I'm not an Australian fan, but to be fair, Slovakia aren't exactly the pinnacle of World Football. They have a decent defender, and a world class midfielder who didn't show up, and that's about it.
My mighty Deutschland has top class players all over the pitch, on the bench, and a lot that didn't even get near the squad.
I think the fallout from the (awesome

) 4-0 drubbing has been a bit harsh, really. People overrate this collection of Australian players something chronic.
I mean, most people still think Lucas Neill is good. He was downright awful for West Ham, downright awful for Everton, and that's why he got shipped off at the first opportunity to Turkey.
Not to mention one of the Australian first choice defenders is clubless, and looked utterly garbage, even in the A-League, at the end of his Roar tenure. So what was he going to be like against quality players like Klose, Podolski, Cacau, Ozil and company?
Australia aren't good enough to even get into a game with countries like Germany, Spain. and Brazil.
I wouldn't be surprised if Verbeek realised this, and just saved the more important players for the marginally easier games.