Holland got sent off. Wrong decision by the ref though.

it might be worth having him in the squad to cover for CB and RB if he does ok in this stint. i'd rather see a change but we really need some flexibility on the bench.

Hard to get a read without watching the full game but from the few highlights his passing looked well directed and weighted. Carried the ball comfortably enough as well.

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is that soft porn in your signature matty ryan? appears that you love more than our captain...

Any one got a vid of giannous goal

Yeah agreed, except Chippers wasn't that great, highly overrated.

pretty large skill sethallaron shows there

Yeah agreed. We haven't had a good left back since Lazaridis

This Chipps was solid but it is very easy to look good when your'e team (Basel) is worth 5-10 times more than all of your domestic rivals

Yeah but Chippers was one of the best players in that team. He won awards and shit. He was like one of the best in the whole league.

His assist for the second is better than his goal

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Davidson goal highlight at 4:35

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cheers

looks like he has something about him

I thought he was outstanding for us in the 2006 World Cup. Most of our guys did a great job, but he sure did.

How about this lad giannous ? i wonder if Ange is keeping an eye on the malaka

Easily MOTM against Italy. Just enormous.

Is he even interested in playing for Australia? He was last selected for the Greece under-21 team for a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier against Macedonia in 2010.

Ange surely will have kept an eye on him due to his obvious knowledge of and access into Greek football and his belief in casting the net wide, so ball's in his court if Ange think he's worth calling up. In Ange we trust.

I hope Giannou makes the squad but I feel it is unlikely. I have seen Giannou be down as playing LW, CAM and ST so is quite versatile and very skillful for his size (similar to Rogic).

The Greek league is not the best but according to UEFA coefficients it is above Switzerland where Vidosic and Bozanic are playing and making the national team. Going off goal contributions in the league Giannou is similar to the others also with 8 (4 goals, 4 assists), Vidosic 8 (5 goals, 3 assists), Bozanic 6 (5 goals 1 assist). On Form at the moment Giannou is ahead though. Vidosic has had some falling out and is missing games plus training with the under 21's, Bozanic is subbed virtually every game and hasn't scored since September. Giannou has a goal and 3 assists in his last 5 games so is should be in for at least a look at.

Troisi and Taggart are two others who will look at getting in for a similar role and with both having many more goals it would be a close call but I hope he is at least given a good look at.

A few months a go he said something along the lines of he would prefer Greece but would accept a Socceroos call-up and feels both Greek and Australian. It was a Greek interview.

I would have him in the squad without a doubt. The Greek league isn't the best but it is certainly ahead of Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, Japan, MLS. The latter two may have more money and better facilities but in terms of raw player quality it is right up their. Producing teams that have been making the CL knock out stages for a long time. He might prefer Greece but no one is going to say no to a WC.

Paid his own way over here to play in the Oceania Nations Cup and people on here wanna slag him off because he speaks a few home truths about the A-league.

Obviously not good enough for Greece.

imo gianno has to be in the initial extended squad

Not to mention driving the team bus. :lol:

someone else can look it up as I am going to bed but @ForzaPECZwolle tweeted yesterday that Sainsbury had trained the last week. I retweeted it today hoping Bowden would see it and mention it but he must be too lazy.

Bowden is to busy curating the soft gay porn in his sig, to be fair.

Great news!

thats exciting!

No, because he was often out if position and gave away a ton of free kicks. Watch the Uruguay game, he gave Recoba almost a dozen free kicks out on the left.

He turned into a bitter old twat much later.