Socceroos World Cup Qualifier Wednesday

The Socceroos take on Bahrain 2pm AEST Thursday morning Canberra time.

We're top of the group, Bahrain have four of their first picks out and it'll be a cool 24 degrees come match time.

So no excuses.


And it's vital we get a win, okay a point will do, but given we go to Tokyo next, where it's conceivable we could lose, although I doubt it...we need to take 4 points from these two away games to build on our fantastic start.

Brett Emerton, Vinny Grella, Craig Moore, Chris Coyne Scott Chipperfield and Scott McDonald are all unfit.

Carl Valeri is back, so is Harry Kewell and Marco Bresciano. With Tim Cahill in the mix this side should be strong enough in attack.

Luke Wikshire, Lucas Neill Jade North and David Carney across the backline

Expect Carl Valeri and Jason Culina in the midfield with Bresciano, Cahill and maybe Kewell upfront. Still leaves room for one more, I'm going with Brett Holman although Pim may go with Jacob Burns and push Culina wide right.

We'll see but I reckon Australia will get three points...here's hoping we take another huge step to South Africa and give Rebecca Wilson something positive to write about for once.

And well done the FFA CEO Ben Buckley for putting a statement out to counter the trash from Wilson. You can see it on the FFA website.

Some say he shouldn't get involved. I say we have market power now to start throwing our economic weight around. We don't have to take this drivel in Australia anymore or ever again no matter how successful or otherwise our teams, at club or national level.

We all like to criticise but Wilson's sort of Australian sports journalism of yore needs to be challenged at every corner from now on.

She'll be thinking twice before she writes anything so stupid about football as will some of her other cronies.

To think she's labelled a journalist....

Socceroos to win by 1. Wilson to be on the first media plane to South Africa:)