FA spoke of the need for a ‘stable environment’ and level of ‘certainty’ – after a week of disruptive conjecture Full story published in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/05/graham-arnold-socceroos-speculation-is-a-mess-partly-of-football-australias-making
The introduction of 34-year-old and recently naturalised Bruno Fornaroli to the Socceroos set up was indicative of years and years of not addressing the biggest problem with Australian football right now: the demand for international players is far outweighing the supply. JOEY LYNCH finds out why. Full story for Optus Sport: https://sport.optus.com.au/articles/os41087/socceroos-news-2022-australia-football-young-players-next-generation
In the end, it really should have surprised no one that Graham Arnold constructed his own reality in the build-up to the Socceroos 1-0 loss to Saudi Arabia. “I’ve been around the national team now for 40 years and I’ve never known a game to be a dead rubber,” he declared. “It’s more about going … More Pressure builds on Graham Arnold as Socceroos slump to Saudi Arabia defeat
Reaction has increasingly come to define Australian football. In the A-League Men, prevailing trends of dysfunctionality in possession means that the most effective way of predicting the outcome of a match is simply determining which side will be able to sit back, react and then spring forward in transition. Full story for ESPN Australia: https://www.espn.com.au/football/australia-aus/story/4628178/socceroos-slump-to-another-disappointing-loss-as-australia-waits-for-a-reaction
Stick or twist? That is the question on the lips of the board at Football Australia ever since the loss to Japan last week when condemned the Socceroos to the play-offs once again. But if they were to twist, do they even know what that would look like? JOEY LYNCH investigates. Full story for Optus … More The biggest question over Socceroos’ latest ‘desperate attempt to breathe life back into the campaign’
SYDNEY — To quote former Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Mora: “Playoffs!?” Yes. Playoffs. That’s where Australia’s hopes of securing a fifth-straight appearance at a World Cup now lie after Graham Arnold’s side were defeated 2-0 by Japan in Sydney on Thursday. Story: https://www.espn.com/soccer/australia-aus/story/4624322/australias-path-to-world-cup-playoffs-began-long-before-loss-to-japan
Stadium Australia has been the site for many of Australia’s most celebrated moments. Be it Josh Kennedy’s towering header to defeat Iraq and secure progression to the 2014 World Cup or Mile Jedinak’s captain’s hat-trick against Honduras in the 2018 World Cup qualification play-offs. Or, of course, John Aloisi’s famous penalty that dispatched Uruguay and … More Socceroos consigned to play-offs as Japan secure World Cup berth with win
Socceroos legends and A-League Men coaches Tony Popovic and John Aloisi have joined the growing chorus calling for the competition to observe international breaks. The Socceroos will play Japan and Saudi Arabia in must-win World Cup Qualifiers in the current international window; facing the Samurai Blue in Sydney on Thursday evening before jetting off the … More Popovic and Aloisi join calls for ALM to observe international breaks
Graham Arnold’s side will tread a treacherous path to Qatar unless a new generation can overcome the odds in Sydney and Jeddah Full story for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/22/a-hollywood-ending-to-world-cup-qualifying-appears-fanciful-for-depleted-socceroos
As football emerges from the pandemic, discussions over the sport’s future have reached a fever pitch. But talk is cheap without accountability. Full story in ESPN: https://www.espn.com.au/football/australia-aus/story/4612619/australian-football-must-hold-its-leaders-to-account-as-it-emerges-from-covid
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