(10-10-2017, 11:56 PM)mateinone link Wrote:There is not an Australian in the top 500 players in the world in reality at present
And there it is.
All the local media pump these guys up as World Soccer Superstars, and bemoan them being pushed or beaten by a bunch of unknowns or minnows. But in reality I can often find players from the opposition who are in the world rankings, yet I cannot find the Australians.
Perhaps there is some systematic reason for this, games played, travel, etc., etc., but it seems hard to explain if we are the under-performing soccer superstars that is alleged by many domestic media commentators.
Maybe the players we have are just no good, past it, or living on undeserved reputations and we should stop blaming the coach!
To me it looks like the Australian Soccer and Australian Cricket teams are full of over-rated highlight reel players who pick and choose when and where to make an effort! They play like they have Premiership hangover, yet have won relatively nothing!
Another curiosity for me, where are all the indigenous players, you'd think they'd have a lot of those blokes covered for speed and agility.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"