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+x+x+x+xLangerak is playing tomorrow. I think Ryan will get the nod but I can't trust Federici to play before Langerak if Ryan ends up missing out. Langerak would be likely to get the nod I'd say. Ryan hasn't played competitive football since the last Roos game. He deserves another go anyway. I don't care if he hasn't played. Langerak is a liability. Every time he puts a socceroos jersey on he has a shocker and we can't afford to be making rash decisions with these important qualifiers You would rather gamble on a player who hasn't played in a month due to injury. Brave. It's spelled ganble, FFS. We need to work on KA to use a swear filter to make that permanent.
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paladisious
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+x+x+x+x+xLangerak is playing tomorrow. I think Ryan will get the nod but I can't trust Federici to play before Langerak if Ryan ends up missing out. Langerak would be likely to get the nod I'd say. Ryan hasn't played competitive football since the last Roos game. He deserves another go anyway. I don't care if he hasn't played. Langerak is a liability. Every time he puts a socceroos jersey on he has a shocker and we can't afford to be making rash decisions with these important qualifiers You would rather gamble on a player who hasn't played in a month due to injury. Brave. langeraks only issue has been the lack of consistent game time. you cannot trust someones performance if they are not doing it week in week out. there should be no starters in the NT that aren't playing regularly at their club. every time it happens it causes major issues. ryan should not be starting ahead of langerak at the moment. to me it's langerak and jones for the top spot at the moment. we cant afford rust in goals. Mitch has played every minute of Stuttgart's season thus far, eight games in all comps, conceding five goals. Maty hasn't played a minute since the last Socceroos game against UAE. Consistency, you say?
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What's Adam Sarota up to these days?
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+x+x+x+x+xLangerak is playing tomorrow. I think Ryan will get the nod but I can't trust Federici to play before Langerak if Ryan ends up missing out. Langerak would be likely to get the nod I'd say. Ryan hasn't played competitive football since the last Roos game. He deserves another go anyway. I don't care if he hasn't played. Langerak is a liability. Every time he puts a socceroos jersey on he has a shocker and we can't afford to be making rash decisions with these important qualifiers You would rather gamble on a player who hasn't played in a month due to injury. Brave. It's spelled ganble, FFS. We need to work on KA to use a swear filter to make that permanent. Get in line. I'll still waiting for ĉunt\Tony Abbott to be reinstated.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xLangerak is playing tomorrow. I think Ryan will get the nod but I can't trust Federici to play before Langerak if Ryan ends up missing out. Langerak would be likely to get the nod I'd say. Ryan hasn't played competitive football since the last Roos game. He deserves another go anyway. I don't care if he hasn't played. Langerak is a liability. Every time he puts a socceroos jersey on he has a shocker and we can't afford to be making rash decisions with these important qualifiers You would rather gamble on a player who hasn't played in a month due to injury. Brave. It's spelled ganble, FFS. We need to work on KA to use a swear filter to make that permanent. Get in line. I'll still waiting for ĉunt\Tony Abbott to be reinstated. What a missed opportunity by me. All good. Should be a ban tbh. What a drongo that bloke is BTW.
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+xWhat's Adam Sarota up to these days? I thought I saw he signed with a Dutch second division club after Brisbane but could be mistaken.
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+x+x+x+x+xLangerak is playing tomorrow. I think Ryan will get the nod but I can't trust Federici to play before Langerak if Ryan ends up missing out. Langerak would be likely to get the nod I'd say. Ryan hasn't played competitive football since the last Roos game. He deserves another go anyway. I don't care if he hasn't played. Langerak is a liability. Every time he puts a socceroos jersey on he has a shocker and we can't afford to be making rash decisions with these important qualifiers You would rather gamble on a player who hasn't played in a month due to injury. Brave. langeraks only issue has been the lack of consistent game time. you cannot trust someones performance if they are not doing it week in week out. there should be no starters in the NT that aren't playing regularly at their club. every time it happens it causes major issues. ryan should not be starting ahead of langerak at the moment. to me it's langerak and jones for the top spot at the moment. we cant afford rust in goals. He won't be rusty, he'll be fine. We aren't just going to drop our incumbent number 1 who hasn't done anything wrong for someone completely unproven in a 3rd round wcq.
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+x+xWhat's Adam Sarota up to these days? I thought I saw he signed with a Dutch second division club after Brisbane but could be mistaken. he was with Go Ahead Eagles last year, but he injured and club let him go at start of the year i say he getting over the injure
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+x+x+xWhat's Adam Sarota up to these days? I thought I saw he signed with a Dutch second division club after Brisbane but could be mistaken. he was with Go Ahead Eagles last year, but he injured and club let him go at start of the year i say he getting over the injure Yeah this, he's somewhere in Europe living and paying for rehab out of his own pocket from memory. Wants an unattached return to fitness I believe.
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Looks like Armenakas' goal was a handball. Also I wouldn't read anything into results against the Serie B primavera sides. They are generally terrible, not their fault as it just has to do with money and reputation but still true. Trapani has conceded 17 and scored none in their 4 games.
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Sturm v Salzburg highlights. Plenty of Jeggo involvement, both good and not-so-good. Awesome result and a lovely assist. http://www.laola1.tv/en-int/video/sturm-grab-3-points-at-salzburg-len
By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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Villa have sacked DI Matteo. Jedinak will hopefully remain unaffected. Unfortunate back pass lead to the first Preston goal on the weekend. Wright also gave away a penalty at the death in highlights viewable on the Villa Facebook page.
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+xAlves saved two penalties in a 2:0 loss. Ryan might have a very tough time getting back in. alves now has the record for most penalties saved ever in la liga. this will carry a lot of weight. hopefully enough for him to get picked up elsewhere.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xLangerak is playing tomorrow. I think Ryan will get the nod but I can't trust Federici to play before Langerak if Ryan ends up missing out. Langerak would be likely to get the nod I'd say. Ryan hasn't played competitive football since the last Roos game. He deserves another go anyway. I don't care if he hasn't played. Langerak is a liability. Every time he puts a socceroos jersey on he has a shocker and we can't afford to be making rash decisions with these important qualifiers You would rather gamble on a player who hasn't played in a month due to injury. Brave. langeraks only issue has been the lack of consistent game time. you cannot trust someones performance if they are not doing it week in week out. there should be no starters in the NT that aren't playing regularly at their club. every time it happens it causes major issues. ryan should not be starting ahead of langerak at the moment. to me it's langerak and jones for the top spot at the moment. we cant afford rust in goals. Mitch has played every minute of Stuttgart's season thus far, eight games in all comps, conceding five goals. Maty hasn't played a minute since the last Socceroos game against UAE. Consistency, you say? i think you misunderstand me. historically langeraks biggest issue is lack of consistent (or any) game time at his club. this is no longer an issue. i think he will start to reach his substantial potential. same with jones - although he left it pretty bloody late. vs ryan who has played sfa with valenthia lately. we cant afford that lack of match practice in the NT. it always ends in tears. it's a ganble we cant afford in world cup qualifying.
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+x+x+x+xWhat's Adam Sarota up to these days? I thought I saw he signed with a Dutch second division club after Brisbane but could be mistaken. he was with Go Ahead Eagles last year, but he injured and club let him go at start of the year i say he getting over the injure Yeah this, he's somewhere in Europe living and paying for rehab out of his own pocket from memory. Wants an unattached return to fitness I believe. Read something a while back which indicated he could return to Go Ahead Eagles once he is fit again.
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Great cross. Is he a CM type who can play as a RB?
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he will be a good signing for them if he can keep it together.
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Their official twitter has the sorry. Confirmed.
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Great save by Langerak. They're up 3:0. Easy day then on the plane. He should start against Saudi after a very solid run of performances.
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+xGreat save by Langerak. They're up 3:0. Easy day then on the plane. He should start against Saudi after a very solid run of performances. 4 nil.
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+xGreat save by Langerak. They're up 3:0. Easy day then on the plane. He should start against Saudi after a very solid run of performances. have you watched many of their games? how has langerak looked? the news im getting is that he is steadily improving.
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When was the last time Langerak played with the Socceroos? What kind of combinations does he have with our back 4? Minimal if any.
Coming into the 2 most crucial WCQ's in this round we won't be changing our starting lineup unless injury demands it. If Maty is fit he'll play. If he's not then Ange won't risk him only being 80% fit.
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Found a post on Reddit titled " An update on Aussies Craig Goodwin and Kenneth Dougall from a Sparta Rotterdam fan" Had a read and loved it so thought it was worth sharing with you guys. All credit goes to Schele_Sjakie (admin please delete if posts from reddit weren't allowed) https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/comments/55posx/an_update_on_aussies_craig_goodwin_and_kenneth/Some great responses to questions in the link !
TLDR: Both Dougall and Goodwin have made good starts this year. Goodwin especially looks like the real deal. He fits great within our counter attacking style, which we play against the better teams. Plus the Eredivisie has tonnes of scouts, so he's right there in the spotlight. Dougall is also good, although his ceiling might be lower. While they may not always be starters, they are among the first substitutes to come in. They also start if there are injuries at their positions. If they continue to do well, they could claim their starting spots.Long write up incoming! I know there are people here who want to know more about how Goodwin and Dougall have been doing (Aussies were asking me on /r/soccer). Well I'm a Sparta fan so I'm going to tell you about them! But first I'll explain a bit about Sparta so you understand what kinda of a club Sparta is and how our Aussies fit in.
About SpartaSparta Rotterdam was founded in 1888 and is the oldest pro club in Dutch football, also known for having a very good academy for the teams current small size (you might know Wijnaldum, Strootman, Depay, Willems and De Roon from Spartas academy). Sparta plays in one of the most cute stadiums in the Netherlands named: Het Kasteel (The Castle). It holds about 10.5K people and is mostly famous for it's old school main entrance with towers. Here'sanother pic from the top.In the first few decades Sparta was one of the top clubs. Sparta won five titles in the 20s of last century. They were still a top club when the Eredivisie was formed 60 years ago. They very slowly sank down to being a mid table team around the late 80s. From then the decline went faster and Sparta was first relegated in 2001. Promoted back in 2005 and went down again in 2010. For 2 decades kinda hoovering between the weakest Eredivisie teams and he strongest 2nd division teams.Our current coach Alex Pastoors was appointed close to 2 years ago. He began building on the future after 4 years of bad football. We were 2nd division champs last year, pretty easily even, winning the title with 4 games to go. Before the title season Dougall was signed from Telstar, a really small Dutch pro club in the 2nd division. We had a hole in the squad at left back so Dougall played there almost the entirely season. Only missing a few games in the end because of yellow card accumulation. Goodwin was already on the radar halfway through the season and signed for us while our competition wasn't even finished yet. So he already trained with the first team the last couple of games last year. Sparta didn't lose any key players so the selection is mostly the same as our championship year with some added quality (mostly Goodwin and El Azzouzi, a loanee striker from Ajax).Sparta played 8 matches so far (3W, 2D, 3L), they've started quite well being in 8th currently with 11 points. Excellent for a promoted team! Sparta mostly plays 4-3-3, also common in Australia I think. When we face tough opponents our coach sometimes switches to 5-3-2 though. Okay, this is already getting long, let's start about the Aussies! About Craig GoodwinGoodwin has been playing very well I'd say, as left winger exclusively. It's not easy to come into a team an already estabilished team. Sparta's other 2 wingers (Verhaar and Brogno) are among Spartas best players but they are quite injury prone. Verhaar exclusively plays on the right wing while Brogno can do both. Goodwin played a lot the first matches because Verhaar was injured. Since Verhaar is back Goodwin starts on the bench but he's the first player to come on as a substitute as wingers often get tired easily. Also bringing a new winger against a tired left or right back often works wonders!Goodwins strong point are his stamina, drive, crosses, making deep runs (mostly while countering) and link up play with the other attackers. He made some good crosses in the match yesterday against AZ, our strikers failed to score though. Goodwin scored a goal in the away victory over PEC Zwolle, a very decent midtable team. You can see with his pace and stamina he is very useful on the counter, especially as our other attackers are all fast players too. Here is another good attack by Goodwin for which he was awarded a penalty. Another nice pass. His vision is quite decent too and that helps with these counters.The manager clearly rates him and complements him a lot. If he keeps this up he might snatch a starting spot of Brogno or Verhaar. But even with 3 wingers for 2 places he will bound to get many minutes. I think Goodwin is able to grow some more and he's obviously good enough for the Eredivisie, although for a mid table team. I see a bright career in Europe for him.
About Kenneth DougallLike said above, Dougall is in his 2nd season with Sparta. The coach sees him mainly as defensive midfielder, but he can also fill in on left back and even centre back in emergencies. He's not a starter if everyone is fit, but he's 3rd player in line for 2 spots on the central defensive midfield and 2nd in line for left back. This will mean he will start if there are injuries (like now) and he often is substituted in to strenghten the back or just a straight position swap.In our game against AZ (4th best team in the league) yesterday he started because 1st choice Sanusi is injured on the midfield (will be out for a few weeks). It went well, he's a very decent defensive midfielder. Our 1st choice left back had major problems with the AZ winger during the game. So at half time our coach got rid of him and played Dougall there. This went a lot better in the 2nd half. So Dougall could maybe get his left back spot back somewhere during the season (Edit: This is my personal opinion, haven't heard from the manager about it). Dougall also had this great pass and a shot on target against AZ.Dougall is a good passer, good in the air and pretty fast for a defender. Needs to work a bit on his positioning and maybe misses some strength compared to our other defenders or defensive midfielders. Also if he's playing as left back, he's not as good attacking yet, but he's young and he will make steps every year. Sparta recently extended his contract until summer 2019. So Sparta definitely sees Dougall as a part of their future plans. Bonus:PS: If you guys like these posts I'd love to make a part 2 and 3 further up in the season. And also fast forward to /u/Sliver_fish because you asked me about them.
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I think I will sign up to reddit then.
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+x+xGreat save by Langerak. They're up 3:0. Easy day then on the plane. He should start against Saudi after a very solid run of performances. have you watched many of their games? how has langerak looked? the news im getting is that he is steadily improving. He's easily the best keeper in the second division. He's so reliable and very sharp at the moment.
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Thanks for posting that DLSOCFC
Might have to look at Reddit more often
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+x+x+xGreat save by Langerak. They're up 3:0. Easy day then on the plane. He should start against Saudi after a very solid run of performances. have you watched many of their games? how has langerak looked? the news im getting is that he is steadily improving. He's easily the best keeper in the second division. He's so reliable and very sharp at the moment. Really? how many games have you watched?
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Nice, make sure you post as plain text next time, though. :)
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