So Harry's brilliant, but what about that defence.
Australia smashed Singapore, ranked 146th in the world I might add, 3-0.
Harry Kewell is back. Mark Viduka scored twice. With the golden boys of Australian football firing we can win in Asia. Can't we?
What do you mean the defence is vulnerable. Brett Emerton trying to remember his Feyenoord days from five years ago, Luke Wilkshire a right midfielder turned left back and Paddy Kisnorbo a player still learning at this level.
Singapore should have been two up at half time. Not my thoughts, Arnies.
And if they were 2-0 up, Harry or no Harry we'd have lost.
Chasing the game in the heat willl be no fun for spectators never mind the players.
But forget the defence, goals win games. And Viduka will score in Asia. After all it isn't the World Cup. Brazil Italy and Croatia are a tougher nut to crack than Thailand Oman and Iraq. Aren't they?
They'd better be, because I want to see Australia reach the final and win. Australia to win in their first Asian Cup.
How Johhny Warren would love this day.
So if Harry and Dukes remain fit and score a potload, we'll win. And they'll have to because there is no way that defence can remain goal free on last night's showing.
Come on Australia, let's forget the defence and give it to Harry!
Read a more considered analysis in Monday's Canberra Times.
1 comment:
I dont like mid-fielders playing in defence. Midfielders should play in midfield and defenders should play in defence. I'm hoping Arnie is only experimenting and now that the experiment hasnt payed off, he'll see reason...
I'd play with 3 defenders at the back - Thwait, Lucas and Beachamp and 5 in midfield - Grella and Wilkshire (or maybe even Valeri?) to screen the defence. Although playing with wing backs is a more preferable way of playing, unfortunately we just dont have any quality wingbacks in the squad at the moment. But we have some very good midfielders. Lets not play them out of position...
And one other thing - Saturday's game showed the folly of us not playing some more warm up games. The Singapore team looked battle hardened and looked like they had been playing a few games together. We didnt. Using the group stages as the warm up games is a high risk strategy...
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