John Simkin Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 What do your Australians think about your chances in the World Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stapleton Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 What do your Australians think about your chances in the World Cup? Let me put it this way, John. The aussie goalkeeper will have an intensive course of back strengthening exercises before the Brazil match so he won't be injured retrieving the ball from the back of the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 What do your Australians think about your chances in the World Cup? Let me put it this way, John. The aussie goalkeeper will have an intensive course of back strengthening exercises before the Brazil match so he won't be injured retrieving the ball from the back of the net. My experience of Australia and Australians is that of an entire nation obsessed with sporting achievement. I will therefore be surprised if Australia does not do well in the World Cup... they will at least perform 'better than expected'. The modesty Mark appears to be revealing leads me to suspect that he was actually born in New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stapleton Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 What do your Australians think about your chances in the World Cup? Let me put it this way, John. The aussie goalkeeper will have an intensive course of back strengthening exercises before the Brazil match so he won't be injured retrieving the ball from the back of the net. My experience of Australia and Australians is that of an entire nation obsessed with sporting achievement. I will therefore be surprised if Australia does not do well in the World Cup... they will at least perform 'better than expected'. The modesty Mark appears to be revealing leads me to suspect that he was actually born in New Zealand New Zillind? Tikit izzy, bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Congratulations Australia for scoring your first goals in the World Cup. The score flattered you but you were clearly the fitter team in the last 15 minutes. Once again the weather seemed to play an important role in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stapleton Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Coming back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to win 3-1 is a great win by any standards. From the moment Supercoach Guus replaced Bresciano with Tim Cahill, Australia's attack looked far more dangerous. Then bringing on Aloisi further bolstered our attack. Japan was let down by its attack more than by its defence, IMO. They had several opportunities in the second half to go 2-0 up but poor crosses or weak finishing prevented them from capitalising on these chances. Had Japan gone two up it might have broken the Aussies' spirit, but instead they didn't go hard enough for the second goal and seemed happy to sit on a one goal lead. Big mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 I thought you played very well against Brazil. In fact, you deserved to win it. It is a shame that Kewell and Viduka missed so many chances. Hope you qualify for the next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Turner Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Aussie you was mugged, Bad way to go out of the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stapleton Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 (edited) Aussie you was mugged, Bad way to go out of the World Cup. That's football. I was pleasantly surprised to see Australia dominate the second half, although Italy were a man down. Italy's defensive capabilities are renown but their failure to create more opportunities in attack indicates they will struggle against creative attacks like those of Brazil, Spain and Argentina. I doubt Italy can win the tournamant but they only have to get past Ukraine to make the semis, so they might go a bit further. Ukraine's attack seems to depend solely on the 80 million dollar man, so Italy might successfully blot him out. I can't see Italy defeating a team that has five or six elite players who can fire cannonball shots from medium or long range. Italy don't have the attacking power to reply in kind. Edited June 27, 2006 by Mark Stapleton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 Aussie you was mugged, Bad way to go out of the World Cup. That's football. I was pleasantly surprised to see Australia dominate the second half, although Italy were a man down. Italy's defensive capabilities are renown but their failure to create more opportunities in attack indicates they will struggle against creative attacks like those of Brazil, Spain and Argentina. I doubt Italy can win the tournamant but they only have to get past Ukraine to make the semis, so they might go a bit further. Ukraine's attack seems to depend solely on the 80 million dollar man, so Italy might successfully blot him out. I can't see Italy defeating a team that has five or six elite players who can fire cannonball shots from medium or long range. Italy don't have the attacking power to reply in kind. I saw the game in an Italian bar. Most of those I spoke to agreed that Italy was very lucky with the penalty decision. However, Lucas Neill made it easy for the Italian by going to ground. (He does that too often for Blackburn). You are definitely going in the right direction and could be serious contenders in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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