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The Australian National Football Team General Discussion*OFFICIAL*

JS96 said:
I can appreciate Howard but still don't get the pedestal he gets put on.

I actually found Keller to be a poor keeper while Friedel worked more solidly. Then there's Brad Guzan...
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Exactly. America have Christian Pulišić but we’ve had at least three players of his calibre or higher: Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka. Then there’s our goalies and defenders of course but I can’t compare them with forwards and midfielders.
 
penalty!

Xg must be nearly double china, been a frustrating watch. Fingers crossed we can nail the spot kick
 
oh gosh penanka chipped straight at the keeper

morgan is pretty good at fixing these issues, don't know if we can get anything out of this game
 
Development comes later but to think McGree got called up by Ange in 2017 and he's only got a solitary goal for Australia is frustrating. That airswing against Curaçao just can't keep happening for the national team.
 
JS96 said:
Development comes later but to think McGree got called up by Ange in 2017 and he's only got a solitary goal for Australia is frustrating. That airswing against Curaçao just can't keep happening for the national team.
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Yup, the fact that McGree and Metcalfe both have only 1 goal from >30 caps is definitely pretty telling of their contribution to the team.
 
verrelli said:
Yup, the fact that McGree and Metcalfe both have only 1 goal from >30 caps is definitely pretty telling of their contribution to the team.
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They're both too timid. Metcalfe had a great shot away Mexico which was parried for a corner and Souttar scored from that. We need to pull the trigger more.
 
verrelli said:
Yup, the fact that McGree and Metcalfe both have only 1 goal from >30 caps is definitely pretty telling of their contribution to the team.
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I know you guys are probably talking about goals, but McGree assisted for Behich against Japan and Leckie against Denmark. Doesn't get much bigger than these two contributions.
 
Cunningstunt said:
I know you guys are probably talking about goals, but McGree assisted for Behich against Japan and Leckie against Denmark. Doesn't get much bigger than these two contributions.
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Yeah at least he has good assist numbers. Won a penalty against Mexico too.
 
Cunningstunt said:
I know you guys are probably talking about goals, but McGree assisted for Behich against Japan and Leckie against Denmark. Doesn't get much bigger than these two contributions.
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I wonder that their numbers are like if we take the ice hockey route (where it’s like a goal counts as one, and an assist counts as 0.5)
 
Is this bloke serious? NRL and AFL teams have folded relocated. They've had mountains of their own controversies yet he highlights some betting scandals in the A League.
 


Mitch Duke is calling time on his international career and retiring from the Socceroos at the conclusion of the World Cup, having not been selected in playing lists for the side since October 2025.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:


Mitch Duke is calling time on his international career and retiring from the Socceroos at the conclusion of the World Cup, having not been selected in playing lists for the side since October 2025.
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really underappreciated player

I think a lot of people take out frustrations of us not producing better players on the ones that are there and doing a good job. Duke managed to punch way above his weight in a very dark era for player development
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:


Mitch Duke is calling time on his international career and retiring from the Socceroos at the conclusion of the World Cup, having not been selected in playing lists for the side since October 2025.
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Gotta say he’s had a pretty good international career. The header against Tunisia is one of the greatest and most important goals a Socceroo has ever scored.

This all comes in spite of the fact that he realistically was nowhere near as good as our past strikers or even current strikers (Mo Touré for example is already playing at a higher level than Mitch Duke ever did). Yet he still, in spite of that, had a great international career, played in the World Cup and scored in the World Cup.

I’m not sure he’ll get a chance at the World Cup, since while sendoff tournaments are emotional and important the priority is obviously picking the best players. However, regardless of whether or not he plays in the next World Cup he’ll forever be remembered as a hero for the Socceroos who sent us to the round of 16 in 2022 in Qatar.

Congrats on a fantastic Socceroos career Mitch!
 
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