he still played Thompson and Carney
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he still played Thompson and Carney
Honestly I am getting fed up with the selection policy at Socceroo level. The team is in desperate need of rejuvenation but we see the same old tired faces trotted out. Anytime a lesser light gets on is usually with 15-20 mins to go when the game is descending into farce. The coach can then say well I gave him a run and he did nothing.
It is a disgrace
seriously, we need a less ghey name for our team. embarrassingQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
agreed...has always sounded like a australian u6 side to meQuote:
Originally Posted by hawk
i'll chuck it in here.
socceroos to play korea 14 November in korea. we's gonna get smashed.
http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/25421...-friendly.aspx
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Originally Posted by belchardo
Hmmmm...lets see if he does.Quote:
COACH Holger Osieck will have a chance to test new players and tactics when the Socceroos play a newly-announced friendly with South Korea next month.
Honestly, despite us playing the Koreans, would love to see us go with an inexperienced team.
The 442 pod this week talked about it, but this would be my preffered first XI and bench.
....................Langerak
Herd......Spira(C)...R.McGowan.....Good
Leckie.....A.Mooy......Luongo........Oar
......................Troisi
......................Kruise
Bench:
Ryan
Neville
Goodwin
Holland
Sarota
Rukavytsya
Dugandzic
Probably missed a few, but any way, this is the team I reckon Holger will go with:
........................Schwarzer
..North...........Neill.........Spira....McKay
..Wilkshire....Jedinak.....Besc.....Holman
........................Cahill
......................Brosque
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Originally Posted by Thomas477
Goodwin in the 18 man squad he has deserved it...Dugandzic really ???
Has been playing consistently and has pace about him. But if there's another striker/winger I may have missed, replace him for Maté.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hamma12
If it's based on form, Troisi won't be going. Got whatever the polar opposite of "rave reviews" is for a recent game at Atalanta.
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Even the new found tactical genius of Colantuono has to come under some criticism this week with his decision to start James Troisi over Schelotto. The master tactician claimed, “I picked Troisi to replace Schelotto for tactical reasons because James is better at beating his man.” The Australian youngster had a shocking game, where he spent most of the time playing poor balls while being caught out of position
F*ck we need a high quality striker to come out of the woodwork...wouldn't beat the kiwis at present imo
return of the griffo
Feckin cap porta ya big kranksy. El Canguru wants to play for us. Who cares that he struggles to put a sentence together in english, that never stopped Harry Kewell.
Squad for South Korea Friendly:
Eli BABALJ FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd, SERBIA
Aziz BEHICH Melbourne Heart FC, AUSTRALIA
Alex BROSQUE Al-Ain Club, UAE
James HOLLAND FK Austria Vienna, AUSTRIA
Mathew LECKIE FSV Frankfurt 1899, GERMANY
Ryan McGOWAN Heart of Midlothian FC, SCOTLAND
Matthew McKAY Busan I Park, KOREA REPUBLIC
Lucas NEILL Al-Wasl Sports Club, UAE
Tommy OAR FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Tom ROGIC Central Coast Mariners FC, AUSTRALIA
Nikita RUKAVYTSYA FSV Mainz 05, GERMANY
Mathew Ryan Central Coast Mariners FC, AUSTRALIA -
Adam SAROTA FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Mark SCHWARZER Fulham FC, ENGLAND
Matthew SPIRANOVIC Al Arabi, QATAR
Archie THOMPSON Melbourne Victory FC, AUSTRALIA
Michael THWAITE Perth Glory FC, AUSTRALIA
Carl VALERI U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, ITALY
Luke WILKSHIRE FK Dinamo Moscow, RUSSIA
No Goodwin despite winning the NAB Young Player of the Month, although given Oar plays in the same spot I think it will be doubtful he will get a call up.
Good to see some dinosaurs not selected, although FFS Thompson is still in there.
what is the bloody point of picking Lucas and Archie ffs
thank fxxx the babalj allegiance issue will be put to rest
next dukes :cool:
I imagine Lucas was selected because he's the captain - and even a group of young kids need leaders around. and I think Archie is the good-vibe feel of socceroos camps, so it'd be good to have someone like that around.
Necessary for the FFA to claim the Qantas Pensioners Travel discount :whistling:Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
ps too many gypos in this squad for my liking
Agree with pv4, you need the right mix of youth and experience.
----Oar - Leckie/Babalj - Rukya--
-------- Rogic --- Holland ------
-------------- McKay -----------
- Behich - McGowan - Spira - Wilkshere
------------- Ryan ---------------
DARE YA.
Also,
Paartalu > Valeri
Vidosic > Rogic imo
Mooy??
Devere??
McDonald??
PS we're going to get domed... LOL
It's a friendly that means **** all. Why pick the dinosaurs??
We all know what the likes of Neill Archie and Schwarzer Wilkshire and co offer. Why haven't we picked 20 or so novices at this level and put them into camp and let them impress Holger to earn their spot in the line up.
Don't see what the lies of the old farts brigade can offer other than some kind words that are gonna help these kids push on to owning a NT spot of their own. Throw them in and let them sink or swim. They ain't gonna die from the experience and tossing them in the deep end harshly will show the manager who is up to it and who ain't.
All of Furns points on this subject stand.
Gypos Out
Old Farts Out
Deans Out
where is chris herd ffs
at villa
the moment they select him, he gets injured. they're just trying to not put that curse on him again.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
Mooy and Vidosic are more deserving than Rogic.
Schwarzer and Neill racking up cheap caps.
Matt Ryan FFS don't rate at all.
Also: 'Mooy' autocorrected on the phone to 'Moot'.
I giggled like a teenage girl.
Small things/minds etc
geez.Quote:
Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has been forced to make three changes to his squad for Wednesday night’s upcoming international friendly match against South Korea due to injury to his chargers.
Gone from the squad are Luke Wilkshire, who picked up a hamstring injury on Saturday evening whilst playing for his Russian club Dinamo Moscow, Matt McKay, who has a facial contusion from his K-League match for Busan I’Park on the weekend, and Adam Sarota, due to a knee injury.
Osieck has called in just one replacement, Korean-based defender Robert Cornthwaite who makes his first appearance in the Socceroos squad since his debut in 2009 against Kuwait in an AFC Asian Cup qualifier in Canberra.
Cornthwaite is locally based, currently playing for Chunnam Dragons in the K-League.
The omissions to Australian team leave the Socceroos with 17 available players.
football day!
i'm actually keen to watch this, first time in a long time for a sockarooz game
Cornflakes starting ****in lolz
Schwarzer, McGowan, Neill (c), Cornthwaite, Thwaite, Thompson, Holland, Valeri, Oar, Rukavystya and Brosque.
Joke. Can't make the SQUAD but gets straight in to the line up after coming in as injury replacement. As if anyone in their right mind things Cornflakes is ever going to be a real option for the Socceroos... ****ing joke.
HO out.
Glad Ruka got a start at least.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Hamma12
Cornflake...LOFL
What formation are we playing with? I assume McGowan at right back... who is at left back? Where is Ruka playing? Do we have 3 strikers or are we playing Ruka left, Thompson right and Brosque central? Does that mean Oar is playing centrally as a midfielder?
Thwaite is playing left back.
I will repeat that, Thwaite is playing LEFT BACK.
Someone PLEASE tell Lucas to **** off. Standing there in the centre of the park, completely unmarked, options in all directions... then hoof to Ruka.\
**** OFF.
it was classic lucas.
why wouldn't he just play Thwaite at cb & behich at left back?
if babalj plays does his allegiance issue go away forever, or not because it's a friendly?
nice play for korea. wtf is ruka doing back in central defence?? (EDIT: think it was cornflake actually, but why is he wearing 11?)
lol at the mascot. hope he got a yellow card for illegally entering the field of play.
glad to see holland get a gig also.
and even though I said play Thwaite at cb, why not give spira his much needed international experience & actually make the next captain for the squad?
Gone forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4