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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: tony_montana on December 23, 2014, 01:02:44 PM
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Socceroos squad for AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia
Terry ANTONIS - Sydney FC, Australia
Aziz BEHICH - Bursaspor, Turkey
Mark BRESCIANO - Al Gharafa, Qatar
Nathan BURNS - Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand
Tim CAHILL - New York Red Bulls, USA
Jason DAVIDSON - West Bromwich Albion F.C., England
Ivan FRANJIC - stuff Torpedo Moskva, Russia
Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) - Adelaide United, Australia
Chris HERD - Aston Villa, England
Mile JEDINAK - Crystal Palace FC, England
Tomi JURIC - Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia
Robbie KRUSE - TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany
Mitchell LANGERAK (gk) - B.V. Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany
Mathew LECKIE - FC Ingolstadt 04, Germany
Massimo LUONGO - Swindon Town FC, England
Matt McKAY - Brisbane Roar FC, Australia
Mark MILLIGAN - Melbourne Victory FC, Australia
Tommy OAR - FC Utrecht, Netherlands
Mat RYAN (gk) - Club Brugge KV, Belgium
Trent SAINSBURY - P.E.C. Zwolle, Netherlands
Matthew SPIRANOVIC - Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia
James TROISI - S.V. Zulte Waregem, Belgium
Alex WILKINSON - Jeonbuk Hyundai FC, Korea Republic
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Nice squad. Matt Ryan has been great for Brugge hasn't he?
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By and large a good squad and should be looking to make the semis at the very least. Personally I reckon we'll win it.
Disappointed A.Mooy didn't make it, think he's been fantastic this season. My criticism of him was he didn't cover enough ground out on the pitch, his ball distribution is world class but theres more to playing than distribution. I honestly felt he's improved out of sight when it comes to running capacity this season. Reckon he and Antonis are the future of our midfield. Would rather him than Mckay..
Happy to see Burns getting back to his best and get back into the squad, super talent that still has plenty of scope to get better.
If you add Rogic, Good and Rhys Williams to that squad and replace the 3 weakest players it augurs well for the future
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Nice squad. Matt Ryan has been great for Brugge hasn't he?
Yep, was voted best GK in Belgium last season. :cheers He's only 22 which makes it a pretty impressive feat. I was a little critical of him at the World Cup, but in hindsight, the experience will be invaluable and has looked even better in recent times.
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Excellent. I think I read Langarak has also been getting some time at BVB while Wiedenfeller has been injured. Experience would be awesome.
Where is Rogic? Injured again or not getting enough minutes?
can't wait to see Cahill and Kruse in action together.
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Rogic is injured still, had another groin op back in October which is concerning.. Leckie, Kruse and Cahill will cause mayhem up front. Cant wait
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There's enough strike power up forward to cause havoc with Timmy, Kruse and Leckie. The question mark is how our defensive structure holds up against the top Asian teams.
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Starting Socceroos XI tonight according to Foxsports' stuff page:
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Spoiler - ABC TV coverage has only just started.
Aussies won 4-1 :thumbsup. Take a +3 result anyday.
We gave up a typical schoolboy-error goal early but it was all one way traffic for the rest of the match. Luongo was man of the match.
We'll win the whole thing easily if that's the standard of the opposition in the tournament which it won't be when we get to play South Korea and Japan eventually.
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Reports Socceroos captain Jedinak has arrived in Sydney wearing a moon-boot :-\.
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3-0 up and off to the quarter finals :thumbsup.
Great team play for Kruse's :bow goal.
The only complaint is how that Omani didn't get a red for that tackle on Timmy :huh3.
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smashing it - looking pretty sharp!
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4-0* ;D
That's about as good as I've seen the Socceroos play. Ignoring the quality of the opposition we just looked really well drilled, disciplined and skills were top notch.
Been watching Japan and they really are a good side to watch. Endo, Honda, Kagawa, Hasebe etc. So many good players. Reckon we can match it though ;D
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How good is Luongo!
How good will he be in a few years time!
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Been good so far. Need to make the final
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You'd expect Spiranovic, on a yellow, will be rested for the last group game.
China should finish top of Group B. So if we finish top of Group A, we'll be playing either Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan in the quarters.
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Is there a sure way to miss Japan until the final should we make it? Provided we both finish top of our groups I don't know how they split the sides of the elimination fixture.
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Is there a sure way to miss Japan until the final should we make it? Provided we both finish top of our groups I don't know how they split the sides of the elimination fixture.
If we both top our groups then we don't meet until the final should we make it.
If one of us finish 1st and the other 2nd we will meet in the semi should we both win our qtrs
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Thanks. So the game against south Korea isn't the dead rubber it is being called then.
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Timmy, Robbie Kruse and Leckie rested from the starting XI tonight while Jedinak is still out with that ankle.
Thanks. So the game against south Korea isn't the dead rubber it is being called then.
If we finish top then we'll most likely play Iran in the semi final.
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Is boring
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Gets hit in head. Receives 2 mins of treatment to shin. Korean logic.
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Is boring
well then do yourself and the rest of us who want to discuss this event a favour and stuff off out of the thread then
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Gets hit in head. Receives 2 mins of treatment to shin. Korean logic.
that's what I hate about soccer - got to do something about the timewasting BS - its so damn obvious yet refs fall for it all the time - would make good WWE refs these blokes
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Apart from the score and that one stupid schoolboy defensive error that cost us a goal, I thought we were very good tonight against a strong side that had no other intention other than parking the bus. Really should have won that and come down to Melbourne for one more game - but thems the breaks, if you want to win it you have to beat everyone so lets get past China and then look at japan
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I think if we started our best forwards we would have had more chances early and got on the board early. We flirted with danger and now we pay the price. Tough finals road from here.
Luongo has been an inspired selection but surely it's time to get serious and start Bresciano.
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Another schoolboy error in defence costs us a goal :scream and we failed to any of the many chances we had. Some people are blaming the Suncorp surface for strikes bobbling up rather than being hit low into the corners but it was the same for Koreans. Our strikers better get use to that surface quickly as they'll be back there to play China.
You'd expect Spiranovic, on a yellow, will be rested for the last group game.
:doh
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Bit like the Tigers really
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I think if we started our best forwards we would have had more chances early and got on the board early. We flirted with danger and now we pay the price. Tough finals road from here.
Luongo has been an inspired selection but surely it's time to get serious and start Bresciano.
Agree, tbh I didn't mind Burns and juric starting but would've started leckie over Troisi who I think is wasteful. I think with jedinak out, Ange doesn't trust Milligan to play DM on his own so goes with Mckay as backup. Think if jedinak was playing would've started with Luongo and Bresc.. In hindsight seeing the Koreans park the bus, we should've started Bresc anyhow and played 2 number 10's(creative mids) instead of 1.
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Would have been nice to play on a flat pitch. The 'nana plantation harvested the night before was always going to cut it fine for mine
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I think if we started our best forwards we would have had more chances early and got on the board early. We flirted with danger and now we pay the price. Tough finals road from here.
Luongo has been an inspired selection but surely it's time to get serious and start Bresciano.
Agree, tbh I didn't mind Burns and juric starting but would've started leckie over Troisi who I think is wasteful. I think with jedinak out, Ange doesn't trust Milligan to play DM on his own so goes with Mckay as backup. Think if jedinak was playing would've started with Luongo and Bresc.. In hindsight seeing the Koreans park the bus, we should've started Bresc anyhow and played 2 number 10's(creative mids) instead of 1.
Apparently, Ange had to rest Timmy and Kruse as they physically couldn't play 3 games in 8 days. The Oman game was Kruse's first full game in about 12 months and of course Timmy is in the twilight of his great career.
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I think if we started our best forwards we would have had more chances early and got on the board early. We flirted with danger and now we pay the price. Tough finals road from here.
Luongo has been an inspired selection but surely it's time to get serious and start Bresciano.
Agree, tbh I didn't mind Burns and juric starting but would've started leckie over Troisi who I think is wasteful. I think with jedinak out, Ange doesn't trust Milligan to play DM on his own so goes with Mckay as backup. Think if jedinak was playing would've started with Luongo and Bresc.. In hindsight seeing the Koreans park the bus, we should've started Bresc anyhow and played 2 number 10's(creative mids) instead of 1.
Apparently, Ange had to rest Timmy and Kruse as they physically couldn't play 3 games in 8 days. The Oman game was Kruse's first full game in about 12 months and of course Timmy is in the twilight of his great career.
Makes sense
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The match-ups for the Quarter Finals have been decided:
22 January 2015 18:30 AEDT South Korea vs Uzbekistan AAMI Park, Melbourne
22 January 2015 20:30 AEST Australia vs China Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
23 January 2015 17:30 AEDT Iran vs Iraq Canberra Stadium
23 January 2015 20:30 AEDT Japan vs United Arab Emirates Stadium Australia, Sydney
We play the winner of the Japan vs UAE game in the semis if we get past China.
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Go UAE. ;D
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Japan only got a 2 day turnaround? harsh! But hopefully that stuffs em :lol
Cant help but think we need an early goal tonight to settle the nerves and play some ball (or as much as is humanely possible on that cow paddock) ::)
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That 2nd goal by sth Korea was a dead set ripper.
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Referee pretty average so far
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No foul on Kruse again. As I said, average refereeing.
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Ref is subpar. We need to lift.
Bresc terrible, mile terrible, just getting nothing from our midfield. Need to up the tempo and go a bit more direct against these guys, we're always playing the safe ball and no-one is looking to really turn and run right at them, they're too well drilled to break down with the way we're playing atm.
Take a chance and start overlapping, these guys will crumble
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We will lose in a penalty shoot out. What are the betting odds on that? $1.10? :lol
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A tale of two halves in a half. The first 20-25 mins we were very shakey. Coughed up ball in the midfield, too many old school long balls and we looked slow and exposed against their wingers on the counter. It also looked as though we had little trust in the pitch. After 25 mins, we dominated. We settled, controlled possession and kept the ball on the ground which allowed us to get deep to the byline. We look most threatening from our crosses and especially set pieces. Sainsbury should have buried that free header. Leckie, who has very good, also had a top chance. We need to take these chances in the 2nd half.
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Leckie should have buried his chance.
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TIMMY AGAIN :bow
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That was amazing. :clapping
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What. A. Goal.
On the replay lucky he sliced it a bit. Had it come off the centre of his foot it would have gone straight to the keeper.
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Should have been 2-0 and game over there Bresc.
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Spud effort Bresc
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Timmy :bow :bow
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Ermahgerd ily terrm
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We play the semi on Tuesday night at 8pm in Newcastle.
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Don't want to get ahead or just assume, but winner of Jap (assuming) v Aus should win the cup? This is where we stuffed up last game. Wrong side of the draw, would have been better to play Iraq or Iran.
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Timmy. Really what more can you say
Both goals sebsational
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We play the semi on Tuesday night at 8pm in Newcastle.
Pretty spectacular result for Newcastle. :lol
Where were we expected to play/where are South Korea playing next? :lol
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We play the semi on Tuesday night at 8pm in Newcastle.
Pretty spectacular result for Newcastle. :lol
Where were we expected to play/where are South Korea playing next? :lol
The other semi will be at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
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The plan was definitely for us to finish first. :lol
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
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Thank goodness for Tim Cahill
That is all
:bow
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
yep bunch of nuffers said we don't need anything beyond the qtrs bc we have the aussie open and big bash :-[
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
yep bunch of nuffers said we don't need anything beyond the qtrs bc we have the aussie open and big bash :-[
More importantly we have tHe cricket World Cup coming up at the MCG. Far more important to ensure the MCG is 100% ready for that
Harsh? Perhaps but that's reality.
Only stadium in Melb that holds 50k + is the MCG and it isn't available
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
yep bunch of nuffers said we don't need anything beyond the qtrs bc we have the aussie open and big bash :-[
More importantly we have tHe cricket World Cup coming up at the MCG. Far more important to ensure the MCG is 100% ready for that
Harsh? Perhaps but that's reality.
Only stadium in Melb that holds 50k + is the MCG and it isn't available
Asia Cup > cricket world cup imo. Regardless they could've used the docklands, 55k is fine for a semi
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
yep bunch of nuffers said we don't need anything beyond the qtrs bc we have the aussie open and big bash :-[
More importantly we have tHe cricket World Cup coming up at the MCG. Far more important to ensure the MCG is 100% ready for that
Harsh? Perhaps but that's reality.
Only stadium in Melb that holds 50k + is the MCG and it isn't available
please
reality is they have screwed this one up. Nothing more nothing less
etihad
geelong
aami
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Asia Cup > cricket world cup imo.
Yes a confederations cup regional qualifying tournament for a still up & coming sport's (in Australia) second weakest confederation is far more important than a world cup for our only truly national major sport.
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
yep bunch of nuffers said we don't need anything beyond the qtrs bc we have the aussie open and big bash :-[
More importantly we have tHe cricket World Cup coming up at the MCG. Far more important to ensure the MCG is 100% ready for that
Harsh? Perhaps but that's reality.
Only stadium in Melb that holds 50k + is the MCG and it isn't available
please
reality is they have screwed this one up. Nothing more nothing less
etihad
geelong
aami
Excuse me? Wasn't the original post lamenting 70k -v- 20k ?
Fact only stadium in Melb that I'll hold 70k people is the MCG and it isn't available because of cricket which contractual holds the rights to that stadium until the end of March. Pretty sure the World Cup Cricket was coming or Aust before the Asian cup (but will stand to be corrected if that's not the case)
So I am not sure how "they" (whoever "they" are) have stuffed up
The other grounds hold
Etihad - 50k
Geelong - 35k
AAMI - 37k
Aren't people complaining that not enough people can get to it in Newcastle? But you are advocating grinds that can't hold 70k
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Go UAE :pray
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Japan all class.
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Japan and UAE are off to penalties. Could it be two major upsets in one night? :o
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Hope so :lol
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Honda blasts 10m over the bar :lol
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stuff yes!!
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So good for us. Now we have to capitalise :cheers Kagawa hitting the post sums up BvB's season.
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What idiots
Seriously. 70k vrs 20k
Yep, doesn't make much sense.
Vic govt didn't want it apparently
yep bunch of nuffers said we don't need anything beyond the qtrs bc we have the aussie open and big bash :-[
More importantly we have tHe cricket World Cup coming up at the MCG. Far more important to ensure the MCG is 100% ready for that
Harsh? Perhaps but that's reality.
Only stadium in Melb that holds 50k + is the MCG and it isn't available
please
reality is they have screwed this one up. Nothing more nothing less
etihad
geelong
aami
Excuse me? Wasn't the original post lamenting 70k -v- 20k ?
Fact only stadium in Melb that I'll hold 70k people is the MCG and it isn't available because of cricket which contractual holds the rights to that stadium until the end of March. Pretty sure the World Cup Cricket was coming or Aust before the Asian cup (but will stand to be corrected if that's not the case)
So I am not sure how "they" (whoever "they" are) have stuffed up
The other grounds hold
Etihad - 50k
Geelong - 35k
AAMI - 37k
Aren't people complaining that not enough people can get to it in Newcastle? But you are advocating grinds that can't hold 70k
Don't be pedantic Wil ;) DOCKLANDS WOULDVE BEEN FINE
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Asia Cup > cricket world cup imo.
Yes a confederations cup regional qualifying tournament for a still up & coming sport's (in Australia) second weakest confederation is far more important than a world cup for our only truly national major sport.
Correct, take out India and the TV audience of the World Cup is a tithe of the Asian Cup. Even with india involved I doubt they get anywhere near the same sort of TV audience. Furthermore, the 50 over format is the least popular format of the game. Most people don't give a poo about it.
Soccer is not our national sport, too many redneck bogans who still think its a wogs game, but thankfully they are becoming less common and the game is growing exponentially. Melbourne stuffed up a massive opportunity pure and simple
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and go UAE! lol of all the people to miss penalties Honda and Kagawa. We have to capitalise on this now.
Iran vs Iraq was an unbelievable game in terms of an emotional rollercoaster :lol
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Kagawa hitting the post was one thing. Honda trying to put it over the stand was something else completely. The massive wtf look on his face was priceless and a shame because he has been so great to watch this tournament.
If we can get in the number of crosses Japan did I wonder if we will be a better chance to capitalise with the likes of Cahill and co.
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That Honda penalty was one of the funniest things of all time. You could have put another 2 goals on top and it would have still gone over the bar.
Also not one penalty was saved by a keeper in either game last night. Just a whole heap of choking.
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Loved UAE's first shot. The slow little lob was such a troll :lol
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If we win tomorrow night, we'll play South Korea in the final.
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still haven't conceded a goal the Koreans
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Anyone prepared to tip the result? I'll say Aus 3-1
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Australia 2-1
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0-1 at halftime. 2-1 AUS fulltime .
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Well that's me off :lol
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:whistle
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2-0 :thumbsup
Davo is the 10th Aussie goalscorer in the tournament :clapping.
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Rubbish yellow. Was Leckie's ball.
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Where's the yellow ref. for the UAE player diving in the box? ::)
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Mr Magoo can see better than this ref. What a blatant deflection.
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We got this :cheers :pray
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We got this :cheers :pray
IMO we're the best team in Asia now and we'll be favourites to win the final. I know we lost to Korea in the group stage but that was without Timmy, Kruse and Leckie for most of the game as Ange was resting them. The only way I see Korea winning is to keep us scoreless again which is hard to see with our best eleven on the park.
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Had no jedinak too.
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Had no jedinak too.
He was very good last night especially in the first half. Made up for an ordinary quarter final.
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Had no jedinak too.
Massive
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These refs this tournament in the pocket of the Arab countries that want us out?
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yes!
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Another yellow ::)
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Another yellow ::)
They're called Korea you racist....
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Kruse yellow now wtf
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time for a sub kill some time.
tense few mins left
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Can't see us holding a other 30. look cooked.
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Where will a goal even come from? Leckie hasn't looked threatening, not expecting much from Juric.
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rubbish defending
they didnt even look like they were parking it.
My money is on sth korea
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At least we didn't resort to this time wasting rubbish. Sorry, Kruse got got yellowed for needing a stretcher.
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stuffin disgrace that
who is going to score for us seriously
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Wasteful from Jedinak. Should have kept possession.
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"another ludicrous decision. Where did they get this bloke from?"
"I heard he's from Iran"
Yep. This ref is crook.
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"another ludicrous decision. Where did they get this bloke from?"
"I heard he's from Iran"
Yep. This ref is crook.
gold. he was spot on
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What a goal. Pure strength to stay upright. :bow
Win or lose, what a game. And to think the Arabs want us out. They could never deliver this quality.
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bang
gotta hold on.
stuff
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That Cha Du Ri bloke is a gun.
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And we're still not time wasting. Sportsmanship.
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YES!!
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bang!!!
what a great win and yes dwaino fair play to the end
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where's ramps?
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Lmao at the ref's copping it from the crowd. They'll get a pat on the arse from the AFC boss. They're all middle eastern. Go figure.
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Still pumped. What a game. Great result for Australian soccer.
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incredible win.
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where's ramps?
celebrating a great win for Australian soccer that was organized and orchestrated by South Melbourne Team of Century Captain and two time Australian Championship winning Coach with South Melbourne - Ange Postecoglou. Well done to him and his team :clapping
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where's ramps?
celebrating a great win for Australian soccer that was organized and orchestrated by South Melbourne Team of Century Captain and two time Australian Championship winning Coach with South Melbourne - Ange Postecoglou. Well done to him and his team :clapping
There he is.
Agreed, well deserved.He had his critics after rio but he stuck to the plan and it paid off.
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where's ramps?
celebrating a great win for Australian soccer that was organized and orchestrated by South Melbourne Team of Century Captain and two time Australian Championship winning Coach with South Melbourne - Ange Postecoglou. Well done to him and his team :clapping
There he is.
Agreed, well deserved.He had his critics after rio but he stuck to the plan and it paid off.
Great win and I have to say it was a great final to watch. Had everything. Australian Soccer finally getting its act together.
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THE one black cloud hanging over Australia’s Asian Cup triumph seems to have dissipated, with Robbie Kruse cleared of a serious Achilles injury after being stretchered off in Saturday night’s 2-1 victory over South Korea.
Though Kruse is still waiting for scan results to confirm the damage, Socceroos doctors believe he hasn’t broken a bone in his foot either, but rather suffered ligament damage in his ankle.
Though that would entail three to four months out and effectively end his season - assuming the initial diagnosis is confirmed - it is a substantially better scenario than the 12 months or more sidelined that a ruptured Achilles tendon would have meant.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/asian-cup/asian-cup-2015-socceroos-relief-as-striker-robbie-kruse-cleared-of-serious-achilles-injury/story-e6frf4fu-1227204027859
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where's ramps?
celebrating a great win for Australian soccer that was organized and orchestrated by South Melbourne Team of Century Captain and two time Australian Championship winning Coach with South Melbourne - Ange Postecoglou. Well done to him and his team :clapping
There he is.
Agreed, well deserved.He had his critics after rio but he stuck to the plan and it paid off.
Great win and I have to say it was a great final to watch. Had everything. Australian Soccer finally getting its act together.
:thumbsup
Troisi, Milligan and Kruse = Melbourne Victory won the Cup for Australia ;D.
ps. Hopefully Kruse's injury isn't an achilles :pray. Felt totally gutted for him last night.
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I love use all!
Just got back from Sydney, what a game, what a night!
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Jealous TM :cheers any fingernails left?
Even got my old man watch it last night and he's an old white "stuff that roundball" from the country.
Get around the Socceroos :bow
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Nice TM, would have been awesome
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Was awesome fellas. When that equalizer went in, there was an audible groan, thought we were goners. Kudos to the boys for picking themselves up and just going right back at Korea in extra time and get the deserved result. Don't know how it came across on TV but the atmosphere was electric, Im still drained today although that may also be the copious amounts of celebratory drinks we had afterwards. Bloody homebush though, its in the middle of nowhere, takes ages to get back to the city