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Group C of the 2026 WCQ third round in Asia can be considered to be the most insane of all groups in the final…
Within the 2026 World Cup qualification campaign in Asia, only 18 teams are left to fight for eight automatic slots. Group B deserved some…
Here's the breakdown of group A of the 2026 World Cup qualification campaign.
These tournaments offered glimpses of how to understand the opponents - and Australia must learn quick lessons.
At the same time the 2024 ASEAN Championship is happening, the 26th Arabian Gulf Cup, featuring two of Australia's main opponents in group C,…
The second leg of the 2024 ASEAN Championship semi-finals, a tournament that the Socceroos didn't participate in despite being a member of the ASEAN…
As much as the Socceroos need to analyse their Southeast Asian foes in the 2024 ASEAN Championship, another concurrent tournament is happening: the Arabian…
The 2024 ASEAN Championship knockout stage has just started, and, unlike the concurrent Arabian Gulf Cup, this competition features a home and away format…
Matches between Saudi Arabia and Iraq are often emotional and played with high intensity, as they represent the two most successful Arab nations in the Asian continent.
The 2024 ASEAN Championship has just ended the group phase, with two groups of five playing in a single round-robin format with two home…
The 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round draw, conducted on 9 December 2024, officially revealed the six groups that would decide the last…
The majority of Iranian football infrastructure has been decaying and Iranian clubs are struggling to stay relevant due to negligence.
Only a week later, the 26th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup will start in Kuwait. While not part of FIFA's official calendar, the…
When Kazakh players fell down following the heavy 5-0 loss to Greece in the UEFA Euro 2024 playoffs, it felt like they had come…
Football was brutalised by the regime and the lack of professionalism meant that Syrians had little faith in their sport.
The appointment of Tony Popovic appears to have failed to address the issues, where the Socceroos have won just one out of four matches,
Indonesia's progression should be used as a justification to end the ridiculous ban on Socceroos' participation.
Six matches, only one win, three goals and just six points to their name. You may think it is the situation of a mid-tier…
After being battered 3-1 by the Socceroos in Adelaide during the October fixtures of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, China's coach Branko Ivanković…
5-0. It was the final result after the match in Abu Dhabi between the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in Group A of 2026…
Denmark still have a better domestic league than Australia. You cannot reject that.
Ryan focusing on more playing time by taking road leading out of Roma for French direction
Tennis is not football (or soccer). Tennis produces thousand of athletes per year and they are not concentrated in one country. That’s why the UK had a hard time coping for a long time until Andy Murray’s emergence. A gigantic China with 1 billion people is still trying to find out who can become the best Chinese professional tennis athletes in the same level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Australian tennis is far more competitive, but playing other competitive powers like the US, UK, Spain, Italy, etc, is already difficult enough.
After a bunch of bad exes in Aussie men's tennis, will Demon be 'the one' to take AO pain away?
This Aussie Open is full of saga. How many chaos they can have? Welcome back Iga.
‘I just want to play tennis’: Swiatek doping saga takes surprising turn
Medvedev being blyat again. After Russia is banned from all international events for invading Ukraine, the last thing he could do is to keep his manner.
Medvedev hit with monster, SIX-figure fine for smashing camera, Aus Open outbursts
Paul Izzo is having even more playing time in Randers and in fact, being no.1 for the Danish team. Tom Glover is also earning more play time with Middlesbrough. Meanwhile Ryan committed many mistakes against Bahrain that killed Australia’s chances to snatch even a win in two matches. The inability of Popovic to entrust different goalie other than Ryan was chastening.
Bring Paul Izzo in. Maybe we can get the difference.
Ryan focusing on more playing time by taking road leading out of Roma for French direction
Ange should begin to pack home. Tottenham are so bad that they don’t look like a team anymore.
With Manchester United, the impact of having the same owners who cared nothing about club… set this destruction. Though I don’t think it is the worst yet, given they used to be relegated five times.
Ange vows to fight for Spurs redemption as another loss piles on pressure, United worst ever?
Bloody true. Never saw Sydney goalie being that bad.
Brisbane Roar FINALLY earn first win with massive boilover, Reds pinch top spot from Auckland
Adelaide have always amazed me by fan loyalty. Perhaps it helped a lot.
Adelaide United have got what every A-League club wants - home advantage
Adelaide always have some of the most loyal and passionate fans. It’s different from most other Aussie clubs. Sad truth but A-League Men needs a total inquiry.
Adelaide United have got what every A-League club wants - home advantage
Utter madness but in tennis traditions.
Human Rights Commission complaint lodged over Tony Jones' 'insulting and offensive' Djokovic dig as drama escalates
American centric narrative only prioritises basketball and their own rugby-esque version (American football). I guess they need to focus on other sports.
Sorry, ESPN: It's absurd to suggest LeBron James is greater than Novak Djokovic
Damn crackers from Nunez. He is such a player only for special moments.
Nunez on the double to extend Liverpool lead as Gunners cry foul over VAR drama in costly slip-up
Watch the Adelaide match. A lot of fans. Somehow it reminds me of the MLS in 2000s. Then seeing so many empty seats in other stadiums. It is sad to watch.
But hey, more and more Aussie locals scored goals. They need to be entrusted.
Brisbane Roar FINALLY earn first win with massive boilover, Reds pinch top spot from Auckland
C’mon Ange. You should know what to do with Spurs. The Spursy nature of the team were too much to handle.
'This is where I want to be': Postecoglou digs in to steer Spurs away from choppy form
He was a World Cup and Euros winner. Guess he knew what to do. Let’s hope the veteran proved his merits.
Mata wins praise for 'best game he's played', delightful assist - but Wanderers go down to motivated Mariners
Good old Amad, always shine. What a player for a subpar Man Utd.
Amad's stunning hat-trick rescues dreary United, Brighton down struggling Ipswich to snap winless run
Doubtful. Ange may have been Australia’s greatest manager so far, but nope.
'This can't be acceptable': Ange whacks 'passive' Spurs as Arsenal cut gap at the top, Isak sets Newcastle club record
No one said King Henry V would defeat the more numerous French in Agincourt either.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition.
Let’s hope.
WCQ Group C predictions: Do-or-die for Socceroos in vital window, can Saudis recover?
I guess Ange won’t survive this time around.
'This can't be acceptable': Ange whacks 'passive' Spurs as Arsenal cut gap at the top, Isak sets Newcastle club record
I agree. Though I doubt Japan and China will complain the same.
WCQ Group C predictions: Do-or-die for Socceroos in vital window, can Saudis recover?
I should have added Renard’s issues. His past records as coach of Zambia, Morocco and France W provided an insight. He loved high-tempo pressing, perhaps in a partial form of Jurgen Klopp’s gegenpressing, a reason why he succeeded so quickly. Yet his inability to maintain momentum with teams he formerly worked (Zambia failed to qualify for 2014 WC, Morocco’s poor 2019 AFCON, to how France W faltered in the Olympics just after reaching the Nations League final) suggested something about it.
I agree that Saudi are the biggest threat but the Renard 2.0 era doesn’t seem to be as formidable as the first.
WCQ Group C predictions: Do-or-die for Socceroos in vital window, can Saudis recover?
Thanks.
The Vietnam story was somehow close to it. Vietnam had a glorious era under the Korean Park Hang-seo (and a reason why Indonesia hired Shin Tae-yong), and Park’s Vietnam even faced Socceroos back in 2022 WCQ. But Park’s decision to step down after 2022 AFF Championship left a major void. Philippe Troussier was appointed with his 2002 World Cup experience with hope to sustain Park’s success. Sadly, he proved so disastrous that the Vietnamese missed out the final round of this WCQ, hence he was sacked.
One key similar issue related to it is more than just Hervé Renard’s inability to maintain momentum with teams he previously worked. The story is quite coincidental: both Vietnam and Indonesia appointed coaches from the former colonisers (France and the Netherlands), expecting that they understood them. Instead, these decisions have left them to ruins.
WCQ Group C predictions: Do-or-die for Socceroos in vital window, can Saudis recover?
Forest will be a fascinating team this season. They have improved under Nuno Santo.
How Nottingham Forest went from the brink of relegation to eyeing off the Champions League
And Australia don’t have the vast quantity and quality of resources seen with the USMNT or Japan either.
A Japanese or an American playing in Denmark or Sweden may sound insane for these people nowadays. But an Australian playing in Denmark or Sweden is worth to cherish for. The difference is very huge.
Today Socceroos do not have players of similar level rivalling to Kaoru Mitoma, Wataru Endo, Weston McKennie and Tim Weah. You have to capitalise from the smallest. That’s the point.
Ryan focusing on more playing time by taking road leading out of Roma for French direction