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Posted June 28, 2026 11:47 · last edited June 28, 2026 11:50

How did Bazeley play a negative defensive style? That’s a lazy narrative. We had double the goals of the two previous WC appearances, and both goals versus Iran were very pretty

This WC cycle Dazza almost never started with 3 CBs. Maybe he should have. It’s working for the Socceroos who Irankunda and maybe Bos aside ain’t that exciting to watch. Effective but as a neutral you wouldn’t pay much to watch them

Yipe Bazeley deserves some criticism but if anything I’d say he could have been more pragmatic not less. The glaring weakness shipping too many goals

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coochiee edited June 28, 2026 11:50
How did Bazeley play a negative defensive style? That’s a lazy narrative. We had double the goals of the two previous WC appearances, and both goals versus Iran were very pretty

Dazza almost never started with 3 CBs. Maybe he should have. It’s working for the Socceroos who Irankunda and maybe Bos aside ain’t that exciting to watch. Effective but as a neutral you wouldn’t pay much to watch them

Yipe Bazeley deserves some criticism but if anything I’d say he could have been more pragmatic not less. The glaring weakness shipping too many goals
coochiee edited June 28, 2026 11:49
How did Bazeley play a negative defensive style? We had double the goals of the two previous WC appearances, and both goals versus Iran were very pretty

Dazza almost never started with 3 CBs. Maybe he should have. It’s working for the Socceroos who Irankunda and maybe Bos aside ain’t that exciting to watch. Effective but as a neutral you wouldn’t pay much to watch them

Yipe Bazeley deserves some criticism but if anything I’d say he could have been more pragmatic not less. The glaring weakness shipping too many goals
coochiee edited June 28, 2026 11:48
How did Bazeley play a negative defensive style? We double the goals of the two previous WC appearances, and both goals versus Iran were very pretty

Dazza almost never started with 3 CBs. Maybe he should have. It’s working for the Socceroos who Irankunda and maybe Bos aside ain’t that exciting to watch. Effective but as a neutral you wouldn’t pay much to watch them

Yipe Bazeley deserves some criticism but if anything I’d say he could have been more pragmatic not less. The glaring weakness shipping too many goals