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Socceroos won in Bangkok last night.
And wasn't it fantastic. Tense, tight and terrific football - from the Thai's at least. With a
packed stadium in downtown flooded Bangkok the Aussies are no longer in Oceania.
And remember this is only the first group stage.
We needed a point - but if Robbie Kruse didnt know which of the Sutkee brothers at the end he
played with in Melbourne - Michael Zullo had a fair idea by the end of the night.
Now the A-league has just two players this year, Harry and Emmo, so it should be more interesting
everyone tells me.
Well with Matthew Leckie, Marcus Flores and others having left who are the fellas who the Nearpost
is particularly looking forward to seeing take to the field in Season 7:
Melbourne Victory - Of course Harry Kewell, but I'm as interested to see how the young Kiwi Marco
Rojas goes.
Football fans label Coaches crap or brilliant.
Jose Mourinho used to be brilliant, now he's second he's well...less so.
Alex Ferguson is always brilliant - he always wins, whereas Neil Lennon is crap - he comes second -
add in Vitaslev Lavicka - season 1 brilliant, season 2 crap.
Ange Postecoglou is now brilliant and despite losing heaps of players in Season 1 and beginning of
Season 2 if he's not top of the league after three games he'll be.
Socceroos defeat of Wales: a sign of things to come - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The Socceroos' upcoming World Cup campaign looks on firm ground. This morning's friendly against
Wales showed the evident class of both sides' top players, but a workmanlike Australia were the
superior team against a side whose Premier League pedigree belies it's FIFA ranking of 119.
Socceroos squad v Wales has been announced and somewhat dishearteningly to me - given his recent
performances, Bristol City's Neil Kilkenny has grabbed a place in an 18 man squad.
In a 32 World Cup possible squad maybe - but the final 18!
Kilkenny hasn't done nearly enough in my view to keep a Socceroos place after some rather shaky
performances in the Asian Cup and recent friendlies.
Some say Youth tournaments are all about team systems, style of play, and of course they are. They
set a tone for the nation's coaches and players - something we are working towards in
Australia.
But for fans and for future Coaches they are also about individuals.
Barcelona without Lionel Messi compared to Spain without Messi.
The standout for the night (19 July at Griffith Uni Southbank) was the brilliant performance of
Roar CEO Eugenie Buckley. Eugenie's appointment is more evidence, if more is required, that the
A-League should be centrally run. The FFA has found for its staff, then nurtured, and now provided
to run a club, a highly skilled professional, who understands the game, its fans and the mechanics
of a sporting club.
Mitchell Langerak, Mustifa Amini and Dylan Tombides.
All three are at top German or strong English Clubs - Langarek is proven as a keeper having played
in the A-League and in the Asian Champions League and in Germany with Dortmund he can surely only
improve and challenge Adam Federici in years to come for the Soccerooos spot.
Aussies found the game a little more meaningful against Serbia than the run out against the
Kiwis.
Michael Zullo was tested and showed he has a lot to learn but still showed enough to get some more
opportunities.
Adam Federici and Brett Holman were both outstanding against top opposition and Serbia were a class
outfit - recently beaten by South Korea it should be noted despite missing 4 or 5 key players.
The Socceroos young guns stepped up to defeat NZ 3-0 yesterday. Despite the usual whingeing from
many fans about the play there was plenty for me to like about Holger's team performance.
Particularly the crisp passing and pacy interchange in the final third. We don't often get to see
it in the Green and Gold - and Josh K was on the field too, who would have thought!
Just when the Oarsome hype is about to die we get this.
From FourfourTwo, we love you guys,
In Holland's Eredivisie, Adam Sarota got his second first-team start for FC Utrecht,
playing 69 minutes in midfield, as they drew 3-3 at struggling Willem II on Saturday.
Tommy Oar and Michael Zullo were not in the Utrecht matchday squad.
