Saudi's are better than the tiny Asian nations, most arab teams

I just don't get how Aussie managers can't read them, every game counter attack, lump defenders in midfield and cherry pick.

It is so there favourite style of game, they will snap up half a chance.

You simply need to watch their leagues to understand that

A bit like in the senior squad tbh.

Putting aside Timmy Last legs, the only other striker I see us using is Juric, who for mine is very inconsistent and very injury prone. Case in point right now. Hits some good form then gets injured. Was the same WSW.

We need to start developing top strikers.

hmmm...
They appeared to be noted heavily in the Brillante thread by a certain poster.

I believe your statement would have been appropriate there as well.

;)

Doesn't help all the young strikers that come thru end up lumped on the wing and a visa player brought in instead.

Time to review the KNVB methodology just like the Netherlands is doing.

What was wrong with Borello ? he's a great winger who can actually beat his man and score.

Pain is just a headless chook

we're not using knvb methodology.

Looks good .Feel for GG has had a rough start . Where's Geria ?

We will bounce back and beat Vietnam.

just re-watched the game. Don't see how anyone can think we deserved 3 points from that. Dreadful.

When is the next game?

12:30 monday morning

carn jono, you forgetting where you are ? :lol:

Vidmar is a fucking donkey and should have been shamed out of the national team set up 4 years ago. How on earth does Gallifuoco start over Deng when Deng is miles ahead of him atm at club level?

Bang on the money, Switters.

I am one of about 40 fortunate people in the country who have been trained in both KNVB and FFA coach education. FFA is a little different.

Recently I've seen the value in some of the things I've learnt in FFA coach education compared to to KNVB. In the past I've always extolled the good KNVB stuff I didn't learn in FFA coach education. I've learnt more good defensive stuff through KNVB and more good attacking stuff through FFA.

FFA methodology is a combination of German, Spanish, French and Dutch methodology.

I don't think Vidmar is a donkey, he has taken AU to an ACL final. =d>

However, it seems like he, Okon, et al, have set on a pathway with a few players since the age of 16 to be in a national system. I think what has happened in the last few years is many players outside the FFA pathway have overtaken the incumbents at club level.

Deng has done better with MV than Gallifuoco. O'Neill has done more than any other central midfielder in the last few months.

I'm starting to think the value of the Olyroos is questionable whilst Asian Confed play qualifiers in windows when Euro clubs don't release players. In the back line, Galloway, Donachie and Gallifuoco, are not playing regular, senior pro football ATM. All may be good players but they are not match fit.

Dylan Murnane has played more minutes than most. Where is he?

CCM also have a lot of young regular footballers.

Where are Jordan Elsey and that strapping Jets CB?

Glory has that young striker who came on last night.

City have heaps of young guns. Why have Melling, Retre et al, been overlooked?

To the best of my knowledge, Antonis, Brillante and Ugarkovic, haven't been playing week in and week out either.

Ditto Pain.

McLaren, Gersbach and Hoole have.

To base an Olympic qualifying campaign on so may not playing regular, senior pro football is bemusing.

Although some are injured, Geria, Chapman, Ansell, and innumerable others are playing/have been playing better than players in the team against UAE.

One positive is that Australia' s players in the 20 -25 age group have a lot more depth and talent than ever before. The lost generation of 26- 34 are being phased out.

We will never again have a scenario like 2006, when 15 players stood out enough to play all the World Cup minutes.

The only players it seems who don't have to look over their shoulder ATM appear to be Jedi, Luongo and Davo - Ange's favourites. They don't seem to have to meet selection criteria most others selected do - play regular football at club level.

Edited by Decentric: 17/1/2016 10:42:48 AM

i want Australia to win the group D if they can. i dont want my country Korea to face australia in the quarterfinals tbh. i would rather want to face Jordan, Vietnam or uae if it is possible. It is very likely Korea win group C so we might meet 2nd group D.
So if Australia is not going to win group D just be eliminated \:d/

Edited by horangi: 17/1/2016 10:37:26 AM

Edited by horangi: 17/1/2016 10:37:55 AM

Edited by horangi: 17/1/2016 10:38:23 AM

Must admit in a previous post, I thought the game had finished when it hadn't . There was a disallowed own goal we conceded in the FFA replay. There was to no time on the FFA website. I didn't realise there was so much of the game to play.#-o

Based on what I saw the game was very even. Our attacking interplay was disjointed though.

Our players, many who are not playing regularly, also made a lot more mistakes than I've seen them do at senior pro club level. This is probably a product of not playing regular enough football. At this age, players who don't play regular football at club level lose confidence and form quickly.




Edited by Decentric: 17/1/2016 10:38:49 AM

Hopefuly we put in a much better shift against Vietnam.

This was Jordan's 3-1 win over Vietnam, also in our group.

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11-30pm live on Fox yes? or live streaming again?

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Thought we were clearly second best last game. Will Amini and Antonis be back tonight? Would make a huge difference imo

Jordan look very good , if we do beat Veitnam I recon it will be very hard to beat Jordan .

Duncan, Geria, Deng, Donachie, Gersbach, O'Neill, Amini, Edwards, Borrello, Hoole, Maclaren

Thank fuck

Agree with some of what you say but you are off the mark with Elsey, Rainers and the CCM youth players .
O'neill and Deng are definite starters, would also have Melling in the squad , remember you don't need to be 6"plus to be a decent footballer .

Vidmar out

Certainally is odd that decentric of all people would use height to appraise a player

Good team , I would take Galloway for LB though , better defender .

thought the game is in 10mins.. it is in an hour and 10mins fml Already had about 4 coffees and I have a big day at work tomorrow too.. if only people knew that there dentists are operating on them with 4-5 hours sleep after watching the olyroos.

Well if they play like shit I may gain a couple more hours :-"

Edited by jonomv: 17/1/2016 11:25:13 PM

Damn geoblocked this time. Laptop has had it and tablet is too cheap for other streaming services. It happens often they realise after the first match that they need to change the access settings. I'm not going to bother sorting a proxy.