By SR1968 - 24 Nov 2022 12:41 PM
Firstly, a big congrats to both Japan and Saudi Arabia for the great upsets they managed to pull off against Germany and Argentina respectively, they were great come from behind wins against two heavyweights of the football world.
Even in the qualifiers, you could tell how technically superior both Japan and Saudi Arabia were to the Socceroos, their passing and possession of the ball was far better than that of Australia. Especially with the Japanese, they must be doing something right when it comes to junior development, because whenever you watch Japan, they pass the ball well, they mostly keep the ball on the ground, and keep possession. Also, many Japanese players are playing in the top leagues of Europe, which means Japanese footballers are highly regarded. Now compare that to Australia, where we can barely string two decent passes together without carelessly giving it away, and now we have very few if any, players playing in the top leagues of Europe. I'm not blaming the Australian players for this, but the system that had failed them and football in Australia.
What is the FFA doing to fix this up?, because although Australia has improved at football (five successive World Cup qualifications), so have the other Asian nations, and they are leaving us behind.
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By LFC. - 25 Nov 2022 3:28 PM
I'm sure alot of us could write chapters what you go through dealing with NPL Clubs, one of my axe's to grind but I just to forget about it and move on.
The who you know was alive and well in my teen days, my ol man had some fallings out a few times giving them a peice of his mind.
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