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Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou is adamant Tim Cahill remains part of his World Cup plans after omitting the veteran striker from this months away qualifier against Thailand.Postecoglou dropped a bombshell on Wednesday by leaving Cahill out of his final 23-man squad over fitness issues.The 36-year-old Melbourne City marquee missed last weekends A-League win over Adelaide with achilles soreness.But while hes likely to return on Friday night against Brisbane, Postecoglou opted to leave Cahill in Australia to recover fully instead of the risk of putting him through an intense 10-day training camp before the November 15 game in Bangkok.Its the second time in 20 months an achilles issue has forced him out of an international after also being sidelined for last Marchs friendly with Germany.With his 37th birthday fast approaching, Cahills exclusion has sparked questions about whether age is finally catching up with the talisman as he inches towards a fourth World Cup appearance.Yet hes remained a key component of Postecoglous set-up, more recently used off the bench for limited periods but still consistently contributing to the scoresheet.Postecoglou insists Australias all-time leading scorer need not worry his international career is in jeopardy, two goals short of 50 and six caps shy of a century.He is still very important for us, Postecoglou said.Timmy missed the last (A-League) game and had a bit of an interrupted pre-season.We took him along to the last camp and he got through most of the work but, for us, its more important he has a strong A-League season.The direct beneficiary is Brisbane striker Jamie Maclaren - not named in the extended 30-man squad but getting the nod ahead of Apo Giannou based on his strong club form.Maclaren, debuting against England in June, is also playing regular football. Giannou, however, would be more than two weeks without a game having just finished the Chinese Super League season with Guangzhou R&F.It was an important factor given the in-form Tomi Juric suffered a knock last weekend playing for FC Luzern.I didnt want to be left short up front having two players in one position being underdone physically, Postecoglou said.Jamie missed out on the initial squad but I thought, against Central Coast and then him scoring (against Glory), hes looked pretty good.Ryan McGowan and Chris Ikonomidis were also dropped from the team that drew last month with Saudi Arabia and Japan, with Nathan Burns, Josh Risdon and Milos Degenek elevated alongside Maclaren.Luke Brattan, Tommy Oar, Jason Geria and Aziz Behich were trimmed from the 30-man line-up.The unbeaten Socceroos will start arriving in Bangkok this weekend for the match which signifies the halfway mark of the Socceroos final stage on the road to Russia 2018.Having slid to second in Group B, two points behind Saudi Arabia, Australia can ill afford to slip up against last-placed Thailand on their mission to qualify as one of the top two in their six-team group.The match will go ahead despite the recent death of the countrys beloved king, although supporters have been asked to treat it as a solemn occasion.Australia: Nathan Burns, Milos Degenek, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Craig Goodwin, Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, James Jeggo, Tomi Juric, Robbie Kruse, Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Jamie Maclaren, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Josh Risdon, Tommy Rogic, Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic, Bailey Wright. 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Here are the lines for Week 5 games, courtesy of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.Games involving ranked teams in?bold.Thursday, Sept. 29Kansas at Texas Tech (-28)UConn at Houston (-27.5)Friday, Sept. 30Toledo at BYU (-4)Stanford at Washington (-3)Saturday, Oct. 1Buffalo at Boston College (-17.5)Marshall at Pitt (No line)Memphis at Ole Miss (-14.5)Tulane (-2) at UMassMinnesota at Penn State (-3)Northwestern at Iowa (-12.5)Rutgers at Ohio State (-38)Kansas State at West Virginia (-3)Virginia at Duke (-3.5)Notre Dame (-12) at Syracuse (at E. Rutherford)South Florida at Cincinnati (No line)SMU at Temple (-12.5)Old Dominion (-9) at CharlotteMiddle Tenn State (-15) at North TexasUTEP at La. Tech (-20)Florida Atlantic (-5) at FIUWestern Michigan (-3.5) at Central MichiganNorthern Illinois at Ball State (-4)Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green (-3)Ohio (-2.5) at Miami (OH)Central Florida at East Carolina (-4)Akron (-7) at Kent StatePurdue att Maryland (No line)Miami (FL) (-6.dddddddddddd5) at Georgia TechIllinois at Nebraska (-21)Wisconsin at Michigan (-10.5)Louisville (-2) at ClemsonNorth Carolina at Florida State (-11)La. Monroe at Auburn (-32.5)Navy at Air Force (-8)Rice at Southern Miss (-24)Wyoming at Colorado State (-6.5)Kentucky at Alabama (-34.5)Tennessee (-3) at GeorgiaGeorgia State at Appalachian State (-18)Florida (-10) at VanderbiltUtah at Cal (-1)Texas at Oklahoma State (-3)Oregon State at Colorado (-17.5)Arizona State at USC (-8)Baylor (-16) at Iowa StateMichigan State (-7.5) at IndianaOklahoma (-3.5) at TCUMissouri at LSU (-13)San Diego State (-20) at South AlabamaLa. 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