Aurelio has already been signed up as a assistant.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Tim Cahill Wants Oz Influence in New Regime?
SOCCEROOS star Tim Cahill believes it is vital that a strong Australian influence remains when the country's new coaching regime is decided.

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It clearly states that in the article walnuts, but thanks for pointing that out again, just so anyone else missed it, here we go...

I think the coach we need for Australia is here and right under our collective noses... sadly he'd be my clubs loss... That being one Vitezslav Lavicka... I think he has the temperament and player management skills for the big stage...

one season in A-League doesn't mean successful national coach... why didn't FFA appoint Ernie Merrick after he won the league... it's a ridiculous notion

Yay Graham Arnold praise from Cahill! Future CCM player.

The difference is that Lavicka turned Sydney FC from how they were under Kosmina, to how they were under Lavicka in one season - winning the comp. That is phenomenal. Merrick plays counter-attack football, which, unless you're Joachim Low's Germany, can't be played as an effective style of international football. Lavicka's game is far mopre possession based - made more amazing when it is noted he got Sydney FC playing like that within a year.

However, I doubt there are enough signs to call him the ideal candidate. That, in my books, remains as Frank Rijkaard - even if we have to wait a year or so to get him. Give Aurelio Vidmar a shot at the Asian Cup - he is proven in Asian competition. Would help him as a coach greatly also.

JOHAN NEESKENS ALREADY

Didn't Lawrie McKinna win the innagural "Coach of the Year" award in the first season of the A-League after leading the Mariners to the GF.....perhaps he should get the NT coaching gig #-o

Mus-28, be realistic we are talking about mckinna...
Whether the rest of the jealous a-league wants to amdit it or not, lavocla is the best coach in the a-league, just imagine what he couldve done with gold coast or perths sqaud last year...

Wait until Aussie coaching develops. In a few years Vidmar will have the qualifications to coach Australia as well as many other future Australian coaches and we can have an Australian mentality coaching an Australian team. We can expect a 0-0-10 formation. AND STILL WIN!

And they played some of the best football of any team of all five years.

Agreed. Unfortunately it didn't last, which is what could happen to Lavicka. I rate the job he did last season with Sydney, but would rather see what happens in his second year before thrusting him forth as the saviour of the NT.

Yep - happy to see the likes of Lavicka and JVS at Heart. Better coaches can only be good for the HAL. However, I want to see Lavicka back it up. How much of last year was just getting an underperforming team to perform. Having lost a number of players from last year - some of which were quite influential, he has the challenge of doing it all again. As for the NT - not convinced by a long way. Coaching a national team is a totally different animal to a club team.

Edited by patjennings: 4/7/2010 03:17:38 PM

Forget about his trophies and what not, Lavicka made sydney played some of the most boring and result grinding football in the a-league.
you all probly forgot about that...but it was hard to watch :(

would not even piss on Vitezslav. you might as well let ricky herbert be coach... heard he only got $50.000 for the kiwi job.

no more dutch coaches

we need somebody different

johan neeskans wanted the job for years , he was the bloke trying to get lucas neil to barca when he was assitent there

This is why players don't run the team.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
...you're giving me a stitch.

The reason there are no Aussie Coaches good enough, is because there are no Development Courses run for Coaches ,at least not in S.A. for the last TEN years! So get some Development Coaching done, by getting a Coach Educator from abroad.

I think because Aus football is constantly growing i think we can see a retern to Aussie coaches within the next decade. Already some of the 'golden generation' players have retired, and gone into coaching. Steve Corica, Poppa, just to name a local couple. I think with the coaches like Vitja and the Czech bloke up in Townsville these guys will provide the influence, the expirience and the willpower as well as the inspiration to go over to Europe and do your A-Level UEFAs etc. I think pre-NSL because football wasn't so big over here it wasn't really seen as a massive influence, or very important, but now many ex-players and current players are looking forward to doing these things.

Like i said earlier, within the next 10 year we';ll have a handful of Aussies - former players ready to take the nationakl team to the woirld cupo and do well.

Yeah. Lets forget the Dutch and these new fangled 'foreign' coaches.
Lets go down the Scottish heritage path with Ernie or Laurie.
You only have to look at the breathtaking success of Scottish football ovet the last 20 years. Produced so many outstanding players, brilliant club performances in Europe and the national team only a whisker off winning the World Cup.

This is what Arnold was for. And this is what Vidmar is for. Cahill is just parroting Foster's rant after the Germany match when he pinned the result entirely on Verbeek.

There is no Australian coach capable of taking the NT to a win in the Asian Cup, qualify for 2014, and earn more than 4 points at that WC, which is what the next coach's job description will be.