And thats the point, it was the forwards, so you remove defence??? Espessially noting we were hit on the counter twice by thailand in bangkok. You risk losing your lead,and fill an already cramped box.by that time we had already had 35 shots, it wasnt the structure needing to be increased,it was the finishing

Actually that's a decision I'll defend, given a win by one goal was as bad as a defeat. If any two of the many chances we created from that point went in many would be lauding him as a genius right now.

The problem was that we got to that situation in the first place.

Was worth the risk..1-0 had to become 3-0 to put serious pressure on the saudis.  

Seriously some of the heat needs to go on the players..in terms of butchering everything it was worse than iran 97

Look, I've been an Ange booster all this time, but last night's result was simply unacceptable. There's something catastrophically wrong in that team. Ange needs to go for the good of everyone. 

I just dont understand, what the fuck was ange thinking last night, subing a defender off for an attacker in the 75th, opening us up to the counter. Yes we needed goals but it wasnt from effort of the forwards, so opening up our backs just was ridiculous. I understand he was going for the kill, but he shot himself in the foot

Ange is becoming more and more questionable in tactics

Just for you Ange.

Ange apologists.

Yep absolutely.  If people want to complain about Ange in general I often agree but tonight really wasn't his fault 

One thing I will say for Ange

When the World Cup has 100 teams in future nobody would want the head of a coach finishing 3rd with this squad

6 changes to starting 11=picking the same players?

Holger picked a whole team of geriatrics....Ange picked smith who at least is young and gets cup time

Anyone else noticed Ange has fallen into the Holger mould exactly? 

Amazing Asian Cup then picking the same players that are not working and performances getting worse by the day. 

And we can't sack him if this goes to the playoffs. That would make a hard challenge even harder!

Gee its almost as if pushing high up the field leaves you exposed.

"If we had have got one earlier, it might have opened them up a bit. It's heartbreaking for the players," he said.

Postecoglou snapped when asked to summarise his 10-game qualifying campaign.

"It's been unbelievable and it's been magnificent," he said sarcastically.

"I've been sitting here frustrated for the last two years, listening to some of the garbage being thrown around at these players," he said.

"It's tough qualifying for a World Cup. It's even tougher when it's your first one.

"We've played 10 games and lost one. They've done everything I've asked of them.

"You know what? Yeah that's all I've got to say."
Postecoglou stunned by Socceroos result - Nine Wide World of Sports - Football

lets hope we dont go to playoffs because he has the excuses but not the answers

Sure could have fixed our defence.

We're playing the highest quality football i've ever seen Australia play. We've had some issues with finishing and getting caught on the counter but we're twice the team we were under arnold/pim/holger. Ange has been constantly pushing this group of players to develop over the past few years, to me it's working and would be stupid to throw all that work away. If we don't qualify for the WC of course he's goneskies immediately though.

Turning Australia into world cup winners was never going to be easy, I'm quite happy to take a bit of extra stress if we're pushing in the right direction. Sacking Ange and going hiring some short-termer who is just going to make us play hopeful counter attacking football will do nothing for the game in this country in the long term. Winning the AC + The positive showing at the confeds means he deserves the chance to continue what he started. 

The majority of managers we could actually get would be experienced journeymen looking for one last payday. Looking at our talent pool and the prospect of 4 tough qualifiers, it's a suicide job for most managers.

45 shots on goal for 2 goals

no manager in the world can fix that combination of bad luck and poor finishing. 

But a winning manager would retain the job into the WC. As a manager there would not be many who would not want that chance.

We could very well have Korea and USA/

They will play in Malaysia

Taking Australia to the WC...

Guarantee its an ange tantrum, he has been getting it easy from the press for so long and cant handle the truth. He is a passive agreesive sook.

Yeah possible away playoff against syria. job of a "lifetime"

I wouldn't sack Ange on this performance. The Thais were always going to sit back and we always had to take the attack to them. We could have had 5 or 6 on another night. Ange's weakness has been exposed in earlier matches, however. He is too inflexible and therefore the Socceroos have become predictable, handing a big advantage to the opponents.

Were they actually out of line, or Ange having a tantrum?

There would be many many many managers available for the same money as Ange. What are they offering? 4 games to make WC (if SA win) and summer in Australia.
It is an attractive job. 

Ange has stormed out if the press conference. He's fuming at the apparent garbage questions thrown against the players. 

FFA has 1, possibly 2 extra home playoffs worth of ticket sales to ay out Ange with

I'll give it a go boys, first order of business, fly smith back to Bournemouth and keep him there, second order of business, give Mitch a go at the no1, bring in brad Jones and play players to a formation that suits them.

Are you? He already said he would go after this world cup anyway. 

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