Asian Football Championship

dom_105 · Post by **dom_105** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:20 am

Dukes goes BANG BANG and we're through.

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:35 am

Dukes with 2 lovely goals and Harry sealed it at the end.

4-0.

Viduka resposnds as a captain should. I and many others have been bagging him for a long time when he has played for teh national team, but he dug deep tonight and put us through to the next round.

Still looked poor in the second half, but at least we have made it to the quarters. I can handle losing in the semis, not in the first F****** round.

AnarchicBomber · Post by **AnarchicBomber** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:41 am

You know who I reckon is tops? Jason Culina. Hard worker, good skills, great tackler.

His old man should be sitting next to Arnold too. Not that sack of crap Kosmina.

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:44 am

AnarchicBomber wrote:You know who I reckon is tops? Jason Culina. Hard worker, good skills, great tackler.

His old man should be sitting next to Arnold too. Not that sack of crap Kosmina.

Very very good player. Reads the play well and works hard both ways.
Vinnie Grella is another top player.

dodgey · Post by **dodgey** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:52 am

AnarchicBomber wrote:You know who I reckon is tops? Jason Culina. Hard worker, good skills, great tackler.

did anyone see the spray he gave Kewell in the second half when Harry didn't chase back hard enough ??

I did however think Cullina and Grella were instrumental in allowing Thailand too much space in the second half. were too deep on the edge of the box. although I suspect a fair bit of that had to do with the coaching tactics of Arnold to protect his fagile back 3.

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:20 am

Lucky to escape elimination there.

Hopefully that was the wake up call they needed to get their game into gear and make a fist of this competition.

hillchaser · Post by **hillchaser** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:41 pm

Thought the two defenders Milligan and Beachamp were great. Also thought Carney player very well and with a lot of energy.

But Vince Grella was average. Technically he is great in the start stop serie A but he's been smoked in the midfield. Brec's prety much the same.. very clever and creates space but not fast enough to break down a defence.. but did play really well in the first half last night.

Against Japan,

Alouisi Out - Kewell in
Carney Out -Neil in ( I don't agree with this one but it's just a prediction).

BTW does anyone know what time the game starts on Saturday ?..looks like there are two potiential time slots.

AnarchicBomber · Post by **AnarchicBomber** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:12 pm

hillchaser wrote:BTW does anyone know what time the game starts on Saturday ?..looks like there are two potiential time slots.

8:20PM our time I'm pretty sure (5:20PM Vietnam time)

Post by **boncer34** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:59 pm

Serious? During my work time. Son of a bitch.

Ramanama · Post by **Ramanama** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:11 pm

We played Crap... IMO

dom_105 · Post by **dom_105** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:25 pm

boncer34 wrote:Serious? During my work time. Son of a bitch.

Ditto.

Anybody know a Melbourne radio station broadcasting it?

dom_105 · Post by **dom_105** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:25 pm

boncer34 wrote:Serious? During my work time. Son of a bitch.

Ditto.

Anybody know a Melbourne radio station broadcasting it?

AnarchicBomber · Post by **AnarchicBomber** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:50 am

dom_105 wrote:
boncer34 wrote:Serious? During my work time. Son of a bitch.
Ditto.

Anybody know a Melbourne radio station broadcasting it?

ABC Newsradio will be broadcasting the game from around about 8:15PM AEST

paddyl90 · Post by **paddyl90** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:19 pm

1-1 vs Japan. now what

paddyl90 · Post by **paddyl90** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:21 pm

Oh we're out. Oh well...

Ramanama · Post by **Ramanama** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:29 am

4-3 in penalty shoot-out, ah well.

rama_fan · Post by **rama_fan** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:46 pm

Horrible horrible red against Grella.

Can only blame Kewell and Neill for missing their shots, Milligan's mistake cost us a bit as well!

I guess we got we deserved in the end - very similiar result to the World Cup.

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:22 pm

Grella should have had a yellow at most, he did catch the Japanese player high but it wasn't intentional. Some really bad decisions against Australia as well.

Disappointed with Nakamura's game. He should have scored from a free kick in the 1st half which would usually be an easy shot for him and it hit a Japanese player. He'll play better once he gets back into the hoops shirt!!!

Royza · Post by **Royza** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:26 pm

Fall over & you get a free kick. Unless you're in the green & gold, then it's a card.