The Socceroos thread.

[sydmariner]

 

[booney]

Syrian players masquerading as nine pins.

 

[booney]

Maybe it is nine pins masquerading as Syrian footballers.

 

[booney]

Pedestrian performance so far.Boyle really off his game.Very organised Syrian defence

 

[sydmariner]

Irvine!!!!

 

[Stuartmcateer]

Boyle is probably going to claim another assist. Great little run and then the passing option was horrible.

 

[booney]

The pass was not good admittedly but the run is what was needed to break up the bus parking defence so credit to Boyle and to Irvine for being in the right spot

 

[booney]

Ryan nearly stuffed up-whew!

 

[Stuartmcateer]

The pass was not good admittedly but the run is what was needed to break up the bus parking defence so credit to Boyle and to Irvine for being in the right spot

And he owes a carton for the air swing

 

[BrisRecky]

another first half by the roos like they had only just met , in the two games thus far, I dont think anyone has consistently nailed a pass to the attack , ACT MORE NIZZY YOU A-HOLES, and the Syrians ! fark moi, first half was atypical olympic diving team bullshit , that nitwit who pulled O'Neills arm up and bloodied his own nose was a vastly talented f**kwit, mind you the second generation kid on the wing for them was ok ....NOW the ref , cards Oneill for a syrian armlock BUT doesnt card a syrian for driving his knee through someones breadbasket , at least he wasnt Faghani ....nice little ground they were playing on and the commentator was amazing , a veritable encyclopedia of informational titbits , as opposed to the p- dummies.....all hail Jacko Irvine

the two games thus far have been mildly tedious

 

[Jerem]

Ryan nearly stuffed up-whew!

His positioning is awful! How he is still no1 I dont know

 

[Allreet?]

His positioning is awful! How he is still no1 I dont know

Timing off his line is potentially catastrophic. You have to wonder whether he's distracted by the mask.

 

[pjennings]

Timing off his line is potentially catastrophic. You have to wonder whether he's distracted by the mask.

I suspect he is distracted to some extent. However, if we are to replace him as the number one you do not do it mid-tournament when your defence is probably the best thing about the team at the moment.

The CBs know and trust him - introducing a new keeper at this stage (unless forced to by injury) has more potential to cause defensive stuff ups.

 

[Wombat]

His positioning is awful! How he is still no1 I dont know

Gauci and Thomas are not International level keepers.

 

[Allreet?]

Gauci and Thomas are not International level keepers.

I agree re Thomas but I rate Gauci very highly. He'll go a long way.

 

[Stuartmcateer]

I agree re Thomas but I rate Gauci very highly. He'll go a long way.

Thomas is only there because Danny retired, the 23's keepers are being saved for then and he is the best of an average rest.

Gauci seems to be gradually reducing his level of dickhead and is a reasonable keeper. He certainly has a lot of time for improvement on his side at 23. He needs to move to a better league to really kick on.

 

[Jerem]

Gauci and Thomas are not International level keepers.

Surely langerak deserves the shot he never got? Particularly after being recalled

 

[Stuartmcateer]

Surely langerak deserves the shot he never got? Particularly after being recalled

My guess is that last time in camp he was told that he would be number 2 and wasn't happy with that.

 

[booney]

Langerak has done very well in the J-League but rode the pine for too long in Germany and lost out to Maty who was playing at high levels in Europe.He dropped down the pecking order and when recalled perhaps presumed he would displace Ryan and when this did not happen spat the dummy

 

[Wombat]

Langerak has done very well in the J-League but rode the pine for too long in Germany and lost out to Maty who was playing at high levels in Europe.He dropped down the pecking order and when recalled perhaps presumed he would displace Ryan and when this did not happen spat the dummy

Langerak is absolutely miles ahead of Gauci and Thomas. Bad reflection on Arnie tbh.