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How good is afro boy up front for Qatar? What's his go? Where does he play?
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+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos.
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+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. I dare say as to be repeating myself, the big clubs including the PL it's all about the company buying the trophies & buying the best players. I've been to England many times over the years & all you see in shops are Man U, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs & Arsenal gear & all the kids are wearing this gear, very few of them follow their local sides.
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Hillbilly55
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+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. I dare say as to be repeating myself, the big clubs including the PL it's all about the company buying the trophies & buying the best players. I've been to England many times over the years & all you see in shops are Man U, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs & Arsenal gear & all the kids are wearing this gear, very few of them follow their local sides. Haha, I remember watching the 2003 Ashes Test in Brisbane and saw a Colchester United shirt among the Barmy Army and had a chat with the bloke. Took me back to their giantkilling days of the early 70's. Those were fun times and there were a few small teams made a big impact then.
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robbos
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+x+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. I dare say as to be repeating myself, the big clubs including the PL it's all about the company buying the trophies & buying the best players. I've been to England many times over the years & all you see in shops are Man U, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs & Arsenal gear & all the kids are wearing this gear, very few of them follow their local sides. Haha, I remember watching the 2003 Ashes Test in Brisbane and saw a Colchester United shirt among the Barmy Army and had a chat with the bloke. Took me back to their giantkilling days of the early 70's. Those were fun times and there were a few small teams made a big impact then. Funny you should bring up Colchester, this is where my wife's family is from Essex, in & around Colchester, the biggest team in the area, closest PL team is West Ham. Not a Colchester fan among them, though did go & see Colchester play a couple of times with Richard Garcia playing for them.
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Hillbilly55
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. I dare say as to be repeating myself, the big clubs including the PL it's all about the company buying the trophies & buying the best players. I've been to England many times over the years & all you see in shops are Man U, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs & Arsenal gear & all the kids are wearing this gear, very few of them follow their local sides. Haha, I remember watching the 2003 Ashes Test in Brisbane and saw a Colchester United shirt among the Barmy Army and had a chat with the bloke. Took me back to their giantkilling days of the early 70's. Those were fun times and there were a few small teams made a big impact then. Funny you should bring up Colchester, this is where my wife's family is from Essex, in & around Colchester, the biggest team in the area, closest PL team is West Ham. Not a Colchester fan among them, though did go & see Colchester play a couple of times with Richard Garcia playing for them. Forgot to mention, my wife and I did some house sitting in Terling, not that far away :). As it happens, the woman who we sat for was an ex-pat Aussie.
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+xThis is why middle eastern teams will never do anything on the world stage - horrid mentality. Go up and they spend the rest of the game flopping around, pretending they're dead. Go behind and they lose their sh1t against good sides and cave Absolute pea hearts Well, Saudi Arabia did make the round of 16 in 94. They didn't cave against the Argies either when trailing, instead coming back to win.
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+xHow good is afro boy up front for Qatar? What's his go? Where does he play? He played his youth career in Spain I think Sevilla and had couple of loans certainly got talent.
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+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos. I know some Aussie girls that follows the Matildas & watch the Matildas games but never watch men football. Never seen CR7 or Messi play b4 in their lives.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos. I know some Aussie girls that follows the Matildas & watch the Matildas games but never watch men football. Never seen CR7 or Messi play b4 in their lives. So they don't watch the Men's Matildas?
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos. I know some Aussie girls that follows the Matildas & watch the Matildas games but never watch men football. Never seen CR7 or Messi play b4 in their lives. So they don't watch the Men's Matildas? Anything with men they are not interested. Sam Kerr is their hero. Other than Tim Cahill they don't know any of the Socceroos players
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Dunno what ya people are talking about kerr. Watches a league men she tweets about it. The women's city team watch the men's and vica versa when they both have double headers
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+xDunno what ya people are talking about kerr. Watches a league men she tweets about it. The women's city team watch the men's and vica versa when they both have double headers Many girls don't. Just like many men never watch women soccer.
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So lets see how popular Asian football is in Australia.
Cup final Qatar v Jordan on at the same time as Liverpool v Burnly and Spurs v Brighton....
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+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos. I'd be willing to bet if Australia hosted a men's WC and the Socceroos made the semis, their popularity would be >= that of the Matildas.
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+xSo lets see how popular Asian football is in Australia. Cup final Qatar v Jordan on at the same time as Liverpool v Burnly and Spurs v Brighton.... eeeeny meeeny mini MOoooooo ???? haha he won't be on the bench even but I'll be watching Anfield rain hail shine and Optus Sport in my friend :)
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+x+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos. I'd be willing to bet if Australia hosted a men's WC and the Socceroos made the semis, their popularity would be >= that of the Matildas. Men's Matildas* not Socceroos ;)
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+x+xSo lets see how popular Asian football is in Australia. Cup final Qatar v Jordan on at the same time as Liverpool v Burnly and Spurs v Brighton.... eeeeny meeeny mini MOoooooo ???? haha he won't be on the bench even but I'll be watching Anfield rain hail shine and Optus Sport in my friend :) Anfield on the big screen and Angie on the tablet for me hahahahah sorted.
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Biggest game in Jordan's history and I can't imagine how many more fans have rushed over for this given the capacity of the stadium. It could be an epic or one of the most dull 1:0 games ever.
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Qatar win 3:1 via 3 penalties.
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+xQatar win 3:1 via 3 penalties. The cynic in me wonders how fair the pens were?
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+x+xQatar win 3:1 via 3 penalties. The cynic in me wonders how fair the pens were? First one maybe a bit open but the other two were certainly right. Jordan tried hard. Qatar a bit smarter where it mattered.
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Boring.
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So we spend so much time on here talking about the a league improving and Aussies moving to top leagues only for Qatar to win the Asian cup and all their players play in the qatar league.
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+xSo we spend so much time on here talking about the a league improving and Aussies moving to top leagues only for Qatar to win the Asian cup and all their players play in the qatar league. Yep. And all the posts about Japan being the superior team because most of their players play in top 5 leagues etc. Sth. Korea to an extent too. Qatar playing tournament in home country helps a bit but that’s 2 Acup trophies in a row now 👏
why some national teams- even with top players- win tournaments and why some don’t (looking at you England) is very complex
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+xSo lets see how popular Asian football is in Australia. Cup final Qatar v Jordan on at the same time as Liverpool v Burnly and Spurs v Brighton.... Of course virtually everyone would rather watch the premier league than Qatar - Jordan. It’s not a very appealing final outside their region. Tbh it’s a little bit Mickey Mouse.
I personally just don’t care about the Arab teams at all. I don’t really care about the Asian Cup in general if Australia’s not involved, though if the final was Japan - South Korea/Iran, I would have certainly switched to Paramount occasionally. As it was, I didn’t even consider it.
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Qatar go back to back titles so well done to them, especially after the World Cup showing in-between Asian Cups but this time with a different coach its very interesting.
Apparently their poor World Cup showing was due to their poor preparation with no competitive football for almost 7 months so maybe their World Cup results were an outlier given their quality they have in Asia.
I would not underestimate them at all.
Im glad the World Cup has expanded it would have been a real struggle to qualify with the existing 4 and a half spots, the depth in Asia is certainly rising year on year.
Hopefully the Olyroos put an a decent showing in the u23 Asian Cup in the next few months and give us hope that we are on the right direction again.
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+xSo we spend so much time on here talking about the a league improving and Aussies moving to top leagues only for Qatar to win the Asian cup and all their players play in the qatar league. Japan have got world class players but they certainly dont have a world class coach, have a coach thats coached in the top leagues like the Japan players have experienced and they would be performing alot better. They performed very poorly as a team given the talent they got.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xAll of the heavy weights of Asian football fell short, is this a sign the depth is starting to grow? Maybe an expanded World Cup might be perfect timing for us with those extra spots for qualifying. if you were outside Asia, you'd take it as a sign at how bad Asian football is, when the worst team at the world cup who was only there by default is the two times champion of asian football. Having said that - really surprised by how poor Japan did. They are a great side, potential to be one of the world's best - but maybe they are too many individuals? The beauty of football, you can be a goose one day & kings the next. Remember the current European Champions Italy has missed out on the last 2 world cups. Who would've thought that a Sth Korean (Son) or a Arab (Salah) would have a bigger profile than an Italian player currently playing. Or a Norwegian even? But thats just the marketing power of the EPL mate.... Did you see the chaos in Hong Kong the other day? Inter Miami were booked to play a local team, tickets were in their thousands of dollars and Messi and Suarez didnt play and the locals almost rioted..... People dont watch football anymore they follow Insta- profiles. Its so sad. Its how the Matildas are so successful and there is little to no interest in the Socceroos. I'd be willing to bet if Australia hosted a men's WC and the Socceroos made the semis, their popularity would be >= that of the Matildas. Exactly. Or at least I hope so.
I must admit I found the euphoria about the women a bit cringe. It was only possible in Australia. I got swept up myself and even went to a couple of games, but I dunno, it always felt a bit hollow. Like, it was easy for me to just shrug my shoulders and get on with my day when the Matildas lost, while I’d get really upset for a couple of days if it was the Socceroos. I am glad the girls got their moment in the sun, but I still really struggle to watch or care about women’s football.
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+xSo we spend so much time on here talking about the a league improving and Aussies moving to top leagues only for Qatar to win the Asian cup and all their players play in the qatar league. Yep. Said exactly that in the car on the way back from Brisbane. Academies, talent identification, SAP programs, National Curriculum, Coaching badges, seminars, NPL, A league, blah blah that we have and there are 10 teams in that tournament where most of the players have a better touch and more composure on the ball than us. It can't be because we don't have players in the big 5 leagues because they don't have that either. What is going on?
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