Soccer Super Thread

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This team plays like they are on L plates.
Transition from defence is slow and just god awful. They seem to wait for their opnents to set their defences before moving the ball to their attackers.
When Syria was down to 10 men and out on their feet with fatigue the Australian flankers just pass the ball back instead of running at the the tired defence.
Just bloody awful to watch!
This team just has not clicked since they won the Asia cup.
And the tactics used by Ange are not working with the talent he has at his disposal.
Unless they significantly pick up their act they will get dusted by either Panama or Honduuras.
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Watching this team is like watching a JT coached Tigers team
 
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Ange and his style of football isn't working for us. To show balance in my criticism i don't think we have the quality of footballer that is needed to play that style but a world quality coach would see that and adjust his methods. you cant fit a square peg into a round hole.

either Kruse is being used incorrectly or he is just not a quality player.
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Agreed …. we don’t have quality.
But if we all accept that why persist with this Strategy? I just don’t get it!
 
Caught last mins and extra time.

I almost wanted Syria to win for their Hunger, Determination and Desperation that out weighed our own.

My objective opinion is that **we are not worthy of a finals place**.

**This Aus team is bereft of anything remotely inspiring of my support**.

looks like NRL and AFL have nothing to fear from Soccer in Australia for another generation or two yet
 
HT
Honduras 1 Mexico 2
Panama 0 Costa Rica 1
T&T 2 USA 0

So as you were for now. A draw isn't enough for Honduras or Panama to leap frog USA. But if the Americans lose and one of Honduras or Panama we'd play the Yanks I believe. If both of them get up we'd play Honduras and the US are gone.
 
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HT
Honduras 1 Mexico 2
Panama 0 Costa Rica 1
T&T 2 USA 0

So as you were for now. A draw isn't enough for Honduras or Panama to leap frog USA. But if the Americans lose and one of Honduras or Panama we'd play the Yanks I believe. If both of them get up we'd play Honduras and the US are gone.
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Honduuras just equalised and USA pulled one back.
Honduuras by far the most dangerous opponent and worst place to play away game.
 
Quite drama in South America.
Chile who were running third look like getting lapped by Columbia, Peru and Argentina …. on current scores.
 
Fox Sports reporting Ange has lost support from FFA and of some playing group members ….. and may be ready to quit either immediately or after qualifications are over in November.
 
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Caught last mins and extra time.

I almost wanted Syria to win for their Hunger, Determination and Desperation that out weighed our own.

My objective opinion is that **we are not worthy of a finals place**.

**This Aus team is bereft of anything remotely inspiring of my support**.

looks like NRL and AFL have nothing to fear from Soccer in Australia for another generation or two yet
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Why are you still a Tigers fan then…? :laughing:
 
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Ange and his style of football isn't working for us. To show balance in my criticism i don't think we have the quality of footballer that is needed to play that style but a world quality coach would see that and adjust his methods. you cant fit a square peg into a round hole.

either Kruse is being used incorrectly or he is just not a quality player.

Agreed …. we don’t have quality.
But if we all accept that why persist with this Strategy? I just don’t get it!
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Read an article today that suggest Ange is leaving and based on his reported comments he is quite stubborn especially when it come to his tactics. he believes they are solid and have worked for him to date and will work again in the future.
 
The timing of this conjecture is odd, why not wait until after.

Hoping he's doing a Mourinho and trying to throw the heat off the players.
 
fans desperately want a side they can have confidence in.
their insistence in playing from the back looks crap and fills supporters with nervous tension.
fancy having rookavista to come on and hopefully score a goal- he couldnt do it for perth nor wanderers- he runs fast but thats all.
our expectations far outweigh the abilities of the team- our golden age is well gone but ill still be cheering for them.
 
Got the result which is all that matters I guess, on to Honduras now. Should be a little easier against a team who wants to play football, rather than waste time, park the bus and pump it long all night.

Ange has to go though, the system is square pegs in round holes. How many games in his life has Leckie played as a wing back, yet Ange will only play him there. Mooy is the star of this team, yet we bench him for a huge game. A back 3 only works with a rugged yard dog centre back in the middle, I like Sainsbury, but he is not that player, we need to play a back 4, but I guess back 3 is the cool thing at the moment. Kruse was a good player 4 ACL injuries ago, now he has lost a yard of pace and is pedestrian.

For the first leg against Honduras I would like to see (Leckie & Milligan are suspended)

Ryan

Degenek - Sainsbury - Wright - Gersbach

Irvine - Luongo - Mooy

Troisi - Cahill - Goodwin
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There are goals in this side, bring Rogic on for impact as I don't think he is clinical enough to be our spark yet. If we nab a result with an away goal it sets us up well for the second leg, when we will hae another outlet in Leckie.
 
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Got the result which is all that matters I guess, on to Honduras now. Should be a little easier against a team who wants to play football, rather than waste time, park the bus and pump it long all night.

Ange has to go though, the system is square pegs in round holes. How many games in his life has Leckie played as a wing back, yet Ange will only play him there. Mooy is the star of this team, yet we bench him for a huge game. A back 3 only works with a rugged yard dog centre back in the middle, I like Sainsbury, but he is not that player, we need to play a back 4, but I guess back 3 is the cool thing at the moment. Kruse was a good player 4 ACL injuries ago, now he has lost a yard of pace and is pedestrian.

For the first leg against Honduras I would like to see (Leckie & Milligan are suspended)

Ryan

Degenek - Sainsbury - Wright - Gersbach

Irvine - Luongo - Mooy

Troisi - Cahill - Goodwin
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There are goals in this side, bring Rogic on for impact as I don't think he is clinical enough to be our spark yet. If we nab a result with an away goal it sets us up well for the second leg, when we will hae another outlet in Leckie.
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Don't mind that side. You'd think that Juric gets a run somewhere in the game as well. Seems to have lost his touch of late for the national side, sans the double he scored against the Saudis at home. Looks to be in OK touch at club level.
 
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Got the result which is all that matters I guess, on to Honduras now. Should be a little easier against a team who wants to play football, rather than waste time, park the bus and pump it long all night.

Ange has to go though, the system is square pegs in round holes. How many games in his life has Leckie played as a wing back, yet Ange will only play him there. Mooy is the star of this team, yet we bench him for a huge game. A back 3 only works with a rugged yard dog centre back in the middle, I like Sainsbury, but he is not that player, we need to play a back 4, but I guess back 3 is the cool thing at the moment. Kruse was a good player 4 ACL injuries ago, now he has lost a yard of pace and is pedestrian.

For the first leg against Honduras I would like to see (Leckie & Milligan are suspended)

Ryan

Degenek - Sainsbury - Wright - Gersbach

Irvine - Luongo - Mooy

Troisi - Cahill - Goodwin
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There are goals in this side, bring Rogic on for impact as I don't think he is clinical enough to be our spark yet. If we nab a result with an away goal it sets us up well for the second leg, when we will hae another outlet in Leckie.

Don't mind that side. You'd think that Juric gets a run somewhere in the game as well. Seems to have lost his touch of late for the national side, sans the double he scored against the Saudis at home. Looks to be in OK touch at club level.
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In Sydney put him up front with Cahill, but I feel as though in an away leg the 4-3-3 can become a 4-5-1, I don't know if Juric can play up front in a 1 at this level. Cahill has experience and thrives on these occaisions. If we are on the front foot then Juric & Rogic are options to find the killer blow. Would also like to see MacLaren in the picture as another option, he's got a yard of pace that none of the other striking options have.
 
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Caught last mins and extra time.

I almost wanted Syria to win for their Hunger, Determination and Desperation that out weighed our own.

My objective opinion is that **we are not worthy of a finals place**.

**This Aus team is bereft of anything remotely inspiring of my support**.

looks like NRL and AFL have nothing to fear from Soccer in Australia for another generation or two yet

Why are you still a Tigers fan then…? :lol:
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Yes CB, Tigers forever. We are perennial underdogs and thats my expectation.

The Soceroos have all the perks, chartered planes etc and they were mush.
 
Gameweek 7 results are in - and here they are:

Bon Vivant 59 - 54 Beijing Town
Bozo's Ballers 48 - 61 Benzeman da Tiger
MANS 45 - 47 Minto FC
Blanks United 69 - 47 Tranquilo
Aldinga Allstars 46 - 45 Laroche Lions
Queens Park Raisins 18 - 37 Fibro's

So the table looks like this after gameweek 7:

Rank Team & Manager Wins Draws Losses Score Pts
1 Blanks United

6 0 1 407 18
2 Minto FC

6 0 1 377 18
3 Tranquilo

4 0 3 409 12
4 Bon Vivant
4 0 3 380 12
5 MANS

4 0 3 367 12
6 Benzeman da Tiger
4 0 3 337 12
7 Fibro's

3 1 3 326 10
8 Laroche Lions

3 0 4 371 9
9 Aldinga Allstars

3 0 4 343 9
10 Bozo's Ballers

2 0 5 389 6
11 Beijing Town

1 1 5 347 4
12 Queens Park Raisins

1 0 6 300 3
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WOWSERS!!

Sensational Gameweek 7 is in the bag!

Close games; very, very close games, and a couple not so close!
Blanks United (wt00) had the highest team score this round, in their victory over Tranquilo (Dazza-96); Bon Vivant (Mrs tiger_one), Benzaman da tiger (WestsBenTigers), and Fibro’s (851) had good wins t in their matches, whilst close wins were the name of the game in matches where MintoFC (Harvey) beat MANS (swag tiger)and (in the tightest margin of a 1 point victory) Aldinga Allstars (JRD) came over the top of Laroche Lions (tiger_one).

Co-League leaders after Gameweek 7 are still Blanks United and Minto FC, albeit the comp is still in the early rounds so overall things are still pretty tight. Still loads more FUN or Luck or TALENT to reveal itself over the time to come!

Still, this league is still way early in the comp, remembering that it will extend overall to 38 weeks in total; so heaps All up, there are now 5,206,452 fantasy players in this comp world-wide - our league’s scores are showing signs of being better than most.
Congrats therefore to everyone - just keep it up!

And now for the best part: we each get to do it all over again effective next week-end.

Just try to remember, the big thing is to try and get your team research done reasonably early, with transfers etc done before the first game of every round to get the best chance of more points.

Good Luck to everyone in your trades (or not!).
 
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