Saudi jersey is quite nice.
Saudi jersey is quite nice.
God Andy shut up.
Oh he’s done his hamstring there.
Oh he’s done his groin.
Oh he’s going off.
Oh it’s his knee.
Poor guy, that looks bad
And again. Why would you say that?!
Nabbout has been underwhelming since he came on
We’re totally gassed. Holding on for dear life now.
When you’ve got Jamie McLaren on the bench and you bring on Duke
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo diving knobs
Nabbout and Duke can both get in the bin.
Nabbout is barely getting it of a jog and then tries to beat 2 men to run the ball or of defence and now he gets a yellow for sliding in 25 minutes too
I don’t think Duke has held onto the ball once since he came on. Late.
3 mins injury time a farce
Souttar was on the ground for more than 3 minutes
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (for no injury time)
And our great start becomes a really distant memory. If Japan and Oman both win tonight the group could look like
We’re suddenly in a real dog fight and in with a real chance of not making it.
Between Boyle, soutarr and all the substitutes, 3 minutes is ridiculous.
Having trouble holding onto the ball, bring on Duke and Nabbout.
We’ll always have that first 10 minutes though.
When was the last time Leckie and Nabbout played a proper football match?
Maybe ask why the Aussies were constantly being physically bullied by skinny wee middle-eastern guys, a lot of that first 11 went missing in the rain. Honestly, that was unimpressive as fuck, nothing about it showed a team that should be taking a qualifiers place.
My theory is that the rain was too heavy and made us play bad.
Anyone that prefers international footy to club fitba is off their heads.
Club football >> Matildas >> Socceroos atm
Ever since the FFA contracted the orange bug, they have appeared determined to import a presumed Dutch philosophy lock, stock and barrel. With the announcement of a “National Football Curriculum” today, things have gone a bit too far.
Complete tactical rigidity - exactly what Rob Baan warned against, when he stepped into his new position as Technical Director - has now been mandated for our national teams. No doubt, should a young Aussie kid now show any promise as a genuine No.10 (the sort of player we have produced so rarely), such tendencies will be quickly hammered out of him by his learned coaches. No room for that sort of stuff in a 4-3-3, son.
13 years later we field today’s midfield…
Mooy, Irvine, Jeggo all shitty backwards and sideways merchants. Nobody can advance the ball into space through the middle third, pick out a forward pass to put a runner through, let alone find spaces and move the ball in tight spaces around the box.
BTW I just noticed that mikey started writing on his blog again during lockdown!!