go.Under his reign Mabil,Deng,McGree,Hrustic,Genreau,Devlin,Stensness,Karacic,Atkinson,King,Rowles and Tilio have received caps.He also scouted and picked Boyle and Souttar.

If we do manage to get past Peru he should be given a short term contact for the finals and then be put to pasture.

TBH I did not think he was a great player for the Socceroos though he always played with heart and passion but do rate him more highly as a coach.

 

[FFC Mariner]

There is a little bit of me thinking.
What if?
They could nick this
It's the hope that kills you

 

[sydmariner]