2015 Asia Cup

[tony_montana]

Socceroos squad for AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia



Terry ANTONIS - Sydney FC, Australia
 

Aziz BEHICH - Bursaspor, Turkey


Mark BRESCIANO - Al Gharafa, Qatar
 

Nathan BURNS - Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand
 

Tim CAHILL - New York Red Bulls, USA
 

Jason DAVIDSON - West Bromwich Albion F.C., England
 

Ivan FRANJIC - FK Torpedo Moskva, Russia


Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) - Adelaide United, Australia
 

Chris HERD - Aston Villa, England
 

Mile JEDINAK - Crystal Palace FC, England


Tomi JURIC - Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia
 

Robbie KRUSE - TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany
 

Mitchell LANGERAK (gk) - B.V. Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany
 

Mathew LECKIE - FC Ingolstadt 04, Germany
 

Massimo LUONGO - Swindon Town FC, England
 

Matt McKAY - Brisbane Roar FC, Australia
 

Mark MILLIGAN - Melbourne Victory FC, Australia


Tommy OAR - FC Utrecht, Netherlands


Mat RYAN (gk) - Club Brugge KV, Belgium
 

Trent SAINSBURY - P.E.C. Zwolle, Netherlands
 

Matthew SPIRANOVIC - Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia
 

James TROISI - S.V. Zulte Waregem, Belgium
 

Alex WILKINSON - Jeonbuk Hyundai FC, Korea Republic




 
 

[dwaino]

Nice squad. Matt Ryan has been great for Brugge hasn't he?

[tony_montana]

By and large a good squad and should be looking to make the semis at the very least. Personally I reckon we'll win it.

 Disappointed A.Mooy didn't make it, think he's been fantastic this season. My criticism of him was he didn't cover enough ground out on the pitch, his ball distribution is world class but theres more to playing than distribution. I honestly felt he's improved out of sight when it comes to running capacity this season. Reckon he and Antonis are the future of our midfield. Would rather him than Mckay..

Happy to see Burns getting back to his best and get back into the squad, super talent that still has plenty of scope to get better.

If you add Rogic, Good and Rhys Williams to that squad and replace the 3 weakest players it augurs well for the future

[tony_montana]

Nice squad. Matt Ryan has been great for Brugge hasn't he?

Yep, was voted best GK in Belgium last season.  He's only 22 which makes it a pretty impressive feat. I was a little critical of him at the World Cup, but in hindsight, the experience will be invaluable and has looked even better in recent times.

[dwaino]

Excellent. I think I read Langarak has also been getting some time at BVB while Wiedenfeller has been injured. Experience would be awesome.

Where is Rogic? Injured again or not getting enough minutes?

can't wait to see Cahill and Kruse in action together.

[tony_montana]

Rogic is injured still, had another groin op back in October which is concerning.. Leckie, Kruse and Cahill will cause mayhem up front. Cant wait

[mightytiges]

There's enough strike power up forward to cause havoc with Timmy, Kruse and Leckie. The question mark is how our defensive structure holds up against the top Asian teams.

[one-eyed]

Starting Socceroos XI tonight according to Foxsports' Facebook page:

[mightytiges]

Spoiler - ABC TV coverage has only just started.









Aussies won 4-1 . Take a +3 result anyday.

We gave up a typical schoolboy-error goal early but it was all one way traffic for the rest of the match. Luongo was man of the match.

We'll win the whole thing easily if that's the standard of the opposition in the tournament which it won't be when we get to play South Korea and Japan eventually.

[one-eyed]

Reports Socceroos captain Jedinak has arrived in Sydney wearing a moon-boot .   

[mightytiges]

3-0 up and off to the quarter finals  .

Great team play for Kruse's goal.

The only complaint is how that Omani didn't get a red for that tackle on Timmy .

[tony_montana]

smashing it - looking pretty sharp!

[dwaino]

4-0* 

That's about as good as I've seen the Socceroos play. Ignoring the quality of the opposition we just looked really well drilled, disciplined and skills were top notch.

Been watching Japan and they really are a good side to watch. Endo, Honda, Kagawa, Hasebe etc. So many good players. Reckon we can match it though 

[🏅Dooks]

How good is Luongo!

How good will he be in a few years time!

[Big Bloke]

Been good so far. Need to make the final