World Cup 2018

[bennymacca]

Semi's are:

Liverpool v Roma (unfortunately 1st leg at Anfield)
Bayern v Real

Interesting they are allowing club teams into the World Cup now [emoji6]

[JK]

Semi's are:

Liverpool v Roma (unfortunately 1st leg at Anfield)
Bayern v Real

Interesting they are allowing club teams into the World Cup now [emoji6]

Haha I wondered WTF that went

[Corona Man]

Semi's are:

Liverpool v Roma (unfortunately 1st leg at Anfield)
Bayern v Real

Interesting they are allowing club teams into the World Cup now [emoji6]

Enjoying the game at AO tonight then Benny

[bennymacca]

Yep

[emoji41]

[johntheclaret]

Semi's are:

Liverpool v Roma (unfortunately 1st leg at Anfield)
Bayern v Real

Either wrong thread mate or you have serious delusions of grandeur

[JK]

Semi's are:

Liverpool v Roma (unfortunately 1st leg at Anfield)
Bayern v Real

Either wrong thread mate or you have serious delusions of grandeur

Cmon mate, as slight as it might be at least the Poms have some chance in the CL

[RB]

News report saying Australia may boycott the World Cup finals as a result of the recent alleged Moscow backed nerve agent attack in England. After watching them play Norway on Saturday morning that might not be a bad thing. I know we are not that good, but that was horrible. Hopefully some improvement tomorrow against Columbia.

I bet the Italians would love if that happened. They're the first in line if that happens, right? Or would an Oceanic nation take the Aussie spot in this case?

Well there are 7 or 8 teams who fell at the final playoffs stage, so who knows.

[Jim05]

News report saying Australia may boycott the World Cup finals as a result of the recent alleged Moscow backed nerve agent attack in England. After watching them play Norway on Saturday morning that might not be a bad thing. I know we are not that good, but that was horrible. Hopefully some improvement tomorrow against Columbia.

I bet the Italians would love if that happened. They're the first in line if that happens, right? Or would an Oceanic nation take the Aussie spot in this case?

Well there are 7 or 8 teams who fell at the final playoffs stage, so who knows.

Under FIFA rules Honduras would have first right if we pulled out.

[Senor Moto Gadili]

ESPN just showed a replay of Australia v Croatia 2006 World Cup game. Forgot how bad Graham Poll was ...... horrible.

[johntheclaret]

ESPN just showed a replay of Australia v Croatia 2006 World Cup game. Forgot how bad Graham Poll was ...... horrible.

The Lee Mason of the noughties

[PatowalongaPirate]

Bert Van Marwijk has named his World Cup squad of 32 players. Cahill is named.

[Jim05]

Bert Van Marwijk has named his World Cup squad of 32 players. Cahill is named.

That’s only the initial squad. Gets trimmed to 26 players in the coming weeks and eventually to 23 on the eve of the Cup

[Senor Moto Gadili]

Bert Van Marwijk has named his World Cup squad of 32 players. Cahill is named.

That’s only the initial squad. Gets trimmed to 26 players in the coming weeks and eventually to 23 on the eve of the Cup

I don't think our squad is going to strike much fear into our opponents. I'm glad they have picked Arzani.

Goalkeepers:
1. Brad Jones,
2. Mitch Langerak,
3. Mat Ryan,
4. Danny Vukovic
Defenders:
5. Aziz Behich,
6. Milos Degenek,
7. Alex Gersbach,
8. Matthew Jurman ,
9. Fran Karacic,
10. James Meredith,
11. Josh Risdon,
12. Trent Sainsbury,
13. Aleksandar Susnjar,
14. Bailey Wright
Midfielders:
15. Josh Brillante,
16. Jackson Irvine,
17. Mile Jedinak,
18. Robbie Kruse,
19. Massimo Luongo,
20. Mark Milligan,
21. Aaron Mooy,
22. Tom Rogic,
23. James Troisi
Forwards:
24. Daniel Arzani,
25. Tim Cahill,
26. Apostolos Giannou,
27. Tomi Juric,
28. Mathew Leckie,
29. Jamie Maclaren,
30. Andrew Nabbout,
31. Dimitri Petratos,
32. Nikita Rukavytsya.

[Dogwatcher]

******* Milligan.

[Spargo]

******* Milligan.

Yep, and Troisi.
I’d hoped these days were over...

[RB]

******* Milligan.

He's OK as a backup centre half (I'd much prefer him to Jurman). But surely he won't play in the midfield unless Jedinak is unavailable.

[Wedgie]

Harry Kane named as Captain of England.
He's not even captain of Spurs!

[johntheclaret]

Harry Kane named as Captain of England.
He's not even captain of Spurs!

Shows how we shit we are

[johntheclaret]

Having said that Nick Pope tops off a great season by getting an England call up. He is/was the reserve keeper behind To Heaton who was also called up before his injury. Heaton on the England Standby list, along with Tarkowski

PTBAC

[nuggety goodness]

With just over two weeks to go I think we need to start making some predictions...

Australia;
-will get spanked by France 4-0
-will then take point from Denmark with a 1-1 draw, Tim Cahill coming off the bench to rescue us late
-before a disappointing loss to Peru 2-1. Rogic scoring first then as we park the bus trying to secure win Peru will score twice in the last ten minutes

My final 4 are:
France v Belgium
Germany v Spain

Germany to beat France in the final
Spain to beat Belgium to 3rd

Golden Boot - Antoine Griezmann (FRA) with 8

Golden Ball - Marco Reus (GER)

Golden Gloves - Hugo Lloris (FRA)

Best Young Player - Rodrigo Bentancur (URU)

Fair play trophy - Belgium