damn Herbert got sumptn to smile about


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Herbert Upbeat Despite Defeat?
NEW Zealand coach Ricki Herbert remains bullish about his side's chances at the World Cup despite going down 3-1 to Slovenia in a warm-up match in Maribor.

Have your say.

Bit odd that they can beat Serbia, despite it the goal coming against the run of play - yet go down heavily to Slovenia, who are arguably weaker.

yeah i mean its a shock how we beat Serbia and lost to Australia who are arguably weaker...

some of them Slovenians could play in the asian confed the way they were diving around....

Paston gives me the shits

Heineken, they didn't really go down heavily. If it wasn't for a keeper howler and a dodgy ref it would have been a draw, which would have been more reflective of the game. They certainly weren't outclassed.

all i am hearing is "we should've taken this" and "we should've taken that" chance

excuses excuses

welcome to international football

you are still an extremely naive team to think you can play 3 at the back at the world cup and not concede a bucket of goals.



and herbert, what does Nelson playing "in the premiership" have to do with anything>> .... sycophantic ass kisser

Edited by cool_cat2007: 5/6/2010 05:03:41 PM

NZ raises it's game against the so called sronger nations....but struggles against mid/lower tier teams....i'd say your ranking is quite indicative of where you are at at this stage. no consistency. probably another epic fail in a tournament beckons.

When the WC starts thats what matters pre-world cup warm up matches dont mean a whole lost. Im expecting NZ to go out in straight sets, that being said they could very well cause an up-set.

Cool_Cat is right about playing 3 at the back, it is 'naive' Australia has the exact opposite problem in terms of having to much defense and not enough attack.

NZ will get pumped against a defensive minded Italy, but againsts more aggressive nations 3-4-3 is actually not to bad.