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[rebelliousfeminist974]

I mean, it’s only Cambodia. But maybe he’s better than we thought?

We'll have to wait and see how Mitch Baker runs during the rest of Indonesia's campaign with matches against Timor-Leste, Vietnam and Singapore still to come but definitely he is showing lots of promise if he managed to score a hat-trick on international debut.

 

[HonestSpursFan]

Saw his goals, pretty good. He is a big lad!!

They’ll need one of those. Indonesians aren’t very tall but Aussies and the Dutch are.

I believe that locks him in for Indonesia now.

Does the ASEAN Championship do that? I thought he had to play three games in that or Asian/World Cup qualifiers, or a game in the Asian/World Cup.

 

[HonestSpursFan]

We'll have to wait and see how Mitch Baker runs during the rest of Indonesia's campaign with matches against Timor-Leste, Vietnam and Singapore still to come but definitely he is showing lots of promise if he managed to score a hat-trick on international debut.

Again still not a high level but we’ll see. We should send the Olyroos to this like how the U23 Tillies go to the women’s version (and won the last one).

 

[Alex M]

Yeah, but we exercised patience by first trying to cap him! He just happemed to say no before eventually conceding.

Had Soccer Australia even waited just a yr longer capping kewell and viduka after they did, im sure we'd have lost both of them.

Kewell hadn't played youth football so capping him tied him. Viduka was tied to us long before he made it big overseas as in those days youth tournaments tied you for life.

 

[BA81]

Again still not a high level but we’ll see. We should send the Olyroos to this like how the U23 Tillies go to the women’s version (and won the last one).

We’re definitely long overdue in participating in the ASEAN Cup; sending a home-based ‘Roos squad regardless of age-level seems the prudent thing to do.

 

[NicCarBel]

Saw his goals, pretty good. He is a big lad!! I believe that locks him in for Indonesia now.

The ASEAN Championship might not be an official competition for the purposes of locking a player in to an association though.

They’ll need one of those. Indonesians aren’t very tall but Aussies and the Dutch are.

Does the ASEAN Championship do that? I thought he had to play three games in that or Asian/World Cup qualifiers, or a game in the Asian/World Cup.

For a single cap to lock in from a tournament, needs to be the continental (Asian Cup) or World Cups.

I believe these would essentially be considered 'official competition matches' though, so 4 matches would lock him in (same as a WCQ)

The phrase “official competition” is defined in the FIFA Statutes as “a competition for representative teams organised by FIFA or any confederation”.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

I believe these would essentially be considered 'official competition matches' though, so 4 matches would lock him in (same as a WCQ)

I think it's three matches to lock a player to an association which would mean that if Mitch Baker starts every match for Indonesia during their ASEAN Championship campaign then he'd be locked in by the time they face Singapore on August 7th.

 

[NicCarBel]

I think it's three matches to lock a player to an association which would mean that if Mitch Baker starts every match for Indonesia during their ASEAN Championship campaign then he'd be locked in by the time they face Singapore on August 7th.

The terminology used is 'fielded in no more than three matches' - so I believe still eligible to switch at 3 matches, and then the 4th locks in