clutching at straws surely? Every single one of those players is a born and bread Australian with aspirations of making it big in the top European leagues. A true global sportDogs wrote:Sorry SFC, where they play, doesn't make them any less Australia does it.sydneyfc wrote:lol what a joke of a competition
the asian cup laughs at this tiny competition that will be played in empty stadiums where the entire samoan team, half the NZ team and a fair chunk of the england side have australian passports
Current Socceroos squad
1 GK Mathew Ryan 8 April 1992 (age 22) 12 0 Belgium Club Brugge
12 GK Mitchell Langerak 22 August 1988 (age 26) 3 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
3 DF Jason Davidson 29 June 1991 (age 23) 12 0 England West Bromwich Albion
22 DF Alex Wilkinson 13 August 1984 (age 30) 8 0 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
20 DF Trent Sainsbury 5 January 1992 (age 22) 2 0 Netherlands Zwolle
17 DF Brad Smith 9 April 1994 (age 20) 2 0 England Swindon Town
14 DF Chris Herd 4 April 1989 (age 25) 2 0 England Aston Villa
6 DF Bailey Wright 28 July 1992 (age 22) 1 1 England Preston North End
23 MF Mark Bresciano (Vice-Captain) 11 February 1980 (age 34) 79 13 Qatar Al-Gharafa
16 MF Carl Valeri 14 August 1984 (age 30) 52 1 Australia Melbourne Victory
15 MF Mile Jedinak (Captain) 3 August 1984 (age 30) 49 6 England Crystal Palace
5 MF Mark Milligan 4 August 1985 (age 29) 32 2 Australia Melbourne Victory
11 MF Tommy Oar 10 December 1991 (age 22) 20 1 Netherlands Utrecht
13 MF Ben Halloran 14 June 1992 (age 22) 6 0 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
2 MF Joshua Brillante 25 March 1993 (age 21) 3 0 Italy Fiorentina
21 MF Massimo Luongo 25 September 1992 (age 21) 3 0 England Swindon Town
4 FW Tim Cahill (Vice-Captain) 6 December 1979 (age 34) 73 35 United States New York Red Bulls
10 FW Robbie Kruse 5 October 1988 (age 25) 28 3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
7 FW Mathew Leckie 4 February 1991 (age 23) 13 1 Germany Ingolstadt 04
9 FW Tomi Juric 22 July 1991 (age 23) 5 1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Just like the English, Kiwi and Samoan boys in the NRL. They play O/S. We are lucky enough in RL to have the strongest league comp in the world here in oz, so of course a lot of them play in the NRL
half the Samoan, nz and quite a few of the English team are born and bread Australians but play for other countries as they are rejects
Big diff
