Graham Arnold's Iraq thread

erogenouszone · Mar 24, 2026

HonestSpursFan said:
Suriname just called up a bunch of Dutch guys including Joël Piroe who won the Championship with Leeds and Golden Boot last season, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they make it.

One day FIFA are going to say " Unless they're born in the actual country then all of these ring in's can fuck off". And yes that includes Australia's Scottish contingent.

HonestSpursFan · Mar 24, 2026

erogenouszone said:
One day FIFA are going to say " Unless they're born in the actual country then all of these ring in's can fuck off". And yes that includes Australia's Scottish contingent.

Nah the Arabs won’t let them. I looked at this before actually, Qatar and the UAE call up heaps of foreigners playing in their leagues. China has done the same.

Anyway what about those raised in that country? E.g. would Nestory Irankunda have to play for Tanzania (where he was born as a Burundian refugee)? Would Ale Circati have to play for Italy?

NicCarBel · Mar 24, 2026

erogenouszone said:
One day FIFA are going to say " Unless they're born in the actual country then all of these ring in's can fuck off". And yes that includes Australia's Scottish contingent.

FIFA won’t say that at all, they’ll anger too many national FA’s.

verrelli · Mar 24, 2026

Arnold Issues Important Directives to Iraqi Players

Graham Arnold, coach of the Iraqi national team, began his first training sessions on

www.ysscores.com

Monoethnic Social Club · Mar 25, 2026

verrelli said:
Arnold Issues Important Directives to Iraqi Players

Graham Arnold, coach of the Iraqi national team, began his first training sessions on

www.ysscores.com

Oh crap, I hope he doesnt tell them that Iraqi mateship is unique.

GoAussies · Mar 27, 2026

Suriname opened the scoring but lost 2-1

Iraq #58 now faces Bolivia #76 on 31 March with the winner qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.

HonestSpursFan · Mar 27, 2026

GoAussies said:
Suriname opened the scoring but lost 2-1

Iraq #58 now faces Bolivia #76 on 31 March with the winner qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.

Prepare for an hour and a half of grown ass men diving!

LFC · Mar 27, 2026

only for GA do I wish them to win.

Monoethnic Social Club · Mar 27, 2026

LFC said:
only for GA do I wish them to win.

I want them to make the WC and finish 10th to prove what he can do without the KNVB methodology holding him back.

LFC · Mar 27, 2026

Monoethnic Social Club said:
I want them to make the WC and finish 10th to prove what he can do without the KNVB methodology holding him back.

Ah yes agree nothing that a gun pointed at you bringing out the best of you and the team

JS96 · Mar 28, 2026

Arnold preparing for more South American tears.

verrelli · Mar 29, 2026

Iraq's World Cup qualification 'one of the toughest jobs in the world' - Arnold

Graham Arnold faces what is arguably the biggest challenge of his coaching career on Tuesday as he attempts to guide Iraq to their first World Cup in 40 years.

www.espn.com.au

JS96 · Mar 29, 2026

Iraq have this keeper on the bench, Andru Al-Ridmayni, he should be brought on if it goes to pens.

erogenouszone · Mar 30, 2026

verrelli said:
Iraq's World Cup qualification 'one of the toughest jobs in the world' - Arnold

Graham Arnold faces what is arguably the biggest challenge of his coaching career on Tuesday as he attempts to guide Iraq to their first World Cup in 40 years.

www.espn.com.au

If he qualified they'd build a statue of him Saddam size in his honour. I think they can do it, tough but Bolivia aren't that good truth be told.

erogenouszone · Mar 30, 2026

HonestSpursFan said:
Prepare for an hour and a half of grown ass men diving!

No one remembers how you got to the world cup, only that you did.

erogenouszone · Mar 30, 2026

Monoethnic Social Club said:
Oh crap, I hope he doesnt tell them that Iraqi mateship is unique.

And I don't know what the Iraqi equivalent of the Kokoda Trail is however to be safe I still wouldn't be using that sort of thing as a metaphor with the Iraqi's.

Monoethnic Social Club · Mar 30, 2026

erogenouszone said:
And I don't know what the Iraqi equivalent of the Kokoda Trail is however to be safe I still wouldn't be using that sort of thing as a metaphor with the Iraqi's.

The Kuwait hwy of death maybe?

Highway of Death - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

NicCarBel · Mar 30, 2026

erogenouszone said:
No one remembers how you got to the world cup, only that you did.

Try telling that to Ange

erogenouszone · Mar 31, 2026

How to watch Iraq v Bolivia in World Cup playoff: Kick off time, TV details

Iraq face Bolivia in a playoff for a spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Monterrey, Mexico. Here is how to watch it in Australia.

football360.com.au

Iraq v Bolivia

Date: Wednesday, April 1

Kick-off: 2pm AEDT

Venue: Monterrey Stadium, Guadalupe, Mexico

Broadcast: FIFA+

Tickets: FIFA

erogenouszone · Apr 1, 2026

Starts in 40 minutes kids. If you don't have a FIFA plus account just use a throwaway email address like I did for it.

FIFA+

www.plus.fifa.com

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