Ever Wondered Why So Many Australian Footballers Play Overseas?
The Matildas and Olyroos are both in
preparation mode for the
“
The Aussie girls won the first match of the series 2-1last week.”
This
is after two excellent wins over
So
the Olyroos and Matildas are selected and ready for action. Finally some football!
Olyroos
John Aloisi; Alex Brosque; Tim Cahill; Shane
Cansdell-Sherriff; Anthony Danze; Spase Dilevski; Ahmad Elrich; Eugene
Galekovic; Ryan Griffiths; Brett Holman; Bradley Jones; Adrian Madaschi;
Jonathan McKain; Craig Moore; Jade North; David Tarka; Carl Valeri; Luke
Wilkshire.
Matildas
Dianne Alagich, Melissa Barbieri, Rhian Davies,
Lisa De Vanna, Gillian Foster, Heather Garriock, Tal Karp, Cassandra Kell,
Selin Kuralay, Kylie Ledbrook, Joanne Peters, Karla Reuter, Cheryl Salisbury
(c), Sally Shipard, Thea Slatyer, Danielle Small, Sacha Wainwright, Sarah
Walsh.
The Matilda denigrated by ABC radio now appears to
be one of the first Australians to take the field at the Olympics.
“A schoolgirl who
gave herself no chance of playing at the Olympics was part of the Australian
women's team, which left for
Wagga raised midfielder Sally Shipard, 16, a Year 11 student at
The Penguin’s lackeys are at it
again. This time the blackout of the
opening Olympic football game involving the Olyroos, which is just another
example of how the media monopoly in Australia uses it power to stop football
coverage. This is not to mention their relationship with the Australian
government as they pour millions into each other’s pockets through their
corrupt corporate monopoly practices.
This is what the idiotic and culturally
inappropriate foreign policies of the national government has resulted in
“Following advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the
Australian Soccer Association has decided to withdraw the Qantas Young
Socceroos from their eight-day tour of
Back to the Olympics: So far so
good. A draw and win in the first two
games.
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The refereeing was very ordinary in the Serb game with offsides missed and
fouls given for nothing. The yellow
cards were all unjustified but in the end the superior
class of the Olyroos won the day. Argies
are next. Now that’ll
be a tough one after their Copa Silver.
The Matildas
survive the game against the Greeks and stay alive.
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Team |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+ / - |
Pts |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
3 |
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2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
0 |
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Australians are through to the last eight. Matildas draw with the
The Penguin’s morons are at it again. Had the misfortune to have to tune into the
channel covering the Olympics and of course they ignored the Australian
Matildas and Olyroos wins to get into the Quarter Finals in their news
summary. Then the seven morons next day
make a big deal over the minor sport baseball win over
The Matildas dominate the game
against the Swedes but the packed defence wins the game. Matildas 1-
Now for the Olyroos and
Another game of dominate athleticism by Australia
but the finesse and tactical know-how of Iraq coupled with great goalkeeping at
the Iraqi end and ordinary ‘keeping at the other resulted in a decisive win to
Iraq. Olyroos struggle, miss chances and
squander the opportunity yet again. Add
tactical blunders by Farina taking off the best forward choosing the second-best ‘keep in the squad and the end was a loss
1-0. When will Australian coaches learn
that athleticism is not enough in football?
Wilkshire was the only player on the field that
looked like winning the game. Farina has forgotten the tactical lessons he
learned in Series A or he is simply unable to pass these on to the
players. Sad. It looks grim for the next few years in
Australian football where they have a rugby administrator with no idea about
the game and who like all the toff’s tosses only understand force and energy as
a winning solution.
Johnny Warren passed away without seeing his dream of
football in Australia progressing along the lines that he advocated. So no dejavu in Germany 2006. A true legend who always struggled for
Australian football. A miutes’ silence and the wearing of black arm bands by
the Socceroos fittingly saw off Johnny in London as he made his way into
footballing heaven.
On the new A-League introduced one good feature can be
claimed. The head has put his money
where his mouth is and owns a stake in the Sydney team. Other than that the new league follows the
artificial competition rules of packielackey and tiddleywimps with salary but
no celery caps and no relegation and promotion.
A case of not what is done on the field that counts but ” how polite you
are how deep your pockets are”. Cloning
second –rate sport organisations is unlikely to produce a competitive
league.
Australia play well in front of a small crowd against
Norway with a 2-2 result in the competitive friendly. Norway who are also in
form and at the top of their European World Cup qualifiying pool looked rattled
early on in the game. Cahill emerged as
our next young talent to show his wares at international level scoring a
delightful goal against the in-form Nowegian goalie. Australia’s inter-passing was excellent
throughout the game and the potential as a ball playing side clear for all to
see. Life was difficult for Norway throughout the game who played the typical
Northern European pressing hard-tackling and counter-attacking game.
The pinko stinko morons on the governmeent radio rated
the report of the game in a 5 minute sports update for the day to a short grab
saying “Defensive errors cost the Socceroos the game with a 2-2 draw.’” There was no mention of who Australia played
against, who scored nor any details of the game. This was after spending the rest of time on
some other boring game to be played against New Zealand. The idiotic reporters in the ABC think that
if Australia beats NZ they are some kind of world champion! Even the Solomon’s can beat the two tiny islands
in the south in a real competitive sport!
What goobers! They must be from
Melboring.
The time rapidly approaches when the Socceroos take on
the South American fifth place team in a home and away series. Last time they were greeted with spitle. This time will it be Chile the team that has
in the past been barred from world club football . Chile play a possession game with unscrupuous
tackling and time wasting when in front.
They will not be the technical team that was Uruguay but a physical sharp
turning side who needs to control midfield.
Can Bresciano and Tiatto and Skoko keep a lid on the midfield and still
supply telling passes? Just recently the
Young Socceroos went down 3-2 in South America in Rancagua.
When will the tickets for the
qualifiers be made available?
The A-League is taking shape and
the full effects of the salary cap are now evident.
So how can teams limited by
administrative impediments from a centralized
authority be able to compete in the World Club Championship?
What has the union done for the
football players in
·
two seasons without
pay cheques
·
low levels of
competition for two seasons reducing their skill levels
·
an inability under the
new structure to earn a decent living
·
an inability to show
off playing talent to international agents
·
reduced fitness levels
due to lower levels of competition
Using a tiddleywimp
administrative model for Australian football is unlikely succeed on an international
stage. Their sports model might be
sufficient for non-competitive games such as packielackey, tiddleywimps or toffs slobber
toss played by but a few protected
by a monopoly media controlled by the owners of the competition. However when it comes to real competition these
administrative nincompoops can hold back the game from reaching its
potential. The only true form of
competition is one where relegation and promotion are the key determinants with
no outside interference into management and financial structures i.e. it is on
the field performance that counts. Look
at Juve, low crowds at their games but a
huge success on the field with an international following rivalling that of
Manu and Real. Under the A-League model
no such team would exist and no self-respecting football management would allow
this type of interference into their affairs by a centralized bureaucracy
that is demanded in the soon to be started one day soon competition.
No soccer what a shocker
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Had the misfortune to look into
the pinko stinko telemoron while at a café and read its guide to Australian
sport in 2005. No
mention of the launch of the new A-League. But then the morons who
control and edit the paper have the collective IQ of a roll of dunny paper and
that about sums up the paper’s utility.
Despite the almost complete
blackout of news here in the media,
The MMmorons show in all its
glory. How ignorance blooms in the
sensory deprivation boxes they call pressrooms.
Playing away from home in front of opposing crowds is difficult. Time the ignorant morons bought a pair of
football boots and tried to kick a ball.
They might learn that football requires more that just physical
prowess. It also requires skill, finness
and tactical know-how. But hey the
hooded morons in the Australian media have difficulty comprehending the world
around them. Stick to tiddleywimps or
something more suited to it like abusing refugees or the odd death in
custody.
No soccer
What a shocker
So what are those pinko stinko tiddleywimps and crappiepackilackey up to? In tiddleywimps a
team called to Bull Dogs (but really Bull Crap would be a better) name a player
in the draft ( a coomo
construction to stop competition) who has never played before walks into their
team and is considered a champion. What
a joke! No way that happens in real football! Would Manu accept a player who has never
kicked a ball before.
I think not. In fcat the player couldn’t make an
all age third division side in
Now the He-men of the packielackey brigade attack a college dorm of young girls
in the country. So clever are the He-men
they can even pick up fire extinguishers and squirt it around the dorm
terrifying the young girls in their dorms. About all they can squirt. Talk about tosses. The He-men destroy property and vandalise
other people’s property. One has a complaint
laid against him for sexual assault but the female later withdraws the
complaint with a no doubt greasy palm. So
who are the wogs?
No soccer
What a shocker
Iiiiiiiioooooooooooooorrrrrrrrr
Add to that the coverage on pay
TV of football is so bad that viewers cannot make out the numbers on the shirts
of the players in long shots who look like blurry digital figures from an old
computer game. Austar
and Foxtel Digital are complete rubbish. The coverage is disgrace. No doubt designed
as such to put off football fans from watching the games.
No soccer
What a shocker
Iiiiiiiioooooooooooooorrrrrrrrr
The World Cup and
a new A-League is about to start so now there is crowd trouble in a game in the
lower divisions of football in
"I'm not diminishing the
incident in any way, because it was serious. But I must admit I was astonished
yesterday to watch the 6pm news. I'm not saying the story was a beat-up, but
there was a certain amount of relish in the way in which it was reported. There
was a spontaneous nexus between soccer and riot. From the reports I've had
today, it was a bad skirmish. To elevate it to a riot is an exaggeration ...”
statement by O’Neill.
Australia takes on the Iraqis and win 2-1 with an
excellent Elrich finish and a Bresciano direct into the bootom left hand
corner. The defence again looks
vulnerable with Farina pushing the two fast outside backs up the field exposing
the slower centre to pace. Surely if the
team is pushing forward he knows the risk of a counter-attack. Yet Farina still sends the pace upfield
exposing the backs. Overall a good
pefrormance by the Socceroos against a tight well organised Iraqi defence.
Sky News’s
cowardly murdochian morons with big heads and no
brains on the night of the Indonesian benefit match don’t
even give it a mention. This is
symptomatic of not only the low quality news but also the pathetic digital
coverage of football where viewers can’t even make out
the numbers on players backs.
Nevertheless,
the Socceroo Goods Guys who know better than the
feeble
Now the serious
build up begins!