With the final fast approaching and pretty much a sure sellout. How do you guys rate the cup? If we knew what we do know now. What do you think we should have different and how could or could we have made it better than it was?

Personally i think it was a massive success although the advertising/promotion could have been better. The biggest letdown for me would have to have been the delay in Socceroos matches during the group stage. Also the quater finals and semi finals being advertised as live on ABC only to end up only being the Australia games did hurt as well. What are your thoughts?

8.5/10

FTA was a let down and the lack of promotion of the A-League at such a critical time also made me deduct points. Otherwise it has been sick.

FTA a MAJOR let down.

Think about it. We watch the World Cup and EUFA Champions League (all games) yet the public have missed out on this once in a Century opportunity to showcase the Sport to all walks of life.

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Hite is terrible...

Anyway, as mentioned FTA and advertising were the big let downs. Some minor fixture issues but pretty successful overall.

Have to agree there was little promotion of the A-League during it.

Fantastic event though. 8/10

These few weeks have been some of the best in my entire footballing life. I've absolutely loved every minute of it.

Which surprises me, as being fully honest I wasn't overly excited when it was announced we would host it, I left getting my tickets seemingly late, and I didn't really board the hype train fully until I was sitting at Hunter Stadium and watched the Japan/Palestine game. From then on, I've been fully hooked on it.

I don't truly believe that we were the best option for the 2022 World Cup, but man oh man I would have been one of the happiest guys in the world if we were to host that.

I don't really have any negatives for the Cup that I can think of tbh. Free train travel was one of the best things they could have done, I got to see Japan and Australia play at Hunter Stadium, the guys at Across the Tasman have been seeding the games ( :lol: ), SantoSam+Ed have had Asian Cup Fever, and I've just loved it all. Maybe if Brisbane's pitch was a little better I would have said it was completely perfect. Also maybe I'll say that throwing a few HAL games in on the weekend was a bit odd.

So I'll give the Cup 9/10.

Has been very good.

Semi in Newcastle was a mistake. Clearly should've been in Melbourne.

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here. How was Newcastle a mistake, and how should it have "clearly" been in Melbourne?

9/10

Been fantastic and might show a few people that we just might be capable of holding a WC here.

It really has been amazing. Great value, so stoked I picked up 2 venue packs. Apart for Melbournians whinging about not getting a semi final its been really good. :)

9/10 for Arab nation butt hurt.

-PB

I know you're from Newcastle, but semis of major tournament should be in the major cities like Sydney and Melbourne. And I say this an a Canberran.

Are you able to provide a reason as to why, and are you able to give reasons (knowing hindsight, and seeing the results) as to what a Melbourne semi would have done differently to how the Newcastle one was done?

Major finals are played in major cities.

Yes, Newcastle has a football stadium, they got a good crowd and the match was played well and watched by many.

But why don't we just have the final in Canberra then? That's our capital city. It would get sold out too. The pitch in Canberra is arguably the best in the country too.

Why is the FA cup final played in London every year? Why doesn't Stoke get a go for once?

Poor old Stoke. :(

It is because Canberra and Stoke don't pay for the rights to host those games.

I am still yet to see an actual reason as to why you think Newcastle hosting was a mistake, and that "clearly" it should have been in Melbourne tbh. If anything, in your explanations all you've done is talk up Newcastle.

7/10. -2 for FTA coverage, -0.5 for the Brisbane pitch and -0.5 for Japan not making the semis.

8.5/10.

Brisbane's shit pitch, disinterest of AFL state governments and ABC's coverage the only real disappointments.

The only thing I can think of is AAMI holds more people. And by that logic it should have been held in Brisbane because 52k

Logistically - All 4 teams get to stay in the state (including 3/4 playoff)
Financially - NSW seems to have put up the most money for it
Structurally - ANZ was by far the biggest stadium used so Canberra can keep the BBL final

Only major let down for me was the pathetic ABC coverage. Honestly why did they even bother bidding for it?

Great tournament otherwise.

Yeah, I guess a bigger attendance would be one pro to holding it outside of Newcastle. But like you said, Brisbane would be the ideal choice for that. What is Melbourne Rectangular's capacity - 8k more than Hunter Stadium?

Wasn't it something to do with the Victorian Govt realising all their hotels will be chokers this time of year due to the tennis?

Too early to tell.

If the Socceroos win the final 10/10
If the Socceroos lose the final 0/10

Edited by Drunken_Fish: 29/1/2015 11:09:11 AM

Quality football - 9/10
Venues - 7.5/10 (ANZ shit, semi in Newy with grass behind goals)
Pitches - 8/10 (Brisbane woeful, newy avg)
Media coverage - 4/10 (abc shit and showing fuck all)

Socceroos factor - 8.5/10 = we've done wayyyy better in terms of our style and dominating, if we'd just scored one of those chances against South Korea and then had the xhance to play Iran in Sydney in front of 70k before the final that would have been the pinnacle. As it is we look good and have a bunch of great young players coming through backed by some great experience in jedi and timmeh.

Entertainment in matches - 9/10 been some great moments, even from teams you wouldnt have thought the public would be interested in such as the Saudis, Jordanians and Uzbeks etc

Overall - 8.5/10 has been way above expectations, but to have been perfect needed more fta more promotion a better pitch in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth to have gotten involved, security to have been a bit more sensible.

9/10, when you've got mates who hate the sport telling you how awesome the Iran/Iraq game was you know the tournament has done great

Edited by The Maco: 29/1/2015 12:03:11 PM

For me it's an 8.5/10, although I'm sure if there were games in SA I would be saying 9.5/10.

9/10 Loved it.

Bought the Brisbane pack and was happy to see all the games.
Was not expecting much till the Australia and Japan games but was hooked from the first whistle.

The whole atmosphere around the stadium in all the pubs was awesome. Meeting fans from all over was great and talking tactics with complete strangers over beers was even better.

I have Pay TV, so the Asian Cup has been fabulous. However, I always put ABC on when viewing Socceroo games.

I've really enjoyed seeing Asian teams from other countries play different styles of football to Australia and the HAL.

It was also good to see some football played on a Newcastle pitch which looked good. It was great seeing Canberra have some games too. Did Gosford have any on their superb pitch?

The only lowlight, was that Adelaide, Perth and Tassie did not get any games.

I will find it hard to go back to watching the HAL in comparison. International tournament football is for me the ultimate in the sport.

If I had to rate it out of 10, possibly 9.

Good to hear.

glad i didn't have to put up with ABC, with its crap quality and coverage.

The icing on the cake will have to be if and when Australia wins this Asian Cup. It's not a certainty. It'll be a real downer if we loose.

The tournament would have been ideal, as I see it, if the top teams made it to the semi finals. I'd have liked to see Iran, Japan, Australia and Korea all in the semis. To me, the semis were a bit of a let down because of the two weaker teams there, i.e. Iraq and UAE. Not taking away any of those two teams' efforts at overcoming favourites in Iran and Japan.

A tournament victory is a tournament victory.
If we win im waiting to see how some people will play it down, saying eg what you said (jap etc) .
This is BS.
I see where you are coming from. I just hope we win.

Some people would complain that "yeah we won the world cup, but we didn't play Germany in the final so its not really as good"

had a bunch of i guess eurosnobs call up on SEN saying how the Asian Cup is a mickey mouse tournament and it doesn't mean anything if Australia win it ffs

The Cup itself is pretty garbage imo.

What ever happened to sleek slim trophies.

-PB

Or a shiny toilet seat

it has been fantastic despite the indifference of the local media an in particular the ABC.

The question is what next

Asian Cup again or world Cup bid

It's been great, and the football has been great. Despite the fact it flew under the radar a bit in the mainstream media, the crowds have been excellent.

I went to the Oman v Socceroos and the Sth Korea v Iraq SF and had a great time. A really well organised event.

great tournament, host 2019 here.

#Blattercameo thumbs down

I also wasn't that excited before the cup but I have enjoyed this more than any other sporting event. Kills the Sydney Olympics and better than watching the World Cup on tv. The only let down was the ABC.

Lack of public hype meant that I was the only one in my circle to enjoy this great event. I find it sad that a large part of Australia is still ignorant to what they've missed out on.

Agree.

It has almost been the opposite for me.

I have gone to games with friends who don't usually attend A-league games (although they do follow football).

In the first week or so i was very disappointed by peoples reaction. However since the QF people have really been getting into it! Can't wait for tonight, gosh it would be amazing for the NT to win a meaningful trophy on home soil!

Its been a fantastic tournament. Much high class play and fabulous memorable goals.
I think we've witnessed many future stars here and we're so lucky.
I've heard Barcelona and Real Madrid have been scouting this tournament along with Liverpool and a few others.

=d> =d>

But I'm disappoint China didnt go further :(

10/10

maybe I am emotional right now.. but for Aus football that was the very best type of win, full of drama, but also well deserved in terms of the quality of the goals we scored... and ALL of Australia was watching...

Great stuff.. great tournament.. perfect result



Edited by charlieyankos: 31/1/2015 11:43:13 PM

Edited by charlieyankos: 31/1/2015 11:43:59 PM

10 out of 10

Would host again/10

I consider myself a diehard socceroos fan, even went to the EAFF qualifiers to see us take on the might of Guam and endured the mess that was Qatar but this Asian Cup exceeded my wildest hopes and dreams. Not just that we won, but the atmosphere at neutral games, the feeling in the crowds, the reasonable ticket prices, I loved it all. I am travelling to every Asian Cup in future.

The best thing in my opinion is that is has hopefully given (those who weren't so interested before) a face to our opponents. Next time we play Kuwait there is an attachment or feeling. Same in reverse for the Asian countries.

:p maybe now they will start to see we are not against them, they are against themselves=p~ .

As far as the tournament goes, I think we hosted it very well. Nothing seemed to be over promoted to the hilt. It was well thought out. Brisbane pitch was the only real let down as far as tournament quality pitches go, the early heat was a bit of a let down as well. Probably unavoidable in any country in AFC.

Best thing non tournament organisation wise... Was we finally got the win we've been chasing since 2006 in Germany and the credibility we deserve to go forward with now. We've been missing this for so long now its not even funny.

The final piece of the puzzle to really solidify the belief in the players minds, the belief that they are not just underdogs anymore, the belief that if they work hard enough they can become quality World class players.

x2

Went to all Sydney games including last night. For me each game really was great to watch. The uzbeki fans screaming their lungs out all match in the behemoth of anz really was incredible. Irans fans were loud n proud.
I'm enjoying the moment (along with the XXXX gold hangover......) and after this tournament I hope that Asian players will get a look in at some of the euro leagues. 2.5 billion people have to produce some football superstars.

The expat communities made the Cup for me. Seeing crowds waving their flags in a far off land also made me a proud Australian. That we welcome anyone from anywhere.

Fantastic result. Fantastic game to finish it off.

On Saturday night there were 4 blokes from one of the Gulf Nations sitting in front of us, dressed in the Keffiyeh and white robes, wearing Australian flags on their backs and waving Australian flags. Celebrated as hard as we did at the final whistle. Absolutely loved this

I love how the Iran fans on twitter and instagram believe that Australia instructed Ben Williams to make Iraq win the match so Australia wouldn't have to face them in the final.

When really its just Ben Williams being Ben Williams. :lol:

Edited by socceroofan4life: 2/2/2015 06:00:20 PM