So many chances!....FFS1-1 ft. Extra time.
Australia just keep drawing!
As fourth seeds we’ve already bucked the trend. We could have won that group but it turned sour after the first Wales game. We’ve done well to recover and need the same spirit again to be in with any sort of chance. I know people don’t like our football, not a great fan myself, but major tournaments always benefit from the Irish being there. Same goes for the Welsh after their memorable Euros but that’s just how it fell this time.I hate the seeding system for any kind of draw as it's just rigging the selections in favour of the big teams. Make them all completely random and you've got much more chance of seeing a few different sides in the knockout stages of the big tournaments.
Even after this, looks like there is another playoff vs a team from CONCACAF.I think it's safe to say that even if Australia do limp past 10-man Syria, they won't be troubling the later stages of the World Cup in Russia.
On par because it was pissing down so it was a bog. But there was grass everywhere unlike some of the CONCACAF fields.
Even after this, looks like there is another playoff vs a team from CONCACAF.
Go TIMMMMMMMMMMY!Cahill on 108 minutes. His 50th for Australia. 37yrs old now.
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I thought the Syrian goalie was just going to save everything. He almost got that. Been really good over both games.Go TIMMMMMMMMMMY!
If the seeding fails the big nations then there is always a dodgy handball goal to be considered.
He has. Agreed. But why oh why was Mooy starting on the bench? Ange is a strange man!I thought the Syrian goalie was just going to save everything. He almost got that. Been really good over both games.
Fuck me.....wowSheeeeeeet. The width of the post has saved Australia! 30 mins gone in ET, Al-Soma's free kick.. post and out.
Anyone else think that Ireland will draw Italy in the playoffs?