The amount of times the USA slid passes in behind our defence to well timed runs was scary. On another day against better opposition (eg Germany) we could be put to the sword. USA could easily have had 5 goals. Findley missed a sitter from one of those nicely weighted passes, Dempsey forced an excellent save from Schwarzer and the disallowed goal situation can easily be interpreted differently by another linesman. (Could argue for days on that disallowed goal but different interpretations cannot be avoided because it is decided by each individual human)

Having said that, Australia also had a multitude of chances and could/should have scored 3 or 4. Kennedy missed an open goal header, and with greater anticipation early in the 2nd half could have equalized, instead he just blazed over from the angle. Bresciano didn’t need to belt the sh-t out of the ball which went straight at the keeper, he could have taken a touch and passed the ball into the net.

It was great to see some attacking intent this time but I think that we need to find a healthy balance between attack minded and defense minded. We leaned too far towards attack last night and the score line doesn’t truly reflect how much it cost us. (although that might have something to do with the fact we were chasing the result after 3 mins).

It’s a shame we actually can’t be more attacking because Australian Football is in a crucial ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’ phase. It seems if we do what the general ‘unwashed’ public want and play attacking football. Then we will probably lose games because our defence looks so vulnerable when we expose it even a little bit. Losing games mean we lose the public because nobody likes a loser.

If we don’t play a more adventurous attack minded game and play Pim’s dour but ultimately successful Plan A but no Plan B style, then the hoards complain and the bandwagon people go back to their AFL and NRL saying ‘soccer is boring’. (What to do now???? I am so torn!! What to do in the future???? Never employ a Pim style coach ever again but employ a coach who can teach great adventurous, imaginative football without compromising the team’s defensive duties.)

A couple of positives from last night’s game.
   1. Created plenty of chance’s.
2. Chipperfield was awesome down the left, great defensive work but even better attacking duties. His overall passing was amazing, he has figured out this Jabulani ball.

Ideas to improve our play.
1.   Get rid of Craig Moore, Grella and Garcia
2.   Don’t pass to Kennedy unless it’s a cross for him to head the ball in.
3.   Shoot more from distance; let the crazy ball do the work.

the funny thing is. pim said macca didnt suit the formation yet he went 442 in the second half. kewell wont be fit so kennedy n macca would almost be a perfect front two with cahill lurking around. we miss you scotty mac

Valeri was great but I do wonder would he have finished off strongly had he started... does he have the fitness to finish the whole game or is he better used like kennedy was in 2006.. hopefully our fitness levels are indeed up after these weeks in SA.

so has anyone watched any of germany last friendly games? I know i haven't. did they look to tire near the end? If thats the case, watch for a very defensive socceroos team in the first half and using our fitness to garner a goal if we can in the 2nd with kewell coming on in the 2nd half if everything goes to plan (therefore not chasing a goal after a few mins of play). otherwise im sure we'll be happy with a draw.

Krijoz
Only an imbecile like you from a pissant town could post such an ignorant, ill informed and un-intellectual post. You reinforce all the stereotypes about a pissant town with your lack of analysis and small town negativity. Yes your avatar says it all -You are right the joke really is on you!!

Lets be realistic here guys, Australia is not good enough to make any serious damage in their group. Australia will be lucky to win any point.
Our team has some players that play in not so significant leagues in Europe and Asia.
We should not get ahead of ourselves and if we fail in South Africa we still had a great success in getting to South Africa.

Our team has some players that play in not so significant leagues in Europe and Asia.
We should not get ahead of ourselves and if we fail in South Africa we still had a great success in getting to South Africa.

I am not Australian

Evidently

Well said.
Not all but most aussies tend to over rate the socceroos.
Aussie is the must win game for the others in their group.
It will be great for them to get a point and a shock to qualify.

[quote=krijoz]
Our team has some players that play in not so significant leagues in Europe and Asia.
We should not get ahead of ourselves and if we fail in South Africa we still had a great success in getting to South Africa.

Hey Krijoz

If your so confident about my teams not yours failings. Here's the deal douche.If Australia takes a point in the WC you agree to drink a bowl of that junkies puke that an Adelaide rat's coffin floats in. Hang on!! that won't work that's your staple diet!!

By the way [size=6]Adelaide is the best place in the world to live [/size]in Mr. Skinless

Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher as you are so good at picking up other mistakes.

Perhaps you should work on setting up NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) tests across the country