We'll make the 2026 WC given the expanded format means 8 nations from AFC will qualify which means we'll breeze through.I agree that the squad is shit, but football in Australia relies on (both financially and from a wellbeing stand point) us making the WC to keep growing the game here. The World Cup is the one time everyone finally pays attention to football, to go almost a decade without that would be a disaster.
Worries me that WCQ for Qatar will see us retain Arnold as coach. A-League is his level.
Winning titles with recycled hacks in a league less and less care about.