Hes dominated at 2 world cups now, has premier league experience on his cv and a previous big transfer fee. Thats enough for a lowly serie A side coach to give him an extended run of games and we all know harry is easily good enough for that level. Italian league suits a low block defender like...

Ukrainian league is very very low now on ELO (as you can imagine), on par with the Israeli league, below even Scotland. Unless he is playing for Shaktar or Dinamo and dominating he wont get called up.

His style would suit Italy very well. Better as a deep lying defender than in a high line. Lot of teams in Italy play 3 CBs with wingbacks.

Will be the last we ever see of him in a Socceroos shirt

Just checked ELO... Sporting are ranked a whopping 1848 which is the 11th highest club!!! Prob the highest of any australian playing regularly since at least Kruse at Leverkusen in 2013, and before that Kewell at Liverpool.

Yes most definitely is at least according to all league comparisons systems. Actually Sporting would probably be the highest ELO of any socceroo whose playing regularly. Dare say would be above Levante, Sassuolo, Troyes, the club Okon moved to (cant remember name).

6th after France. Looking at ELO theres a big gap between the top 5 and Portugal, but then a big gap between Portugal and 7th best league which for past few yrs has rotated between Netherlands, Austria and Belgian leagues, usually Netherlands though. Prior to 2022 the Russian and Ukrainian...

Everyone speaks English in Portugal. The government made English mandatory from first yr school onwards. Only the baby boomers dont speak it.

My new team i think if this happens

Still way lower than his true level. If not for injuries i genuinely feel he'd be at a top top club

Id say Serie B slightly higher than A league which id rate equivalent of top of league 1. Agree league 1 move is sideways. Id say serie B is bottom of Champ.

On transfermarkt hes listed as a CF. Played 21 games last yr at CF, scoring 6 goals and 4 assists. Right Winger only played 7 games, scoring 2, no assists. Attacking mid played 6 games, 2 goals, no assists. This season played a game each at CF, LW, LM, scoring 2 goals. If you ask AI this...

Serie C is BELOW A league level.

Commentator was saying Sapsford scored 11 goals last season. Is 185cm tall, surprised he didnt get the nod over T.Yengi. Only 23, should be looking to bring him into the socceroos to take a look at him.

Exactly. Guys like this and Liam Chipperfield whose played over 50 games in the Swiss league, should be getting capped. Even guys that arent dual nationals but have genuinely shown promise like Overy, Smyth, Peupion, Bennie and Matthews should be brought in.

So Noa Skoko just started and played 64 mins in Hadjuk Split's 2nd leg Eupopa league qualofying first rd. Starting such an important game for that level of club at the age he is, should really be looking to cap him.

Hopefully augers well for starting the season ahead. Only started 6 games last season

Needs to leave. Good enough to start in any big league other than maybe the prem, but id behind the star player in the Sassualo team

We should be capping him. Starting for in an important European game at that age for that level of club is a big deal.

Dear god we have a lot of players to follow. Previously the most players we had overseas was at the death of the NSL around 00-05, but id say we have even more now. And a lot of young ones too! Surely, like the GG, that will filter through to some of them making it into top leagues/clubs. I...

D Deepest weve ever been with wingers or at least since golden gen of Emerton, Kewell, Chippers, lazaridis, bresc (played winger back then), Sterjovski and holman. So much so that Teinert who played in the bundesliga and a lot Bundi 2 games, and Danny Invincible who starred in Scottish prem...

Only just realised that Cam Peupion's club ADO Den Haag have been promoted to the Eredivisie. Along with Kuol could be a bolter for Asian Cup

True i forgot about Kuol. Hopefully Kuol, Younis and Mcgree come in for Leckie (great before but past it) Nish, and one of Hrustic or Mabil. As solid as we were at the WC its clear we need better better technicians in the team.

Yeah ppl keep suggesting players that arent wingbacks, like Rowles and Farrell. The skillset for a wingback is totally different and is closer to a wide midfielder than a fullback given they are the players that are tasked with getting forward to supply the width in the attacking third in a...

Younis got a 'brilliant' assist for Brondby in their preseason friendly v OB. Scored 2 goals in their first pre season friendly. Looks like he will start a lot of games this yr at a club that finished 4th last season with shot at qualifying for european spots (top 3) after finishing 4th last yr.

No way in hell Rowles will be played wing back and in the event he was, that would be super defensive even by Popa's standards

Play metcalfe there given the plethora of Wingers we have

Great point.. its no coincedence that the GG came about during the time the NSL was dieing (98-04) and likewise this generation, with the A league struggling off the field since the Lowys were booted out

Bolter in the sense not in the national squad atm, but will force their way in. You get what i mean

In our system Farrell is better suited to LCB than LWB.

Not really.. europe has open borders so the German passport opens him up to a move anywhere in the EU

Josh Nisbets agent needs to be sacked whoever it is. Went to europe as a 2 time A league player of the season at age 24 and wound up a bottom of the table Ross County in the far north of scotland as a diminutive playingmaking attacking midfielder. Cannot possibly think of a worse move for him...

Check his progessive passing numbers this world cup. Got minutes in the premier league as a teenager and was captain of a larger european club in standard liege.. has pedigree

Exactly.. a 2 bit local league is kinda good for our national team as the best players all leave amd have to push themselves in overseas leagues, meanwhile we have more spots come up in the local league for youngsters, overall resulting in a much larger playing pool. It was these exact same...

2011 to 2013 was dire. The lost generation

Great shout, forgot about him. Ryan Teague another too

The last one weve had comparable to Arena as a talented prospect and out and out 9 in Serie A was Max Vieiri who was on books at Juventus for several yrs. Frequently loaned out to Serie B clubs where he did well

Theres a randon one ive never heard before. Was just thinking same thing. League wise i think equal, but club wise a step up.

Seems quite settled finally at his new club, the coach slowly worked him into the team last season. Big historic club too, playing in europe

So Younis returning to Brondby (a big club) after a good A league loan stint, and now starting in their ooening friendly got my thinking he could be the Aussies Abroad bolter this season and force his way into the Socceroos AC squad. Just hearing now about Luka Smyth whose scored 7 in 12 at...

See i disagree as both Volpato and Hrustic are those types of players (even if a bit taller). Non physical, technical ballers. Arzani was a favourite of Popa's previously just both him and Tilio rotted on the bench this season.

If Bos is out id probably play Metcalfe as the LWB. Especially with the glut of Inside forwards we now have with Volpato in and McGree hopefully fit by then, together with Irankunda and Hrustic.

As good as Irankunda and Volpato are, a fit McGree is still our best attacker and can play a full 90 minutes unlike the former 2. Id start McGree over Irankunda, bringing the latter on later. Shame Segecic defected as he would have been Volpatos backup.

This is why Luongo would have been perfect this world cup 9n thus system but alas was injured this yr.

Great news. Brondby are a big club. He could be the AA bolter this season!

Aus v Egypt Beach - 8. Outstanding throughout making 2 big saves. Positioning could perhaps been better for the goal which counted against him . Stupidly taken off for the cold Ryan, despite being taller and having an even larger wingspan. Circati - 7. Tidy in both possession and attack. Did...

Bos, Beach and Souttar (when fit) all good enough for the top leagues

Who id start .. Beach Circati Souttar Herrington Italiano ONeill Okon Bos Mcgree Toure Irankunda Bench.. Ryan; Miller, Geria, Burgess, Metcalfe; Devlin, Robertson; Volpato, Hrustic, Kuol; K Yengi.

In this system Irvine and Robertson are played in the CM positions, not the AMs/inside wingers. They can play it sure but Popa has only ever played the both of them as the DM/CMs

My feeling is that Hrustic was saved last as the decisive pen. Agree though him and Mabil should have gone first

Yep devlin should have got minutes over Irvine. Irvine, Behich, Leckie and Boyle should be moved on now and younger players picked between now and asian cup. If any of them are killing it around time for Asian cup then. Eh?? We play with 2 of them!! Irvine should be moved on now, hopefully...

Covers a LOT of ground. Always had amazing stamina. Defensively very good also. Has lost half a yard of pace though and a bit of agility. Still remember that winding run he made against Argentina last WC.

Volpato was said not to be fully fit at the start of the tournament. Him and Irankunda were always going to be coming off. And for all the ppl complaining about Toure not starting, it waa reported that he didnt pull up well after the US game. Thats why he didnt play the third match

Watching him live in the stadium the thing i find most impressive about him is his first touch. He cushions it down perfectly every time, then it sets him up to be well balanced for the pass.

Miller and Italiano are decent enough RWB options. As you pointed out we were just unlucky with injuries in that position. The positions we really lack in are CF and CM but especially CF. Only having a half fit Toure meant Irankunda had to play CF, meanwhile T Yengi is not up to it. Such a...

Look at a list of the US players and their clubs. It looks like our golden gen, each player at a top league or at a champions league club from a B tier league. They are ahead of us in terms of squad.

We have a good squad but Japan clear favourites

They do say theres 3 catergories of attributes to each player which is technical, physical and tactical. Both these guys excel tactically and physically.

Nathan burns was the same.

To add to that i think hes covered the most distance of any player this world cup. Much maligned player but been outstanding this world cup and isnt being given enough credit. Whilst Bos is our most exciting/talented player with highest ceiling, Souttar and ONeill have arguably been our best.

Been saying all tournament we should have picked Goodwin over Leckie. Goodwin wasnt fit but neither was leckie, but in Goodwins case hes 2 yrs younger and has a laser of a left boot on him. If we are chasing the game against a low block there are few better players in world football to throw on...

I forgot about Silvera. This must be the most depth weve ever had. The golden gen were playing at the highest level as a starting 11, but we have a lot more players playing at a good level compared to golden gen. Outside of the squad that went to wc06, the players we had at a decent level...

Cheers, didnt realise was injured. As good as this team is, we still have K Yengi, Kuol, Tilio, Robertson, Arzani, Jovanovic, Milanovic and McGree to bolster it. And hopefully Arena and Gianluca Okon in a couple of yrs.