I think it's fair to say that they have proven themselves to be key players from this team one way or the other.

:idea: Carl Valeri - he's done more for Australia in 2 games(5 if you want to include the friendlies) than Grella has done for the last 3 years. He's been our best player for 2 games in succession at the World Cup. How anybody on this forum thought a mug like Grella should be starting over him or even Jedinak is beyond me. Hopefully commonsense continues to prevail and that Grella stays on the bench..permanently.

:-$ Brett Holman - He's looked very good in the friendlies, came off the bench against Germany we looked miles better when he came on, and he was also good against Ghana till he eventually ran out of gas(it seems, not even Holman can run forever). Scored a well deserved goal ontop of that to help keep our prospects alive. He's definitely Wilkshire MKII and is starting to develop into a very good player for Australia. How certain idiots with penis' for brains thought Carle was/would be a better contributor than Holman at these finals is laughable. For those people in particular, Go and bum Jesse Fink for a few days while you reflect on this. :oops: