best goal of the tounament so far for the 5th
the type we were seeing last year

I switched on at a good time! Three goals in the last 20 mins

edit: I can't do math. 4 goals.

Edited by Roar4Life: 16/7/2016 08:14:34 PM

lovely build up to that goal. this brook is a gun. what's his story?

:shock: Wow. If he wasn't stuck in the COE structure he could be going places already. Hope he has a Euro passport.

another fantastic through ball by Brook sets up a goal... 5-2

You mean the same clubs that can barely run their senior teams , let alone a good academy ?

Just pass it to Brook farkern.

The CBs need to sit higher. The midfielders are passing it 30 yards back when they reset.

Edited by maxxie: 16/7/2016 08:20:09 PM

:lol: Speaking for your own marketing experiment. :lol:

Even CCM has made strides with their youth training facilities, to say nothing of Victory's youth earning promotion to the best league in the land after the A-League. It's not the other clubs' fault your team lied about having a youth policy.

Even if what you said is all true, it doesn't refute the fact that players naturally come from clubs playing competitively in the rest of the world, not cloistered away in an exclusive cabal in the capital.

Edited by paladisious: 16/7/2016 08:25:00 PM

Gone back to playing shit again.

Need new coach.

Playing keep-ball now. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

there have been some moments where this team resembles the team from last year

a couple of standouts in midfield. I don't mind moric (although last years strikers were better who were they?)
also the right winger has has his moments

Make it 6. Nice chest down from Muratovic and Brook with the volley finish.

Agree that Brook should go to Europe ASAP and not stay at the FFA COE, he's a talent that needs to be around at a better environment.

Now 6-2 it appears the lads look quite tired now.

Moric was the goal scorer and I don't think the chest down was intentional :lol:

Great comeback given how they played prior to the second goal, much better.

If only they can play this sort intensity in the first half they could have won very comfortably.

the highlights video from that game would make good viewing
all goals entertaining to watch

slightly better performance
still well down on last year but a few players standing out

tough though its a game every 2 days

that would kill most senior teams

Edited by grazorblade: 16/7/2016 08:32:23 PM

people rag on the CoE all the time on here but it serves a purpose and is the centre that has gotten into an improved position. The idea is that australia will get to a stage where we won't need to CoE as a catch all and the weight can be taken up by clubs. When we get to that stage I would like to see us move to the french system where the CoE and NTCs will be dropped to a younger age group.

Half of these kids won't have an experience in this weather either and the other half have probably only encountered it last year. We really faded away after the group stages last year, it really takes its toll.

playing 8 games in 16 days (assuming you make the final) you would think that the fittest team wins in the end

legend!

but fark i missed it...

are there highlights for these games

I feel like the balance is pretty good with ffa ais system safeguarding the methodology and coaching quality, While a-league clubs can still run their own junior programs

I think the FFA COE needs a shake up such as using for a different purpose for players and coaches or just remove entirely and use that money to help the a-league and NPL youth academies.

I.e They could turn the NTCs and the FFA COE as the way they run in France with Clairefontaine where its sorely used for player development and the team aspect is left with the clubs.
I read on somewhere here maybe Decentric said it that since the belgian guy has been here already the NTCs is now used to supplement the clubs and so they used for player development purposes the team stuff left to the clubs? i could wrong though...

The way i see this team since they have moved to that closed environment in canberra it has stifled their creativity and natural instinct as players and that wasn't the purpose when Ron smith was in charge 10 years ago when the AIS was used for the young socceroos.

Edited by Barca4life: 16/7/2016 09:49:26 PM

Key issue is players are told if you don't come to COE your chances of playing for joeys is diminished

I can confirm that because a student I taught last year went to COE in order to increase his chances of playing for the joeys.

Interesting to note that Vietnam could only draw 3-3 with the Philippines last night, a team that we beat 7-0 comfortably. Just shows how wildly the performances at youth level can vary.

And gents this is why we often underperform at youth level especially in Asia, we never identify or pick the best players for these teams.

He's hoping Gombau will change things up and buck the trend.

probably rested their first team?

Australia needs a draw against Malaysia to make the semis... would have been nice to rotate the squad in that match but may be nervous about messing it up!