Very true, that sort of high percentage game play is completely unsuitable to modern football. With the sophisticated 'patear largo' (Spanish is sophistaicated right?) game plan the Socceroos are implementing his propensity for putting his foot on the ball and picking a pass is never going to fit in.

All the action overnight from the Aussies abroad incl. an important goal from a would-be Socceroo http://osaussies.com/thursday-wrap/

Wow... Carle playing off the bench? i would have thought the M/E leagues would be his jam!

Good on Porta for putting one away infront of Holger.

This is a strange thing to say, but why are we looking at Porta now his peak is behind him? I think we should be looking at him, but 3 years ago he was banging them in.

1) Because his peak is not behind him. He's 29 years old right in his peak.

2) Because we always had much better options than him until now.
Without Mark Viduka or Harry Kewell and with Joshua Kennedy's constant fitness concerns our standards are suddenly much lower.

Sorry if i was unclear, i don't want Porta in the NT. i was simply congratulating him on scoring infront of Holger :lol:

In terms of Carle, i really rate him and his style of play. I thought he'd be a bit hit in the M/E if he has fast, technical players around him and more time on the ball.

+1. Although when Holger was first told of a striker score multiple goals in Uruguay, he needed to look at him then. His fourth goal for the season in as many games, hopefully this continues for him.

Last season he did get 17 goals in 16 games for Nacional. But anyway, he is getting looked at now because he is in the M/E that simple.

Which is a massive concern for me.

Isn't he about to turn 30? Usually strikers are in their peak form around 26-28, but my point really is that if he had come into the Socceroos 3 years ago he would be a settled member of the squad with around the same number of caps as Brosque.

Overnight action saw a return from injury of one and a late goal by another http://osaussies.com/friday-wrap/

Nice, Leckie's finally back.

good to see leckie back hopefully davidson is back soon

For sure. But is that Porta's fault or Holger's? Porta did just about everything Humanly possible last season to get a look in.

That said, If Holger's aim is to get us to the WC, then maybe Porta has a part to play. It's clear that re-building the squad is not his aim, if it was, Porta would not have much of a part to play. Most people on this forum think that the two can be done at the same time, my guess is that Holger disagrees.

Also, while i'm undecided on Porta, it's worth noting that no other country in the world would exclude a player who is performing well just because he is 29... Players who find form and are considered amongst the best the nation have at the time, should always be considered. England do it, Germany do it, Uruguay do it...

It is entirely the fault of Holger and before him Pim, Porta can only do what he has been doing for years and be a consistent goal scoring threat.

If Holger wants to qualify us for the next WC then he needs to grow some balls.

nick carle left for similar reasons. saudi arabia is the only league i rate there. It should help ur chances with the roos moving to the a league more than these leagues. If every aussie playing in china the middle east and the mlsplayed here the league would be as good as the k league if not better

Fuarrrrr!

Imagine injecting:

Kennedy
North

bosnar
Madaschi
McKay
Wilkinson
Cornthwaite
Burns
Hamill
Simon
Devere

Djulbic
Santalab
Salley
Mullen
Griffiths J.
Hughes
Susak
Griffiths R.

Neill
Bresciano
Spiranovic
Porta
Brosque
Ognenovski
Carle
Carney
Reddy


wow... A few of them wouldn't get a run, but that'd be nice to have those guys in the league.

Edited by farrand93: 7/10/2012 12:17:34 PM

Edited by farrand93: 7/10/2012 12:31:18 PM

let aussie team choose three players from that list and all of a sudden we have perhaps the strongest league in asia...

That might be jumping the gun a little.

Reddy, plus the boys from China (Minus the Griffos) don't really demand a spot in the league. Most of the other names on the list would be good for the league though.

I missed it as i was overseas recently, but Brosque in the UAE now!?
I must admit i havent watched football from this league, is it in any way a much higher level than the A-league?

Probably a better league for technique to be honest...

if u chose players judiciously...also add cahill and
culina to the list just for fun

for brisbane roar id take spira carle and devere

for sfc id take devere culina and bosnar

for wsw id take carney porta and burns

for au id take griffiths brosque and mullen

for

for mv id take madaschi north and maybe a dm

for ccm id take og kennedy and wilkinson

you get the picturethese become some of the best sides in asia...

Reading through ESPN's comments, Kruse seemed to play a full game for his team last night and picked up a yellow. they lost 1-0

All the action from yesterday http://osaussies.com/saturday-wrap/

The amout of "...was not in the squad" was upsetting

Gee seems to be a bad week especially given how it was looking the last few weeks

All the action from Sunday http://osaussies.com/sunday-wrap-2/

Nathan Burns, what a sad story it's become. Once touted as an exciting youngster ready to make the next step in his career, now it seems he's benchwarming week in week out in the K-League. How did it all go wrong?

He's been injured