Socceroos vs Cameroon/ Curaçao March 2026 🇦🇺🇨🇲🇨🇼

[Quicky]

yes I don't get the angst or persistant hypertheticals - even that Greece or Italy out of the cup.
They have their reasons (plus no one knows the facts) respect their decision plain and simple - like move the f on.

We should be focussing on the structural and strategic failings that contributed to those players decisions to pick another nation. And accept that sometimes nothing we do will influence that decision. We definitely shouldn't vilify the kids, even if it hurts. That's totally wrong and unhelpful.

We also need to now focus on the next kids we may be able to support and bring into the fold, like Kutleshi, Mehmeti, Bennie, Jovanovic etc.

 

[Ange's high line]

Tina Arena's young fella Antonio could play for Socceroos but he is he tru blu like Deni & Ante?

 

[LFC]

Quicky,
I'll respond to your 2 recent posts.
You cannot compare either eggball local code ie pasted afl costs compared to a International football game our NT and a visiting one to week to week eggball.
No comparo - unless FA kicks in the bag more (or takes less profit) to help reduce the ticketing entry cost.
Trouble is it seems the FA can't or maybe won't absorb costs because were relying on our NT's bacon, no Gov support etcetc....
This is the burdon our game has compared to those over supported eggball codes.

Re kids from migrant fams no matter 2/3rd to later/future gens.....you maybe born here blood is blood no matter how much down the fam chain there is a link that does have its natural pull - not for all but some, then it maybe a career decision plain and simple to take advantage of and hopefully works out towards the vision/goal in your head.
I agree work on our system/code/operations obviously - obviously it needs improving.
More clubs/more competition/improved youth competition if I am correct - the current situation has a massive bottle neck.
Yep any top young talent needs to be approached and felt noticed/luved/encouraged - I hear you the focus needs to be ont he now and ahead next gens.

 

[patjennings]

It's a bit of a double standard telling people not to waste money on takeout, coffees etc. then expecting them to pay $240+ to attend a game v Curacao on a Tuesday night. A lot of people are struggling atm. I'd think $40-50 would be closer to the mark.

These are the AFL prices for general admission by comparison.

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I'd struggle to go to an AFL game if they were only paying me that much

 

[Quicky]

I'd struggle to go to an AFL game if they were only paying me that much

It takes different strokes to move the world. To each their own I say.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

We should be focussing on the structural and strategic failings that contributed to those players decisions to pick another nation. And accept that sometimes nothing we do will influence that decision. We definitely shouldn't vilify the kids, even if it hurts. That's totally wrong and unhelpful.

We also need to now focus on the next kids we may be able to support and bring into the fold, like Kutleshi, Mehmeti, Bennie, Jovanovic etc.

100% we should but, sadly, it seems that to some its more important to vilify "da effnikz" to keep Aussie football pure of blood.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Tina Arena's young fella Antonio could play for Socceroos bit he is he tru blu like Deni & Ante?

Is he Johnny's son?

 

[patjennings]

100% we should but, sadly, it seems that to some its more important to vilify "da effnikz" to keep Aussie football pure of blood.

I just think it is real simple. When a player is in form pick him and play him in a real game. Don't stuff around. If a newbie is good enough to come to camp and accepts - play him. Don't BS saying you don't sell the shirt when you obviously do.

 

[Frankly Speaking]

100% we should but, sadly, it seems that to some its more important to vilify "da effnikz" to keep Aussie football pure of blood.

Oh come on. Put away the acid koolaid.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

I just think it is real simple. When a player is in form pick him and play him in a real game. Don't stuff around. If a newbie is good enough to come to camp and accepts - play him. Don't BS saying you don't sell the shirt when you obviously do.

100%

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Oh come on. Put away the acid koolaid.

Really? Have you hear/read anything negative about Williams playing for India or Chipperfield for Switzerland?

Maybe its got NOTHING to do with surnames with too many vowels in them, maybe its just a coincidence?

 

[booney52]

No way I would fail to attend a farewell Socceroo game in my home town ( albeit it being easy to get around) based on those criteria. My wife, who isn't really a football fan like most ostensibly are on G and G, would have been really keen to attend live Socceroos or Matildas games too.

What was the cost of tickets? Maximum? Minimum?

Enjoyed the game immensely - and it would have been better live. Loved the 2 live match reports from G and G members at the game.

I got 2 adult and 2 children's tickets at the FA+ Presale for the Sydney games.The two adult tickets were $34.60 each and the kiddies were$24.60 each .Not the best in the house but at least under cover.OK it was a presale and I pay $ 99 yearly for being an FA+ member but these prices were reasonable.

 

[Decentric]

I got 2 adult and 2 children's tickets at the FA+ Presale for the Sydney games.The two adult tickets were $34.60 each and the kiddies were$24.60 each .Not the best in the house but at least under cover.OK it was a presale and I pay $ 99 yearly for being an FA+ member but these prices were reasonable.

That sounds much more reasonable!

$35 per adult ticket is good.

 

[patjennings]

I didn't go as I was away - but I tend to sit at the 'penalty end' of Homebush maybe 15m in front of the big screen tending towards the active area. Always seemed quite reasonable cost for a Socceroos game to me. Public transport for me so either $0 if included with the ticket or $2.50 for a poor retiree like myself.

 

[Ange's high line]

I'd struggle to go to an AFL game if they were only paying me that much

Calton SC 4 eva..

 

[Decentric]

Really? Have you hear/read anything negative about Williams playing for India or Chipperfield for Switzerland?

Maybe its got NOTHING to do with surnames with too many vowels in them, maybe its just a coincidence?

Gee, underneath that macho exterior you are quite a sensitive soul, Mono.

I don’t like seeing players good enough for future Socceroos play for any other country. But good luck to them if they choose other countries.

India - Williams playing for them and scoring within few minutes, I hadn’t thought he was on the Popa radar.

Switzerland -haven’t seen Chipperfield but if he is good enough for the Swiss league he must be pretty decent.

Italy - thankfully we secured Circati - high quality. Volpato and Arena could be big losses too.

Croatia - Segecic may be a long term loss.

Greece- Triantis - not sure?

In no way shape or form do I want to denigrate Greece, Scotland, Italy, regional France, India, Portugal, Switzerland, where I’ve visited and received great hospitality from the friendly locals in these wonderful countries.

The only country when I gloat when we beat them is Kuwait. Lived there for a year. The less said about the oil rich locals, the better!

 

[Toebash]

Really? Have you hear/read anything negative about Williams playing for India or Chipperfield for Switzerland?

Maybe its got NOTHING to do with surnames with too many vowels in them, maybe its just a coincidence?

Oh come on. Williams was never going to play for the Roos and Chipperfield was born and raised in Switzerland and has played for them since u15s. I don’t have an issue with us “losing” players like that, because we didn’t produce them. Someone like Strahinja Erakovic (who I suspect has the kind of surname you were talking about) is in the same boat.

Triantis and Segecic were born and played all their junior football in Aus, played multiple times for youth national teams, and accepted call ups to the senior team. Thats a different scenario altogether.

 

[Quicky]

100% we should but, sadly, it seems that to some its more important to vilify "da effnikz" to keep Aussie football pure of blood.

The thing that's bothered me is the media and federation have taken that tact and I think its been done to obfuscate the issues behind our approach to dual nationals. And because of that we won't learn or change.

I lost a lot of respect for Football360, as good as they've been for covering football since starting up, because I feel they took the easy road with this.

 

[Keeper66]

Really? Have you hear/read anything negative about Williams playing for India or Chipperfield for Switzerland?

Maybe its got NOTHING to do with surnames with too many vowels in them, maybe its just a coincidence?

To be fair, Ryan Williams was available to play for Australia up until he recently changed to India (he did make one appearance in a friendly in 2019), but he is 32 and is/was never going go play for Australia again. So no one is going to moan about him changing international allegiance, and it had nothing to do with vowels in the surname (although in fact with Williams being a Welsh surname, you could say there are too many vowels there, given how the Welsh language seems to loath vowels ).

And Chipperfield was born in and spent all of his life in Switzerland and has a Swiss mother, so it is a bit of a stretch for anyone to consider that he has brushed off Australia for Switzerland and that Australia is more deserving of him. Even though he could still play for the Socceroos if he was wanted and he wanted to.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Oh come on. Williams was never going to play for the Roos and Chipperfield was born and raised in Switzerland and has played for them since u15s. I don’t have an issue with us “losing” players like that, because we didn’t produce them. Someone like Strahinja Erakovic (who I suspect has the kind of surname you were talking about) is in the same boat.

Triantis and Segecic were born and played all their junior football in Aus, played multiple times for youth national teams, and accepted call ups to the senior team. Thats a different scenario altogether.

Sure mate, although Erakovic doesn't have an ex-Socceroo father. Im as upset at losing Triantis and Segacic to other nations as everyone else, I just don't frame it as disloyalty as others so desperately want to paint it as. As you say both lads showed a desire to attend camps and declare for Australia... what failed them was NOT their hatred of Australia.