Advocaat Says No to Socceroos

Vaguely · Post by **Vaguely** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:55 am

The chase for a new Socceroos coach will begin again, with long-time manager-elect Dick Advocaat deciding to stick with Russian club Zenit.

Advocaat, believed to have signed with the Football Federation in August, was to have taken over this weekend, now that his commitments to Zenit have ended. However, Advocaat has reportedly signed a new deal with the Russian club.

â€œWe are having discussions with Dickâ€™s lawyers and Zenit about it,â€ FFA chief executive Ben Buckley told AAP.

â€œWe have already spoken to their legal guy and the club itself and we will have more discussions with them.â€

Australia plays its first world cup qualifier in February, its first ever in the Asian group, with the FFA staring at the prospect of having to start its process over.

Graham Arnold vacated his post after the recent friendly against Argentina. Rob Baan is in charge of the Socceroos for tomorrowâ€™s (AEST) clash with Nigeria on London. Neither are being considered for the full time role.

pires7 · Post by **pires7** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:21 pm

Bugger me!!!!!!!!!!

Let's hope we don't get an Aussie reject!

the_gun · Post by **the_gun** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:33 pm

im sure australia has a "plan B" option.

Piola · Post by **Piola** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:14 pm

lol, the socceroos got snaked hard

honestly, what top manager would want to be a plan B for a country like Australia just because advocaat (who isnt quite world class) rejected them?

plenty of top names out there but I cant see australia signing any of them

pires7 · Post by **pires7** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:38 pm

Laziale wrote:lol, the socceroos got snaked hard

honestly, what top manager would want to be a plan B for a country like Australia just because advocaat (who isnt quite world class) rejected them?

plenty of top names out there but I cant see australia signing any of them

Houlier!

rooboy1986 · Post by **rooboy1986** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:19 pm

I can't see why Rob Baan isn't being considered for the top job. Surely he has the experience. doesn't he?

To Mati · Post by **To Mati** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:44 pm

Give the job to Raul Blanco, he knows his stuff

the_gun · Post by **the_gun** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:56 am

gerrard houllier sounds great. is he coaching anywhere now after he left lyon?

mattieg1200 · Post by **mattieg1200** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:06 am

nope dont think so

Zakynthos · Post by **Zakynthos** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:58 pm

there is one man the FFA should target

Johan Cruff

all he does is walks his dog in spain everyday

he was a world class player and has coached at the top level with barcelona and has won many laliga titles with barcelona not to mention a european cup also

this is your man, FFA

diegom · Post by **diegom** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:10 pm

Zakynthos wrote:there is one man the FFA should target

Johan Cruff

all he does is walks his dog in spain everyday

he was a world class player and has coached at the top level with barcelona and has won many laliga titles with barcelona not to mention a european cup also

this is your man, FFA

I agree?????
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the_gun · Post by **the_gun** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:38 pm

has cruyff ever coached an international team? also i think aus is looking for someone who can help with the whole setup of aus football and really has a lot of experience with player development and so on.

manU4life · Post by **manU4life** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:47 pm

johan neeskens

barbarez01 · Post by **barbarez01** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:42 pm

klinsmann!

Missing Post Count · Post by **Missing Post Count** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:41 am

the_gun wrote:gerrard houllier sounds great.

bradley · Post by **bradley** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:05 am

Craig Foster.

The guy pretty much is perfect so why not give him a chance.

Then we can bash him like crap if he fails and then the media can give him a taste of his own medicine.

Missing Post Count · Post by **Missing Post Count** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:14 am

That's an interesting suggestion. I think he's one of the best pundits that Australia has ever had, but being a good observer of the game doesn't necessarily make a good coach. I guess one question would be does he have it in him to fire up the players?

Andy_Pipkin · Post by **Andy_Pipkin** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:36 am

article in todays rag mentions Zico as a possible.

Has World Cup experience as player and coach (of Japan) so would have to be a contender one would think

http://www.ziconarede.com.br/znrpub/ig_index_hist.htm

Zakynthos · Post by **Zakynthos** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:54 pm

the_gun wrote:has cruyff ever coached an international team? also i think aus is looking for someone who can help with the whole setup of aus football and really has a lot of experience with player development and so on.

If you want someone to look after player development, Cruff is your man

manU4life · Post by **manU4life** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:55 pm

zico would be a great coach...knows the region real well