I tend to agree wth you about Grella. I think a defensive midfield pairing of Wilkshire and Jedinak would work OK. They played very well together against Ireland in what was argubly Australia's most convincing performance under Pim. And Jedinak was excellent last night, brought a level of control which was lacking in the first half. Culina showed proof of why he shouldn't be in the middle, far more useful on the right.

Don't agree with the dropping of Carle. He at least offers something different from the rest, and I thought would have been far closer to selection than James Holland. Anyway, I think Holland will be one of the five cut from the 28 - along with Galekovic, Lowry, Garcia, and Oar. McDonald's game simply does not fit into Pim's plans, so he would have been a waste at the WC.

I throw my hat into the ring to take on the goalscoring mantle for the team :d

So in other words:

"Carle is bestest he is latin and they have the skillz and shit man and he iz like so much beter thn lolman becas he tryed a ribonna (sec Rabonna) against argentinaaaaaa"

Seriously Carle wanfest please tell me what is so good about a bench championship player. Prove to me why he brings more to the team than Holman.

Edited by Guest: 25/5/2010 03:59:44 PM

Absolutely agree. If Pim had swallowed his pride and played Macca and Jesus together we would have seen BOTH of them at their best. Good coaches adapt but I haven't seen Pim change his tactics by hell or high water for two and a half years.

At least if he wanted a striker besides Kennedy to play a solitary role he could have at least brought Griff into contention (who might I add is a proven player at that role).


+1 Couldn't have said it better myself

Eugene Galekovic, Shane Lowry, Richard Garcia, James Holland, Tommy Oar.
to miss the final cut

Which is what? Falling on his arse? Trying to do tricks and losing possesion. Sitting on the sideline and standing out of play?

The only thing he is better than Holman at is bench warming.

Sorry Pim, been a big fan of yours , but I don't get it, what about the hold ups he does the flicks!!!

why would pim pick Macca its illogical.

breciano, cahill, ruka, vidiosic, emerton, chipperfield, kennedy, kewell and maybe holman and garcia can all score goals.

Macca on the other hand has had 16 appearances and is yet to score and as people say he doesnt suit the australian way of playing under pim. SO why would he get picked? what makes people think they world cup is gonna be any different to the 16 games his already played?

no real surprise there, we all expected that to happen realistically. regarding in Carle missing out that is.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Carle Axed From Roos WC Squad?
TOMMY Oar and James Holland are on the plane to South Africa in the Socceroos World Cup squad - but Nicky Carle failed to make the grade and has been axed by Pim Verbeek.

Have your say.