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Socceroos
- Thread starter Tigerfan
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Yeah, but, but, but, Graham Arnold has coached the Central Coast Mariners
15mins of highlights here
Yep, top of the table for now, Ange is doing a great job 
Long way to go, 14 games to go.
The +37 goal difference for Celtics to Rangers +27 GD is a great advantage to have if they finish on the same points.
Now just need the Boston one's to WAKE UP!!
Long way to go, 14 games to go.
The +37 goal difference for Celtics to Rangers +27 GD is a great advantage to have if they finish on the same points.
Now just need the Boston one's to WAKE UP!!
Ange comments on Socceroos :
"....From my perspective, the signs have been there for a while that the rest of Asia is improving and we’ve kind of stalled in our development.... We should be disappointed if we don’t go to a World Cup, it’s not about saying ‘well, let’s just miss one so we can learn’. We’ve done enough learning, our expectation should be to qualify for World Cups all the time.”
"....From my perspective, the signs have been there for a while that the rest of Asia is improving and we’ve kind of stalled in our development.... We should be disappointed if we don’t go to a World Cup, it’s not about saying ‘well, let’s just miss one so we can learn’. We’ve done enough learning, our expectation should be to qualify for World Cups all the time.”
Yeah, Celtic will rue only signing him to a rolling 1 year contract though if they tried a longer contract their fans would have gone a bit mental
I flicked the channel and the replay was on. I started watching with about 7 minutes to go in the first half. The quality of the game in that 7 minutes was surprisingly outstanding; I don't watch much Scottish football but found it enthralling. I missed the first goal but spot on Spook that second goal was unreal. Sublime movement, touch and passing with a magnificent finish from the Japanese player.
And right before it Rangers almost scored from what looked to be a beautiful through ball into the box but in the end it probably had a metre too much on it. A fine line but that was beautiful play as well.
I don't consider Foster to be part of the "Sydney Football Mafia" per se. At least not in a toxic way.
Sure, he was an Ange critic in the past and there was that infamous interview on SBS that put Ange on the coaching outer for many years. But I do not believe he was undermining Ange while he was Socceroos coach.
To me, the main protagonists are Robbie Slater, Andy Harper, David Gallop, Heather Reid (albeit she was more based in the ACT) and the Lowy family.
Thankfully, almost all of them are not on the scene anymore.
Not directly but Slater was one of his most vocal critics. He cited the media's criticism as a key reason for quitting.
To me it was more about getting their mate Arnold the Socceroos gig. Arnold, Harper and Slater are all close mates. played together for the Socceroos. I am pretty certain Arnold and Slater were always roommates.
Ian, I'm surprised that there hasn't seemed to be any comment/objections to the late (88") penalty awarded to Oman. I have only glanced at the highlights as match was on 3am live. And haven't had a chance to seek any more detailed vision. Also so peed off at the result with Oman missing many players due to Covid too.
But from this limited perspective, that penalty against Karacic looked really harsh.
[Not asking Antman because I know he thinks the sun shines out of match officials - FIFA/AFL as these orgs of unquestionable integrity, whatever!]
That's a fair point, and may well be true re: a future in the PL (or elsewhere for that matter), but my personal feeling is, that in order for that move to happen, it would need to be one of the big clubs as Ange has already stated that the lure of European football was a part of why he came to Parkhead. He is very ambitious, as we know, and I believe he will be at for Celtic 2-3 years. He also wants to leave his mark at Celtic, as also previously stated, and what better way than to take a former giant of European football back to some level of Champions League success. And BTW, I am not ruling him out of achieving that.
