Socceroos vs USA 2026 World Cup match thread 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[Ange's high line]

it was A league plodders versus euro based stars. When you can’t even get the basics right, ie team selection, the tactics are irrelevant.

Popa did himself as well as Australia a big disservice with this match, not enough emphasis on attack in the first half, again another slow start unfortunately.
The likes of Ksnorbo, Aloisi or Corica are more balanced with attack and defence.
Ange did the opposite by not regarding defence and set pieces as important enough to spend more time on.
He's not getting work at those levels as he is not trustworthy enough to hire, is the vibe I'm getting. He's too invested in the Puskas style of just attack to be trusted.

 

[kiro kompiro]

Despite it all the US scored off an own goal and a dubious off-side call.

Maybe Popa's plans was to see out the first half and then go at them in the second.

In any case I think we're better when we come out to play from the off, rather than when we chase a result, or expect to flick a switch in the second half. I'd rather we score first and score early.

 

[kiro kompiro]

Popa did himself as well as Australia a big disservice with this match, not enough emphasis on attack in the first half, again another slow start unfortunately.
The likes of Ksnorbo, Aloisi or Corica are more balanced with attack and defence.
Ange did the opposite by not regarding defence and set pieces as important enough to spend more time on.
He's not getting work at those levels as he is not trustworthy enough to hire, is the vibe I'm getting. He's too invested in the Puskas style of just attack to be trusted.

I don't want Postecoglou managing our NT again. I think he'd be even worse now with his bigger profile as the oppo managers know his way of playing very well and how to counter it.

 

[LFC]

Yer Ange is too one dimensional the opposite way to Popaball.

 

[verrelli]

Lucky that Balogun didn't score when he was clean through and bizarrely took too long to get his shot away. Could have looked even worse for Popa.

 

[NicCarBel]

Lucky that Balogun didn't score when he was clean through and bizarrely took too long to get his shot away. Could have looked even worse for Popa.

Is that the one when Circati chased down?

 

[verrelli]

Is that the one when Circati chased down?

Yup, that's the one. Balogun had so much time to hit the shot.