thanks mate

celtic 1-0 down lol

Stream is too jumpy to judge rogics perfor,0mance
he looks a lot more mobile than i am used to

Rogic subbed at halftime

thought so
Dont know howwell dm suits him.....

Unfortunately rogic didnt do much in the 20 minutes that I got to see. I was really hoping he would keep impressing and push for the starting spot. Just can't see it happening unless they get injuries.

That moment an aussie gets subbed and you start cheering for the other team.....

2 zip against celtic this half..

Ended 3-4

5 3 dukla leading
Stream better this half. I didnt see much of rogic due to the dodgy stream in the first half but i gotta say celtic look technically poor probably below most a league teams. Im guessing this isnt anything near a full strength squad
the gk and a few of the back four have poor ball skills
Im hoping deila made as much difference as elsewhere claimed but this game has me skeptical

im guessing u mean 5 3

yep i clocked off

Zulte plays later tonight.

Edited by TheSelectFew: 4/7/2015 11:53:57 PM

Any news on Curtis Good at Newcastle ??.

Rogic just doesn't seem suited to defensive midfield. He's not fit enough, not quick enough defensively and can't screen well enough. He really isn't a versatile player. He can only play one position (and slight variations of it).

From the perspective of the Australian NT, this isn't a problem because he's the best Australian CAM hands down. Much rather he played there than someone like Troisi or Burns. Maybe De Silva will be similar in the near future, but he's also more versatile than Rogic. Luongo can play that position but is also very adept at CDM (note Luongo has English academy background and seems to be a more versatile player). If Rogic is fully fit and playing in behind the striker(s), that's great for Australia. You can have Luongo and one of Jedinak, Milligan or (ultimately) Brillante behind him.

So I'm not fussed about Rogic only being cut out for one position. But the issue is will he get any kind of gametime at CAM with the likes of Commons there, among others? I can't see him getting much of a chance at Celtic in the only position he can play. It's great that Deial rates him. But what hope has he of usurping the captain?

The CAM position is now locked in with Johanson. Rogic has zero chance to get ahead of him unless he gets injured.

Do any Aussies even play for them anymore? Isnt Troisi in Italy?

A few thoughts what does Troisi gain from staying on the books of Juve despite the fact he weil never get game time ?

If Sarota can get back to the form of before he did his major injury then he should be a good to be our CDM after Jedinak.

As for Rogic its hard to see him play any spot but the false 9 like maybe wee Mac does at the Nix a little bit. He has a pretty small engine and im not sure he has the defensive traits to play that CM position the way Ange likes it or if he does it will stifle Luongos creativity.

Edited by link2588: 5/7/2015 10:18:39 AM

We might be about to have a Lampard/Gerrard problem with our national team. It was always said they couldn't play together or there was no system that had the two best English players firing at once. We might have that with Rogic/Luongo. We've also got a few other CAM prospects coming through. We need some great prospects in other positions dammit.

i dont really know about that. luongo gets deeper and sits to the right of the pitch. rogic sits up front and used to be more left sided didnt he? seems pretty compatible.

Luongo is probably our most important player in the national team at the moment, and we really missed him against Kyrgyzstan. He brings just enough creativity and drive through the midfield, and puts in the hard yards defensively.

I think Rogic + Luongo would definitely work well together, and we'd create plenty of chances through the middle - it frustrates me when we are struggling for answers so we just rely on crosses into the box.

All that depends on if Rogic can ever get consistent game time and regularly last the full 90.

Cahill with 3 goals in 4 games he is on fire

Edited by samb: 5/7/2015 01:07:42 PM

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I can;t remember seeing this before, Cahill taking a long throw.
Could have had four goals in this match. The service Cahill got in this match was very good.
Looks like the opposition hung back which is really stupid when Cahill is there.
However you can see the last chance a player with more pace would have got to the ball early enough so they would have had more chance of getting it past the goal keeper.

Edited by nickk: 5/7/2015 02:00:16 PM

The system for Lampard and Gerrard to play together is a 4-3-3 with an inverted triangle like Australia has at the moment.
England were just too dumb to know to use it. England spend most of that era trying to work out whether to play Heskey or Crouch as their much loved target man.

Was trying to find out if langerak would be starting in the friendly this morning and discovered hes injured.



http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.vfb-stuttgart-langerak-faellt-verletzt-aus.92371b08-423c-41b1-aa4f-2a99aebc6113.html

Luongo can play deeper, Rogic can only play higher. It works well. Luongo can get forward but also be a deep-lying playmaker. He has mobility. Then you have somebody like Brillante sitting up in front of the defence. It works nicely.

Of course De Silva may well have a role to play too, by 2018.

Oh fuck. Rogic should just persevere for a bit, see how things unfold. If he can't get a starting CAM position then off to the Holy Trinity ASAP.

Don't panic about Langerak. It doesn't seem anything major. He just needs to take it easy according to reports. Plenty of time to recover.

Stuttgart 6 Pilzen 3...some horrendous keeping from both sides - luckily Mitch was injured

Edited by tsf: 6/7/2015 09:35:53 AM

any chance NB might already get playing time for FC Tokyo away to Kawasaki Frontale this weekend?