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Post by bobandbill on Jul 22, 2007 14:20:25 GMT 10
I would have said Valeri... Maybe my opinion was affected by the blotchy computer and my internet speed not quite up to the job - the bits that I could see of Carle might have been the bad ones. Didn't end up seeing much of the match, due to the glitches. There were periods of uninterrupted parts however. I wasn't against him on him playing for Newcastle - his a decent player - just on what I could see of his performance. Maybe he played better then that... The defence seemed solid to me - if not for Beauchamp, Milligan and Carney (Neil looked under-par from what I saw), we would have conceeded far more. I still think that Arnold didn't do a good job. Many of his decisions have been questionable, such as start Kisnorbo twice, after he didn't seem up up to it in the first match.
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Post by serious14 on Jul 22, 2007 18:34:28 GMT 10
hows Murps and the ladyboys ;D He behaved himself for the first 8 days or so....... after that though, I hope those couple of girls were actually girls. (well, one of them was Aussie, so that's okay) ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Jeff (LouMacari) on Jul 29, 2007 18:17:46 GMT 10
hows Murps and the ladyboys ;D He behaved himself for the first 8 days or so....... after that though, I hope those couple of girls were actually girls. (well, one of them was Aussie, so that's okay) ;D ;D ;D Doesn't matter where 'she' is from Serious, as long as she doesn't have a dick!
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Post by Auburn Mariner on Jul 29, 2007 18:48:55 GMT 10
When players play for the 'Roos, it does not matter who they play club footy for (even if they play for Liverpool FC!!). I thought Carle looked good, and that midfield mentioned in a previous post has real skill, even if three of them are VERY left-sided.
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Aug 2, 2007 10:30:13 GMT 10
the guardian skewered vince grella's whining very neatly the other day:
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Barry Glendenning Tuesday July 31, 2007 Guardian Unlimited
FLAMIN' GALAHS Every second summer, there's a major international football tournament for England's footballers to embarrass themselves in before blaming everyone and everything except themselves and their own misplaced arrogance. Of course this means that every second summer there isn't a major international etc and so on, forcing the Fiver to look elsewhere for big-headed prima donnas to pour scorn on.
Today's search took us to Australia, home of Alf's Bait Shop, Yahoo Serious, baby-eating dingos, flamin' galahs, didgeridoos and VB-drinking bludgers, where we were surprised to discover that a Sheilaroo has beaten Frank Lampard's world record for the lengthiest, most self-pitying whinge ever howled by a footballer.
It's not that much of a shock when you consider the fact that at this year's Asian Cup, the Sheilaroos performed an impersonation of England that Rory Bremner himself would have been proud of. Before it started they arrogantly bigged up their chances of winning, once it got under way they played like a particularly inept pub team, and long before it ended they crashed out on penalties in the quarter-finals. However, despite getting sent off in his side's quarter-final defeat at the hands of Japan, midfielder Vince Grella has been quick to point out that none of this was his fault, blaming the Asian Football Confederation, Japan striker Naohiro Takahara, the referees, the weather, the antics of Australia's opponents, the press and the price of fish in Indonesia for his side's myriad shortcomings.
"He made such a fuss, it was like I'd broken his leg or something but I barely touched him," said Grella of Takahara, as a rattle, a Barbie doll and an Optimus Prime action figure came sailing out of his pram. "They all had a bad attitude. I've written the names of Oman, Iraq, Thailand and Japan down. And I'll be tying that note to my little finger, so it will be payback time when we meet again," he continued, waving a sheet of A4.
There was more. Finally showing the kind of passion that was conspicuous by its absence from Australia's Asian Cup performances, Vince continued banging on like a dunny door in a hurricane. "I don't know what they had against Australia but it was a joke," he spewed. "When Iraq scored against us they were jumping around like kangaroos - that's taking the pi$$. Oman scored a goal, then they go and celebrate in front of the Green and Gold army ... that's taking the pi$$. Then Japan called us a bunch of wrestlers before the game," he added, trash-talking like Hulk Hogan prior to the Royal Rumble.
"They were winding us up and, as an honourable nation, their people should be ashamed of the conduct of the national team. They drove me insane with their remarks, I'd want to kill them before the game even starts. The way they acted wasn't in the spirit of football. We have players in the best leagues in the world and I don't even know the names of half their team," he harrumphed, gazing at Nick Carle.
And the Fiver's two cents? Perhaps if the Sheilaroos had taken the time to learn a bit more about their opponents, they might have figured out how to beat them and not become a laughing stock for moaning about referees, Japanese players doing Skippy impersonations and the sun being too shiny.
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Post by kevrenor on Aug 2, 2007 10:36:58 GMT 10
the guardian skewered vince grella's whining very neatly the other day: ******************************************************************************** Barry Glendenning Tuesday July 31, 2007 Guardian Unlimited FLAMIN' GALAHS Spot on! Those in the media who actually knew something about Asian football and some advisers to the FFA who were ignored, pretty much predicted the outcome if not the pathetic way it was played out!
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Post by theboyroy on Aug 2, 2007 12:58:55 GMT 10
It's all very well and good spouting off that no one respected Australia at the ACF. But it does seem that Grella is trying to deflect the blame here. At the end of the day, it's about winning each game as it comes. Unfortunately for the Australian team, it seems that they thought all they had to do was turn up and get off the coach that took them to the ground. Looks like it's back to the excuses drawing board Grella and whilst your there drag that Fozzie with you too
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Post by serious14 on Aug 2, 2007 15:08:24 GMT 10
He behaved himself for the first 8 days or so....... after that though, I hope those couple of girls were actually girls. (well, one of them was Aussie, so that's okay) ;D ;D ;D Doesn't matter where 'she' is from Serious, as long as she doesn't have a dick! What gets shagged in Thailand _stays_ in Thailand.
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Post by bakery5 on Aug 11, 2007 23:48:04 GMT 10
Serious, do you have any funny stories to tell about your Asian Cup trip?
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