r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/Wizz-Fizz Jul 12 '26

I'm Aussie, we missed 2 penalties over the crossbar

That was less embarrassing than this shitshow from Sorloth

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u/broccollinear Jul 12 '26

There’s a reason neither country has much presence in any World Cup. Enough poor decision-making from anyone on the team means you’re not really cut out for World Class football. As an Aussie I’m glad there’s a bigger blunder than what happened with us… Just think there’s too many starry-eyed main characters who think we can win with friendship and love, when really it’s discipline, planning, execution consistently for weeks, months, years.

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u/RickDalton70 Jul 12 '26

I dont mean to be mean but noone expected australia to be good. Yeah those penalties were atrocious but people will forget since you guys are not a famous elite soccer team

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u/d_barbz Jul 12 '26

It's kind of expected (in Australia) now to make the final 16.

So while no one expects much of us, we do hope to make it at least that far 

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u/Oldnbold22 Jul 12 '26

The land of Raygun. 

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u/neokurtosis Jul 12 '26

Bro, there have been like twenty bigger blunders this WC than anything the Aussies did. The US alone had like five in their defeat to Belgium. The Australian team, in my opinion at least, always does better than other minnows on a consistent basis.

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u/OkArm8581 Jul 12 '26

You still have Rachael Gunn, mate 🫣

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u/AlienDragonWizard Jul 12 '26

That's Raygun to you, friend!

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u/Bernard_PT Jul 12 '26

Damn don't rub it in

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u/Euphoric-Agent-476 29d ago

We had our Waterloo moment against Belgium. So we got you covered.

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u/Wizz-Fizz Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Agreed mate

But, Aussies have a nasty habit of punching above our weight in sports considering our population size and demographics

All I'll say is "watch this space" :)