Sydney FC fullback drafted into Socceroos WCQ squad after double injury blow

I expect him to get a run in midfield before nizzy.

I have no issue in King being selected now (there is no viable LB, who knows how the national team works, anywhere close to CBR for a game in one day). He won’t play anyway and he shouldn’t, he’s being outplayed at club level by a left footed centre back. Otherwise bring in Farrell for a taste if he was fit/available. But my concern here is – Arnie picked not 1, not 2, but THREE specialist RBs for this squad: Atkinson, Miller, Jones. But he picked half a left back (if he insists on playing Bos as a winger). That is what bothers me – you have Davidson (same league and position as Bos – perfect) and Elder (looks like he’s slowly coming back from injury but has been consistently playing for years). Why are they being ignored? For a younger LB in King? Bos is younger and better anyway. Smith and Gersbach – although not playing quite as regularly. We have a lot of quality LBs who need to find some game time, yes – but it grinds me that he picks so many RBs and no LBs. I do wish there were some questions round those selections. Behich isn’t getting any younger, he’s playing Bos at LW – who is he grooming to play LB moving forward?

Are you serious? The FA is rolling in coin now it's seperated from the Aleague. We have a strong youth squad that is starting to gel. To add these tournament offers an opportunity to show off players that may have fallen off scouts radars e.g Garang.. All that aside, we are about to play the sbase of the South Korean team we are likely to face at the U23 Asian Cup for qualification to the Olympicsif that's not a good enough reason nothing is. Sure, we could get Circata into the team, but it seems foolish to threaten his security in a team about to be promoted? I'm liking the development of these junior squads, makes me feel like any growth is not a one off.

Mauragis is with Olyroos, Clisby overrated and dirty, Farrell is with Olyroos and I dont think Garrucio has been playing that well until maybe recently. Farrell was removed from the Olyroos squad because of injury

The expectations of Socceroos fans need to be higher. It is shameful that Arnold is still manager after the fiasco of the Asian Cup.

Selecting the Socceroos and Matildas squads is fun to play! It’s also great to read everyone’s opinions, but I’m glad we’re not the selectors. Not a lot of agreement amongst us. I reckon we’d have three or four completely different squads. It’s a job probably best left to our present coaches and enjoy watching our teams play. And I reckon we’ll enjoy this Tuesday in Canberra. More goals and better football will happen.

Mauragis, Clisby, Farrell, and Garrucio all ahead of King.

So you want JD to fly 20 plus hours from Belgium to play in what really is a meaningless game (cmon we will win whoever is used and if not still win the group anyway. ) Get serious ps I doubt King will actually play.

“Olyroos through to WAFF Championship Grand Final” “The Olyroos will face the Korea Republic in the Final at Al Fateh Stadium on Tuesday, 26 March, at 11:00pm local time (7am, Wednesday, 27 March AEDT).”

It is what it is, with no left backs around he used the last resort and grabbed King. After winning this next game Arnie can go on and use as many A-League grubs as possible.

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australian football fans need to be sold on the selection policy though when it comes to international football - this is where australia has gone wrong for years with multiple coaches like i always say no other international coach (with the exception of southgate - who has been widely hammered by the press and fans) selects players who are not playing weekly for their clubs) absolutely cannot keep giving out caps to player who quite frankly dont deserve them, its one of the main reasons arnie shouldn't have been renewed anyways back to the actual topic im talking JD purely at the moment (given the circumstances with injuries) long term he will not be viable farrell may well be the long term heir, but he needs to really concentrate on his attacking output in the next 12-24 months we all know he can defend well, but as a modern day full back he absolutely must be good going forwards (which he is not currently)

Thanks for the reply, Scout. You don't need to sell me on selection policy, by the way. As far as left-back generally goes, I take it your preference is Jason Davidson. 1 out of 11 is... a start.

the whole point of international football is picking the best possible players who are playing weekly and performing for their club side. doing this eliminates the main criticism from fans/media/pundits aimed at the coach (it would then mean the coach is judged on his actual coaching ability ) joel king is a defensive fulllback (should never be near the socceroos squad based on this alone, as australia should wants attacking full backs not defensive) and to top it all off hes not even playing weekly and is a well known arnie favourite over the years jack clisby is more deserving of a socceroos call up than king (clisby is not the player i would’ve taken by the way – just using him as a point of reference) the LB i would’ve taken seems to have been forgotten about – very strange considering he was a favourite of anges time in charge, i the starting LB for his club, plays in a much stronger league than australia and has a higher attacking output whether his club who are in a relegation battle would’ve released him on such short notice is another story (however it is an international window) from talking with his father, he has not been contact by officials from the FA for quite some time (it might well be his age, or it could be he has no relationship with arnie) its probably a more damning indictment of meulensteen who is earning in the high 6 figures and is not doing his job correct as essentially the european liaison to arnie (but this leads into a bigger issue in that the FA have not invested enough money in a proper european scouting setup – 1 man like meulensteen cannot do this properly alone) heres a hint on who it is: contrary to popular belief, jordan bos is not the best australian left back in belgium

I saw a replay of him attempting a wild lunge this time on the goal keeper and he got his foot stuck in the ground and got the injury from that. If his foot didnt get stuck in the ground maybe he would have collected the keeper and got a red card.

The biggest question I have is not Joel KIngs selection but who thought it would be a good idea to play in this u23 west asia tournament. Arnie remember when he wasted endless amounts of money having the Olyroos go on three months of touring and playing matches before Beijing and then selected different players. The actual u23 tournament starts in late April, Parma are odds on of having made it to Serie A by that date. Arnie had done his usual again taken players from the A-league in his vanity exercise.

I was surprised that Sydney FC’s second choice left back was chosen, but there are no other left backs available and he has done the job before. It would have been interesting to see Courtney-Perkins given a go, but he is away with the Olyroos. Being in Australia and having an easy trip to Canberra certainly helped his cause - just like stand by cricketers in England (from county teams) when the Ashes are played.

Maybe so, but what's the alternative? Come to think of it, a couple of days ago you said, and I quote, "name me a position and [sic] ill give you some options on who could be [sic] viable alternative..." You were subsequently asked to provide 11 'viable alternatives' and you've so far failed to provide a single one. So, what's the dream-team, Scout? And, noting there's a game in Canberra on Tuesday and limited options readily available, who should've been called-up as cover instead of King? I am genuinely interested by the way, both because you know a lot more than I about the player pool and because you keep on claiming there are better alternatives and then strangely refusing to say who they are?

Laughable selection like usual from arnie Doesn't play weekly and knows the coach

Farrell is also out and for at least a couple more weeks after the tackle he received in the Cows match.