To be fair Football Australia are also partly to blame for the Adrian Segecic debacle because they gave Popovic free rein to pick the Socceroos playing list and the flawed selection policy contributed to us losing a promising dual international youth prospect.
They woulda been talking with each other about it for months. I doubt this was a last minute thing, I think it coincidentally coincided Riley McGree’s injury and was intended as a last-minute surprise to the fans and the media. The players might’ve even known.
Why weird? Gets them international level football. International travel will hold some excitement for young lads.
Serbia dropped people who protested against the government
The reason why Nikita Haikin (Bodø/Glimt’s goalie) ever get called up to Russia’s squad despite being a good keeper is because he spoke up about Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship and the illegal invasion of Ukraine. He’s now committing to play for Norway as he’s a Norwegian citizen (making him a quadruple citizen of Israel, Norway, Russia and the UK), having applied to FIFA asking to switch to Norway but having been rejected because of a gameless spell at Bristol City in 2023 (he has to spend five straight years living in Norway and has only been there for three straight years). He’ll be 32 when he can finally play for Norway.
They should be part of the Young Roos squad, especially Lacey but I wish them all the best.
My preferred starting midfield from early qualification. Imagine that pairing with 10-15 games together.
Came on at the hour mark,... did OK but sting had been taken out of attack by then... he is being spoken of with great enthusiasm in Greece.
the saviours of Australian football, a player in the MLS & a League one player. Give me Volpato anytime.
He’s a Championship player now.
Even though Alex Robertson has been promoted to the Championship with Cardiff City he hasn't actually managed to get game time at that level yet.
Yeah, your probably right. Herrington, O'Neil and Trewin are the MLS saviours of football, we don't need any others.
