World Cup 2026 Australia thread

[patjennings]

It's just one game and while Kuol needs to work on his end you could also ask questions of the system, teammates involving the player and the tactics.

Strikers starved of service aren't going to score. Some players get tonnes of starts and so little and keep playing. Kuol needs to be given starts again and again to even have the opportunity to do something. Bench cameos in panic mode won't deliver much.

He was one of their best players in that game. The plain fact is that when allowed to roam centrally his goal contributions are up there with Mo Toure and Archie Goodwin and better than Irankunda. If his manager doesn't know how to play him - (which incidentally his assistant does and he is the reason he was bought), maybe the manager is the problem.

 

[verrelli]

Would love to know what the press in Turkiye and Paraguay are saying about the prospect of playing the Socceroos and any players in particular they see as being most dangerous. We've heard a bit about what the Americans have to say (not surprisingly!). Anyone got any insights?