I'm so worried about this game.� We managed to draw 0-0 with Iraq which is good, but how have Iraq feared against Bahrain.
We had an out of form Brown, out of form Killen, out of form Lochhead, average form Smeltz, Bertos and Elliott, no Nelsen, no Fallon and Sigmund was just above average IIRC. (Can't remember what Vicelichs form was like but I am guessing he hadn't had much game time in awhile like most of the team).
Now we have a massively inform Smeltz, inform Fallon and Killen, slightly inform Bertos, inform Brown, inform Paston, Nelsen, out of form Lochhead, Vicelich who hasn't played too much like last time and Sigmund who is playing his rock solid self. Elliott it seems has been playing quite abit (or more) then he has in the past and usually lifts his game for the AW.
In my opinion this is a completely different side from the Confeds one with all our players appearing to peak at the right time, we now have Nelsen back aswell. Also considering that the Bahrain league is quite abit lower then that of the A-League (They get no starting spots in the ACL compared to the A-Leagues 2) and all starting players will be at A-League level or higher (except for Vicelich who could play at that level) we have a very good chance of getting a good result here. The only factos working against us are the away conditions and that we are not as tight a team as Bahrain are.