Away leg of Socceroos v Honduras tomorrow morning 9:00 AM on Channel 9 GO.
Massive game and we have to at the very least get one or two away goals.
A 1-1 draw will be a good result a 2-2 draw even better, and a win would be awesome.
Then we can finish the job in Sydney on Wednesday night.
Well, we got the nil all draw away, which is as good as a win , but we need to win it at home next week, as any scoring draw will be a lost !!Quote:
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0-0 draw is not a good result.Quote:
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We needed to get an away goal.
Now if Honduras score in Sydney we in trouble as we need at least 2 or 3 goals.
The pitch in Honduras was a disgrace. It was a cow paddock.
Anyway on a proper pitch in Sydney we should be able to put 3 goals through them easily - they are a crap team.
We just need to fucking score! How many easy misses against Thailand Syria and Honduras?!.
Two sports: the Rugby World Cup and the Women's Ashes series.
Two matches: Tonga vs Samoa, the stadium was red, before the game , players from both teams locked in arms, formed in a big circle in the middle of the park, down on one knees praying together . Never seen anything on a footy field so pure and touching. Then the teams broke up, into their own formation for the war dance or their own version of harka as we know it then gave us a fast and exciting game , no one left anything on the field . After the match, instead of shaking hands, the players embraced one another like brothers and cousins ! That's is what this RLWC is all about !
Then we saw Tonga came back from 2-16 down at half time to beat the Kiwis 28-22! And the Stadium was also a sea of red in a NZ home game! They could now meet the Kangaroos in the final !
One Innings: Elyse Perry, 213 not out against England in the Ashes Test. And she took 3 wickets and 2 catches as well. What a player!
This is it, we can either go to Russia next year and feel good about it or join Italy staying at home and wondering what the fuck went wrong !!
Well, if the Socceroos can make it to Russia and the Azzurri is back home watching us on TV, it's moral victory for us since that deadly penalty in extra time over in Germany all those years ago !
The Socceroos have dominated most games they've played in recent history. But, they can't convert this domination into goals. This is very frustrating and they really need to start and take their chances. I just hope that if they get an early goal, they still play their possession based style, and that they don't sit back and give Honduras any chances. Ryan needs to sharpen up too.��⚽️��
3-1, that will do, we are off to Russia !
Ange Postecoglou has failed again.
He should never have been appointed and he should have been sacked ages ago.
it has been failure after failure under Ange.
Under his guidance we have struggled against Fourth World football nations like Thailand, Syria, and now Honduras - all of these nations are ranked well below Australia in FIFA rankings.
His claim to fame is we won the Asian Cup - big fucken deal.
The Asian Cup was on home soil which is a huge advantage.
We lost to South Korea in the group stage.
We only just managed to beat South Korea in the Final in extra time.
We got lucky that Japan were eliminated in the Quarter Finals and so didn't have to face them.
Who did we actually beat?; Kuwait, Oman, China and UAE - so fucking what,
We should have easily qualified for the World Cup but under Ange we have struggled.
We qualified for the 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cups under Hidink, Verbeek, and Osiek. under Ange we just managed to qualify.
Ange coached us to 3 losses in the 2014 World Cup - our worst record ever in a World Cup.
Ange is a failure and hopefully he will leave after this last game against Honduras.
Yes we qualified against Honduras, simply because we are far superior, not because of Ange's incompetent coaching ... a chimpanzee could have coached the Socceroos to qualification.
So what next?
Graeme, no fucking clue Arnold? No way!
We need to get an overseas coach.
There is no Australian coach good enough to coach Australia.
It will be at least another 30 years before we have an Australian coach fit for the job.
Australia is the only Third World football nation arrogant enough to think we can have a local coach.
Almost every Asian and African Country has a foreign coach.
Even a coach from the Serbian 3rd Division would be better than an Australian A league coach.
We need to start looking now and billionaire Frank Lowy needs to pull out the cheque book and start recruiting.
The best thing Australian football ever did was sack Frank Farina and appoint Gus Hiddink.
We need to do the same thing again.
Then we will have 7 months to start building a team with a structure and a purpose and a strategy under an overseas coach.'The only way Australia will ever have any success is with a foreign coach.
Hi there Rooter,
Feels better now ? You really let go of all your footy frustrations there I can see ........ lol.
I think the team we got over at Germany three World Cups ago was probably the best team we have ever assembled , full of quality players playing in better football leagues overseas :
Harry Kewell, Viduka, Cahill, Lucas Neill, Marco Bresciano etc. just don't think the current crop have the same depth and talents . And considering we had almost beaten Italy if not for a diving penalty right at the end and Italy went on to win the Cup that year, so still wondering what could have been? what if.......
Congratulations to the Aussie boys regaining the Ashes in Perth with 3-0 victories over the Poms.
Captain Smith in awesome forms and the Marsh brothers, finally both delivered the promised they were meant to show
for so long and in separate and equally important stages !
5-0 white wash again now seems imminent!
Cheers
Any one watched the BBL last night?
The Sydney derby which came down to the last over, the score were level at 19.5, one more ball, one run for the Thunder to win or else will be a Super Over !
What a great sight and a memorable moment for the Marsh brothers both to score a century in the same inning for an Ashes Test!
It’s the second Century for both batsmen and to do it together in the middle just magical - now they have joined the legendary Chappel and Waugh brothers in doing so!
Nice job to the selectors too !
Bro, the Mitchell brothers are very average players.Quote:
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They are lucky to be playing against the weakest and most unmotivated English Test team to ever tour here.
Everyone is scoring centuries; even the very average Khawaja.
Comparing the Mitchell brothers to the Waughs and Chappells is ridiculous.
This is a very average Australian Test team.
The bowlers are very good; good pace attack and top spinner in Lyons.
But our batting line up is weak.
Smith is brilliant, and Warner is excellent, but all the rest are very average.
They will be exposed for the very average batting team they are when they tour South Africa.
Dustin Johnson has open up a final round two shot lead at the opening PGA event at
Kapaluna .DJ season was interrupted by a back injury at Augusta and Justin Thomas came
home win a flourish winning the PGA and Fed Ex Cup and PGA player of the year.
Cross roads for Jason Day and Rory McCllroy and also a Ryder Cup Year.
A all round exciting year with hoping a healthy Tiger contending at Augusta.
Anyone watching the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?
Isn’t that one of Sports’ greatest moment when the athletes from both the North and South Korea marching together under the one Korea flag ?
Sports triumph over politics!
Actually it was the triumph of politics over sport.Quote:
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Kim Jung Un has used the Olympics for his own political purposes.
He has sucked in the World.
He is crazy like a fox.
Show it to Trump
Of course it’s still very much politics but it’s great to see the more human and friendlier side of the NK and their stunning Red Cheerleaders rather than the threats of missiles and neuclear weapons ?Quote:
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When the S Korean President shake hand with Miss Kim, a small chance of peace ?
Well, we finally get a medal at the Winter Olympia, thanks to Matt Graham who got Silver in the Moguls last night .
Congratulations, well done Matt.
In comparison, so much hyped and expectations on Britt Cox the night before who ended up in 4th place with another Aussie girl 5th. Not a bad result but nothing to show really. Did the media put too much spot light and pressure on these young athletes? Would they be better off to keep a low profile , is that the team management and coaches responsibility to protect and shield them better perhaps until after the event and then they can milk and enjoy the publicity and attention for all its worth ?
Just wondering ?
Talking about mixing sports and politics, back in the early 70’s when the Chinese and US had No diplomatic relationship. The great Premier of China Zhou Enlai sent an invitation to the US table tennis team to visit China and started the Ping Pong 🏓 Diplomat. Followed by the Chinese team visiting the USA and then Nixon’s historic visit to Peking in 1972? and drank MouTai with Zhou in the Great Hall and the rest was history!
Great to see Scotty James got Bronze behind Shaun White !
Congratulations Scotty ! Worthy to be our flag bearer at the Opening!
Footy is back and how good was that ??
Two rounds in, a few surprises here and there, looks like both Storms, Roosters and Cowboys are beatable and surprise surprise, the 5 teams that remained unbeaten are probably not most people’s expected choices :
Mitchell Pearce and the Newcastle Knights, two tough wins to begin the seasons, how big will this Sunday game be with Pearce facing his old club for the first time and Cronk who took his old job at the Roosters 🐓!
And a Grand Final Rematch between the Storms and the Cowboys !
Can’t wait 😊!!
Best match for me was seeing Parra getting smashed by manly, I hate them both but Parra a little more.Quote:
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All the "experts" top 4 are all going to change in the coming weeks. Look at the tigers too, doing well when everyone said they were going to fail, they faced the storm who had the refs in their pockets and still got away with the win.
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Well, I think the Cowboys should be two from two if the forward who ran into that JT pass didn’t hit the upright pad ! And the Storms clearly missing Cronk when they couldn’t close out the Tigers !
It is also worth mentioning the true sportsmanship displayed by Benji Marshall after he lead the West Tiger to beat the Storms in Melbourne and spoiled Billy Slater's 300th game milestone match. After the game, he gathered his teammates who were all celebrating from the far side of the field to come over and formed a guard of honour to clap Billy off the field. With this kind of leadership on the field, no wonder the Tigers are a very different team from previous years. And since they probably won't be affected by the Origin periods like the other top teams, and if their key players stay healthy, they could be a real Dark Horse in 2018 !
And it’s very hard to imagine a team with Jarrad Hayne, Cory Norman and Michael Jennings would be trashed 54 - 0 !