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♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ Australia U17/U20/U23 National Team Tournaments & Discussion Thread ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛

Quick glace a very familiar bunch. Some U20 promotions.

Any coups or glaring omissions?
 
Ah Overy is in. I really like that.

Blair hasn't featured for Perth is months but is fit and OK for this? Our youth squads often show 2 or 4 more A League clubs would be fine given the number of players not getting time, 5-6 imports who'd like an Aussie gig and then the big NPL batch who are decent players.
 
JS96 said:
Going to be dire under Vidmar you'd think so this should be his last round. Morgan should be next or maybe an interesting foreigner. We're getting older as coaches are getting younger. Maybe someone around mid 30s with some modern ideas.
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can morgan handle u20 and u23?
 
AUFC_Fan said:
Btw according to Cornthwaite, Kikianis was available for selection but he as overlooked for the coaches son who plays NPL and trialed unsuccessfully at Kikianis’ club side.

As an Adelaide fan, I’m happy that we get to keep Pana but the nepotism is crazy.
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Is literally anyone ever going to call out Kane Vidmar continuously being picked for these squads?

He was already undeserving as a benchy in the A-League during previous squads, but now that he’s a genuine NPL player it’s insulting to the integrity of FA.

Really wish the likes of Rugari or Joey Lynch would have the confidence to call this stuff out and ask FA for an explanation on how this level of corruption / nepotism is allowed.
 
Bowden said:
Is literally anyone ever going to call out Kane Vidmar continuously being picked for these squads?

He was already undeserving as a benchy in the A-League during previous squads, but now that he’s a genuine NPL player it’s insulting to the integrity of FA.

Really wish the likes of Rugari or Joey Lynch would have the confidence to call this stuff out and ask FA for an explanation on how this level of corruption / nepotism is allowed.
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I would have Antonio Arena in there over Kane Vidmar. He plays for Roma's academy and he's only 16. He's played as a youth international for Australia and Italy. Cristian Volpato also went through Roma's academy and played for Italy as a youth international so we can't make the same mistakes with Antonio as we did with Cristian.
 
AUFC_Fan said:
A lot of players not being released by the clubs.

Caputo, Bozinovski and Pantazopoulos were all reported to have been called op but not released and I’m sure there’s a lot of others.
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I've been thinking about this lately.

These days in the A-League, why do we have international breaks for Socceroos but not for underage? We're probably losing more starting A-League players to underage tournaments than to Socceroos! I don't know the numbers, but it feels a bit backwards in our current climate.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
I would have Antonio Arena in there over Kane Vidmar. He plays for Roma's academy and he's only 16. He's played as a youth international for Australia and Italy. Cristian Volpato also went through Roma's academy and played for Italy as a youth international so we can't make the same mistakes with Antonio as we did with Cristian.
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I agree with your sentiment but if you are talking about him being selected (instead of Kane Vidmar) for this upcoming U23 Asian Cup, it was not possible as he is not yet eligible to represent Australia.

His sporting nationality is tied to Italy and he can only represent Australia if he requests, and is granted, a Change of Association. At this point in time, with the squad just announced, he has not made such a request.

Looking further ahead, from everything I have read about him and from his playing career so far, I very much doubt that he is interested in representing Australia at Youth level. I think that, like Volpato, he will wait until, or if, it becomes apparent that he is unlikely to ever receive a senior call up to Italy. Only then, in my thinking, will he (or Volpato) become more likely to request a Change of Association to Australia. Until either of them makes that change, we (Australia) can't select them for any of our teams at any level, including for Friendlies.
 
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