I personally don't think a back 5 utilizes our best players on the field. We never seem to create anything against good teams when we play a back 5. I like a 4-2-3-1 with wingers that cut in and fullbacks that overlap:
Wood
Just - Thomas - Old
Stamenic - Bell
Cacace - Bindon - Surman - Payne
Crocombe
Paulsen, Singh, or McCowatt could also swap into that team and not weaken it
To fill out the 23: Paulsen, Sims, Boxall, Tuiloma, Pijnaker, De Vries, Rufer, McCowatt, Singh, Waine, Barbarouses. + Maybe a dedicated backup rightback like Roux, or a bolter like LBS or De Jong.
Wood
Just - Thomas - Old
Stamenic - Bell
Cacace - Bindon - Surman - Payne
Crocombe
Paulsen, Singh, or McCowatt could also swap into that team and not weaken it
To fill out the 23: Paulsen, Sims, Boxall, Tuiloma, Pijnaker, De Vries, Rufer, McCowatt, Singh, Waine, Barbarouses. + Maybe a dedicated backup rightback like Roux, or a bolter like LBS or De Jong.
That's basically it. Feel like Randall or Rogerson should be in the next squad.
Having garbett 100% pickied in our mock squads shows the lack of depth we still have. I can't imagine Australia picking a dude that hasn't played for months and iust got a gig in league 1.