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2010 FOOTBALL World Cup

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Agree with you TINK
we needed to attack the Germans with the full team
Not leave out Kewell for a later game in case he got injured against the Germans
very bad tactics !!!
Although he did get us to the WORLD CUP

England played very well Rooney seems to have lost something hes not a sharp as he is with Man U
 
I didn't think I would be as happy again as when the French went out, but this morning's elimination of those unsporting Italians has put a big smile on my face again
 
Well done to the NZ All Whites - did good.
 
LOL Ubi - we didnt play well at all this year.

We had our time, 2006, and 4 others before that

Time for sharing
 
Timmy said:
Well done to the NZ All Whites - did good.
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They did better than good. Besides the eventual winners, NZ will be the only team to finish the World Cup undefeated. How many teams in history can say that?
 
UBIQUITOUS said:
They did better than good. Besides the eventual winners, NZ will be the only team to finish the World Cup undefeated. How many teams in history can say that?
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Finished ahead of the reigning World Cup holders in their group too!
 
Logique said:
Not stinking hot for once, a real plus for the europeans. Holland or Argentina likely winners.
USA might be a surprise semi-finalist.
Had liked Ivory Coast of the African teams, but apparently Drogba has broken his arm?
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Got it wrong on Ivory Coast, but they were in a difficult group. Otherwise I'm still on course with my tips. The US has to get past Ghana next, which they are well capable of doing. Hello out there to GumbyLearner.

Australia - really tragic tactics against Germany. Apparently Kewell wanted to play. No striker and 4-4-2...what were they thinking. We should have gone through to the final 16.
 
Tink said:
LOL Ubi - we didnt play well at all this year.

We had our time, 2006, and 4 others before that

Time for sharing
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4 others before 2006? You sure? Is this a yet another case of an Italian claiming something which they shouldn't be?
 
Our four year program seemed to have ended on the 4-0 defeat by Germany.

Craig Foster is very dirty with Dutch coach Pim Verbeek whom he claims did not believe in the ability of the Socceroos. I think he (Craig) has a very valid point and I agree with Craig that the next coach we get must understand the Aussie fighting spirit and will to win as well as have tactical planning skills that will enhance and use that spirit. A big ask.

According to Craig, Pim was also critical of the Aussie league and players, in a Dutch newspaper. Not a good situation nor appropriate in the circumstances.

On the credit side Pim has taken us to within a whisker of the final 16 - so some credit to him considering the circumstances facing all Aussie coaches with their top players so far away and often unable to get clearances (understandably) from the teams they play for.
 
Verbeek got us through qualifying in style. But everybody will forget that, because of how wrong he got it against Germany. I hate to admit mistakes, but I think I was wrong and Craig Foster was right here.

Classic quote from Ned Zelic on the Germany game "..we're making them look good..". And so we were. A tragedy for Australian football.
 
Logique said:
Verbeek got us through qualifying in style. But everybody will forget that, because of how wrong he got it against Germany. I hate to admit mistakes, but I think I was wrong and Craig Foster was right here.
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While I agree the best team should be on the park for World Cup games, I think the real foot bullet was the Cahill sendoff. That threw the plan of yielding in the first game to Germany and focusing on winning the next two games into some disarray. Add Kewell's sendoff against Ghana and the other foot got a bullet. Plan backfired completely right then. Tough competition with such a rigorous elimination process to get there so our best team should be on the park for all games regardless of how good the opposition supposedly is.

Not the Australian way really.
 
The last African team in the competition go through.

Ghana score 2
U.S.A. score 1
 
If you note the divisive shenanigans in the French camp, refusing to train and all that,

well, Football Australia in a genius move, are reported as looking at the French Coach, Le Guen, for the Socceroos.

For pete's sake hire the guy from Chile already. At least someone who believes in attractive, attacking football, and let the results look after themselves.
 
England = horse manure. Too old, too slow.

The following tactics must be consigned to the waste bin:
- Rooney as your main avenue for goal. He has now frozen at two World Cups!
- Heskey as a front man. What a joke! He has scored 7 goals in about 70 appearances. Epic failure.
- Four injury prone plodders as your centre halves. Upson and Terry were woeful.
- Retire James, Heskey and one off Lampard/Gerrard. It does not work.
- Milner looks like a park footballer.
- Why do they insist on 4-4-2 when they have a shoddy defence.
- Barry is so slow, Ozil made him look geriatric.

OMG, that was the worst performance I have ever seen from an English team. The 'golden generation' must now be retired; the scars are too great. Bring in young guys who can play with the ball at their feet for Euro 2012!
 
Another one bites the dust.
4 goals for Germany again.
Not sure if they will make it all the way though.

Dutchie, I dont know what came over Verbeek to change our line up for that first game, we will never know.
I did feel sorry for him at the end though.

I have always liked Craig Foster and Ned Zelic's commentary on SBS
I agreed with them
 
About time SBS had Martin Tyler commentating. His commentary is sublime! No one comes close to matching him. The SBS commentary so far has been rubbish.

I'm still going for Argentina (5:1, $25 on) and Holland (6.50:1, $15) to win the cup.


England got smashed. Taken apart!
 
I think most sportspeople have been robbed by a wrong call from the referee/umpire/judge whatever, but when this happens at the highest level and so blatantly it would be darn near riotous. England's Frank Lampard robbed in broad daylight in front of a world audience.

 
Any criticism of Verbeeks handling of the Australia v Germany game should be laid to rest now, after last nights game v England..which proved beyond any doubt that the germans are a class or two above both England and Australia, and i seriously doubt it would have made any differance to the end result, who australia had on the pitch in the first game, especially if they played anything like those who were picked to start that game...

Australia still needs an overseas coach to get the best out of our players, as the past has shown, there is little respect for a local.

It'll be interesting if Holland win the cup, as it has become customary for coaches from the winning country to be in demand, and if it does turn out to be the case, I reckon Verbeek will land himself a job easily...

Looking forward to Argentina v Germany, should be a cracker....
 
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