Carney doesn't deserve such a low rating, while Bresciano was absolutely garbage. I can clearly see why Pim dropped him for the first game.

Valeri - 8. Socceroo MoM for mine. Future captain.

Player ratings for Socceroos

By Guy Hand
07:21 AEST Sun Jun 20 2010

Player ratings for Socceroos' 1-1 World Cup draw with Ghana:

MARK SCHWARZER: Right back to his best as Australia's defence got its mojo back. One great first half save, two more in the second. Nothing he could do about penalty. Rating: 8.

LUKE WILKSHIRE: Mixed bag. Perhaps at fault for the goal in not dealing with threat on right which led to penalty. Worked guts out when reduced to 10 men, then squandered chance to net winner. Rating: 8.

CRAIG MOORE: Commanding at the back and fought off attack after attack as Australia battled a man down. Caught napping as Ghana launched attack which led to penalty. Rating: 7.

LUCAS NEILL: As brilliant as he was poor against Germany. Didn't put a foot wrong either repelling attacks or playing ball out of danger areas. A real captain's game. Rating: 9.

DAVID CARNEY: Surprise selection, and oh, what a pleasant surprise. Solid defensively and gave Ghana no change at all on his watch. Rating: 7.

JASON CULINA: Uncharacteristically coughed up possession a few times in first half, but solid when he needed to be in second. Rating: 6.

CARL VALERI: Didn't do anything wrong and held his own in a match where he was only really asked to play linkman with a feisty Socceroos attack. Rating: 6.

BRETT EMERTON: Bit of a nomad after team was reduced to 10 men, shuffled between right attacking midfield and right back. Okay without being outstanding. Rating: 6.

BRETT HOLMAN: Socceroos' equivalent of a couple of caffeine-laced energy drinks. Scored goal, worked hard in No.10's role, then put in double-shift as lone striker. Surely time for the Brett Holman Is A Joke Facebook page to disappear. Now. Rating: 8.

MARK BRESCIANO: Took clever free-kick which led to goal and buzzed around busily throughout - with mixed impact - to give Holman the support he needed. Rating: 7.

HARRY KEWELL: Just 25 minutes, little impact, and a red card - probably harsh. So much drama, so little recent football. Rating: 5.

Substitutes:

SCOTT CHIPPERFIELD: Excellent when brought on in attacking role - the position he actually made his name. Added energy, created some good chances. Verbeek's best tactical move. Rating: 8.

JOSH KENNEDY: Put himself about when coming on for Holman, reinforcing that perhaps his best work for his country is as an impact player. Rating: 6.

NIKITA RUKAVYTSYA: Late replacement for Wilkshire. No rating.


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Bresciano was fantastic in the first half. But was piss poor in the second. Although fairplay, the Arnold incident was hilarious.

Schwarzer - 7. Dominated the box and produced a great save down low in the first half. Would be slightly dissapointed with how quickly he went for the penalty.

Wilkshire - 6. Overall typically solid Wilkshire performance but let down by 2 of the 3 key moments, being the Ghanaian goal and the finish when put through by Chippers

Neill - 6.5. Solid and looked to turn defence into attack where possible. Lucas' staggering lack of pace an issue at times but generally made up for it with intellegent positioning.

Moore - 7.5. A Moore performance circe 2006. If this is to be his last game for the national side, I'm glad such a servant got to bow out with such a commanding display. Won just about every defensive header, made several key interceptions.

Carney - 6. Tried to get forward at every chance which exposed the left side in defence. Both you can't have both and he shouldn't be blamed for this.

Emerton - 7. The guy is a machine, would love to see how much distance he covered over the course of the game. Ran at the Ghanaians at every opportunity

Valeri - 8. Socceroo MoM for mine. Future captain.

Culina - 6. No questioning effort but gave away the ball too often in midfield and was pressured too easily by Ghana. Too many lateral and backward passes.

Bresciano 6.5. Can see the fitness returning but still faded, to be expected given his time out. Was great in the first 20 minss while we were on the front foot and great free kick to set up the first goal.

Holman 7 - No doubting his effort and a great 'on-the-spot' goal, but gave the ball away alot when little pressure seemed to be on him. Makes the difficult sometimes look easy and the easy look downright impossible.

Kewell - 3. Not enough time to make an impact. It was a Red card, albiet unfortunate.

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Chippers - 7. Huge impact off the bench in a more advanced role.

Kennedy - 5. Worried the Ghanain defenders with his height, but sadly not his ability to actually play football.

Rukya - 4. Not enough time to make much of an impact.

Valeri - 8. Socceroo MoM for mine. Future captain.

Search on youtube bresciano arnold it will come up, funny shit.