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Definitely need 2 strikers, but if Pim isn't willing to go attacking against minnows like Uzbekistan, what chance of him having 2 strikers in a World Cup where there level is much much higher? Pim is taking a conservative approach, and its working for now. But better teams will tear Australia...

holy sh*t, this kid is awesome! He's like a pro player in a kids body, haha. If he turns out any good i hope he plays for australia and not england (opening credits state he is british)

Weird fixturing. The semi-final shouldn't allow teams from the same group to meet. Neill back into the side. Not sure Kewell & Cahill can squeeze anyone out of the starting 11, though Cahill thoroughly deserves to be starting (fitness permitting).

I've read that he's had some offers from England, so the deal with Sydney FC is far from done yet. Would be great to see him playing in Australia.

Very frustrating match to watch. Bahrain kept diving and faking injuries. Was the referee an amateur? Had no control over the game and should have handed out a couple yellow cards to discourage the constant fake injuries. Australia lacked creativity going forward. Kewell makes us an...

BW is right, 2018 will almost certainly be back in Europe, and with the rapid growth of soccer in Asia, I'm sure there will be a strong push for 2022 to be held there. Stadium issues aside (a lot can happen in 12 years e.g, AFL teams disperse to ACT/TAS/NT and appropriate stadiums are...

2nd half sub in the 1st leg, then depending on how he goes, make an assessment for the 2nd leg.

I was sitting here wondering why I couldn't remember starting this thread :confused: Hopefully things will turn out better this time.

Yeah, I'll give you that. Wouldn't make sense. But generally, I'd like to see Kalac take over the role of #1 keeper.

Kalac in goals for Schwarzer. I'm not a fan of Mark, and think he is seriously overrated by Farina, let alone the Aussie fans who don't really see Kalac play much. But bloody hell, do the Aussies have a lot of top players missing.

Womens soccer, who really gives a f*ck?

He never really lost any form. At Man U he was simply replaced by a higher profile goalkeeper (not a better one by a long shot) and at Chelsea he was the victim of too much depth (had 7 clean sheets in his 7 games last season with Chelsea, then he got injured and never regained his spot)...

Ahhh, so now Oceania has something Asia wants. Lets see how long it takes for the OFC to give up their WC spot to asia...:rolleyes:

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Sack him. Countries have sacked coaches for a lot less (French coach got sacked despite winning Confed cup and Euro champs, Poland coach got sacked despite taking the country to the WC for 1st time in 16yrs. etc). I still want Postecoglou as coach, with Cullina as 2nd favourite.

I've been calling for Farina's head for a long time now, and these Oceania matches have only strengthened my dislike of Farina as Socceroos coach. Like I said in a previous post, Postecoglou, Cullina, Krncevic, etc are all more qualified for the job and would probably be on lesser pays.

If it wasn't for the fact that SA desperately need the money from the confederations cup to ease the financial pressure, i would have hoped for a socceroos loss. Maybe it would have shown Farina that Australia is not as strong as he thinks. Bringing in an all NSL team is barely good enough, he...

All Venables will care about is getting the best results possible for Leeds, if that means not releasing Kewell and Viduka then so be it. I can't believe Farina is so naive as to believe the situation will change. He should really base himself in europe and play friendlies when the european...

Yes, its pretty sad to see a player like Kewell or Viduka, who are on $60k+ a week contracts not willing to play for free, whilst NSL players who are on $50k a year contracts are. But as they say, money makes the world go round (or around, whichever it is). If SA had a lot of cash sitting...

Considering Soccer Australia's financial woes, you would think Farina would have called up a few more European based players. Maybe not the stars, but the fringe players wanting to permenantly break into the National team, players like Bosnich, Aloisi, etc. With the WC just finished, they...

and He certainly got us a lot closer than anyone else has in the last 20-something years. He also never had trouble getting the european based players to play for Australia and always got the best out of them. Frank can do neither.

I can't say I'm too rapt about this. Farina is too inexperienced to lead a national team. He is also tactically weak, has a primitive playing style (4-4-2 with no new concepts) and is very naive in terms of how highly he rates australia and how lowly he rates other nations (evidence being that...

I'm doing an all nighter at a mates place. He has a Hub so bout 5 of us are gonna have a LAN, then watch the socceroos at 6am. Add a bit of alcohol, junk food, loud music, and suddenly this could be one of the greatest nights ever. Now all we need is women, but I'm yet to meet a woman...

I heard yesterday that Kewell wants to play as a free roaming striker and has been bugging Farina about it. If Farina buckles in, the line-up could look something like this: -----------------------Schwarzer------------------- --Muscat--------Moore-----Murphy-------Vidmar--...

Have a read of this article ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uruguay impress at home From our wire services 23nov01 MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay rarely get beaten at home, and seldom let visitors score. These are the most unpalatable facts...

Recoba is a tosser. His team was pressed the whole game, only reason they conceded just one goal was because they had 8 defenders and the goalkeeper sitting in the penalty area the whole game. I hope Australia beats their silly @rses, that way their cocky team will have disgraced their whole...

Yep, thats right. After all the respect the Uruguayans were shown by Soccer Australia, Australian media and the Australian public, this is what the socceroos get in return. Read this Firstly, at the airport the customs people checked all their luggage. You know, just incase they are...

I was babysitting these little kids from down the road......or i should have been anyway. I let the kids sort themselves out while I watched the match on T.V. Got paid $25 for 5hrs of doing nothing.

FIFA are about to introduce a new set of rules that will ensure contracts are not broken and clubs get compensated for developing youngsters. FIFA is also reviewing its rules on international matches, where currently a club has to allow its players to play in a minimum of 7 internationals a...

Hmm, after reading that it seems Muscat is a low-life thug in soccer boots. I never liked him anyway ;)