Robbie Slater destroys Mark Bosnich and Craig Foster for trying to fire Graham Arnold

Former Socceroo player Robbie Slater has lashed out at Graham Arnold critics after the Socceroos coach took Australia to the round of 16 in Qatar.

Arnold was criticized after losing 4–1 to France in the first match.but he laughed for the last time after successive victories over Tunisia and Denmark.

This means the Socceroos finished Group D with six points, the best ever by an Australian team at the World Cup and two more than the 2006 Golden Generation.

But Arnold has had a hard time as a Socceroos coach and there have been many critics along the way.

Critics were forced to take their word for it after he led Australia to the World Cup on penalties against Peru.

And now Australia will play Argentina in the round of 16 on Sunday morning to equal the 2006 team.

In an SBS report this morning, former Socceroo Craig Foster, who criticized Arnold’s tactics after the game against France, praised Arnold.

“Graham Arnold is at the center of it all. He did an amazing job today, an amazing job in the last two games, he made all the right decisions against Tunisia and today he did it again.

“They had a plan when they went 1-0 today.”

Former Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, who criticized Arnold during the World Cup campaign, praised Football Australia for sticking with him.

The Socceroos ended the qualifying campaign poorly, forcing them into back-to-back play-offs against the UAE and Peru.

“During the qualifying period, he received a lot of criticism, including from me,” Bosnich said on SBS.

“At the time, it didn’t look good for him. Two points out of nine possible. He punched him.”

“The credit should go to Football Australia and James Johnson, at the time it would have been easy to let him go.”

But Slater was unimpressed, telling Yahoo that it “makes you cringe watching people try to get him fired this morning after the (qualifying) game in Saudi Arabia.”

“Now they are saying it was a good decision that they kept him, but they were desperate to get him out. It’s incredible to hear what they’re saying now.”

After defeating Denmark, Arnold immediately noted that the 2022 team did what even the 2006 team could not achieve – two wins in the group stage.

“Maybe we’re talking about the new golden generation because I’ve heard and heard about the 2006 golden generation that scored four points and now we have six points,” said Arnold, who was Guus Hiddink’s assistant coach. in 2006 year.

“We’re talking about a new generation.”

But Arnold did not want to participate in criticism after the game with France.

Speaking at a press conference after a 1-0 win over Tunisia, he said: “Who cares” when asked what he wanted to say to his critics.

“They have never been trained. I didn’t see who criticized me, but I think some of them have never even been to the World Cup,” he said.

“They don’t affect my life in any way.”

Originally published as “Tried to fire him”: Australian presenters set fire to television commentaries