Socceroos Friendlies

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my full-strength squad:

-----------------langerak-----------------
mcgowan--spira--williams(c)--davidson
------------holland--paartalu------------
ruka-----------holman---------------oar
-----------------babalj-------------------

bench: ryan, good, marrone, behich, goodwin, sarota, rogic, leckie, joel griffiths

wilkshire is an old man nowadays, and imo isn't an auto selection. same goes for bresc. i daresay the likes of these guys will need to be in & around the squad to guide the youngsters, but above is just my preferred lineup that i can see taking us to, and not embarrassing us, at brazil & onwards.

just give the young guys a chance ffs. the more exposure they get to NT, the more clubs interested in them & the more chance they get for first-team-regularity at their clubs. just ask david carney - without his socceroos appearances, he'd have no bargaining power with any of his petro-dollars-clubs.

edit: valeri changed to paartalu. but i'd really want someone else there, just can't think of who. even though i'm worlds biggest fan of paartalu, i think we should have better than him there. i think back to the vince grella days & i want the next him there.

edit edit: can add in troisi, lowry, herd, luongo, tombides, and probably heaps more into that future squad (which imo should be our current squad).