Dig deep,and Monday awaits. Australia can still go through. Honest!
And times are a little thin, it has to be said.
Mood in the Australia camp is flat to say the least.
And it seemed many players weren't aware that if Australia win and Iraq draw or win he Aussies will go through.
But something is wrong with this team. The defence is shocking has been for months and Graham Arnold has been unable to improve it.
In fact it's getting worse.
The Press were amazed, stunned by the ease with which so called Australia stars were crushed.
Skill passion and energy and a crafty wily coach. Jorvan Vieira. Who complained about Graham Arnold's behaviour after the game.
In defence of Arnold, no-one I spoke to saw it. And usually Coach animosity is a two way thing.
It seemed at the Press Conference that Arnold had threw in the towel.
Mark Viduka, Tim Cahill and Carl Valeri were all unaware that they can still go through if they win.
It seemed the manner of the performance left the players wishing they could just leave today.
Can Arnold pick his team up in time?
Can the players lift?
Will new players now get a chance to shine. Australia can still do it.
Ouch that hurt but Australia can still go through.
If the Aussies beat Thailand and Iraq draw or beat Oman, then Australia have the same points as Thailand
And then it goes on the Aussie Thai game,not goal difference, therefore Australia would go through.
Almost embarrassing really, but I'd take it.
Every cloud has a silver lining so they say. Lucas Neill is suspended and Paddy Kisnorbo should be rested. Maybe this was the only way Arnold would change his defence.
It's time to try the new blokes.
So we lose, Beauchamp and Milligan will at least be better for the experience. And we'll need them for the next four years or more.
If they aren't considered good enough, well who is in the back four really!
Arnie never got his defence sorted, against Denmark, Uruguay, Singapore, Oman and now Iraq.
It was horrible tonight and embarassing to the sport. And it has showed up Arnie's coaching and the lack of depth in our squad.
But we can still go through, so come on those Socceroos.
3 comments:
viva Iraq
I'll share your hope Eamonn, but not your optimism. The fact is Australia doesn't deserve to be in the next round. Iraq and Thailand do. All power to them and back to the drawing board for us.
If we scrape through by a miracle, it's quite possible that we'll be wiped out by Vietnam, the lowest ranked team in the competition. I think we've suffered enough embarrassment, and hopefully learned a lesson that we will remember for 20 years.
The World Cup was glorious, but it was not our moment of truth. This is.
Hi,
Glad to find your blog. I was there
last night and totally agree with your comments. Maybe Lucas Neill's
red card was the best thing that
could have happened in preparation
for Monday's game against Thailand.
He's been playing bad and his
attitude is bad. Almost certainly
change will bring improvements..
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