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Sure, they had a goal disallowed, but they gave the ball away too often, didn't defend well, and were almost inept at trying to get past the Socceroos stubborn defence.
So poor were they that a bunch of previously uncapped wannabes made a far superior performance.
Pathetic.
What have you NOT got to do to get in the England squad seems to be the more reasonable question to ask these days.
Moneys all well and good, but what I think we lack is the passion. Sure we have pasionate youngsters, but nothing to Italys, Spains and in particular the South American teams.
Giving youngsters like Rooney a lot of praise and a large contract so early could increase the sense of 'Oh I'm great now, so thats okay'.
In Australia the lengths they go to to get good sportspeople is amazing.
I'm not saying we are not passionate at all, but the best players need a good kick up the Jacksie.
:)
I saw a bit of the match, and I must say, the Aussies really were actually playing quite well.
I personally loved the moment when the £29M defender got skinned, then watched as Kewell stepped past the James and laid it home.
Very nice.
And, well, Scotland got beat 2-0, but as with England, as soon as you saw the name "Sullivan" on the line up, you thought, "Oh no...."
Both goals were, in my view, his fault.
His positioning for the first was poor, my granny could've scored past him.
The second, what the hell was he doing coming out early and punching it to a striker??
Stupidity.
Ah well, at least in the second half, we gave a couple of new youngsters the chance, who actually performed quite well, especially Devlin on the wing.
And at least we got beaten by a respectable team....
*sniggers*
*sniggers*
*looks at results*
*cries*
:)
It was a friendly, and most of them were kids that were playing. I think Jenas had a brilliant game.
> Being Scottish, I can't help but comment.
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>at least we got beaten by a respectable team....
> *sniggers*
Faroe Islands is all i have to say to you sir :D
Brand new manger, starting from complete scratch, still finding a team, have no experienced player, apart from the odd one or two, have no decent defender, nothing.
Creating an International squad from nothing isn't easy you know, it takes time. It takes defeats. It takes trying out new things.
> Australia are a very good team, so I would say we lost to a
> respectable team.
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> It was a friendly, and most of them were kids that were playing. I
> think Jenas had a brilliant game.
Austrailia are nothing to what England are, in terms of fame and expectation in football.
And in the first half, the regulars could not be bothered.
It sucked.
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For a start, their players are actually very-different to those of our country. The Aussie's are more like proper "athletes" than the ordinary "footballers" that Wayne Rooney and co. are.
Yes, we've got a good, strong sqaud with a lot of youth and depth, but the match against Australia was only really a "test" for Eriksson to try out some new players, and some very new things.
But I have to say that I'm very-annoyed to see that Eriksson persisted in playing Michael Owen - probably the only off-form player on the pitch (besides David James, of course).
Oh, and so much for James' "confidence-boost" also!
Harry Kewell's performance will remain concrete in his memory for the remaining months to come.
Down go West Ham... *THUD*!