Williams is actually an anchor man on FM, and to me he kinda plays like it for boro and Aus, he's turned into a great DM, something we have been missing since VinnieOriginally Posted by BodyNovo
Williams is actually an anchor man on FM, and to me he kinda plays like it for boro and Aus, he's turned into a great DM, something we have been missing since Vinnie
Jaliens gives me the horn
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FIFA'S website has confirmed that Australia will meet 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil in a friendly international on September 7 on Brazil's Independence Day.
The clash is expected to be played in the capital Brasilia with the Socceroos expected to be the perfect guests as the Selecao prepare to host the World Cup for the first time since 1950.
It will be the seventh showdown between the two teams.
Brazil has claimed four wins, with a draw and one win while Australia has one victory - a 1-0 2001 Confederations Cup upset.
The Socceroos last met Brazil in 2006 at the FIFA World Cup in Germany under former boss Guus Hiddink.
Brazil claimed a 2-0 win at the Allianz Arena in Munich with goals from Adriano and Fred and is currently in hot form after winning the recent Confederations Cup in Brazil.
And while it will be the first meeting in seven years for the two nations Socceroos Holger Osieck will not have the headache of a club-versus-country battle for the clash when he names his squad for the friendly.
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The clash is protected by FIFA's international match calendar where players must be released by clubs.
Osieck has been rocked this week by J-League club Nagoya Grampus' refusal to release striker Josh Kennedy for the East Asian Cup tournament which kicks off this Saturday.
The East Asian Cup sits outside the international match calendar.
Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/football...#ixzz2Z5ziZYqf
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/...internationals
Games v France and Brazil this year
be on sbs?
why aren't we playing a friendly this international window???
holger confident about his line up?
we very rarely do anything in single game international windows
more so this season (as it's the last August one ever) because we've just finished the qualifications and East Asian Cup
plus with the top players no longer based in Europe it's probably even less worthwhile as so much time would be taken up with players travelling to and from the opponents
Football Federation Australia and the Fédération Française de Football (FFF) today announced that the Socceroos will meet the French Men’s National Football team, “Les Bleus”, in an international friendly match at the Parc de Princes, Paris on Friday 11 October 2013 (kick-off at 9:00pm CEST (6:00am AEDT).
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/...es-bleus/73087
will be in Scotland at this time, so currently investigating flights to Paris for the game.
I will be in the area too. Definitely looking into this.
Squad announcement for Brazil game at midday.
Roos squad to play Brazil: Mark BRESCIANO, Tim CAHILL, Robert CORNTHWAITE, Mitchell DUKE, James HOLLAND, Brett HOLMAN, Mile JEDINAK, Josh KENNEDY, Robbie KRUSE, Mitchell LANGERAK (gk), Ryan McGOWAN, Matthew McKAY, Mark MILLIGAN, Lucas NEILL, Tommy OAR, Sasa OGNENOVSKI, Tom ROGIC, Mat RYAN (gk), Mark SCHWARZER (gk), Archie THOMPSON, Luke WILKSHIRE, Rhys WILLIAMS
Mitchell DUKE.
Really?
Why doesn't Leckie get a look in anymore? He seems to be doing ok for FSV Frankfurt in 2 Bundesliga, looking at stats he seems to have started his permanent spell there ok.
Vidosic dropped alogn with Galekovic. Anyone else?
I wonder how many other NTs name a 20 strong squad without a single left back
OK
22 man squad
Unless you are suggesting that 2 of them are weak and not part of the strong squad
But yeah. McKay out of position at left back, whoo. Or watch Oar play left back. He has been playing deeper and more central for Utrecht in the games I have seen, getting through a lot more defensive work too.
Would have LOVED to see Lowry in the squad. Rated as one of the better players at Millwall, definitely one of our best in the Championship... and I believe he can play LEFT BACK (though I might be confusing him with another O/S Shane in Cansdell-Sherrif)
I got up at 5am to watch this shite ?
At least Brazil are great to watch
giants vs minnows what did you expect
Stumbled across this blog while the foz was down....
Joegormanfootball.com
His latest piece on roar.com is worth a read,
http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/09/09...the-socceroos/
First response is spot on the money...
JAJI said | September 9th 2013 @ 8:23am | Report comment
Good article Joe. I was at the Allianz Arena that day in June 2006 and the contrast between that performance and this weekends game couldnt be more different
Back in 2006 arguably Brazil had a stronger squad – Dida in goal, Cafu and Lucio and Roberto Carlos at the back, and then the big 4 of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Adriano. They should have won the World Cup that year but got done over by Zizou in the quarters
Yet we gave it to them and should have equalised in the second half when Harry Kewell had an open goal. The side that day was Schwarzer (who ironically was dropped after this game) Chippers Poppa Neil Moore Emerton Grella Sterjovski Culina Cahill and the V Bomber
Harry, Bresciano and Aloisi other came off the bench
Viduka has never been replaced unfortunately. He was the only one who had the ability to hold the ball no matter who was on him
Another stark difference is Guus Hiddink not Holger Osiek was in charge. Then finally there are clubs our boys were playing for back then. In 2006 Boro, Basel, Blackburn, Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Parma, Everton, PSV, Boro, Basel and Blackburn
In 2013 on the weekend – a bench role at Chelsea, a Chinese club I have never heard of, a Qatari Club I have never heard of whose comp hasnt started, a Japanese Club where our skipper has played once that I have never heard of, a left back who doesnt play left back and couldnt get a gig in Scotland and has now been released by a Chinese club I have never heard of and currently isnt playing, a UAE Club I have never heard of who isnt playing, another Qatari club whose comp hasnt started, Bayer Leverkeusen, Utrecht, Nagoya in Japan and finally Crystal Palace
So its a combination of the cattle isnt there anymore and the next generation are too young and the manager who lets face it since the Asian Cup in 2011 struggled in qualifiers against Thailand twice, Oman twice, Iraq twice, Jordan once and has been thrashed in friendlies against anyone half decent including Denmark, Scotland, Romania and now Brazil
What will Frank Lowy and David Gallop do? Remember the Confeds Cup in 2005 where Farina was thrashed 3 times with that golden squad I mentioned above. Hiddink came in and within a year we suddenly beat Uruguay, drew with Holland, lost narrowly to Brazil, beat Japan thrashed Bahrain, drew with Croatia to progress to the last 16 of the worlds biggest sporting event and then lose to Italy in the last minute
I am hearing rumblings this morning that Osiek is on borrowed time. Who else is hearing this? France could be it?
A Biesla with Okon assisting anyone?
Stumbled across this blog while the foz was down....
Joegormanfootball.com
His latest piece on roar.com is worth a read,
http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/09/09...the-socceroos/
First response is spot on the money...
JAJI said | September 9th 2013 @ 8:23am | Report comment
Good article Joe. I was at the Allianz Arena that day in June 2006 and the contrast between that performance and this weekends game couldnt be more different
Back in 2006 arguably Brazil had a stronger squad – Dida in goal, Cafu and Lucio and Roberto Carlos at the back, and then the big 4 of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Adriano. They should have won the World Cup that year but got done over by Zizou in the quarters
Yet we gave it to them and should have equalised in the second half when Harry Kewell had an open goal. The side that day was Schwarzer (who ironically was dropped after this game) Chippers Poppa Neil Moore Emerton Grella Sterjovski Culina Cahill and the V Bomber
Harry, Bresciano and Aloisi other came off the bench
Viduka has never been replaced unfortunately. He was the only one who had the ability to hold the ball no matter who was on him
Another stark difference is Guus Hiddink not Holger Osiek was in charge. Then finally there are clubs our boys were playing for back then. In 2006 Boro, Basel, Blackburn, Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Parma, Everton, PSV, Boro, Basel and Blackburn
In 2013 on the weekend – a bench role at Chelsea, a Chinese club I have never heard of, a Qatari Club I have never heard of whose comp hasnt started, a Japanese Club where our skipper has played once that I have never heard of, a left back who doesnt play left back and couldnt get a gig in Scotland and has now been released by a Chinese club I have never heard of and currently isnt playing, a UAE Club I have never heard of who isnt playing, another Qatari club whose comp hasnt started, Bayer Leverkeusen, Utrecht, Nagoya in Japan and finally Crystal Palace
So its a combination of the cattle isnt there anymore and the next generation are too young and the manager who lets face it since the Asian Cup in 2011 struggled in qualifiers against Thailand twice, Oman twice, Iraq twice, Jordan once and has been thrashed in friendlies against anyone half decent including Denmark, Scotland, Romania and now Brazil
What will Frank Lowy and David Gallop do? Remember the Confeds Cup in 2005 where Farina was thrashed 3 times with that golden squad I mentioned above. Hiddink came in and within a year we suddenly beat Uruguay, drew with Holland, lost narrowly to Brazil, beat Japan thrashed Bahrain, drew with Croatia to progress to the last 16 of the worlds biggest sporting event and then lose to Italy in the last minute
I am hearing rumblings this morning that Osiek is on borrowed time. Who else is hearing this? France could be it?
A Biesla with Okon assisting anyone?
The current Socceroos team is completely aids compared to the 2006 squad, so it's most unfair to be giving Hiddink a wrap and trashing Osiek as a Manager. People seem to forget that Hiddink failed to get Russia through qualification for the last world cup .
There is not a manager in the history of the game that could get the current socceroos past the group stage at Brazil 2014 and blaming the current manager doesn't change that.
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