How did a two-all draw with a stoppage-time equaliser leave you feeling about Liverpool, and what do you need to see them improve in Game 2 under Andoni Iraola?

Yeah, look, it's going to take time.

I think, you know, completely different managers from last year to this year, different styles of play, different persona, different energy, and I think that's going to take some time.

I am a little concerned on the depth of the squad this year and, you know, they spent a lot of money last year.

I think it was clear to see how much of that money has been beneficial.

I'm still yet to really... understand the significance of those purchases.

You know, I think Floor Invert still, you know, is building into the Premier League.

How do you see this game going?

I, I get what he was trying to do, but he guessed wrong.

Yeah, I completely agree.

I think, you know, I think we were all as stunned as each other and as stunned as, as Patty Beach, it looked like.

And hearing him speak after the game, uh, he found out when we all found out.

So I think for, for that moment to happen, um, I think it certainly rattled not only him, but the entire squad.

Uh, and I think, like you said, Julian, that, that save that he made was one of the best saves of the tournament, and you could see it, it hyped him up, it hyped the team up.

I was hyped up.

... how optimistic are you about this group and about what this experience can do for the younger core as they go on to be, hopefully, household names into the future?

Let's talk about the starting 11 for Australia because an hour before kickoff, it was quite exciting to see six changes in Which of those stood out to you and which names caught your eye? Yes, a goalless performance, but what did you think of Australia's lineup and some of the better players in this game?

Yeah, look, I have to admit I was much more excited to see this line-up and each quality that each player brought, I think, was something that we'd needed, certainly from the US game.

I think for me, I loved seeing Jackson Irvine back in the midfield.

I think what he offers in that role and the leadership he brings, the intensity, I think is so invaluable and I think he saw the best of that.

Obviously, I think Conor Metcalf is incredible.

is a very, very good player.

And I think having him back on, um, was very much needed.

So they should have everyone fit and firing.

But

you also see that as a teammate and thinking, OK, these players are getting sold to big clubs in this system that I'm also in.

Why can't that be something I look forward to as well? A club like that, now they're winning trophies, they're signing these big players, selling a lot of money.

It's ambitious for any other player, but then you see that from your manager and it leaves a bit of a sour taste.

You go to work every single day with these people, so it is tough.

I don't love the comments, but...

Yeah, I think he definitely has the talent to go on to an even bigger club, which is exciting.

It's not long now until the Asian Cup.

How does it affect a playing group in the modern era? Something like this.

I think, yeah, modern era, it's definitely changing because it is so much more common.

But it still does affect the group massively, I think.

I've had a couple of coaches in my time at Wanderers in the past few years and it does.

You know, you're working with one leader at the moment, and then the next day you come in and everything's changed, everything's flipped on its head.

And as a leader of the group, and you're trying to keep everyone together, everyone's going through different emotions, some may be happy, some may be really pissed off, some don't care, and you've got to try and manage 20-plus emotions in one room.

It's incredibly tough, but I think it also is a bit of that athlete mentality that...

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