It's crazy to think in a few years we could potentially (if they progress and choose to represent Aus) have a Socceroos side with 2 Okons, a Skoko, a Neil, a Chipperfield and a Robertson. Any other former players kids coming through?

Regarding the nepotism allegations, they were completely justified. When Okon got his first call up he had not played a minute of senior football and was picked above other players who were performing at senior level. I am very happy he has proven his selection justified and think he is a great...

Whether the process was started by Trump or the US football association is beside the point. The question you need to ask is; if the same had happened to Taremi from Iran or Toure for the socceroos, would the red have been suspended? I think we all know the answer is no. This being the case...

I just asked AI and at the moment there are rumours of interest from Fiorentina, Villarreal, Trabzonspor, Bayer Leverkusen, Everton, Crystal Palace, West ham and Norwich as well as the possibility of Bayern Munich triggering the buy back clause. I think with that many rumours surrounding him it...

Fingers crossed for Iran, I was at the MCG in 97 and would love to see a rematch. Even though NZ should be the best option on paper for us I would be terrified of that matchup as if NZ wins the Kiwis will hold it over us forever :)

If we can only start one of Nestor and Volpato I would be leaning towards Volpato for this game. Paraguay will sit back and have a tight defence and I feel Volpato's skillset is more favourable for this scenario. For a game where we will likely have more of the ball I think having Volpato...

I forgot about that one, not the most tactful way to make his point. On the topic of Poppa, despite being fed up with a negative, defensive style of play he was probably the right choice at the time however we have a very different team than we had 2 years ago and I agree he is not the right...

At the time with Pim we had an issue with him because he was being conservative and not integrating any of our young players into our ageing team. I remember comments from him and Neil at the time, stating that the younger players are not forcing their way in and doing enough to push out the old...

For this game I wouldn't be opposed to Poppa reverting to using Irankunda as a 60th minute sub. In the Turkey game we saw that neither him or Toure had the legs for 90 minutes and in this one there will be heat to contend with also, heat that will also affect the defenders who will have to try...

Is the problem that they normally come from the A league on low transfer cost to the european club so it is minimal risk to them and they can afford to farm them? Looking at articles about both players, their parent clubs have put a big pricetag on their heads, 20m euros for Herrington and...

Have there been any rumours about Bos? I'm hearing things about big 5 league clubs circling pretty much all our young guns at the moment except the best one..

Could put Robertson and Leonard in those spots. I have no doubt there will be some new names emerge in that time too to displace some of those listed. We potentially have a very bright period for the national team ahead.

For those complaining about us playing NZ rather than a european or sth American powerhouse. Do you think Popa would introduce new players or try a more proactive system if there was a risk of getting humiliated? In playing NZ there is minimal pressure and the chance to experiment. I hope he...

It's my first post here but I have been lurking on this forum from 442 for many years and as a supporter of the game who doesn't have too much experience or technical knowledge I find it a great source of information and appreciate all the posts from those more knowledgeable than myself. I just...