Australian Football Thread

[Gilly Fan]

We shall make it to the World Cup. Do ya have to top the group?

2008 Olympics here we come!

Travis Burn is gun. What a player.

Top 2.

 

[mattfb]

Ok, then im pretty sure we will make it to the WC. Australia and Iraq.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Ok, then im pretty sure we will make it to the WC. Australia and Iraq.

Then you go into another stage. 10 teams, 2 groups of 5. Top 4 go through. Top 2 go to WC. 3rd and 4th play off to see who will play the winner of Oceania to see who goes to the WC. pretty sure anyway. That's what they said on the news.

 

[Left_Hander]

Sydney 5 - Central Coast 4

That says it all

 

[Cricketdude]

Although i live in tasmania i go for Queensland Roar i like the way the play as they attack alot instead of defend,defend,defend like some other teams and they can break teams up.

 

[mattfb]

Go Sydney, what a win against Central Coast

 

[Gilly Fan]

http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36342

 

[Lwkfella1991]

go the roar will win the premiership

 

[Left_Hander]

The Grand Final is getting so close now. I will be hoping the Jets will win the game but I think it will go down to the wire.

 

[Cricketdude]

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/socceroos/verbeek-bouzanis-will-choose-socceroos-111037/

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek is convinced torn teenage goalkeeping prodigy Dean Bouzanis will pledge his allegiance to Australia.
The 17-year-old, who is signed to English giants Liverpool, grew up in Australia but has Greek parents.

He is a dual citizen and has represented the Olyroos at under-17 level and Greece at under-19 level.

The Sydney product has also been approached by Greek footballing authorities to discuss his future.

Verbeek has been in Europe checking in on Australian players ahead of four World Cup qualifiers in June and said he'd met with Bouzanis to talk the issue over.

"I spoke with him personally when I was in Liverpool about this situation. I told him to follow his heart, and as far as he is concerned, it is in Australia," Verbeek said.

"He said, 'because my family is there and everybody is there I am proud to be part of the Australian selection and possibly for the Olyroos at the Olympics'.

"He made a good impression on me, he is a nice guy. It's good."

Bouzanis has not been included in Graham Arnold's 17-man Olyroos squad which assembled in Townsville on Thursday, with controversial Central Coast Mariner Danny Vukovic and Perth Glory's Tando Velaphi taking up the two goalkeeping spots.

Bouzanis is not restricted to one country until he represents the national senior team.

 

[mattfb]

Its going to be a big game tomorrow. Unfortunately I wont be able to watch it as its on the same time as the Stgeorge game.

We can beat Ghana. 2-1 is my prediction.

 

[mattfb]

Go Australia. Beat argueablly Africas best nation.

 

[PhilD123]

I presume Essien didn't play?

 

[Cricketdude]

I presume Essien didn't play?

This was their squad
Goalkeepers: George Owu (Al Masry/EGY), William Amamoo (Vasalund/SWE
Defenders: John Paintsil (West Ham/ENG), John Mensah (Rennes/FRA), Harrison Afful (Asante Kotoko/GHA), Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven/NED), David Addy (All stars/GHA), Francis Dickoh (FC Utrecht/NED)
Midfielders: Anthony Annan (IK Start/NOR), Haminu Draman (Locomotiv Moscou/RUS), Sulley Muntari (Portsmouth/ENG), Laryea Kingston (Hearts/SCO), Prince Buaben (Dundee Utd/SCO), Derek Asamoah (OGC Nice/FRA)
Forwards: Junior Agogo (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (Celta Vigo/ESP), Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Berekum Arsenals/GHA), Samuel Yeboah (Hapoel Kfar-Saba/ISR).

Harry Kewell's agent Bernie Mandic can expect the phone to be running hot for the next couple of days.
Without a club since his acrimonious split with English Premier League heavyweight Liverpool, Kewell sent a telling reminder of what he is capable of despite four years blighted by injury in the Socceroos' 1-0 win over Iraq at Suncorp Stadium.

Tormenting defenders with deft touches and dribbling dangerously at pace, Kewell's second half header put the Socceroos within touching distance of the next stage of Asian World Cup qualifying.

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek had lit the torch paper on match eve, suggesting Kewell's "special qualities" were ready to be unleashed and could prove the difference.

Not for the first time in his tenure as Australian coach, Verbeek was right.

"Of course, he scored a great goal. When I spoke about his special qualities, that is what I mean," Verbeek said.

"He was a great captain today."

Kewell played for all but the final 15 minutes.

But he made way because of team shape rather than injury as Verbeek tried to shore up his defence and protect the lead his skipper had given them.

For clubs interested, Kewell also gave a positive assessment of his fitness post-match.

More will be known though after he puts his body through the next two qualifiers in 30-degree plus heat in the Middle East, and the final match against China in Sydney on June 22.

"It's nice getting 70-odd minutes in. I feel good, I feel alright. We're doing the right things, training the right ways. It's going all right," Kewell said.

And on his uncertain club future?

"I'm not worried about that. I'm just going to concentrate on these next three games now and concentrate my efforts on Australia."

 

[mattfb]

I hope Kewell comes to the A-league. It would be great publicity and growth for the game in Australia.