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You were saying?Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
i actually feel really sorry for Kruse at the moment.
as punchable as his face is, the bloke is so low on confidence at the moment.
the only thing you can put it down to is his body having betrayed him time and time again, it must just destroy you.
what doesnt help is Cahill screaming at him (and others) no matter what he does. Cahill gave him bucket loads all game then the one time Kruse needed to shoot he tried to tee up Cahill to keep him happy.
im beginning to really despise watching Cahill on this team.
also, this is Leckies best game for as long as i can remember.
Member though is bang on as usual, 1st touch by majority of these blokes is honking.
Somebody please kill this horrible game.
Dire
Soft 2nd yellow for the Syrian lad.
still watching on delay 1-1 and dont care anymore
We are gash on all angles.
Over engineered play, defence flimsy unorganised and no confidence in each other, takes 3 passes to go where a one touch should've gone, we're easy to read in all areas, zero flare, Ange is a one trick pony in too many areas, players simply dont have the class either.
Restart the whole system
What’s the Syrian word for ‘awful’?
Ernie Merrick has just been named new Socceroos coach.
Need to make Roy Aussie
Goals aside why is he on the park??Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
No movement at all
Kills our attack having an old bloke who don't run
These ****s didn't deserve to win
Shit really
You know football in Australia is ****ed when the Jets are on top of the A League and the Socceroos are arseing results like that
Drain the ****ing pond
this x1000. i don't get why we try all this fancy '28 passes before we shoot' bullshit. you know, sometimes it's best just to kick the shit out of it. zads got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
In part i agree with this sentiment and if anything it just goes to show what a sad situation we as a national team find ourselves in when we are relying on a 37 year old to pull us out of the shit time and time again with his nogg'n.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Somehow the Australian team lost its way with blokes leaving Australia to play overseas in the hope of there game going to the next level ie Leckie Kruise etc but they have not improved in the way we need/ed them to. I look at blokes like Nathan Burns and wonder " if only ". I did not have much time for the late Mike Cockerall particularly given he made a career out of giving his opinion but when jets fans dare voice our opinion about his old mate Phil Stumblins all of a sudden giving an opinion was a no no. He did though however put together a very interesting read in regards to Nathan Burns about that next step and being the next Harry of Australian football and by my reckoning and this is IMO but you could also add players like Rukavytska and Vidosic. I know Ruka played tonight but a few years ago he looked like potentially being very handy but he and many others have just not found that next gear. Too many have got lost in o/seas club wilderness and lack of game time has seen them not improve enough or as much as we would like or think they would.
We have exported plenty now from the A League but IMO the improvement to there game is negligble and this is why the national team stinks at the minute. I don't know what is worse sometimes, being made to sit through a Nix game and listening to those commentators or watching the Socceroos rely on a ageing player have to save our asses all too often.
you all realise weve gone full circle and are back to being a bunch of handy part time scrappers punching above our weight.
good on the little aussie battler spirit.
just like the good ole days.
Just watched some highlights back of that Syrian goal
Firstly does Milligan do a good StevieG impersonation or what
Secondly what the **** was Sainsbury doing??
He neither took the bloke with the ball nor took the goal scorer
Amatuer defending really. Yeah I understand he left exposed by Stevie G in front but we had blokes about and no one took anyone
It was actually a 2 v 4 situation and Sainsbury didn't step up and force one offside nor close close the **** down with the ball
The quality of the final ball though was exquisite. How come our blokes can't play passes like that ??
I agree with Sainsbury however bloke was immense for the rest of the game. It can't be understated how much of a quality player the Syrian no.9 Ol Sama or whatever his name is. He was controlled by Sainsbury much more than last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Also Degenek tackle in the 118min mark in the box... Holy ****ing shit what a ballsy move. That for me is the highlight of the game.
I don't care if there is a 67 year old on the field if he consistently scores goals. The problem I had was you put Timmy there and didn't play the football to utilise that strength. Too many times they tried to walk the ball in and too many times players like Kruse were in a position to cross but cut back and then passed to Mooy or Rogic.
Just try something different now and then and be more direct, but Ange's mantra is to stick to the system. I recall a game the Roar had against Wellington at home in Ange's last season. Wellington went 1-0 up and at no stage did a Roar player launch in a cross. It always went back to MacKay or Broich, backwards and forwards across the field. It was boring to watch and the gaps they were looking for didn't appear.
The quality of the players we have does not suit the style of game Ange wants.
We're gonna win the league!!
Sorry wrong thread....
I thought we were great. Our passing was excellent for much of the game, except for the crossing.
Syria played in an extremely compact formation. When good players do that - and the Syrian players are good - it's always hard to score.
We deserved to win easily. In the end, we won tough. Whatever, it was the fair result.
David Davutovic reporting Ange to quit next month, irrespective of qualification.
There was some good passing at times. Too often I felt blokes played a soft sideways pass for no gain instead of fizzing one up the middle to the advanced midfielders, which is when we were able to threaten. The surface seemed a fairly slow, there were quite a lot of underhit and soft passes.
Leckie is actually a good player when he is allowed to play as a winger and take on his man. Also pretty good in the air. He's not a good defender and he's not a good passer, so asking him to stand on the sideline and receive the ball then play it inside over and over is no good.
Majority of the crossing from the left was woeful, mainly Kruse and later Rukavytsa. Kruse was pretty honking to be honest, but could be what senor plague mentioned about confidence and getting backing from teammates.
I don't know if its that the players are not capable or that they've just had it stamped out of them by Ange valuing possession too highly. But we need to take more risks in the final third. Try the little flicks and first time passes. Try taking on the man when its on. Whip a ball in, have a shot etc. We don't need to play direct but if you only ever play a pass that has a 98% chance of success you'll never get anywhere. Troisi is one that did try some invention up there and nearly came off a couple times. And Mooy when he was able to get further up the park.
But that really is the problem with SainsburyQuote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948
For 89 mins he plays well. But there that 1 cock up in him
The cock up that managers around the world see and then use that as a reason to knock back signing him
Same with the penalty in the first leg. He back there marking no one for a cross into the box in the last 5 mins and Leckie marking the striker.
Amateur mistakes really
Ange leaving in November regardless of WC qualification. https://www.foxsports.com.au/footbal...1bcf6721ca11d6
Coaching WSW is he??Quote:
Originally Posted by PC14
20 something mins in to CONCACAF games
Honduras 0 Mexico 1
Panama 0 Cost Rica 0
Trinidad and Tobago 1 USA 0
Currently it Panama we playing still as ladder not alter with these results
HT in CONCACAF games
Honduras 1 Mexico 2
Panama 0 Cost Rica 1
Trinidad and Tobago 2 USA 0
Currently it Panama we playing still as ladder not alter with these results
60 mins in CONCACAF games
Honduras 3 Mexico 2
Panama 1 Cost Rica 1
Trinidad and Tobago 2 USA 1
Currently it USA we playing
In South America I think chile are goooone........ New Zealand - Peru I think
Keep the updates coming member good job.
YepQuote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
Chile gone
Funniest thing in the Peru game in the last 2 mins
Colombia through
Peru in a play off
Everyone happy
So Peru play keep ball back and forth across half way with the occasional Colombian getting close enough to make it look like they were not fixing the result
It was ****ing comical watching it
Both teams happy with it Peru though would have qualified direct with a last minute goal but getting the Kiwis is basically being qualified anyway
70 mins in CONCACAF games
Honduras 3 Mexico 2
Panama 1 Cost Rica 1
Trinidad and Tobago 2 USA 1
Currently it USA we playing
Still thinking be some more twists
Breaking news.... Ange to quit in November even if we qualify for Russia....
Should sack him now so we can get away with this system that a new coach wont be usingQuote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
10 to go
Same same
Yanks have hit the post
Gombau In ??
88 mins
Panama score 2-1
Honduras it is Yanks are out as it stands
Panama score
We currently play Honduras..US out