Socceroos vs Cameroon/ Curaçao March 2026 🇦🇺🇨🇲🇨🇼

[grazorblade]

Doing something in training but doing nothing in matches is not a way to go forward.

I'm trying to remember some interview of a retired coach I heard about a player that kept wowing in training but not bringing it on the pitch and kept getting played as a result because he was head and shoulders above in training haha

who knows?

 

[Bbouy]

Boyle definitely should be on the fringes for this squad. He may make the 26 but he definitely isn't a starter and teetering on the edge. O'Neill similarly is more likely but I don't see how he is a sure starter, he sets us back quite a bit.

 

[JS96]

Mabil the highlight???

From the final 20min yes. Every transition he ran into space and moved up the line. He had many quick touches to share the ball. Some good through balls too. He ran wider to stretch the defence. Good tactical awareness.

 

[Quicky]

There were so many positives tonight.

We learned we have a starting quality CB in Herrington.

Italiano looks like a worthy replacement for Miller.

Irankunda can play CF and be dangerous for us.

 

[JS96]

Robertson either being saved or it's Popovic trolling for the games played earlier. He'll stuff Robertson around like Robertson stuffed Australia around for a time.

 

[JS96]

There were so many positives tonight.

We learned we have a starting quality CB in Herrington.

Italiano looks like a worthy replacement for Miller.

Irankunda can play CF and be dangerous for us.

I've only seen 20 of 90 but these things stood out for me too. I' not saying Mabil is a saviour but it was a positive return which keeps everyone honest.

 

[Bbouy]

Herrington was great though, massive props. 60/64 passes completed, no obvious mistakes. He makes it very interesting, not only for which centre-backs are on the plane but for who starts. Would like to see him play another 90 against Curacao.

 

[grazorblade]

Robertson either being saved or it's Popovic trolling for the games played earlier. He'll stuff Robertson around like Robertson stuffed Australia around for a time.

i wouldn't put it past Poppa

I wish he would lock a player in and then play games afterwards haha

 

[grazorblade]

There were so many positives tonight.

We learned we have a starting quality CB in Herrington.

Italiano looks like a worthy replacement for Miller.

Irankunda can play CF and be dangerous for us.

irankunda has vastly improved as a 9

that's pretty good news because unless arena declares for us there is a bit of a dropoff between toure and our next best young 9

 

[JS96]

Like Juric, Robertson to be given 45min in an unfamiliar system and role to then be thrown to the scrap heap. O'Neill FFS is just way too casual. I know he can do a tidy thing now and then but it's just so lame. We need to start Balard and Robertson together.

 

[JS96]

I'll have t check the build up but why was Bos so high up for the goal That's exactly how we can score.

 

[JS96]

Bigger picture needed. Can Irankunda please not run in added time only to get snapped from behind. No stupid shit for 8 weeks.

Is Metcalfe ok?

 

[grazorblade]

Like Juric, Robertson to be given 45min in an unfamiliar system and role to then be thrown to the scrap heap. O'Neill FFS is just way too casual. I know he can do a tidy thing now and then but it's just so lame. We need to start Balard and Robertson together.

at least if that happens he is locked in for 3 years i believe in fifa's rubix cube laws

then there is a chance robbo bangs the door down at club level without us losing him

 

[Quicky]

irankunda has vastly improved as a 9

that's pretty good news because unless arena declares for us there is a bit of a dropoff between toure and our next best young 9

I put Arena in my World Cup squad a few weeks back. We should offer him the opportunity to come and game time as a sub if he does.

 

[Keeper66]

From the final 20min yes. Every transition he ran into space and moved up the line. He had many quick touches to share the ball. Some good through balls too. He ran wider to stretch the defence. Good tactical awareness.

I thought he ran into space well as I mentioned earlier, but I thought he then let himself down quite a few times with his touch or pass.

 

[DandyCasey]

Juric pressed well, got very little service.
Metcalfe tried hard to progress the ball but was a liability giving away fouls, next up a sub who can plug multiple positions for mine.
O'Neill can be stagnant and frustrating, feel we have better options.
Boyle definitely made Mabil look good.
Herrington, what a player, felt supremely confident whenever he was near the ball.
Italiano put in a superb shift.

 

[JS96]

I'd love some metrics from player healthy data and interviews about how they're feeling with jetlag and the WC coming up. I'm asking how much the travel was a factor. Not looking for convenient excuses. The players know there's a massive tournament coming so no one wants to overdo it but you need to do well to get picked.

 

[JS96]

I thought he ran into space well as I mentioned earlier, but I thought he then let himself down quite a few times with his touch or pass.

I'll have another watch as I saw him doing rounded runs and mistouching things.

 

[JS96]

The kit is class. Really like it.

 

[JS96]

As much as Boyle is a great bloke he hasn't held up his end of the deal since the March window last year. Woeful since then. He's got to be cut.