Socceroos vs Turkey 2026 World Cup match thread 🇦🇺🇹🇷
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Mathew Ryan23 of 23 XIs · 100%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 20 more
Alessandro Circati23 of 23 XIs · 100%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 20 more
Jackson Irvine23 of 23 XIs · 100%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 20 more
Jordan Bos23 of 23 XIs · 100%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 20 more
Mohamed Touré23 of 23 XIs · 100%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 20 more
Harry Souttar22 of 23 XIs · 96%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 19 more
Nestory Irankunda21 of 23 XIs · 91%Voters: Herringbone, JS96, melbcityguy, and 18 more
Cristian Volpato21 of 23 XIs · 91%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, melbcityguy, and 18 more
Jacob Italiano18 of 23 XIs · 78%Voters: Bbouy, grazorblade, Herringbone, and 15 more
Cameron Burgess16 of 23 XIs · 70%Voters: Herringbone, JS96, Mr Cleansheets, and 13 more
Cameron Devlin13 of 23 XIs · 57%Voters: JS96, melbcityguy, Mr Cleansheets, and 10 more
Paul Okon-Engstler8 of 23 XIs · 35%Voters: Bbouy, grazorblade, melbcityguy, and 5 more
Lucas Herrington6 of 23 XIs · 26%Voters: Bbouy, grazorblade, HonestSpursFan, and 3 more
Connor Metcalfe5 of 23 XIs · 22%Voters: grazorblade, Herringbone, JS96, and 2 more
Jason Geria3 of 23 XIs · 13%Voters: Mr Cleansheets, TJMitchell, vanlassen
Ajdin Hrustic2 of 23 XIs · 9%Voters: JS96, Anonymous member
Milos Degenek1 of 23 XIs · 4%Voters: patjennings
Kai Trewin1 of 23 XIs · 4%Voters: rebelliousfeminist974
Aiden O'Neill1 of 23 XIs · 4%Voters: mikoz09
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Patrick Beach starts between the sticks for the Socceroos and Harry Souttar assumes the captaincy so surely we're cooked heading into opening day of our World Cup campaign.
I think nearly every game has shown that the weaker team can draw/win. Every world cup the football hierarchy lessens and lessens.
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Turkey have named their starting XI for their World Cup group D opener against the Socceroos. Hakan Calhanoglu leads the line for them as captain, with Arda Guler starting in midfield and Ugurcan Cakir starting between the sticks.
TJMitchell
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here come the nerves
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Irvine and ryan benched! Crazy!
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Welcome to the forum!
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Not Ryan? Wow
melbcityguy
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Obviously I'm a mc fan but I dunno if Beach should be in the squad let along starting over izzo
So random... wtf? Popa's rhetoric for the past 2 months has been about the importance of our experienced heads and he drops Irvine and Ryan? Must be somewhat injured or unwell.
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Beach starting??!! WTF
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Also the positionong in defense from that midfield pair was woeful v switzerland
I am asking for a normal starting xi just once under poppa haha
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If Tony Popovic is basing his decision to start Patrick Beach between the sticks from the Switzerland friendly then he needs to reconsider the playing list.
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Turkey's midfield are going to be running riot round the Socceroos especially with Arda Guler starting.
Dan_The_Red
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Well...i was feeling good this morning about this game, until no Ryan or Irvine. What is happening here, Beach and Okon have nowhere near enough experience for this.
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Tony Popovic has named the Socceroos starting XI for opening day of our World Cup campaign. Harry Souttar leads the line as captain, with Patrick Beach confirmed to be starting between the sticks as ten Socceroos players make their tournament debuts.
