I agree that Germany was hard done by, but that's not the point. Paraguay beat Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Peru (among others) in qualifying, and they have also beaten Mexico in recent times... now Turkey and Germany. They didn't beat us. The point is that while the style might be...

I'm not a big fan of Poppa and his selections against the US were poor, but he has objectively had an excellent tournament so far. This is tournament football. The objective at each stage is to qualify for the next stage, which we did in the group stage over strong UEFA and Comnebol teams...

He's not a 9. He needs to play off the shoulder instead of chasing last causes because he isn't a hold up player. I hope for his sake Toure plays the next one.

I'm seeing people criticise our performance. So weird. It's tournament play. Do people expect Joga Bonito from Australia in a do or die World Cup game that we just need to avoid loss in? We controlled possession for good periods, had more chances and the better chances against a strong South...

Volpato is on a completely different level technically to every other player in our squad. Needs to start every game.

We lose 5 of 6 minutes, then he blows at 8. This ref. Volpato was the best player on the pitch after he came on. Has to start against Paraguay. We were the better team after half time.

Terrible team selections. Not enough quality in midfield with the A League players picked over Bundesliga and Serie A players. Naive from Popa. You can't play a wingback system unless your midfielders can spread to them.

The following are locks I think: GK: Beach, Burgess, Circati, Bos, Metcalfe, Irankunda. That leaves 5. Of the 5, Souttar, Mo and O'Neill are locks if fully fit and ready to start. I have only listed them as question marks because of pre-tournament fitness issues (O'Neill and Souttar) and...

Watched that with my son surrounded by Aussies. Was nearly in tears. Special moment!

You might be right. The US could easily have scored 5.

For a team that's meant to be defensive juggernaut, Paraguay is terrible defensively.

If Mo isn't there it should be Nestory, but we'd lose a lot. Let's just hope he's fit.

Yep, just like the Turkish player that kicked it at Rivaldo's head that one time...

Won't happen but after the friendlies I would go in with this: GK: Mathew Ryan LWB: Jordy Bos RWB: Kai Trewin CB: Alessandro Circati, Harry Souttar, Cameron Burgess CM: Cameron Devlin, Jackson Irvine Attacking mids: Nestory Irankunda, Cristian Volpato ST: Mohamed Toure Metcalfe, Herrington...

Yep, agreed. Devlin looks good. Makes sense to give Irvine some cover to get about the pitch.