Ever wondered why so
many Australian footballers (Socceroos,
Olyroos, Matildas) play overseas?
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21
Sydney FC are outplayed by Victory at home and luckily
survived 0-0. All the strikers are out
and the training sessions resulted in a team of walking wounded but they
managed to hang on. It looks like
Adelaide on top and Perth at the bottom this year and anyone’s guess of who
will be in-between. Despite the
Olympics, near end of crappielackie and tiddleywimps and no build up in the
media, solid crowds attended the first round.
The Ants look like they can play this year but one game a seasons does
not make.
The Socceroos takes on South Africa in London in a friendly
and as a build up to the Qualifiers- no mention by Stinki and Pinki at the
Ignorance as usual. Djite is selected by
Pim. Hey Arnold why is that?
Djite had a few chances to score in the few minutes he had
against South Africa. The final score
was 2-2 and the team without Kewell and Cahill looked competent. Kennedy and Sterjovski scored great goals and
the South Africans were rattled for long periods and committed many fouls and
desperate lunges. The South Africans got
away with too much agricultural hacking and were lacking the finesse and
organization of the Socceroos. The two
goals they scored were well taken.
Chipperfield was caught out of position, done for pace unable to get
back in time and Nkosi is on the scoreboard.
The second goal was an equalizing blast from outside the box. Both Carney and Milligan have excellent
games.
So far so good.
Uzbekistan look out!
“Gloom, gloom, gloom” said Eeyore. “When I played I was
really good.”
“But Eeyore, you couldn’t hit a barn!” thought Bluey.
Meanwhile Pinki and Stinki the gigantostinkipithicus were in Tiddleywimp Cave frothing and plotting. The failure of ABC News to report the results of the A-League matches further illustrates the moronic ignorant unaccountable second-rate bureaucrats too intent on sculling Vodka and incestuous tossing at The Cave than report on football. Rudd the career bureaucrat should use taxpayer money wisely- build a hospital instead funding El Stinkoe’s co0ntribution to global warming. Time for a methane audit of the ABC of Ignorance.
The
Socceroos squad begins to take form with Pim
Michael BEAUCHAMP (Aalborg, Denmark), Mark BRESCIANO
(Palermo, Italy), Jacob BURNS (Unirea Valahorum, Romania), David CARNEY
(Sheffield United, England), Scott CHIPPERFIELD (FC Basel, Switzerland), Chris
COYNE (Colchester United, England), Ante COVIC (Newcastle Jets, Australia),
Jason CULINA (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Bruce DJITE (Genclerbirligi,
Turkey), Brett EMERTON (Blackburn Rovers, England), Richard GARCIA (Hull City,
England), Vince GRELLA (Blackburn Rovers, England), Brett HOLMAN (AZ Alkmaar,
Netherlands), Brad JONES (Middlesbrough, England), Josh KENNEDY (Karlsruhe,
Germany), Harry KEWELL (Galatasaray, Turkey), Scott McDONALD (Celtic,
Scotland), Mark MILLIGAN (uncontracted), Lucas NEILL (West Ham United, England),
Jade NORTH (Newcastle Jets), Michael PETKOVIC (Sivasspor, Turkey), Mark
SCHWARZER (Fulham, England), Matthew SPIRANOVIC (FC Nurnberg, Germany), Shane
STEFANUTTO (Lyn Oslo, Norway), Mile STERJOVSKI (Derby County, England), Carl
VALERI (Grosseto, Italy), Luke WILKSHIRE (Dynamo Moscow, Russia)
The
first game in the new pool is critical and Australia must avoid losing. A loss would give the Uzbek’s a huge
confidence lift and signal their likely place in Africa. No Cahill who is still injured and an
important attacking stalwart. Scary
game. But before that there is a game
against the Dutch which will show how far we’ve come under Pim.
Meanwhile in Packielackey
Come-Lately Land as they celebrate 100 years a player is charged with smashing
a glass in a young girl’s face causing severe injury and scaring the girl’s
face for life. The He-men strike again!
In
the world of real
football, Victory play narrow and walk through Newcastle’s wide channels
with a comprehensive 5 nil win.
Meanwhile United the rough house tactics of Herbert’s Ants results in 3
nil loss. Herbert’s New Zealand national
football team also play with his signature style-kick, foot-treading, tackle
from behind and the odd elbow in face.
Breeze the blind referee missed the lot as the Ants tactics failed. Eeyore was at it again braying into the cold
windy Hindmash night complaining about the global
warming. Adelaide looked solid in
their 4-4-2 using a holding mid-fielder but lacked penetration in the numerous
one-on-one with the keeper when the Ants opened the channels for the counter
attack.. United look organised for The
Antlers. Solid defence is paramount.
Vidmar is flirting with dangerous tactic because Antlers are unlikely
to go forward in waves. Winning in the
away tie will be very difficult. FC
outclass Perth in heavy rain and are marching towards the title and a spot in Asia. Central Coast show they are no easy-beats and
walk all over a poor Queensland defence.
The Socceroos play an
excellent controlled game to defeat Holland 2-1 in Holland. Kennedy caused all sorts of problems for the
Dutch defence and was eventually fouled in the box and finished by a Kool
Kewell sending the keeper grasping at shadows.
Kennedy scores in the second half against a 10-man Dutch side to put the
Socceroos in front. From then on it was
good night Netherlands off to the Netherworld. Valeri showed that he is an able replacement
for the injured Vince Grella and Chris Coyne played solidly at the back with
only the his distribution on long balls his only weakness. Pim The Great now turns his attention to
Tashkent and the Uzbeks.
A spectacular goal by
Scot Chipperfield and complete control by the Socceroos ably coached by Pim The
Great ensured the three points in Tashkent.
Meanwhile the Media Morons
continue a new attempt to blackout the coverage of Australian football. Hidden in the backpages of the Telemoron the
A-League again struggles to gain space in the media owned by an unscrupulous
oligarchy intent on using their government granted monopoly over the media to
blackout the game. And the grounds staff
at at Energy Australia should be sacked for the disgraceful turnout of the
ground littered with crappielackey lines and signs destroying and decent
television coverage. Of course are not
sacked but are rewarded behind the doors of the oligarchy for their laziness in
true Soviet style.
Meanwhile
Victory take top spot in the table and Perth sink into the salt marshes and
worked out mining pits as they are humiliated by Queensland. Mitchel’s selection and tactics were
surprising and the team capitulated with a lack of ticker of a team imbued with
a losing mentality. Adelaide prepare for
their game against Kashima in Japan in what will be a vita clash with one of the
three Japanese teams through to the knockout phase. Adelaide need at least draw and Kashima will
be all out for the win. Adelaide
struggled but manage a 1-1 with a chance to go through to the next round. Kashima dominated as Adelaide’s defence held
back waves of attack. Now it all will determined
in Adelaide Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Queensland go from bad to worse at home
with Newcastle winning 1-0. Farina rigid
tactical methods make it relatively easy to play against- play narrow with
muscle down the middle and the team is done for.
Adelaide
make the Semis of the Asian Cup and now are up against the Uzbeks in what is
shaping up to be an ongoing challenge. Kuruvchi
are a well organised team under Zico as head coach and
is making excellent progress and will prove difficult opponents for
Adelaide. Djeparov is the top scorer
with 15 from 20 games in the local league where they remain on top despite the
grueling schedule with the Asian Champions League. Local fans see striking as the major area
needed for improvement despite their annihilation of Sapai
5-1 and they are happy with the defence.
This will make scoring a challenge for Adelaide as the Ubeks will man the pumps
to hold out an aggressive Adelaide United coming off a 3-3 result against
Central Coast who showed up the defensive frailty of the salt swamp city
dwellers. Fortunately for Adealaide,
Kuruvchi have limited financial resources despite UZGasOil
financial support and so United must be considered a good chance to progress
through to the Finals.
Meanwhile the Oligarch’s Super Dorking Ninnonging Super Colonial Network
with trooper support blackouts the coverage of football in their reports as FC
annihilate Adelaide. This radio network
controls the airways throughout regional Australia. And the Ausmoron and Telemoran are at it
again reluctantly giving a couple of paragraphs to Australian football buried
in the back pages of their dunny paper.
Heard a talk from an Ausmoron
editor at the Ollie Lecture (now he was an anti-football bigot if there
ever was one!) and it was a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Commercial principles in the Australian
media- What a joke! Of course the El Pinkoes are still at it at the National
ABC of Ignorance thinking it is funny that Kewell is injured. What can be expected from such an over the hill
leftists as Franny?
Meanwhile
Pim continues to give everyone a chance of impressing him for the vital Qatar
game in Brisbane. Fossati could have had
another chance at revenge after his loss to the Socceroos in the last World Cup
but with the sack he’s out. The official
reason is ill health maybe the thought of facing Australia again. In any event if it is ill health then the
game has lost an outstanding high profile coach and we all wish him well. So will Qatar fall on their sword? Brisbane looks unlikely to have a full
stadium as the media blackout the qualifier.
After all they are like those Uzbekis aren’t they? Aren’t they come kind of nulla from wog wog
creek?
Mark Bresciano,
Jacob Burns, Tim Cahill, David Carney, Scott Chipperfield, Shannon Cole, Robert
Cornthwaite, Ante Covic, Chris Coyne, Jason Culina, Bruce Djite, Brett Emerton,
Eugene Galekovic, Richard Garcia, Vincenzo Grella, Brett Holman, Scott
Jamieson, Mile Jedinak, Josh Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Scott Mcdonald, Craig
Moore, Stuart Musialik, Lucas Neill, Jade North, Michael Petkovic, Paul Reid,
Mark Schwarzer, Matt Simon, Matthew Spiranovic, Shane Stefanutto, Mile
Sterjovski, Archie Thompson, Alex Wilkinson, Luke Wilkshire
A brilliant win by Adelaide 3-0 makes
them favourites to progress into the Asian Champions Cup Final provided they
hold out Kuruvchi in Tashkent. No Premier of South
Australia presence at the game too busy supporting small minds, a bit like
the Rusty Tinman except with a head full of methane from decomposing salt marsh
turning silver buckles black and no ticker at all. Will he use the unbridled terrorist power he
used to stop people from even associating with motor cycle gangs including
Christian groups? He no doubt thinks all
people from Asia are terrorists given that even a farmer who uses water in
Queensland is a terrorist. This is
typical of the unaccountable nutcases that are in control of the country.
It is no wonder Adelaide is only
known for its rust belts isolated from the world with visionless politicians
who think tiddleywimps is a competitive game!
Fortunately at least there are business people with a vision to form a
real football team despite the ignorant population of bureaucrats.
The countdown to the
important qualifier is now in earnest as the Socceroos take on Qatar another
team ignored by the media oligarchs who see them as mad Arabs not worthy of
recognition. The Ausmoron and its dunny
paper, the Telmoron keeps to their policy of blacking out any reference to
football. Cahill is back and the thought
of Moore at the back sends shivers down the spine of Socceroos supporters. Moore is no longer the player he was. Look at the leaky Roar defence with him at
the helm. He is clearly too slow, had
too many late nights on the grog to match the pace of Qatar’s forward line and
it would be a big mistake for Pim to pick him in the starting team. The only thing going for him is that the game
will be at his home ground.
Lightning strikes, a
flooding pitch and wincing players as they took to the park to warm up and when
the referee decided to go ahead with the game Qataris felt hard done by. Only 35k were at the game and this shows that
Brisbane doesn’t deserve international football. A brilliant game by Cahill and Australia won
easily 4-0. Even Moore had a good game
and he was able on all but one occasion to lock out the lone ranger from
Qatar. The one real chance Qatar had was
a Moore lapse when he was too slow off his line to close down the defence. The ball was blasted high and wide with the
goal at the Qatari’s mercy and saw their coach look away annoyed. Otherwise the Socceroo defence looked very
solid. Time will tell how Moore will
manage more mobile and numerous attackers.
Pim seems to think he’s the best choice so there must be something he
sees in him. My preference is for Jade
North. The following Friday and Roar go
down again and look very bit the stodgy side that Farina played in Bari.
Adelaide United take on Gamba Osaka on Wednesday
night in the Asian Champions League Final First Leg after coming off a lack
luster performance against Victory going down 2-3 at home. Gamba believe it is a matter of formality
that they will win. But in Australia we
are all rooting for United or is that Australia United in their bid to put the
A-league in Asian and world focus. Signs
are clear that with football in its fourth year of professionalism the standard
continues to jump. This week’s games in
the A-league were all high tempo with excellent goals despite the ignorant
media blackout. There was even more space
allocated in US papers than here in Australia! Football is just better, has
more variety and excitement in five minutes than an entire game of tiddlewimps
and crappielackie. May the growth
continue. Good luck United.
Adelaide’s leaky defence
that was exposed by FC was also exposed by Gamba who ran out easy winners in
both legs. The Telemoron was at it again
claiming our footballers lacked international quality. At least our footballers have some moral
fibre and don’t go around scaring air hostesses in mid-flight, attack women in
toilets and smash glasses in girl friends faces in bars the night before their
games then staggering onto the field of competition the following afternoon as
is the norm from the crappilackie morons.
So blah blah to you.
Adelaide did make in the
Asian Cup Final!
And what about the
crappielackie’s Thug World Cup? Now
that’s an international standard- what
a joke!
The
Socceroos are involved in the important game against Bahrain and the day of the
game what has the telemoron reported- zilch.
A quick look on the back page and the headings indicating what is inside
(sticky poo) makes no mention of the World Cup Qualifier. Now that is ignorance!
Craig
Moore is out with testicular cancer and the whole team and all football
supporters around Australia wish him well.
In a typical workaholic mode he’s back at training almost immediately
after the operation. Moore is known for
his courage. The question of the
defensive setup and selection of players will test Pim the Great. Cahill, Kewell and Bresciano are all back in
the lineup which looks set to attack the Bahraini team and attempt to qualify
for South Africa as soon as possible.
Will he rely on Carney who is not getting game time. The Bahrainis need a win to keep their hopes
of qualification alive. They will attack
at some stage opening them for the sucker punch with our awesome
threesome. Aussie Aussie Aussie. And so it was, Bresciano delivers the sucker
punch in injury time as Bahrain pressed for a winner. Our wonderful Socceroos go top of the group
and look set to qualify early from the group.
The encounter with Japan will be one of prestige and domination of Asia.
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Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
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3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
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4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
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3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
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3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
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