Socceroos learn word cup fate

[sydmariner]

Well the wait is almost over, in 2 1/4 hours the socceroos will learn their World Cup fate

 

[sydmariner]

The draw is being shown live now on SBS

 

[sydmariner]

Socceroos will play Holland, Spain & Chile in group B

 

[eenfish]

This is my reaction to the draw:

 

[UnitedsNo9]

I think our draw is awesome. Obviously very difficult. Obviously long odds to get out of the group. I'm a lot more excited about the World Cup now post Holger. I'm excited to see some pride in the displays of our team of underdogs. I'll be happy if we can give teams a bit of a scare and a shake. I think this draw gives us 1) A great platform to prepare for the Asian Cup & Russia and 2) Great opportunity to display a nothing to lose attitude and experience for young guys for the future.

 

[VicMariner]

Spain lost their first game against Switzerland last world cup. You just never know.
It is not impossible to get out of the group.

Provisional schedule:

Chile vs Australia 14/06/14 Cuiba 8am
Australia vs Netherlands 19/06/14 Porto Alegre 2am
Australia vs Spain 24/06/14 Curitiba 2am

First game is a must win, then......some good fortune.

 

[sydmariner]

Did anyone watch the draw live

 

[eenfish]

This is the perfect draw for Ange. No pressure, as long as the team don't drop the boat and lose 4-0 every match his job is secure. If we can sneak a lucky win against any of the other opponents in our group we'll be doing well for ourselves. Lets hope our friendlies pre-world cup are against top-top clubs so we can gauge what we can do against top opponents.

 

[dibo]

Ideal scenario - either Netherlands or Spain clean up with 9 points. The other stumbles to two draws (and obviously loses to the other superpower). We then only need to beat Chile, and if we can't do that, we shouldn't be in the second round.

That said, if we do that, we'll finish second, and almost certainly face Brazil in the second round. If we somehow do that and win against Brazil, I'm dropping a hunjie on us winning the whole thing because f**k it, why not?

 

[Big Al]

The dutch are scarred. They have never beat us. Probably not watched us recently though.

Aussies love the underdog & love to be the underdog. Just the good old fashioned go out & have a crack & show em we ain't shit mentality.

Now who to warm up against? Uruguay/Ecuador Pommies/Belguim/Switzerland