I don't see UAE being much of a threat, some of the chances japan missed were just horrific, it was essentially a match played in one side of the field. We should win this tournament now, I'd still be nervous if we weren't playing on home soil but the way yesterday's events unfolded we are in the box seat, japan gone and our other biggest rival Iran who also have the physical aspect that matches us gone as well.

The World Cup was on offer well before this existed. #JustSaying

Hate all you want, but at the time the OFC Nations Cup was the first major tournament Australia could win.

If UAE had wont in normal time I'd be very very concerned.

but I feel we will be fresher and fitter. play our passing game, and if we havent conceded by 60 mins I think we will overrun them.

In the group game against SK we had PLENTY of chances to equalise, this without our strongest lineup on the park. I'm more worried about UAE at the minute. They are looking very organised defensively and going foward, Abdulrahman and Mabkhout are very dangerous.

None of this means shit. Maybe the most recent match but the rest, no means fuck all. Pointless to use, even going back 4 years ago when we drew against Korea in the Asian Cup only 2 players that started for us will start against Korea on Tuesday (Cahill, Jedinak)

Only 7/31 players selected for the last Asian Cup are in this years squad. Let alone going back 14 years ago..

we shut our selves out with poor finishing.

Edited by jonomv: 24/1/2015 02:28:25 PM

It's a very very good opportunity.

just gonna leave this here... looks real pretty

Past 6 meetings: 1w 2d 3l

asian cup - aus 0 sk 1

20/7/13 Australia 0 South Korea 0 (in Seoul)

14/11/12 Australia 2 South Korea 1 (Hwaseong)

14/1/11 Australia 1 South Korea 1 (Doha)

5/9/09 Australia 1 South Korea 3 (Seoul)

3/6/01 Australia 0 South Korean 1 (Suwon)

Edited by inala brah: 24/1/2015 01:31:28 PM

im not downplaying it. they beat us. they shut us out. they can do it again. dont get cocky.

Everyone just needs to calm the F down. All remaining teams have capable scorers, and we still have a defense capable of incredible brain farts of mind smashing proportions. That isn't to say that we can't win it, just that we are still in the same situation as before, beat down the team in front of us one fame at a time

YOU? where you from?

If we win the tournament you will probably be saying it doesn't count because we did not beat Japan and Iran :roll:

How many against Sth Korea, the best team you have played against ?
The first 8 goals were against dross TBF.

haha yeah, I intentionally wrote Major Tournament so nubs here don't act smart with the OFC Nations Cup, Heineken :oops: :oops:

And we would be at home, inalabrah is just downplaying it not to cause a jinx, it is ours to win. Whether we do it or not we will see, many things can happen but it is silly to believe we would not be favourites at the moment, even with the loss to South Korea.

Who only beat us one nil with our best players sitting on the bench.

I believe we have more than enough to beat them.

-PB

dont get ahead of yourself. it's certainly not ours to lose.

we have to beat south korea. they are the form team for the tournament and are the favourites.

Major tournament

I don't think we're in the driving seat, Sth Korea have shown defensively they are hard to break down (only team without conceding left if I recall). I think fans confidence though with Japan and Iran out has lifted.

The 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004 OFC Nations Cup say hi.

Favourites? I think so yes.
We should be better prepared, better conditioned, better rested, our research of the opposition should be better than theirs, our best players are better than their best and if we go up before they do, we will certainly be in the 'drivers seat'.

Not sure if you're trolling or just stupid.

Cahill had an off night against Oman and we scored 4.

We've had 8 different scorers in 4 games.

Edited by sydneyfc1987: 24/1/2015 01:52:24 AM

If Timbo has a bad night , then forget it. You are completely a one man band, one trick pony, etc etc.
At the start i thought you would do well to reach the semi's, nothing has changed my train of thought.

Nup, I'm absolutely confident that Cahill will kill them.

Are we favourites to win it? It's a dream draw.

Stop counting chickens!

Not sure that we'll pump them but their difficulties with defending crosses was noticeable tonight. Japan missed some dead set sitters.

We'll pump UAE. They showed tonight that they can't mark off crosses and Cahill, Milligan and Jedinak will punish them.

Australia v South Korea final.

Way better than UAE V Iraq