so youre saying we should put trashboy Arzani there?Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
so youre saying we should put trashboy Arzani there?
But we following a different philosophy
Dutch Mango Sucking Philosophy
We could have picked the French Spanish Germans Argies Brazillians etc
But we pick a country that cant even make a 24 team Euros FFS where even shit teams like Italy and Nth Ireland qualified let alone a World Cup
Go figure that
We still trying to play wide wingers standing wide when the ball is on the opposite side of the pitch and they no hope of getting the ball coupled with the 500000 passes to no one as we are eliminating dribbling and skill from the repetoire whilst also downgrading our physical prowess just because it doesnt fit into the Dutch dogma
Farque off. Who else should have played there (in that squad)?
Exactly.
It's stupid, but most Australian coaches at junior levels play their worst players at fullback. (The worst players, insofar as those players need to be on the pitch at all, should be on the wing or striking.)
I'd say we have already over achieved with that draw. I'm shocked we look hard to beat, I thought we would have been carved up through channels by the Euro guys so to concede 3 is ok for mine.
So far the best part has been knowing that Timmy is crying on the bench hoping to get the chance before he retires to get on the pitch and get one more.... yellow card! Lol.
I think Bert got it right post match when he said we should have been on 4 points at this stage.
France game we didn't offer a lot but were stubborn in defence.
Last night we put on a performance and were well worth 3 points, a touch of quality up front and we win that game. But still very enjoyable to watch.
I think our position and performances reflect our team. Plenty of solid players who give it their all but we just lack that extra quality in finishing.
Not a great deal of love being shown to Bert on how fantastic a job hes done.
With the limited time and lack of quality, not to mention the media only asking him about 2 players, he has def overachieved.
Good on him.
Yeah we look super organised and are playing like we belong at a WC super stuff. Under Ange we wouldve been stuffed by France and Denmark
Bullshit
Same Ange who had us play without fear and didnt disgrace ouselves with a far weaker squad in Brazil v Chile Holland and Spain??
Ange wasnt playing a back 3 in Brazil he wouldve been now big difference
This squad looks very much like Ange's squad. Van Bommels uncle hasn't really changed much about what we do other then playing Nabbout up top. We are still slow in transition and really don't have the quality to win games based on possession and skill.
We are solid enough defensively and we jag shitty goals when they come about. Nothing wrong with that.
BVW hasn't ruined anything and has maybe added a bit of belief that they aren't as bad and some of the guys on the Newcastle Jets Forum believe they are. Well done to him, but Ange still built this team which is 'just good enough' to make the world cup.
Yeah but we hadn't looked good defensively under Ange since the Asian Cup we do now for the most part
Back 3
Back 5
Back 4
Really dont mean a lot
The term back 3 really is a back 5 when you are defending but dont lket that bother you that reality
Not that it mattered much but against France we played a Back 8 with Rogic lost and Nabbout headless chooking it
So formations are really neither here nor there
But we looked rubbish under ange past 6 months and now under bert we look decent again. Change of systems plays a big part
Nothing at all to do with the opposition hey. "Looking decent" against France meant not getting our asses handed to us and defending most of the game.
We played well last night cause we were playing against a team who also came to play, not like most of the teams in qualifying who are happy to play like we did against France. The game last night was very open with lots of space in midfield and lots of opportunities for fast attacks with room in behind defenders - how often was this the case against the teams Ange played? Notice that when it did happen (2014 WC, Confed cup), we looked good again?
So what is the go with this #SaveRobbieKruse stuff??
I aint seeing much criticism other than he has a honking first touch no end product shouldnt be playing and does he have blackmail photos on someone to get selection
Which really are fair and balanced points
Just watched one of Nigeria's goals and the first Swiss one.
This World Cup shows the value of having 2-3 players who can either shoot on sight or touch and shoot quickly.
The whole campaign we have never had that.
Ahmed Musa showed us what we need up top with out system. Ran and ran and ran and when he got a wiff he took a touch close to his body and put some power behind it. 2nd goal was good too.
That was the one...close to my goal if the tournament so far.
Imagine Kruse or Juric with that chance.
Tim Cahill just posted a training video. Given his track record with training videos. He’s getting some time tomorrow
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