Ange Postecoglou has named his
Socceroos squad for the up and coming friendly against Costa Rica and he has
freshened up an ageing team.
Australia plays Costa Rica in
Sydney on November 19 and he has picked some local-based players. Hopefully
this approach can result in the Australian team looking more competitive.
Here are my thoughts on the
squad:
·
Mark
Schwarzer’s retirement isn’t a bad thing. He is an Australian legend but it’s
probably time for someone like Mitchell Langerak to get a chance
·
Not
seeing Luke Wilkshire and Sasa Ognenovski in defence is a good thing,
especially the latter. Ognenovski is 34 years old and he was never a fast
player
·
Lucas
Neill has been called-up but surely his time must be running out. He isn’t a
regular at club level and would Postecoglou really want to rely on a
36-year-old at centre-back next year? Neill would probably still be a good presence
in the locker room bar his recent rant on young players
·
Aaron
Mooy was one attacking midfielder that should have been selected. If he can
work on his free-kicks, then Postecoglou really needs to take another look at
the WSW player
·
James
Troisi should have received a call-up too. Perhaps Postecoglou didn’t want to
show too much favouritism towards Melbourne Victory players
·
Postecoglou
has selected some players from his former clubs. He selected Milligan from Victory
and he picked Ivan Franjic and Matthew McKay from the Brisbane Roar. Having
these players will be ideal for the new Australia coach because they will be
familiar with his tactics
·
With
the arrival of Postecoglou as national team coach, McKay should kiss his
chances of playing left-back goodbye, which would be a good thing. McKay can play
in his natural position
·
Aside
from Josh Kennedy, Postecoglou hasn’t got a centre-forward that stands out.
Will he bring his 4-2-2-2 formations with attacking midfielders and wingers
into international football? His striker-less formation would stand-out and if
he can somehow get results with it, the formation could be the tactical
innovation of the World Cup
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