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FIFA World Cup 22
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Saudis hadn't won a World Cup game since 1994. Argies have been undefeated for 34 games straight.
Massive.
Massive.
A bit? Its huge. Referee did all he could to give Argentina a chance for a 2nd goal as well. Good riddance.
Typical game from an Arnold coached team. Apart from a 10 minute patch early where we scored it has been boring, insipid, uninspiring, timid football.
Harry Kewell has summed it up perfectly. We have not even tried to score since the first goal. First thought is always pass backwards. You deserve all you get when you play that conservative rubbish. At least have a crack.
Harry Kewell has summed it up perfectly. We have not even tried to score since the first goal. First thought is always pass backwards. You deserve all you get when you play that conservative rubbish. At least have a crack.
This must be the easily the least talented and worst coached Socceroos team to make a world cup.
At least harass, defend and try and put the opposition under some sort of pressure.
Sure France are a good team, but that was an soft insipid performance.
No ambition.
At least harass, defend and try and put the opposition under some sort of pressure.
Sure France are a good team, but that was an soft insipid performance.
No ambition.
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I watched the second half - Aussies body language terrible, they looked like they had given up, they could barely string together 3 passes without turnover.
It reminded me of the wc game against Germany, we were outclassed everywhere and it was like a social club playing against a professional team.
2 games to go……….
It reminded me of the wc game against Germany, we were outclassed everywhere and it was like a social club playing against a professional team.
2 games to go……….
I don't wanna sound like a broken record, but I think Arnold got his tactics wrong this morning. Mbappe should have been manmarked for mine. Atkinson isn't up to this level just yet.
Our CBs were solid but our fullbacks were terrible. We need to go all out to win against Tunisia. Let's move to the old school 4-4-2 diamond.
Hrustic must start on Saturday night as well as Cumdog and McLaren.
Bring on Kuol earlier, not when the game is over.
I would also consider a proper mongrel DM (Devlin???) ahead of Mooy who couldn't hit the side of a barn door this morning.
I think we made a huge mistake not selecting Rogic.
France were just too good, but there are lessons to be learnt.
Finally, Goodwin is the best player in the A-League for mine and deserves to start all 3 games.
FYI, Kewell was great as a commentator.
Our CBs were solid but our fullbacks were terrible. We need to go all out to win against Tunisia. Let's move to the old school 4-4-2 diamond.
Hrustic must start on Saturday night as well as Cumdog and McLaren.
Bring on Kuol earlier, not when the game is over.
I would also consider a proper mongrel DM (Devlin???) ahead of Mooy who couldn't hit the side of a barn door this morning.
I think we made a huge mistake not selecting Rogic.
France were just too good, but there are lessons to be learnt.
Finally, Goodwin is the best player in the A-League for mine and deserves to start all 3 games.
FYI, Kewell was great as a commentator.
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I thought Kewell and even then Bosnich were incredibly negative. Bosnich asking why they are getting worse, 2-1 4 years ago to 4-1 this year. This Aussie team is weak IMO, there are some kids coming through but the quality at this moment is not good, I was expecting them to lose by 3-4 so its about par.
Sure I agree the coaching and tactics is poor, but when you know you are much weaker than the opposition, the focus is on containing them rather than being expressive as the likelihood is you will be scored more heavily against. I think the tactics were to limit the loss in this game, in case goal difference comes into play for the 2nd placed team later in the group stages, hence why there was very little attacking intent. Would people have been happier if they had tried to attack and left glaring holes in defence? Leckie for example, was never going to be given too much licence going forward as Mbappe was always going to be way too good for Atkinson so they needed to drop the winger back to try and protect the full back position and limit the damage of Mbappe.
Bosnich asked at the end what Australia need to do to stop the gap widening between the best players. They firstly need to strengthen the A League to keep quality Aussie players here for longer and avoid the sort of sale that Kuol has just gone through where very little money comes back into the league from the sale. When 20 of your 26 players are from the A League, that should be obvious to Bosnich why they can't suddenly compete with a well drilled outfit like the French and the quality of players they have. The french aren't as arrogant as the Argies and particularly with the Argies losing earlier in the day, that didn't help the Aussies, as the French would have ensured they wouldn't become complacent in this game.
What do we expect with a team coached by Arnie? He has no tactical nous. At 2-1 down he persisted with the tactics of sitting back and inviting the French to attack.
Continuing to play 5 at the back when losing shows the mentality he has.
Continuing to play 5 at the back when losing shows the mentality he has.
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