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One week ago, we asked you to pick your Socceroos squad for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup.
You’ve had your say, we’ve crunched the numbers and now it’s time to reveal the squad you, the Roarers, have elected to send to Russia in June.
Starting with the goalkeepers, and it was very clear who you thought the number one should be, with Mat Ryan being picked in 99 per cent of squads.
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Just four votes separated Brad Jones from Danny Vukovic as the number two gloveman, but there was daylight between Vukovic and the next pick in Mitch Langerak (68% to 45%).
As far as the outfield players ago, a whopping eight names featured in more than 90% of your suggested.
Huddersfield midfielder Aaron Mooy topped the lot, with 99 per cent of the vote, while Massimo Luongo, Tom Rogic, Mile Jedinak, Trent Sainsbury, Tomi Juric, Matthew Leckie and, surprisingly, Jackson Irvine also passed the 90 percentage point mark.
There was still considerable faith in veteran Tim Cahill, with 72 per cent of you having room for the 38-year-old striker in your squads, while 69 per cent of you were in favour of handing Daniel Arzani his Socceroos debut.
While Andrew Nabbout and James Troisi (narrowly) secured enough votes to finish in the top 20, their inclusions in the squad would have left the Socceroos perilously thin on defenders. As such, we made the executive decision to replace them with the two next-best-voted defenders beneath them in Josh Risdon and Matthew Spiranovic.
What do you think of the squad Roarers? Who’s lucky to be there? Who got robbed? What changes would you make?
Let us know in the comments!
Position | Player |
GK | Mat Ryan |
GK | Brad Jones |
GK | Danny Vukovic |
DEF | Trent Sainsbury |
DEF | Aziz Behich |
DEF/MID | Mark Milligan |
DEF | Milos Degenek |
DEF | Bailey Wright |
DEF | Alex Gersbach |
DEF | Josh Risdon |
DEF | Matthew Spiranovic |
MID | Aaron Mooy |
MID | Massimo Luongo |
MID | Tom Rogic |
MID | Mile Jedinak |
MID | Jackson Irvine |
MID | Robbie Kruse |
MID | Daniel Arzani |
MID | Dimitri Petratos |
FWD | Tomi Juric |
FWD | Matthew Leckie |
FWD | Tim Cahill |
FWD | Jamie Maclaren |