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How's me of all people starting a World Cup thread? I know SFA about the game but follow it whenever the Aussies play. From the untrained eye such as mine, our squads looks like one of the worst we have ever gone in with.
I'm sure they'll give it there all but the talent compared to other countries just isn't there. One of our best players in Rogic isn't even in the squad, something isn't right there. Would have preferred Ange as coach, Arnold comes across as a battler who is just in the same league as other coaches. We'll make up numbers and surely this will be curtains for him. Would love better than to knock off the Frogs on Wed morning, Ill be up watching.
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Im tipping Argentina to take the tournament.
Brazil and Portugal the other ones I'd be looking at as the potential winners.
Australia's chances are slim, but a chance is better than none, but this batch of soccerwhos are not going to achieve much.
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Hope the AFL doesn’t get too many ideas from the World Cup. Imagine $21 beers. But I’m guessing the AFL would never follow the in-ground beer ban.
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4-1 v France, I thought it would be 5-0 TBH. The gulf in talent and class between the sides was obvious.
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(11-23-2022, 12:05 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:4-1 v France, I thought it would be 5-0 TBH. The gulf in talent and class between the sides was obvious.
Had they finished their chances better they would have put 7 in. I thought we started very plucky and were doing what we could to stifle them, but when they went through the gears there was no going with them. Going up 1-0 was possibly the worst thing that happened, because as soon as it did, they just really turned it up and went for it.
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(11-23-2022, 05:24 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Had they finished their chances better they would have put 7 in. I thought we started very plucky and were doing what we could to stifle them, but when they went through the gears there was no going with them. Going up 1-0 was possibly the worst thing that happened, because as soon as it did, they just really turned it up and went for it. That early goal seemed to anger the French. We went too defensive IMO, should have taken a leaf out of Saudi Arabia's book v Arg, All or nothing.
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(11-23-2022, 11:16 PM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:We went too defensive IMO, should have taken a leaf out of Saudi Arabia's book v Arg, All or nothing. Agreed, I think we shizened the bed when we went a goal up early and it wasn't our kids that failed, it was some of the older blokes who seemed start struck by the French. It's like some of the squad went into the match with a "We can't defeat them" mindset!
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(11-23-2022, 11:39 PM)LP link Wrote:Agreed, I think we shizened the bed when we went a goal up early and it wasn't our kids that failed, it was some of the older blokes who seemed start struck by the French. It's like some of the squad went into the match with a "We can't defeat them" mindset! We need a new Jedinak in the back half. He controlled games and wasn't intimidated by gun gwds, in fact, he intimidated them.
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Sometimes you just have to accept when a team is way better than you. The French have been to the euro finals in 2016, and are current world champs for a reason.
Don't look at the last time when we pinched a result off them when they were sleeping. They are much better than that, and as much as I would like to see the Australian national team achieve something, this is arguably the least talented side I have seen represent the country at this level.
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No Australian player would be even close to making the French squad.
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