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Tom Rogic, at just 21, has been held up as the new light for Australian football since his breakout season with the Central Coast Mariners in 2012.
Football experts have ridden the wave of fans who have celebrated his amazing technical ability and his prowess in unlocking an opposition’s defence as if he was Alessandro Del Piero.
It is fantastic that Socceroos fans think they have someone coming through with the magic of the superb Italian, but I believe they don’t.
In Rogic, the Socceroos have a player that might be good in a few years time.
He has a decent first touch and he has some troubling pace, but that is about it.
Many have him starting against some of the best teams in the world in the hope that he is going to bring something to the team that will have Spain and company wobbling at the knees.
On the basis of Thursday morning’s performance, starting Rogic is inadequate.
He was poor.
As an attacking midfielder, Rogic does not have the required passing game to succeed in competitive international football.
On a number of occasions Rogic found himself in a good position to thread the ball through for a teammate but he just could not do it.
The play was clear but his mind wasn’t.
Fans of Celtic’s Melbourne Victory loanee will say that the Socceroos played well in the first half when he was on but struggled when he was subbed off in the second half.
The Socceroos played great, but little in the first half was down to Rogic.
They may have struggled in the second half, however it was not because he was off but because the Socceroos only had ten players.
Rogic has played less than 50 senior competitive matches in his career, so he probably will get better.
We would want to hope so if he is the player to lead Ange Postecoglou’s attacking revolution.
Yet I am of the firm belief that Rogic should not be a part of Postecoglou’s starting eleven at this year’s World Cup.
He is not good enough and I believe that players like Mark Bresciano and Harry Kewell should be given the responsibility for play in attacking third come the World Cup in Brazil.
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