Thought it was a bit of a stretch Arnold saying Albo should give Australians the day off work.
Thought it was a bit of a stretch Arnold saying Albo should give Australians the day off work.
Thought it was a bit of a stretch Arnold saying Albo should give Australians the day off work.
Off topic but can an expert on the world game tell me what level Aleague is equivalent to in UK football? 2nd 3rd division? How about the lower leagues in France Germany etc?
Apart from a period in the first half we surprisingly had the better of that game in general play but as usual couldn't finish our chances. Team was extremely disciplined and kept great shape.
Peru unlucky with the header onto the post but on balance we deserved that and have to give Arnie some props - team obviously benefitted from a long training camp in Qatar.
Sad thing is. It possibly only went missing as late as the second half of the 20th century. In my grandparents generation (depression-WWII generation) there were still remnants of this phenomenon in society.Somewhere on the long voyage by sail our English Welsh Scots and Irish forebears lost the singing gene. we don't sing in public.
The players are not as well known. The super team of Germany had many recognisable players - there is no Tim Cahill, Kewell or Viduka these days. Think the public was spoiled by the relative success of that team too.Drinking his own bath water me thinks.
This team and the qualifiers have failed to catch the imagination of the Aussie public, something is missing with the squad or is it soccer more generally maybe.
Talking to a young fella who was born in the mid to late 1990s, it's funny how perspectives are just totally foreign to each other if we are born in different times. He looks back on those times as the norm - as if, that is the default standard of Australian teams.The players are not as well known. The super team of Germany had many recognisable players - there is no Tim Cahill, Kewell or Viduka these days. Think the public was spoiled by the relative success of that team too.
This team and the qualifiers have failed to catch the imagination of the Aussie public, something is missing with the squad or is it soccer more generally maybe.
I am nowhere near qualified to know whether it is the team or the Coach or a combination of both but to me this team is the most uninspiring Socceroos team I have seen in a long time.FFS if he was a half decent manager we would have qualified months ago. The only reason we had two sudden death matches to make the finals is because Arnold is the Mark Neeld of soccer coaches.
I love sport but *smile* hate soccer. Didn't even know this was on until this morning and on hearing about the win my reaction is disappointment that it means I'll have to hear more about it now.
The fact you can play a game for 90 minutes and it's a draw because no-one can score and then the game is basically decided by luck for me sums up why it is a *smile* game.
Worst thing about it is it will take kids away from playing footy.
I am nowhere near qualified to know whether it is the team or the Coach or a combination of both but to me this team is the most uninspiring Socceroos team I have seen in a long time.
We can't score
It concerns me that what we are going to see in the World cup is damage limitation and hope for the odd point from disciplined defence
I'm not sure that is going to excite the masses into a major growth spurt for the game in Australia
I didnt know you were Mike Sheehan. I think you should stick to commenting on umpiring decisions and leave this topic to the grown ups.I love sport but *smile* hate soccer. Didn't even know this was on until this morning and on hearing about the win my reaction is disappointment that it means I'll have to hear more about it now.
The fact you can play a game for 90 minutes and it's a draw because no-one can score and then the game is basically decided by luck for me sums up why it is a *smile* game.
Worst thing about it is it will take kids away from playing footy.
You think the A League stacks up to those levels? Not sure on that Bin. Championship is a brutal league.mid to lower level championship for mine and the better teams would finish 3rd in Scotland. the A-League is much better quality than most Australians give credit to because they are obsessed with always comparing with the premier league.
Yeh, that's pretty surprising and mostly ignorant from TBR. Would have assumed that type of response would come from some bogan Wyndhamvale footy head.You're a moderator on PRE and post this tripe? FYI, 4% of games end 0-0.
I don’t particularly like NRL, cricket or golf, and I haven’t posted on those threads in years (if at all). maybe next time you should just move on to the next thread without commenting.
Although I am more than happy to debate you on why Real Football is the best sport in the world and why the AFL has been stealing gameplans and sports science from this sport for many, many years
I love sport but *smile* hate soccer. Didn't even know this was on until this morning and on hearing about the win my reaction is disappointment that it means I'll have to hear more about it now.
The fact you can play a game for 90 minutes and it's a draw because no-one can score and then the game is basically decided by luck for me sums up why it is a *smile* game.
Worst thing about it is it will take kids away from playing footy.