Thanks for updating on Jedinak, after watching my mighty gunners collapse, I can't bear to watch a match with spuds in it. Hopefully this year of EPL will prepare him well for the WC!

I'd take him there in a heartbeat.

Still, the awesome moment when a Melbourne Victory Vice Captain keeps a Premier League Captain out of his preferred spot in the Socceroos first XI is awesome.

so Leckie's teammate got a hattrick, someone posted he got an assist before anyone seen the other goals?

weeewww Davidson is playing LB. Jedinak reads the play really well..should defs be a CB for Aus

Hmm, not sure I really rate Davidson after watching the first half. Doesn't really stand out, really sloppy backpass to the keeper, misread play twice. Hard to make a proper judgement after 45 mins so hopefully a much better 2nd half.

Maybe Jedinak can be our next Libero.

Davidson having a better 2nd half. Currently up 3-1 after a fuckin ripper of a strike by Wierik.

Jedinak still in everything so far. Palace have turned things around with their subs.

"At least the Palace man of the match, that's for sure."

Trying to watch two games at once (Eredivisie & Spurs/Palace) but more and more drawn to Palace and the fantastic game Jedinak is having. His positioning has been exceptional and he's proving to be a real on-field leader too. Hope he can keep it up but still room to improve with his passing.

Jedinak could probably do a job in a wingback position given all the ground he's covered today.

Edited by paladisious: 19/8/2013 12:22:22 AM

Davidson switched to CB. 5 minutes to hang on.

"Very hard not to give [man of the match] to Mile Jedinak"

Jedinak was a tank in the midfield I'd give him man of the match. Solid game by the palace captain. He was mentioned numerous times by the commentary team Aswell singling him out for praise. Palace ended up losing 0-1 to a penalty

Good result for Heracles, 4-2 win away from home. I guess I'd give Davidson a 6/10, did well when moved to CB. Let's hope he gets some more consistent game time.

Oar starting but Utrecht already 1-0 down after 9 minutes. Is anyone watching it? Soccerway has Oar playing LM and I was just wondering if that was right

Yeah left mid.

Zullo not in the squad.. not liking that.

Schwarzer bench warming.

Yeah he has been in the reserves but they are playing so terribly at the moment you would think they might rotate some of their defenders eventually. 2-0 down after 14 mins

Edited by moofa: 19/8/2013 12:50:51 AM

100 pages, good stuff VOR. =d>

3-0 Twente... Builthuis destroyed. Can't imagine Zullo would do much better but jeez.

something wrong with Utrecht , they lost 2-1 and Draw 3-3 to a Luxembourg team in Europa Cup..got smash 6-0 today , and are sitting with 1pt with a home draw to very weak Go Ahead Eagles

and Zullo can't get into this team?

Hopefully Zullo gets in, wasn't he injured at the tail end of last season?
Things sound good for Leckie, seems to improve each year.

jedi surely must be seen as potentially a CB option, he is very good in the air, knows to defend, isnt the quickest guy but can cover a lot of ground.

What a great defensive display from Jedi last night. Too bad he doesn't do much on the ball when he has it.

Jedi is an absolute monster! Even if Palace go down this season I can see him being picked up by another EPL club, especially Stoke who have shown interest previously.

Didn't watch the Palace game but just looking at Stats Zone and Jedinaks defensive stats were excellent.
9 recoveries, 4 tackles, 3 interceptions, 1 block and 2 heading duels.
He also made by far the most passes of any Palace player (although the 75% success rate isn't overly impressive).
Hell of a debut none the less.

Yay I got more good news, after Davidson starting last night Halloran has traveled with the squad to Berlin and should be on the bench tomorrow morning hopefully making his debut. Even if he doesn't promotion to the first team is a good sign, remember Kruse's first season (11 appearances - 2 starts, 9 off the bench and 10 on the bench with no game-time).

It seems this Fink (31yrs old) guy has been dropped for him after only making 2 10 minute appearances this season so Halloran might not get too much time. Fink could also be dropped for his performances in training or a general decline with age but we don't get than info. Also Mathis Bolly played an international on the 15th in America (he played last Dusseldorf game) and he might also be out just because of recovery and could push Halloran out next game but it is hard to tell.

NOTE: If it seems like I repeat the article above it is because I am trying to interpret the information for you and get any extra info (ie Bolly's friendly location, how much Fink has played) that could hint to what is happening because purely reading the Google translation is pretty confusing. German to English seems especially bad.

Anyway here is the article

http://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/duesseldorf/fink-kehrt-in-berlin-wohl-ins-fortuna-aufgebot-zurueck-id8329835.html



Looking further into it Fink seems to have had a falling out with the manager. I won't post the full article but from another article comes this



http://www.derwesten.de/sport/fussball/fortuna/oliver-fink-vom-fortuna-dauerbrenner-zum-zuschauer-id8312478.html

Edited by moofa: 19/8/2013 01:34:12 PM

I've said this before, I would like to see Jedinak and Williams as the Socceroos CB pairing at the WC. Both big and strong, great leaders and I have move faith in Jedinak and Williams controlling a Neynar, Rooney, Suarez etc. then Neill and whoever.

That explains a lot!


:)