Birraz has the better goal keeping attributes but BK is in better form at the moment. Birraz lost the trust from his defenders and was justifiably dropped to see if BK would fix the problem. BK hasn't solved the problem, but that doesn't make the decision a bad one yet. Birraz is still very young in goal keeping years so i'd rather seem him dropped to fix a problem than leave him on the field getting his confidence torn apart every time we concede.

Once Stubbs gets a group of players that can defend as a team, rather than a pack of numpties diving into every tackle and running around the pitch willy nilly, this argument can't really be based on the facts. Neither of them have a clean sheet this year so neither of them can boast too much anyway.

If Birraz doesn't take it on the chin and work hard to get back into the team he can kiss his Socceroos chances goodbye. It doesn't take much to become one of the players who never got their chance in the national side and eventually be forgotten.