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Dan Does Footy

World Cup Special: We'll Take it.

26 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What happened in the Socceroos' latest World Cup match?

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all right we're through uh dd well cup exclusive uh not emergency no no no in no ways is it emergency we're calm very calm here yeah uh nil all draw did we take work off for it yeah Could we have worked and probably watched it at the same time? For sure. But we know it's a culture thing. Now, you did work. You look great, by the way. Thank you. In the suit with tie on.

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Yep. I've got the top button undone because I felt like I should be sort of casual.

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Still loose with it, but... Yep.

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Yeah.

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So you were the one that watched it in the office?

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I did. Yeah, I watched it in the office with everyone.

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Thoughts?

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Yeah, we had a great... We had the game and then on another one of the TVs in the office, we had a live shot of Fed Square. That's cool. Yeah, right on the buzzer, all this white smoke went up. It was like a bloody pope had been elected.

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Just going off Fed Square. They love it. Tell you what, Fed Square, it is just a lot of teens. Just a lot of rats. Just going crazy, let off flares.

Chapter 2: Why is there a debate about the name 'Socceroo'?

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He came back on. Yeah, he came back on.

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Came back on. We didn't send him off, did we? I don't think so.

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That's our guy. That's our fucking dog.

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That's our dog. So he was off. And then we, yeah, I mean, I'm happy we're through. It could have been a game. We could be sitting here in a position where we go, oh, no. Now we have to wait for other results to go our way. And, oh, no, now we've got, what, some difficult team from a different group. The best team of another group.

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Yeah.

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Which is, I think it turns out we have...

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It'll be either Iran or Belgium.

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Yeah. You've got it.

Chapter 3: What are the implications of the nil-all draw for the Socceroos?

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We're Group D runners-up, which means we get Group G runners-up 4 a.m. on Saturday, the 4th of July. 4 a.m.? 4 a.m. Brutal. That's rough. Brutal.

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That's a rough schedule.

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Yeah. And so the most likely opponent is Belgium, apparently. This is from Max Lawton, who's a very good attention to detail sports runner. Most likely opponent, Belgium. Otherwise, it's Iran, Egypt, or New Zealand. And it'll be decided 3 p.m. tomorrow.

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Could you imagine a New Zealand v. Australia round of 3-2 game? That would feed generations.

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But it would suck that it's at 4-8, like unwatchable time for both countries.

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It is, but like we owe them. I don't want to start fights with different countries during the World Cup, but God, we owe them. Nothing's really happened between them, but I guess just think about rugby results. Yeah. Get them back four, you know. Yeah.

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But we sort of beat them in the whole being a country thing.

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Yeah, true. And not marrying sheep.

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That's important.

Chapter 4: How did the players perform during the match?

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Yeah. Am I married to a sheep? No. Okay. Better than you already. Great. That's a tick. I hope we get them. That'd be great. I don't want Belgium, but here's what it is. Here's what it is.

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219.654 - 234.09 Jeremy Howe

I still think there's still a big chance that Iran at least get a draw or a win against Egypt. Egypt aren't the strongest team. They've got Mo Salah and I think Mahmoud. And that's all pretty much. So there's still a chance that they could get a draw at least against Egypt.

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Tell you one thing concerning me. I haven't scored in a couple of games.

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237.585 - 237.866 Jeremy Howe

No.

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And we don't look dangerous. It's one of those ones where Aaron Kooner gets the ball and we all go, oh, here it goes. But then he's like 50 metres out. Yeah. Unless he's thundercunning one in, we don't even look like scoring at the moment. That's the only thing. I'm not saying I'm complaining about it, but... I'm aware.

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Yeah. What about when he, Aaron Kundo went through on ball? What was it? The fifth, is it the 59th minute? Yeah. 59th minute. It was through on goal. And then he just thunder counted it into the fucking corner from the right.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cause he's left footer, isn't he? He's a right footer.

Chapter 5: What are the potential matchups for the Socceroos in the knockout stage?

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I think he's, he's trying to place that into the bottom left, but just honestly just go straight to the goalkeeper and hope.

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Yeah. Yeah. I thought Volpato was good.

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Why did we sub him off?

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280.501 - 282.948 Jeremy Howe

I think he was gassed. It's got to be fitness related.

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Has to be. I feel like we're all as a team, either Pop is just not great at picking the team or we're just not fit.

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We've just got a lot of players that haven't played with each other.

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So like ridden with this, right? Like Volpato and even the whole thing about Aaron Kunda not being able to play 90 and he was cramping up in the 80s, Aaron Kunda.

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Yeah.

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Why do we have at like a World Cup level so many players that aren't able to run out a 90-minute game?

Chapter 6: How does the Socceroos' squad compare to other teams?

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No, I can cop the flop because you're trying to get the free. You're trying to get the foul. It's the rolling, man. The rolling is just, and the slow-mo replays just make it look so bad. It's just, and I don't want to single out a Zizbage.

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But there was one in the first half that I was like, oh, do we need that? It's all bad.

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But I love him because he's a veteran and he's been a great for ages.

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We don't need it. I think we're one of the better countries at not flopping. Paraguay were worse than us. Oh, no, they didn't realize we were playing a diving team. Moff said at the pub next to me, he turns to me and said, what are the two most popular sports in Paraguay? He said soccer and diving. They love a dive. They're great actors as well. Real diving.

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One guy that Irukunda tackled, I think he almost did ACL, and I was yelling, get up viciously. And one guy did just... There was still a replay. Yeah, one guy did launch himself into the screens, the sideboards. There was a mild hyperextension there.

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Oh, what about the bloke who got yeeted into the coke sign?

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Yeah, I know. I thought that's where he's yeeted. Yeah, I felt bad for him.

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Yeah, Sicardi just went... Have a taste of that.

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A couple of other guys I love, Jody Boss. We're Pepsi guys. Cheers. We went to the pub. That's why. Pub was a great experience. And I went there and you didn't. That's a discussion for another day. That's not important about this. The important thing is we've won. He's gone now. It was great. Split the G. Also, spit the G. I saw that.

Chapter 7: What tactical changes could improve the Socceroos' performance?

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He should be an attacker.

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He's a left back with a license to kill.

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He has that kind of fully term half back role where you don't give a shit about your opponent. You just attack. You just go.

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Aaron Hall. Yeah, Aaron. Get some dispies. Yeah, he was right up the ground.

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He's a lucky hatch. He's unbelievable. Yeah. He was great. He's going to have a big game. Hopefully he was cramming towards the end as well, but at least he's fit.

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He's got to get a Premier League move now. Has to. Where's he at the moment? Feyenoord? I don't know how to say that. In the Dutch League. The Dutch League. Yeah, right.

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He's a gun. Someone said at the start of the World Cup, it might have been Harry Kuehl. Yeah, he said he's our best player. He said he's our best player and if he didn't have an Australian flag next to his name...

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people would consider him one of the best left backs in the world at this world cup and he he was elite like some of those you know what he was just getting up and having a go like some of those curlers from outside the box didn't score trying to make something happen look like look close a couple times this was his shot late that just missed as in just probably a meter two meters i don't want to get carried away but i would say he's like the australian gareth bale

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Yes, absolutely. Hey, you know what? We're through to the round of 32. I think we can get a little bit excited about players. I would also, I'd make that comparison if I was you.

Chapter 8: What are the expectations for the next World Cup matches?

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Jordy Boss, there you are. That's the one in my head.

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Locky Ash. I swear they say Locky Ash. Yeah, Locky Ash is one.

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Locky Ash is, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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yeah anyway there's a few there Lucas Harrington yeah 18 year old kid just big son of a bitch down back going to Barcelona apparently you mentioned that what yeah I swear I saw a rumour that he's going to Barcelona so tabs on him god so this Socceroos team is is like a prodigious well we don't get carried away but you know give us another four years we are Argentina yeah

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And I don't want to get carried away about things.

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Let's not get carried away.

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I mean, we could be Argentina in another four weeks.

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Well, we could have Argentina. The way that I'm feeling, I feel confident about having anyone.

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We got robbed against Argentina last World Cup. We should have beaten them.

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