Graham Arnold Quotations

I have great faith in our players and I've come away from the game more comfortable and confident than I'd have been if I hadn't seen the match,

I don't know the full story but we'll be in touch with him as soon as possible. We'll keep our fingers crossed it's not too serious. Knowing Harry he'll do everything he can to get fit.

From what I'm hearing at the moment from our medical staff, everything is fine.

He looks very happy within himself and with where he's at the moment, he's extremely motivated,

Guus is a great believer in a youth policy and he is determined to give them their chance at international level.

He seems very happy and content with himself at the moment, and you're seeing that getting delivered on the field.

Holland and Greece give us a good preparation because of their tactical ability, and tactically is what we need to be working on.

He's a very special type of striker over there, there's not many players in England like him with that style, a target man with the strength he has on the ball. He brings other people into play because he's a special player.

It a win-win situation for Archie, the club and for his country. Guus wants Archie to get some meaningful game time - and that's great for us.

I think the first half the boys were a bit nervous, it was a scrappy first half.

It is a major concern. We don't have the depth in the squad. We have 23-24 elite players.

Liverpool was also concerned that making Harry travel all the way to Australia and back when it was clear he could not take part in the matches was not in his best interests.

That was a one-week proposition. He will be back next week.

Michael Beauchamp I thought was outstanding tonight, and he's put himself right in calculations (for the World Cup).

We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.

Craig has always performed extremely well for Australia and it's great to have him back fit and in calculation for selection again.

The rule is pretty clear. If a player hasn't played for his club because of an injury leading up to an international then the club does not have to release him.

I've made the point before, and I'll make it again, we don't have the depth of other countries. These four blokes, they are all very important to us. You don't want to be thinking about going into the World Cup without them.

This is a better option than having to go to Colombia,

It's a chance for the fringe players and a lot of the A-League boys to step up and show what they can do at this level. It's a big leap from club football to the international arena. Some players aren't able to make that transition - so this game may answer a lot of questions one way or another.

It's great news. It's just a matter of him healing. He's never had an injury like that in all the time he's been playing the game.

It was an ordeal, but we're going home.

I rang him last night and spoke to him and he says 'okay, there's nothing we can do about it but Australians are meant to be tough'.

I just felt that Mark has never looked fitter when I saw him at the last training camp in Holland. He's as fit as I've ever seen him, as trim as I've ever seen him and extremely sharp.

The players are looking forward to it because they'd like revenge

He's very happy, and a lot of players need to be happy off the field to be playing well on the field, and I'd say Archie is that kind of person,

You want to hope that he can be a wildcard,

And he proved against Jamaica his quality, he played very well, took his goal very nicely, and blended in to the system very well.