Second half fight back not enough for Aussie, going down 3-2. In the other game Vietnam holds onto a 0-0 draw vs Syria to progress into the next stage at Aussies expense
The Suba-roos (Australian Men's Team)
Can confirm that Roberto Mancini is the coach targeted by FFA
— Ray Gatt (@Gatty54) January 20, 2018
From what I understand Mancini’s appointment will only be for World Cup
— Ray Gatt (@Gatty54) January 20, 2018
Graham Arnold has withdrawn from the race to coach Australia at the World Cup in Russia
— Ray Gatt (@Gatty54) January 22, 2018
BREAKING | The Caltex @Socceroos are delighted to announce the appointment of Bert Van Marwijk as our new Head Coach. #GoSocceroos. https://t.co/o4ufIs40WM pic.twitter.com/h7byLo2WGR
— Caltex Socceroos (@Socceroos) January 25, 2018
On the face of it looks like a very good hire. Fair play to FFA.
Now if only they signed Merrick as the assisstant coach and they would have Bert and Ernie.
Looks like Cahill got his wish. Back to Millwall.
Caltex Socceroos 29-player preliminary squad for friendlies against Norway (Oslo) & Colombia (London):
| Name | Club, Country | A-International Caps (Goals) |
| Aziz BEHICH | Bursaspor, TURKEY | 19 (2) |
| Joshua BRILLANTE | Sydney FC, AUSTRALIA | 5 (0) |
| Tim CAHILL | Millwall FC, ENGLAND | 104 (50) |
| Milos DEGENEK | Yokohama F. Marinos, JAPAN | 15 (0) |
| Alex GERSBACH | Racing Club de Lens, FRANCE | 4 (0) |
| Jackson IRVINE | Hull City AFC, ENGLAND | 15 (1) |
| Mile JEDINAK | Aston Villa FC, ENGLAND | 73 (18) |
| Brad JONES (Gk) | Feyenoord Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS | 4 (0) |
| Tomi JURIC | FC Luzern, SWITZERLAND | 32 (8) |
| Matthew JURMAN | Suwon Samsung Bluewings, KOREA REPUBLIC | 4 (0) |
| Robbie KRUSE | VfL Bochum, GERMANY | 60 (5) |
| Mitchell LANGERAK (Gk) | Nagoya Grampus, JAPAN | 8 (0) |
| Mathew LECKIE | Hertha BSC, GERMANY | 49 (6) |
| Massimo LUONGO | Queens Park Rangers FC, ENGLAND | 32 (5) |
| Jamie MACLAREN | Hibernian FC, SCOTLAND | 5 (0) |
| James MEREDITH | Millwall FC, ENGLAND | 2 (0) |
| Mark MILLIGAN | Al Ahli SC, SAUDI ARABIA | 64 (6) |
| Aaron MOOY | Huddersfield Town AFC, ENGLAND | 31 (5) |
| Andrew NABBOUT | Urawa Red Diamonds, JAPAN | 0 (0) |
| Dimitri PETRATOS | Newcastle Jets, AUSTRALIA | 0 (0) |
| Josh RISDON | Western Sydney Wanderers FC, AUSTRALIA | 5 (0) |
| Tom ROGIC | Celtic FC, SCOTLAND | 33 (7) |
| Nikita RUKAVYTSYA | Maccabi Haifa FC, ISRAEL | 16 (1) |
| Mathew RYAN (Gk) | Brighton & Hove Albion FC, ENGLAND | 41 (0) |
| Trent SAINSBURY | Grasshopper Club Zurich, SWITZERLAND | 33 (3) |
| Aleksandar SUSNJAR | FK Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC | 0 (0) |
| James TROISI | Melbourne Victory, AUSTRALIA | 36 (5) |
| Daniel VUKOVIC (Gk) | KRC Genk, BELGIUM | 0 (0) |
| Bailey WRIGHT | Bristol City FC, ENGLAND | 21 (1) |
I expect Graham Arnold to be announced as long term Socceroos coach on Thursday, succeeding Bert van Marwijk after the World Cup. Will see out season with Sydney FC. Story online shortly
— Tom Smithies (@SmithiesTele) March 7, 2018
Stay tuned for a significant announcement pic.twitter.com/1M1rz5hM8i
— Caltex Socceroos (@Socceroos) March 7, 2018
I expect Graham Arnold to be announced as long term Socceroos coach on Thursday, succeeding Bert van Marwijk after the World Cup. Will see out season with Sydney FC. Story online shortly
— Tom Smithies (@SmithiesTele) March 7, 2018
Quell surprise - Graham Arnold to take Soccerroos for 4 years after the world cup
Lost 4-1 to Norway this morning.
Australian Football's darkest day™
Australian Football's darkest day™
Game against Colombia should be fun to watch, of sorts.
Just seen the Vuka penalty save. Great work.
Watched another clip which shows the challenge that lead to the penalty!
Was that not a studs up lung tackle worthy of a red?
Dunno. Was any sandpaper involved?
Apparently they were hoping to avoid teams from the Middle East!!
Their record in that part of the world isn’t great, since joining Asia.
In fact looking at those teams, there is some bad taste joke in there, maybe with a reference to the Lowry’s and their faith or similar.
Should still be too good for Jordan and Palestine. Syria of course so nearly knocked them out, re World Cup qualifying.
Top 2 each pool to Round of 16, plus best four 3rd placed teams.
Wouldn’t it be great for AWs to be playing in this. I reckon at full strength we’d be better than at least half of these 24 teams, despite what rankings say.
Squad will be trimmed down 26 next week
Guess someone is gonna be on the plane to Russia regardless of form ...
Don't worry Gallop, @AardigOranje has got your back
They tapped it over, there are some more pics from the Cahill-tex https://twitter.com/LadiesALeague/status/995943862307700737
Introducing, #CAHILLTEX! ⚽️ #GoSocceroos pic.twitter.com/as7ovsbiX5
— Caltex Australia (@CaltexAustralia) May 14, 2018
And this is why Cahill was picked over Jamie Maclaren
Maybe time for a new thread title?
After being called into the training squad late, J-Mac makes the final cut. The four unlucky players to be cut are Karacic, Brillante, Troisi and Rukavytsya.
These ads are pure class from Hyundai, the Risdon/Lowe one in particular. Great work. https://t.co/yJOCjiZrfJ
— Neil Sherwin (@neilsherwin) June 7, 2018
Aussie beat Hungary 2-1. Arzani opened the scoring (with the help of some horrible keeping) https://twitter.com/tensporttv/status/1005497286258974720 Aussie then concede an oggie in the 88th minute but Hungary returns the favour with an oggie of their own in the 90+2 minute https://twitter.com/Socceroos/status/1005513461651030016
Sainsbury's oggie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWsmqJPH9gA
Controversial opinion:
I want to see Australia do really well in the World Cup, though I don't predict them to get through their group.
They have guys like Rogic who I've watched in the A-League and were fantastic, and hell, if Australia won the World Cup, that would be great for the prospects of our players in the A-League.
I support Socceroos because I’ve lived in Australia, apart from Cahill I think they are pretty low on the dickhead index, and they are generally the underdog. Their run in 2006 WC was compelling viewing.
And Cahill a bit like Lleyton Hewitt, can be a trifle misunderstood. Fierce determination, no prisoners attitude, that rubs many people up wrong way. Polarising. If was a Kiwi many would admire that, others not. Will never be everyone’s cup of chai
The Aussies I know were very happy for us that we qualified in 2010. So have no trouble cheering their football team.
The Baggy Green cricket team has however always been full of arseholes
Controversial opinion:
I want to see Australia do really well in the World Cup, though I don't predict them to get through their group.
They have guys like Rogic who I've watched in the A-League and were fantastic, and hell, if Australia won the World Cup, that would be great for the prospects of our players in the A-League.
Could be worse - you could say you were going to support engerland or even just see them do well!
What is it with Aussies and drinking out of shoes?
My football boots went into the crowd after our loss to Peru. Happy to see they were put to good use!! I was losing about 2kgs in sweat most days in those bad boys!! ??? https://t.co/YuWhmNhqz2
— Danny Vukovic (@vuka20) July 5, 2018
Caltex Socceroos Squad – United Arab Emirates/Kuwait – October 2018
| Name | Club, Country | A-International Caps (Goals) |
| Mustafa AMINI | AGF Aarhus, Denmark | 2 (0) |
| Daniel ARZANI | Celtic FC, Scotland | 5 (1) |
| Aziz BEHICH | PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands | 26 (2) |
| *Martin BOYLE | Hibernian FC, Scotland | 0 (0) |
| Milos DEGENEK | Red Star Belgrade, Serbia | 18 (0) |
| Thomas DENG | Melbourne Victory, Australia | 0 (0) |
| Denis GENREAU | PEC Zwolle, Netherlands | 0 (0) |
| Alex GERSBACH | Rosenborg BK, Norway | 4 (0) |
| Apostolos GIANNOU | AEK Larnaca, Cyprus | 5 (0) |
| Jackson IRVINE | Hull City AFC, England | 22 (2) |
| Brad JONES (Gk) | Al-Nasr Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 6 (0) |
| Tomi JURIC | FC Luzern, Switzerland | 38 (8) |
| Matthew JURMAN | Al-Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 4 (0) |
| Robbie KRUSE | VfL Bochum, Germany | 67 (5) |
| Mitchell LANGERAK (Gk) | Nagoya Grampus, Japan | 8 (0) |
| Mathew LECKIE | Hertha BSC, Germany | 56 (8) |
| Massimo LUONGO | Queens Park Rangers FC, England | 36 (5) |
| Awer MABIL | FC Midtjylland, Denmark | 0 (0) |
| Mark MILLIGAN | Hibernian FC, Scotland | 71 (6) |
| Aaron MOOY | Huddersfield Town AFC, England | 37 (5) |
| Josh RISDON | Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia | 11 (0) |
| Tom ROGIC | Celtic FC, Scotland | 40 (7) |
| Mathew RYAN (Gk) | Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England | 47 (0) |
| Trent SAINSBURY | PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands | 38 (3) |
| Daniel VUKOVIC (Gk) | KRC Genk, Belgium | 1 (0) |
Only 2 A-League players.
Only 2 EPL players (Ryan & Mooy).
With Cahill gone, is end of 2006 'golden generation'. Back then they had a heap of EPL regulars.
Give AWs a game FFA.
Only 2 EPL players (Ryan & Mooy).
With Cahill gone, is end of 2006 'golden generation'. Back then they had a heap of EPL regulars.
Give AWs a game FFA.
Aussies would beat us easily.
Only 2 EPL players (Ryan & Mooy).
With Cahill gone, is end of 2006 'golden generation'. Back then they had a heap of EPL regulars.
Give AWs a game FFA.
Aussies would beat us easily.
Not denying that Socceroos should win - esp with Reid and Thomas injured.
It’s just crazy now how long it’s been since we last played our closest neighbour. Australia play Kuwait in next FIFA window - can’t tell me that the AWs ain’t as good as the Kuwaitis. Acknowledge that game is in the Gulf, and obviously a warm up for Asian Cup in UAE next January.
Unfortunately the Socceroos have already filled their Nov FIFA window with 2 games being Sth Korea and Lebanon.
So we are looking at March window next year, as earliest for any chance of a game verus them.
I expect AWs will go without a game in the 3 Sept-Oct-Nov windows this year. That’s pretty shark.
No it's us. We are looking for better opponents.