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Thoughts!!!!!

Stupid nickname for a national team.

leckie to play hopefully

Holy Guacamole wrote:Stupid nickname for a national team.

'The War Elephants'

i will be in thailand for the away game in november, in phuket tho, might be worth heading to bangkok to see the game.

UNITEDCITY wrote:leckie to play hopefully

emerton is injured so its very possible.

not selected

i think osieck is letting him settle at monchengladbach, should see him in a squad soon enough if he keeps his good form up

another val beat up i suggest to make a good 'Adelaide' headline without actually knowing what was going on behind the scenes (much like the 'international player' crisis).

on that note, McKain and Vidosic are in the extended 32 man squad.

Preliminary 32-man Squad:

Goalkeepers: Nathan Coe (SonderjyskE, Denmark), Adam Federici (Reading, England), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham, England)

Defenders: Luke DeVere (Gyeongnam FC, South Korea), Jon McKain (Adelaide United, Australia), Mark Milligan (JEF United, Japan), Lucas Neill (uncontracted), Sasa Ognenovski (Seongnam Ilhwa, South Korea), Matthew Spiranovic (Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan), Luke Wilkshire (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough, England), Michael Zullo (FC Utrecht, Netherlands)

Midfielders: Mark Bresciano (Al Nasr SC, UAE), Nathan Burns (AEK Athens, Greece), Tim Cahill (Everton, England), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Vince Grella (Blackburn Rovers, England), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace, England), Neil Kilkenny (Bristol City, England), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar, Australia), Tommy Oar (FC Utrecht, Netherlands), Adam Sarota (FC Utrecht, Netherlands), James Troisi (Kayserispor, Turkey), Carl Valeri (Sassuolo, Italy), Dario Vidosic (Adelaide United, Australia)

Strikers: Alex Brosque (Shimizu S-Pulse, Japan), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus, Japan), Harry Kewell (uncontracted), Robbie Kruse (Fortuna Dusseldorf, Germany), Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough, England), Nikita Rukavytsya (Hertha Berlin, Germany)

only 3 aussie based players and we have 2 of them (not counting kewell....yet)

good to see they are in mind but almost zero chance of being in the final 18

good talent pool right there for the qualifiers, with a few more like herd, lowery and leckie to come in, langerak as 4th keeper, things look alright, ryan mcgowan would be around the mark too

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/200 ... y&id=40704

Coming into the squad are goalkeeper Nathan Coe, defenders Sasa Ognenovski & Mark Milligan and midfielder Josh Kennedy.

Looks like they've looked at his scoring record, and made an assumption



QANTAS SOCCEROOS SQUAD – Tuesday 23 August 2011

Player Name - Club, Country - A-International Appearances (goals)

Tim CAHILL - Everton FC, ENGLAND 53 (24)
Nathan COE - Sønderjysk Elitesport, DENMARK 2 (0)
Luke DeVERE - Gyeongnam FC, KOREA REPUBLIC -
Brett EMERTON - Blackburn Rovers, ENGLAND 87 (18)
Adam FEDERICI - Reading FC, ENGLAND 4 (0)
Brett HOLMAN - AZ Alkmaar, NETHERLANDS 48 (6)
Mile JEDINAK - Crystal Palace FC, ENGLAND 27 (2)
Josh KENNEDY - Nagoya Grampus, JAPAN 24 (9)
Neil KILKENNY - Bristol City FC, ENGLAND 10 (0)
Robbie KRUSE - Fortuna Dusseldorf, GERMANY 8 (2)
Scott McDONALD - Middlesbrough FC, ENGLAND 25 (0)
Matthew McKAY - Brisbane Roar, AUSTRALIA 17 (0)
Mark MILLIGAN - JEF United, JAPAN 11 (1)
Lucas NEILL - Al-Jazira Club, UAE 73 (0)
Sasa OGNENOVSKI - Seongham Ilwha Chunma, KOREA REPUBLIC 10 (1)
Adam SAROTA - FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS 1 (0)
Mark SCHWARZER - Fulham FC, ENGLAND 90 (0)
Matthew SPIRANOVIC - Urawa Red Diamonds, JAPAN 7 (0)
James TROISI - Kayserispor Kulubu, TURKEY 6 (1)
Carl VALERI - U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, ITALY 39 (1)
Luke WILKSHIRE - FK Dinamo Moscow, RUSSIA 60 (4)
Rhys WILLIAMS - Middlesbrough FC, ENGLAND 6 (0)
Michael ZULLO - FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS 5 (0)

Bacon888 wrote:http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/200 ... y&id=40704

Coming into the squad are goalkeeper Nathan Coe, defenders Sasa Ognenovski & Mark Milligan and midfielder Josh Kennedy.

Looks like they've looked at his scoring record, and made an assumption



QANTAS SOCCEROOS SQUAD – Tuesday 23 August 2011

Player Name - Club, Country - A-International Appearances (goals)

Tim CAHILL - Everton FC, ENGLAND 53 (24)
Nathan COE - Sønderjysk Elitesport, DENMARK 2 (0)
Luke DeVERE - Gyeongnam FC, KOREA REPUBLIC -
Brett EMERTON - Blackburn Rovers, ENGLAND 87 (18)
Adam FEDERICI - Reading FC, ENGLAND 4 (0)
Brett HOLMAN - AZ Alkmaar, NETHERLANDS 48 (6)
Mile JEDINAK - Crystal Palace FC, ENGLAND 27 (2)
Josh KENNEDY - Nagoya Grampus, JAPAN 24 (9)
Neil KILKENNY - Bristol City FC, ENGLAND 10 (0)
Robbie KRUSE - Fortuna Dusseldorf, GERMANY 8 (2)
Scott McDONALD - Middlesbrough FC, ENGLAND 25 (0)
Matthew McKAY - Brisbane Roar, AUSTRALIA 17 (0)
Mark MILLIGAN - JEF United, JAPAN 11 (1)
Lucas NEILL - Al-Jazira Club, UAE 73 (0)
Sasa OGNENOVSKI - Seongham Ilwha Chunma, KOREA REPUBLIC 10 (1)
Adam SAROTA - FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS 1 (0)
Mark SCHWARZER - Fulham FC, ENGLAND 90 (0)
Matthew SPIRANOVIC - Urawa Red Diamonds, JAPAN 7 (0)
James TROISI - Kayserispor Kulubu, TURKEY 6 (1)
Carl VALERI - U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, ITALY 39 (1)
Luke WILKSHIRE - FK Dinamo Moscow, RUSSIA 60 (4)
Rhys WILLIAMS - Middlesbrough FC, ENGLAND 6 (0)
Michael ZULLO - FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS 5 (0)

If thats the case, then McDonald should be listed as reserve keeper!

so there you go, Val beating to his own drum, not one AU player in the squad.

I assume if Van Dijk is eligible, he would be in Indonesian squad, however.

fantasista wrote:so there you go, Val beating to his own drum, not one AU player in the squad.

I assume if Van Dijk is eligible, he would be in Indonesian squad, however.

his passport could take ages, as he has to lose his dutch one too i do believe?

from memory that was the issue last time, he didn't want to give up his dutch citizenship, i wonder what his change of heart was ($$$$$$$$$).

according to this article I just googled (7 days old), late next month he should get it.

http://www.aseanfootball.org/?p=5792

very nice looking squad. would have liked to have seen nikita and possibly leckie in the side though.

hopefully mcdonald breaks his duck

mcdonald out due to injury... brosque called up as replacement

Sarayuth Chaikamdee will be the one to watch, when I was in Bangkok I watched them train and he is dynamite. Usually sporting the number 9 Jersey he will be the key to Thailands strike force.

3 zip to socceroos

Socceroos 4-0!

Red-4-Life wrote:Socceroos 4-0!

Soccerwhooooos


Lucky escape for us ... smh

Very poor performance but credit to Thailand for coming to play. 3 points is 3 points! Bring on the Saudi's

live and learn. good wake up call.

i aggree, we were having a bbq 15 of us an my god ,
the performance was absolute sa ka ta,,,,,well done thailand for showing you can play,
for the socceroos, u are shiet with the wide passes all night,
if you wanna play like that, i think yah ore to sack vidi's influence on the training, cause thats where adelaide got undone...an seeing vid brought back loss memories.

the fifa game tgmatty an oska were playing (adel utd vs victory) was better to watch as tgmatty kicked tards asses 5 nill....was fun an i was chanting all thru the game, missing me a-league so bad,

If Brett Emo continues to cross like he did last night, he will be no threat to the A League.
below par performance.
Grella, Bresciano to be recalled shortly, Kilkenny & Valeri looked like lost sheep.
Neil over weight and over the hill.
Spiranavic, questionable, feel safer with Sasa
Kruse looks like be can still improve.
BOG- Holman
Anyway thank fk we won

I was unable to get any coverage of the game only the score how bad were we?

ozzie owl wrote:I was unable to get any coverage of the game only the score how bad were we?

thailand played with inn ....they were all over us!!......we were playing to wide allways,

and like i said if you guys think kewell an emerton are ganna be good in A-LEAGUE, i think not..

go u reds now...