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Australian Dual Nationals 🇦🇺🏳️

Greece seem to be building a decent squad for the future. Mouzakitis (same position as Triantis, and is 18yo), Kostoulas (18yo), Karetsas (17, and stolen from Belgium), Tzimas (19yo) etc.

Karetsas in particular has very a high ceiling, probably better than Irankunda despite being 2 years younger tbh
 
Gul15 said:
Initially, I was scathing at Poppa for not giving Triantis a cap, and I still think some of his selections are questionable but on reflection, I’ve done a complete 180.
I now fully agree that you shouldn’t have to sell the Australian jersey. You’re either 100% committed or you’re not. If you’re not, then good luck for the future.
If you have a decent club career, you’re going to outlast more than three international coaches. If you’re ready to jump ship just because you missed one camp or didn’t start in a friendly, then maybe you don’t have the mental resilience for international football especially through the rigours of the Asian qualification process.
On a side note, we’ve gained far more than we’ve lost when it comes to dual nationals. The only one I can think of that we truly lost who came through all the junior ranks and had a decent career was Josip Simunic and we got the sweetest revenge on him in Germany 06.
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Johnston, Dorigo, Viera and Seric are a few others we missed. I think we'll miss Triantis personally.
 
Gul15 said:
Initially, I was scathing at Poppa for not giving Triantis a cap, and I still think some of his selections are questionable but on reflection, I’ve done a complete 180.
I now fully agree that you shouldn’t have to sell the Australian jersey. You’re either 100% committed or you’re not. If you’re not, then good luck for the future.
If you have a decent club career, you’re going to outlast more than three international coaches. If you’re ready to jump ship just because you missed one camp or didn’t start in a friendly, then maybe you don’t have the mental resilience for international football especially through the rigours of the Asian qualification process.
On a side note, we’ve gained far more than we’ve lost when it comes to dual nationals. The only one I can think of that we truly lost who came through all the junior ranks and had a decent career was Josip Simunic and we got the sweetest revenge on him in Germany 06.
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Welcome to the forum
 
I'd like to know what the "negative experiences" Triantis had in Socceroos camp. If there's a bad culture, we need to know and it needs to be fixed. Being an unused sub doesn't count, seriously.
 
HappyGuus said:
I'd like to know what the "negative experiences" Triantis had in Socceroos camp. If there's a bad culture, we need to know and it needs to be fixed. Being an unused sub doesn't count, seriously.
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Its certainly hard to tell from the outside. Alex our cohost said there were complaints about his man management at perth
 
grazorblade said:
@Joca41 once you play for one youth nation you have to have 3 caps for the senior team or make a one time switch for the other team
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Cheers! The 3 caps spreads over the entirety up until any age?
I know one of the players mentioned on the watch list and he is making his Senior debut soon. He is a multinational with very good prospects. Thanks for the info's @grazorblade
 
Joca41 said:
Cheers! The 3 caps spreads over the entirety up until any age?
I know one of the players mentioned on the watch list and he is making his Senior debut soon. He is a multinational with very good prospects. Thanks for the info's @grazorblade
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oh who is it? Debuting for us or them?

I believe above a certain age a single cap is enough for a lock
 
Gul15 said:
On a side note, we’ve gained far more than we’ve lost when it comes to dual nationals. The only one I can think of that we truly lost who came through all the junior ranks and had a decent career was Josip Simunic and we got the sweetest revenge on him in Germany 06.
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He did play for Marconi when his father was manager there - not our junior National teams but the one player that came to Australia and learnt his football here that I would have loved to claim was Christian Vieri.
 
patjennings said:
He did play for Marconi when his father was manager there - not our junior National teams but the one player that came to Australia and learnt his football here that I would have loved to claim was Christian Vieri.
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grande bobo! but was he ever actually qualified to play for oz?
 
piedi sporchi said:
grande bobo! but was he ever actually qualified to play for oz?
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Not sure - his brother of course played for Australia and he was here from 4 years old so I expect he would have been able to apply for Australia citizenship. He did return to Italy at around 16 so he probably never was qualified,
 
Somebloke said:
After all this he is off to Minnesota. Kinda don’t feel so bad now.

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Hard to imagine him playing in any national team now

wish him the best as much as the immature side of me feels schadenfreude at a mediocre club move
 
grazorblade said:
Hard to imagine him playing in any national team now

wish him the best as much as the immature side of me feels schadenfreude at a mediocre club move
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The irony is that with so many Australians in the MLS, it is a league that the Socceroos will select players from. I doubt that this will be true for Greece.
 
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