2026 World Cup Squad

[grazorblade]

over a year old, he has improved a bit since then

 

[Quicky]

Im actually worried i cant remember what was private and what made the pod . I think im just rehashing public stuff said on the pod tho

I remember hearing it on the pod so don't stress.

 

[Quicky]

So does this make the segecic defection not matter much

Our best attacking mids slash wingers slash inside forwards from that generation are

1. Volpato
2. Irankunda

Then a log jam in third between kuol, pearman, segecic, chipperfield, robertson*, bennie, younis and taylor

There is no gaurantee segecic makes our team in 2030

*a 10 in a 433

No. Segecic as depth for impact is still a huge loss.

 

[grazorblade]

No. Segecic as depth for impact is still a huge loss.

it depends how the others turn out

I'm expecting bennie and kuol to peak higher, but sega's goal haul at his age is very impressive

 

[tsf]

Some context for roughly where volpato rates comparing him to bresiano at the same age

Player	Bresciano	Volpato
Total number of Seri A minutes as a u23	954	1956
Total number of Seri A minutes in current season as a u23	954	1064
Number of Goals+Assists in Seria A by u23	0	10
Seri A sides finishing position as u23	5	11
total number of european goals and assists by u23	20	21
Total european minutes by u23	7876	3311

Also note the context that Volpato's rival in club land is 27 capped italian international berradi who gets a goal contribution every 100 minutes this season. I've watched a lot of both of them and rate volpato roughly similar, maybe slightly better than bresciano

Top post.

But bresc had different equalities too that don’t always come up in stats like this.

But this is a great post nonetheless.

 

[Quicky]

Give it another 2-3 years and Toure might be the backup.

I agree, take Arena to the WC now.

Or we could play 2 strikers. Wild I know.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

It'll probably be someone like Mabil who hadn't played under Popovic until the FIFA series.

Awer Mabil ranks better in chance creation and has twice as many big chances created compared to Volpato so should still make the playing list as a differential option though.

 

[Quicky]

Awer Mabil ranks better in chance creation and has twice as many big chances created compared to Volpato so should still make the playing list as a differential option though.

Serie A >>>>>>>>>> Segunda Division

 

[patjennings]

TBH Arena as the third striker and Overy as a RWB and dropping a CB works for me.

 

[Pub League Champion]

Or we could play 2 strikers. Wild I know.

3-4-1-2 with Bos and Irankunda on the wings and McGree and Volpato fighting over the No.10. Don’t think I haven’t thought about that.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Serie A >>>>>>>>>> Segunda Division

That's fair but we also need to take into account that Awer Mabil has been getting more consistent game time at CD Castellon than Volpato has at Sassuolo over the course of this season.

 

[grazorblade]

His wagon wheel for those who are curious what sort of player he is (wyscout counts injury time minutes whereas transfermarkt doesn't which is why there is a slight discrepency)

 

[Pub League Champion]

Thats bad but still means we have another golden generation quality player come 2030

What thread was your ELO comparison in again? Have to redo it now

 

[Quicky]

3-4-1-2 with Bos and Irankunda on the wings and McGree and Volpato fighting over the No.10. Don’t think I haven’t thought about that.

 

[switters]

Well at least one Italian is going to the world cup.

 

[grazorblade]

What thread was your ELO comparison in again? Have to redo it now

haha start a new one if you wish

 

[Pasquali]

It came up on my feed and I thought it was a meme page and it said Football Australia

 

[grazorblade]

It came up on my feed and I thought it was a meme page and it said Football Australia

might have to update the table i made a couple of days ago haha

this squad is now the best since 2010, and really only just behind

 

[Quicky]

3-4-1-2 with Bos and Irankunda on the wings and McGree and Volpato fighting over the No.10. Don’t think I haven’t thought about that.

But seriously imagine Postecoglou managing that line up.

 

[JS96]

It came up on my feed and I thought it was a meme page and it said Football Australia

My brain couldn't even read or see that I just thought 'oh no, is Bos injured?'

Hate how my feed loads the big new Roos news upon opening and it's always something big