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Superb match by the Socceroos......Showed the world that we deserve a spot in the World Cup.....
PS. Kewell is an absolute star.
Congrats to all concerned......
PS. Kewell is an absolute star.
Congrats to all concerned......
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Woohoo Go Aussies
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How sweet it is that arguably our best performance ever was against the Poms in En-ger-land - 'the home of football'! 
Almost felt sorry for the poor Red shirts!
Almost felt sorry for the poor Red shirts!
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Great match worth waking up early for
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Get on board the bandwagon early fellas
It was a great match but let's watch the excuses start flowing ie. Was only a friendly practise match, England used young inexperienced players etc etc.
Of course it wasn't an important match, but a win against England gives Australia a lot of confidence, and it wasn't as though England had a crap team with players like Owen and Beckham in but not making much of an impact.
Meh, we may not have won an ‘important’ match, but it’s still something else we beat the Poms at
Of course it wasn't an important match, but a win against England gives Australia a lot of confidence, and it wasn't as though England had a crap team with players like Owen and Beckham in but not making much of an impact.
Meh, we may not have won an ‘important’ match, but it’s still something else we beat the Poms at
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No excuses, they had their best 11 out on the park in the 1st half and we beat them 2-0. Great result........finally
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This is what happens when you take Australia lightly.
Exactly.
If anyone had an excuse to lose it was us. Our fist match in 14 months and Kewell has the flu plus a hamstring injury.
Not to mention we had Viduka on the ground
Great win!!!
huge confidence booster for the team.... what else can we beat England in now?? and its funny how the interveiw with Beckham before the game had him saying that theres no such thing as a friendly, theyre going out to win
no excuses for this one!!!
huge confidence booster for the team.... what else can we beat England in now?? and its funny how the interveiw with Beckham before the game had him saying that theres no such thing as a friendly, theyre going out to win
no excuses for this one!!!
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I set the alarm to get up for it. My favourite was the first goal of Popovic. It made me sick in the stomach when it was 2-1 in the second half, worrying england would level it.
Well I guess there is nothing else England can beat us at now we thrash them in the soccer !
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Well I guess there is nothing else England can beat us at now we thrash them in the soccer !
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Originally posted by The Ewok
LOL!!
Theyve started bagging them already... i *nearly* feel sorry for the **** the players are gonna have to put up with in England
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From the British press -
England's world turns to ashes
By Matt Dickinson, Chief Football Correspondent
SONGS about the Ashes from the Australia end and the mocking cheers that greeted the announcement that the entire England team was to be replaced at half-time were the least of Sven-Göran Eriksson’s worries last night. He has something far worse than ridicule to concern himself with as he tries to work out how to halt the alarming regression of his England team since the World Cup finals.
A night that was meant to be notable for Wayne Rooney becoming the youngest England international at 17 years and 111 days will instead be remembered for one of the most embarrassing results in the country’s recent history as Eriksson’s team fell 3-1 to Australia in the one sport in which the mother country is meant to be superior.
Most of all it will be remembered for a dreadful first half when England’s senior players were losing 2-0 before departing to resounding jeers. Eriksson said that some of the starting XI had wanted to stay on for revenge, although such was Australia’s dominance that there were no guarantees of improvement.
After the scrappy victory over Slovakia and the disorganised draw against Macedonia, the Swede needs two wins in the European Championship qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Turkey next month and he said that last night’s defeat had not harmed morale.
“The result was bad but the performance was not as bad as the result showed,” he said, although the evidence of the first half suggested otherwise.
“There was a lack of concentration for both their goals in the first half but we will not make those mistakes in qualifying matches. Of course England should not lose to Australia, but I think we are a better team than them.”
Eriksson declined to make any excuses and he could hardly argue that he does not spend enough time with his players given that Frank Farina, the Australia coach, had not gathered his squad together for 14 months. This defeat may force the England head coach and the FA to reconsider their policy of appeasement towards the big clubs because, if required, Eriksson needs to be able to play his best players for more than 45 minutes. Harry Kewell — who played expressly against Leeds United’s wishes — Mark Viduka and Australia’s other Premiership players did not turn up under any restrictions, so why should the English FA bend to the demands of the leading managers?
By fielding an under-25 team in the second half, which battled to a 1-1 draw in its own 45-minute game, Eriksson at least unearthed a wonderful talent in Jermaine Jenas, the Newcastle United midfield player, who deserves to stay in the senior squad, and it must be hoped that he does not remember his international debut for the boos at the final whistle. Eriksson singled out Jenas, who could challenge Kieron Dyer for the left-wing position, after a second half in which Francis Jeffers struck for the youngsters.
“There were a lot of youngsters out there and, while we all get frustrated, they did not deserve any stick,” David Beckham, the captain, said. “Obviously this does not help morale but the fans have to get behind us now.”
First they will need encouraging signs from the players, so it is probably just as well that the next match is against Liechtenstein. Losing to Australia is bad enough.
England's world turns to ashes
By Matt Dickinson, Chief Football Correspondent
SONGS about the Ashes from the Australia end and the mocking cheers that greeted the announcement that the entire England team was to be replaced at half-time were the least of Sven-Göran Eriksson’s worries last night. He has something far worse than ridicule to concern himself with as he tries to work out how to halt the alarming regression of his England team since the World Cup finals.
A night that was meant to be notable for Wayne Rooney becoming the youngest England international at 17 years and 111 days will instead be remembered for one of the most embarrassing results in the country’s recent history as Eriksson’s team fell 3-1 to Australia in the one sport in which the mother country is meant to be superior.
Most of all it will be remembered for a dreadful first half when England’s senior players were losing 2-0 before departing to resounding jeers. Eriksson said that some of the starting XI had wanted to stay on for revenge, although such was Australia’s dominance that there were no guarantees of improvement.
After the scrappy victory over Slovakia and the disorganised draw against Macedonia, the Swede needs two wins in the European Championship qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Turkey next month and he said that last night’s defeat had not harmed morale.
“The result was bad but the performance was not as bad as the result showed,” he said, although the evidence of the first half suggested otherwise.
“There was a lack of concentration for both their goals in the first half but we will not make those mistakes in qualifying matches. Of course England should not lose to Australia, but I think we are a better team than them.”
Eriksson declined to make any excuses and he could hardly argue that he does not spend enough time with his players given that Frank Farina, the Australia coach, had not gathered his squad together for 14 months. This defeat may force the England head coach and the FA to reconsider their policy of appeasement towards the big clubs because, if required, Eriksson needs to be able to play his best players for more than 45 minutes. Harry Kewell — who played expressly against Leeds United’s wishes — Mark Viduka and Australia’s other Premiership players did not turn up under any restrictions, so why should the English FA bend to the demands of the leading managers?
By fielding an under-25 team in the second half, which battled to a 1-1 draw in its own 45-minute game, Eriksson at least unearthed a wonderful talent in Jermaine Jenas, the Newcastle United midfield player, who deserves to stay in the senior squad, and it must be hoped that he does not remember his international debut for the boos at the final whistle. Eriksson singled out Jenas, who could challenge Kieron Dyer for the left-wing position, after a second half in which Francis Jeffers struck for the youngsters.
“There were a lot of youngsters out there and, while we all get frustrated, they did not deserve any stick,” David Beckham, the captain, said. “Obviously this does not help morale but the fans have to get behind us now.”
First they will need encouraging signs from the players, so it is probably just as well that the next match is against Liechtenstein. Losing to Australia is bad enough.
Meaningless match. Meaningless result.
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We murdered them. Next time they'll show us respect. And we'll murder them again
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It's the equivalent of the USA beating Australia at cricket.
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Great to see all those Aussies behind the goal.. sensational stuff.
Harry Kewell is the greatest soccer player this country has ever produced.. he is simply amazing.. a Superstar.
One of the greatest 1st half performances by a player
Harry Kewell is the greatest soccer player this country has ever produced.. he is simply amazing.. a Superstar.
One of the greatest 1st half performances by a player
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Rubbish
Australia is a serious soccer playing nation.
Its like losing to New Zealand at cricket.
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what rubbish.
Australia has produced a lot of good players over the past 2 decades. Occassionally we also play well as a team having beaten the likes of Argentina, Brazil, France, Mexico, Uruguay and a few other soccer mad nations. We can actually play the game.
Some of those wins mentioned above were far more meritorious than this one. England have some terrific players for sure but the team is very over rated.
What the world thinks
Have a look at a few articles on the match.
The Guardian
"Not content with humiliating England at every other sport, the Aussies have discovered an amusing new way of making the Poms look stupid."
Have a look at a few articles on the match.The Guardian
"Not content with humiliating England at every other sport, the Aussies have discovered an amusing new way of making the Poms look stupid."
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Originally posted by The Ewok
Love the pic Ewok! I knew from the moment the final whistle went (yes i have had only 3hrs sleep since Tuesday night and thank god for Dexies) that the English press would be having a field day about the result. Well done on the boys and they better be there in Germany 2006. Tiger Goddess's above quote from The Guardian says it best. Now onto Rugby Union...
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Originally posted by Tigers_Goddess
What the world thinks
The Guardian
"Not content with humiliating England at every other sport, the Aussies have discovered an amusing new way of making the Poms look stupid."
Thanks for the entertainment Tigers_. Took a while on this 100Mhz machine I'm on at the moment, but it was worth every half hour.
Don't let's kid ourselves that this doesn't bite the Poms. They are obsessed with this game, and good on 'em for being so.
However, if you look at the Pommy papers in the middle of summer, they still have 16 pages of what they call football. I don't think the Herald-Sun even does that with our game.
Still, I've never lived through a Pommy winter, or summer for that matter, so I don't quite know what it's like to have no other interest.
