2014 FIFA World Cup

[CrowsFan]

No Mario Gomez!  :o

Got injured in September, returned in February, then injured again in March and hasn't played since. No surprise he wasn't selected

[Andrew3747]

Good to see some big talents like Goretzka and Ginter.

[Tominator]

how have I not seen this thread?! It's a month away from today, so excited!

[Master Q]

how have I not seen this thread?! It's a month away from today, so excited!

[My Chumps]

So happy with my exam timetable, I'll be finished 3 days before the opening game  ;D

[blue]

Only heard of half of the players in the 30 man squad and would be lucky to recognise 10 if I saw them.

[Tominator]

Australian Squad has been named

AUSTRALIA'S 30-MAN PRELIMINARY SQUAD

Goalkeepers:

Mat Ryan (Club Brugge/Belgium), Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund/Germany), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United), Mark Birighitti (Newcastle Jets)


Defenders:

Josh Brilliante (Newcastle Jets), Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar), Jason Davidson (Heracles Almelo/Holland), Matthew Spiranovic (Western Sydney Wanderers), Curtis Good (Dundee United/Scotland), Bailey Wright (Preston North End/England), Luke Wilkshire (Dynamo Moscow/Russia), Alex Wilkinson (Jeonbuk Motors/South Korea), Ryan McGowan (Shandong Luneng/China)


Midfielders:

Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace/England), Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory), James Holland (Austria Vienna/Austria), Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town/England), Adam Sarota (FC Utrecht/Holland), Oliver Bozanic (Luzern/Switzerland), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar), Mark Bresciano (Al-Gharafa/Qatar)


Attackers:

Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls/USA), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus/Japan), Tom Rogic (Melbourne Victory), Dario Vidosic (Sion/Switzerland), Tommy Oar (FC Utrecht/Holland), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory), Ben Halloran (Fortuna Dusseldorf/Germany), Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets), Mathew Leckie (FSV Frankfurt/Germany)

[Andrew3747]

Heard of most of them. Sup par squad. Be lucky to get a point this world cup.

[Jroo]

Heard of most of them. Sup par squad. Be lucky to get a point this world cup.

We'd be lucky to get a point, with whatever sqaud we pick. Good to see Ange looking towards the future, there's a few A-League players in the sqaud.

[Andrew3747]

I know this.

[Tominator]

surprised we didn't take Ognenovski TBH, I know he's old but I think he would've been a good influence at the back, even just as a squad player.

We've been terribly unlucky with injuries too - Robbie Kruse, Chris Herd, Trent Sainsbury, Rhys Williams, Shane Lowry - not to mention Brett Holman pulling the pin on his Socceroos career (does anybody know why??)

I like how Ange is looking to the future though, giving the kids a good run now will hopefully be good in the long run.

Having said that we'll be lucky to get a point.

[CrowsFan]

not to mention Brett Holman pulling the pin on his Socceroos career (does anybody know why??)

Most likely because he wasn't going to get selected for the squad anyway so thought he might as well retire

[nrich102]

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/socceroo-keeper-voted-best-in-belgium/1s3as376m2n6t1rc77masjesce

Matt  Ryan's the best keeper in Belgium :o

[R.Griffen]

so is Ryan actually a good goalkeeper that award makes it look like it but I can't work out how he become a world class goalkeeper

[Andrew3747]

Lukaku scored 30 goals when he was 16 in the Belgium league. So no..