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^^^^^^^^^What he said….

I must add I hate when Aussie Pride is put on the line....and well frankly...it was pathetic.....

Hope they bounce back and restore some of it.....fight in the dog....is their any in this Socceroo team?

Those that know about the sport.....Any hope?
 
Shocking performance. The age of our players showed - far too slow. Also, I cant really fathom what our tactics were - bizarre formation given the squad. Richard Garcia is a plodder. What is he doing playing in a World Cup?

Im not sure what people refer to by the "media love-in". Most pundits have regularly acknowledged that this squad is well below the 2006 team. This wasnt totally unexpected.
 
@Geo. said:
^^^^^^^^^What he said….

I must add I hate when Aussie Pride is put on the line....and well frankly...it was pathetic.....

Hope they bounce back and restore some of it.....fight in the dog....is their any in this Socceroo team?

Those that know about the sport.....Any hope?
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Depends if the coach picks the appropriate players and uses some decent tactics. I think they will bounce back to some degree but they are too slow based on that performance (particularly the back 4).
 
Southern i have no faith in Pim. The speed at which we turn defense into attack is padestrian compared to when we were under Hiddink. We just dont push forward with any aggression and spark. And lets not go into our defense. His tactics are crap.
 
:laughing: Wowee no wonder I don't like it….Any time you get pumped it's blame the Coach.....

Poor team selections...bad game plan...ineffective use of bench....Hold On..... :laughing:

Not 2 dis-similar to Rugby League afterall...

How did our Superstars in Kewell, Neill and the other guy go .....performance wise
 
@king sirro said:
Southern i have no faith in Pim. The speed at which we turn defense into attack is padestrian compared to when we were under Hiddink. We just dont push forward with any aggression and spark. And lets not go into our defense. His tactics are crap.
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Sirro, I agree completely. Pim has never impressed me both in tactics and the players he selects.
 
Kewel didnt get a run. He must need another week to get over his injuries. Neil in my opinion was disapointing.

And Geo, im not just blaming the coach, but he doesnt help. Its not unfair to point out the differences since he took over from the previous (successful) coach. If we can push forward more aggressively under Hiddink, why does it change with Verbeek? Tactics in soccer are surpsisingly important with so many options available on team structure etc.

And defensively we rely on Schwarzer way too much.
 
@southerntiger said:
@king sirro said:
Southern i have no faith in Pim. The speed at which we turn defense into attack is padestrian compared to when we were under Hiddink. We just dont push forward with any aggression and spark. And lets not go into our defense. His tactics are crap.

Sirro, I agree completely. Pim has never impressed me both in tactics and the players he selects.
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Mate im no huge rap on Kennedy, but i thought he had to come on in the 2nd half. The only chance i thought we had of scoring was if Kewel came on on the left and had big Josh up front to aim at.
 
Our strength was meant to be our defence but our last 2 games our defence has been hopeless.
 
I find it too convenient to blame the coach. Isn't he disappearing at the end of this tournament anyway? In other words, everybody else can get off scott free…
 
@Juro said:
I find it too convenient to blame the coach. Isn't he disappearing at the end of this tournament anyway? In other words, everybody else can get off scott free…
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Nah, not everybody gets off scott free, but regarding the coach, he's an easy target because the side has clearly fallen away in areas they excelled in under Guus Hiddink.
 
@Geo. said:
How did our Superstars in Kewell, Neill and the other guy go …..performance wise
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Kewell didn't get a run at all.

Neill was dreadful, kept playing the German runners onside, and they cut us to pieces.

Cahill (I assume is the "other guy") got next to no ball before copping a harsh red card.
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Very poor performance by the side, but what was Verbeek thinking with the side he selected? Apart from a Cahill header the side he named was never going to score a goal. Where was Kewell? Bresciano? Even Kennedy. Plus the backs were all too old and slow. Against a creative team like Germany, we paid dearly for it. Realistically it could've been 6 or 7 they put through us.

Hopefully they can turn it around against Ghana and Serbia and give us something.
 
Sirro I assume Kewell's fitness isnt there and perhaps given that we were already down 2-0 Pim may have had reasons not to risk him in what would most likely be a fruitless exercise.

I just cant believe we played a World Cup football game without a recognised striker yet used a 4-4-2 formation. Very puzzling.

Geo, Sirro is correct - tactics are far more important in soccer and hence the managers role is very different to that taken by coaches in rugby league.
 
I think Pim is more closely related to Fulton, Daley and McCarthey, picking a side that won't score a point against a world class line up.

If he does the same thing against Ghana, goodnight.
 
Atleast we are free to watch the games unlike these poor people:

<big>World Cup fans executed</big>

Islamic miliants have executed two Somali football fans for watching Nigeria play Argentina on Saturday night.

The deaths happened in Central Somali which is under strict Islamic law and forbids anyone in the region from watching World Cup matches.

Militants from Hizbul Islam arrested 10 fans who were also part of the group.

A further 30 people were arrested for watching the Australia vs Germany game the following night.

Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aros, a spokesman for the militants, said that, "We are warning all the youth of Somalia not to dare watch these World Cup matches." He said that the people of Somalia should focus on pursuing jihad and not, "watching mad men jump up and down."

Hizbul Islam had previously invited Osama bin Laden to Somali.

http://g.au.sports.yahoo.com/football/world-cup/news/world-cup-fans-executed–fbintl_yahoo-au-8b7b70348d14360c6501e8a4fdad39c6.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
Can anyone confirm exactly when the game is on againsy Ghana? I thought it was midnight on Sunday, but today i was today midnight saturday. Im hoping its saturday night, will be a big one.
 
Hey all, sorry this may seem strange but this is just to any a-league and world cup fans on here, i know im watching it.

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cheers guys :slight_smile:
 
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