DDK wrote:He's old now, surely its time to look at alternatives and build for the WC2010, plus we'll need a keeper for the Asian Cup the following year, so the job is for someone for both campaigns, whereas Schwarzer will probably retire after WC2010.
I would love to see Verbeek take a ton of youth to the World Cup... I know this is very out-there, and won't happen, but I'd love to see the likes of Bouzanis, Vukovic, Spiranovic, and all the usual youth names that get thrown around [Vidosic and whoever else.] If we got rid of Verbeek, and got a really high-profile Manager in, with plenty of experience, and sent in a ton of youth, it'd be great. I know other's will probably shoot the idea down, but I'd love to see it...
Also, we can't build to the 2010 World Cup like it's the be all and end all, we have to be giving our youth experience, because after the World Cup, we'll have a ton of guys retire, and at this stage, we need to keep building the game in this country.
I think Schwarzer is Australia's 'keeper at the moment because he's the only one getting regular Football, so once some of our youth get game time, he'll be as good as gone.