Pretty much he said Pim should justify his tactics against Ghana to a panel of former socceroo captains who care for the shirt or take a flight straight to Morocco.



Edited by Joffa: 15/6/2010 07:52:57 PM

He did that last night as well. Closes his sports segment with a blast against Pim. :D I applaud Foz.

Well done Foz.

I know what i love about Fozz he has the balls to say what everyone else isnt either smart enouh or gutty enough!

Yea i heard it i hope Verbeek did if Kewell doesnt player why the hell are we there?

Love it Fozzie! :d

Did anyone tape it?

Please someone in WA tape it.

Guy on TWGF is recording it now, will post Youtube links later.

They have got to get Pim vs Fozzie on SBS, it will put the Ange vs Fozzie classic to shame.

I wonder which former Socceroos captains Fozz thinks have current practical knowledge of how football is played internationally now. Maybe Dukes.

Anyone just watch the world cup show? It got pretty heated talking about what went wrong and why.

Also alot of talk about fractions appearing in the Socceroos camp, apparently some players unhappy (Don't like the sound of that unless they tell Pim to get fucked and go out and play like they feel they should)

Kalac on PTI australia now

Kalac said.

"The A-League is great but where are our juniors"?

In the last ten years we haven't qualified for Under 17 and Under 19 World Cups. I don't want to name names but our coaching isn't up to it."

Kalac is bang on the money, the A-League has failed to produce one starting eleven player for Australia in five long years.

Kalac also said.

"all you hear about are Neill, Cahill and Schwarzer. What about Emerton, Bresciano, Grella and even Kewell...these guys aren't being treated with the respect their deserved."(or words to that effect.)

He didn't bag the A-League, in fact the opposite, he bagged player development and junior coaching...and I suspect he took a big swipe at Ange.

And rightly so.

Kalac is a whanker and a gambler. I've known him for years.

Craig Johnston also went of like a fire cracker suggesting we should resort to Wimbledon tactics as it's the Australian way...

Edited by Joffa: 15/6/2010 08:26:19 PM

I don't think you will get much spin off in player quality from the existence of the A-League until the 5 and 6 year olds that were attracted to the game by our 2006 qualification and held in the game by the A-League come through the ranks. We have another 5-10 years minimum to wait. We are paying now for the slow death of football between 1998 and 2004.

what world cup show is this? santo and those guys?

Yeah I saw it, but if it's coming to that, shouldn't they have the balls to sack him, and take charge, so that at least someone will take responsibilty for our performance in the Ghana game?


Isn't this part of the problem with Foster's suggestion? Foster claearly disagreed with Craig here. If someone is going to overrule Pim, how will anyone agree on who it should be?

I saw it too. Dig in Foz :lol:

^^^This, my friend, is a stupid comment.

In terms of the A-league producing it's own talent, that means it will come the the NYL. How many years has the youth league been around? Two seasons...

In two years, you expect a player to go from youth league level to international level?

That takes 5-7 years (given players play at youth league level at about 17 yrs of age).

Players in the WC squad (of 31) who have played in the A-league...

Oar, Galekovic, Vidosic, Rukavytsya, Moore, Carney, Beauchamp, Milligan, Culina, Jedinak, Carle, North.

How many of those players will be around for the next WC???

Oar, Galek, Vid, Ruka, Carney, Beauch, Mill, Culina, Jed, Carle, North.

The majority of youth in our WC squad has come through the A-league... in five 'long' years.

It angers me when comments like yours are posted, when obviously you are not well informed.

Edited by anth: 15/6/2010 08:43:07 PM

Kalac is the biggest peanut ever.The only ones who makes sense is Foster and Zelic

I have never agreed with Fozz's sentiment more...not so sure about the panel of Socceroo captains though.



Edited by Joffa: 15/6/2010 08:43:33 PM

So what are the A-League franchises doing about it?
Starting up their own academies and junior development programs? Or just continuing to fleece the state league clubs?

And how many of those were produced by A-League franchises?

Zilch.

FUCK ME!!!!

Get over trashing the Socceroos. We lost to a football powerhouse. SO WHAT!! We expected it.

I respect Fosters passion for the game, but before you turn off every supporter who is not into the game as much as you, stop bagging the shit out of our national team.

I back Verbeek over Foster any day. Its easy to be an armchair critic. Its much more difficult to qualify for a World Cup top of Asia, and its a shitload more difficult to play Germany in a World Cup game.

But good on you Foster for bagging out our national team and jumping on the easy option. A true football supporter stands strong and realises that we are still in a good position in the tournament and have a 50% chance of a result against Ghana, and hence keeping alive our hopes on making the final 16 in the game played by all.

Did people hear Bosnichs attack on Neill and Pim when he said the capatain and the manager shouldnt be coming out before the game in a press conference and saying Germany a alotm better then us and more superior and there palyers play in a better comps.I tghought it was stupid to not a good look and you give the oppoents a edge as they know and your admiting they a better then you.You dont see Nth Korea say that against Brazil or New Zealand etc.This wouldnt happen under Hiddink and he said in a article last week dont show the germans no respect.

What the hell? Since you obviously cbf'd learning anything before posting... here are some links for you...

Players who started their professional career in the A-league:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Oar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Rukavytsya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Vidosic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_Jedinak

Others:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milligan (played previously for Northern Spirit, made his name at Sydney FC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Galekovi%C4%87 (given he played for South Melbourne in the NSL, went overseas and was unsuccessful, then returned upon the start of the A-league and has gone from strength to strength.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carney (after his success as a youth o/s faltered he returned to the A-league, improved and moved o/s)