Tactically we are in front of Japan.




Technically we have been way behind.

This cohort must have bridged the gap.

It would be interesting to see them play Portugal, Holland and Belgium.

It is better to watch the whole game.

Its difficult to truly tell how strong technique is until you play on a good surface against a good opponent

the wc joeys are better passers but these guys are a year behind
they are much better in 1v1s or even 2 or 3v 1s than the wc joeys
they are also better finishers and defenders

dont hold your breath about the wc results. A medium ranked team that plays a physical side that is defensively organized will probably do better than our boys and their careers will go nowhere where as our kids look better than the golden gen

Does anyone have a link for the highlights? Don't have time for the full game.

Not sure if your know this D but in NSW next year they are going to increase the effects of SAP and SSGs to up to under 12s and start 11v11 from under 13s given how successful it has been in NSW, apparently its part of the Whole of Football Plan directive nationwide too though i could be wrong.

But i think Han Berger and Co. may have left a huge legacy when it comes to developing our next gen of talent the skill level of these under 15s and the under 17s is something i haven't seen with aussie kids in a very long time!

And scary part the kids that might come after that at under 12 level, thank you Berger and Co! =d>

First Half: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG1PNRuoQWo

Second Half: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhIHb57UXeo&list=FLuwjzvEfz68SaI5PEdUqMYA&index=2

You can thank me later. :D

;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um5FL36fa0o

Goal Highlights.

Reckon we can win this one?

Surely we don't play again Tonight??

Lol sorry for the confusion. I was referring to the tournament in general.

We play tomorrow night.

I've gone and watched the whole game (well 80 minutes so far). Barca4Life's link. Very good.

Overall fairly thrilled with that.

I would have liked to see the Aussie player who cleaned up the Singaporean player in the first half (and got booked for it) bother to help up the Singaporean player.

I'd also like to see a couple of the Aussie players manage to step-overs and Zidane 360 turns at speed and with good close control. One of the Singapore players did just that in the first half. It really is beneficial if a few players per team can do that. Still we don't know they can't do such things. We'll see. The close control and speed overall was something I've not seen from previous generations. And the fact that so many players were strong in that areas is really encouraging.

Agreed with grazorblade that the passing doesn't look as good as the WC Joeys (on the little I've seen of them) but these fellas are better in 1 vs 1. The passing ideas were right, it was just execution. That might have been hindered by the weather conditions. It also might have something to do with being less mature and experienced. I'm sure they'll get it right.

Wait till it clicks

just finished watching the replays. some of the goals were ridiculous.

The thing that really thrills me about all this isn't just these kids in the national team but the fact that all of these kids were plucked from the state NTCs and some clubs. I'm sure there were a ton on kids who were close to making the team or at least in the same programs these kids are playing in. In the past it has seemed like most rep teams first 11 were basically the best and there was a gap between the first 11 and those on the bench and an even bigger gap to all the others in that age group. Imagine an entire generation growing up learning football in the same programs as these kids. It's going to be spectacular.

I'm very eager to see tomorrows match. It may be a better test than Singapore as Myanmar beat Singapore at the start of the tournament.

Lol get your shirt together.

Yeah, I think we're the only side who has won both their games so far. Thailand, Singapore and a few others all have both wins and loses.

What time is the Myanmar game on tomorrow night, TSF?

I suppose there will be streams put up on this thread?

They also attempted to move the ball forwards fairly quickly a lot and played with a single midfielder in an attacking midfield triangle.

To move the ball forwards more slowly and patiently would've been easier to maintain possession.

It will be good to watch the HAL when a lot of these kids become seniors.

Good.

I'd like to see them play 5v5 (with keepers) right up to under 12s like they do in Brazil.

This is all good in the sense that the media won't focus on a few talented players like Rogic, because they stand out from a number of medicare players.

There should be about 20 -30 players coming though each year.

Another sad phenomenon that will continue in Australia, is the number of people who will still think any and all European football is superior to Australia.

In these threads there will be many on 442 who will have not viewed these videos and have no idea that Australian youth is playing football like this.

To be fair, there are only a couple of thousand people in the country who realise this exists.mmost people think of awful footballers who get talked up for being 19 like Mauk, when they think of Australian youth.

Decentric, they need for Europe football to be superior to Australian football, because then this football is special- unique and they themselves become special- unique for following it ...it was like guys (In Australia) who follow NFL . but didn't have any interesting in other sports in Australia ...

Other way mate.... It's more uncommon to follow Australian football than European football. All my mates could name 11 premier league players, not many could name 11 A-League players.

FT:
Brunei 0-1 Laos
Vietnam 0-2 Thailand
Timor Leste 3-1 Malaysia

I tiped Timor to win and I was in the minority. :cool:

Perhaps you can lay blame at the ffa for not fighting an effective information war. These young players and tournaments should be front page news, but we've barely heard a word on social media or elsewhere