2 Olyroos matches for Blue Tongue

[serious14]

wyomingtiger said:

the second Coast game with Muse. Bah

See you there. You get seats or standing??

[mortez]

Strong Aussie squad for crucial Olympic qualifiers
Monday, 3 September 2007


Qantas Under 23 midfielder Stuart Musialik
Getty Images / Rob Cianflone © Getty Images The Qantas Under 23s will be boosted by the return of a number of key players for the crucial home Olympic Games qualifying matches against DPR (North) Korea in Newcastle on Saturday, and against Lebanon in Gosford on Wednesday 12 September.

Newcastle Jets’ duo Stuart Musialik and Mark Bridge will be looking to make a first national team appearance on their home ground in Saturday’s match at EnergyAustralia Stadium, while Mariners pair Danny Vukovic and Bradley Porter will be hoping to do likewise four days later at Central Coast Stadium.

Captain Mark Milligan and key striker Mark Bridge both return from suspension while midfield duo Kristian Sarkies and Leigh Broxham are available again after injury kept them out against Iraq in the opening match of the third and final stage of qualifying a fortnight ago.

Perth midfielder Billy Celeski returns to the squad after a lengthy absence while Turkish-based defender Ersan Gulum has been called up for the first time for a home match after featuring in the squad for the last two away matches. Similarly German-based defender Matthew Spiranovic is set to make his home debut for the Qantas Under 23s after impressing against Iraq.

Also joining the squad for training purposes is Central Coast Mariners defender and former youth international Nigel Boogaard who has been selected after a strong start to the Hyundai A-League season. Joining Boogaard will be Jets duo Jobe Wheelhouse and Troy Hearfield, the latter having represented the team earlier in the campaign.

The Qantas Under 23s though will be without the services of Adelaide United attacker Nathan Burns for the match against DPR Korea through suspension after accumulating two cautions during the campaign.

“The squad will be boosted by the return of some key players and we also have the majority of overseas based players available,” said coach Graham Arnold.

“We have built up some really good depth with this group of players and competition for a starting berth will be quite intense.

“These will be two very difficult and crucial matches over five days but if we can secure maximum points it will lay a tremendous foundation for the remainder of the qualification campaign.

“It is important to have good support from the local fans to help the team in what are really crucial matches. It is also a tremendous opportunity for supporters to see some of our finest young stars in action, many of the whom will no doubt be involved with the Socceroos in the upcoming 2010 World Cup campaign and beyond.”

Australia played out a tough scoreless draw against 2004 Olympic Games semi finalists Iraq a fortnight ago in neutral Qatar.

Australia have been drawn into Group A against Iraq, DPR (North) Korea and Lebanon with only the group winner to qualify. Australia have already progressed past Chinese Taipei in the preliminary stage of qualifying and finished ahead of Iran and Jordan to qualify alongside Saudi Arabia for the third stage.

The camp will commence today and will primarily be based on the Central Coast.

Tickets for the matches at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford available via Ticketek, Ph 132 849, www.ticketek.com

Tickets for the match at EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle available via Proticket, Ph- 02 4915 2345 - www.proticket.com.au and all Proticket agencies (see Proticket website for details).

The Qantas Under 23s squad for the home qualifying matches against DPR Korea and Lebanon is:

Mark Bridge (Newcastle Jets), Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory), Nathan Burns* (Adelaide United), Billy Celeski (Perth Glory), Bruce Djite (Adelaide United), Aaron Downes (Chesterfield, England), Ersan Gulum (Vestel Manisaspor, Turkey), Adrian Leijer (Fulham, England), Trent McClenahan (Hereford United, England), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Stuart Musialik (Newcastle Jets), Bradley Porter (Central Coast Mariners), Kristian Sarkies (Adelaide United), Matthew Spiranovic (Nuremberg, Germany), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Perth Glory), Tando Velaphi (Perth Glory), Dario Vidosic (Nuremberg, Germany), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners), Nick Ward (QPR, England), David Williams (Brondby, Denmark), Ruben Zadkovich (Sydney FC)
* Suspended for first match against DPR Korea

Train-on players – Nigel Boogaard (Central Coast Mariners), Troy Hearfield (Newcastle Jets), Jobe Wheelhouse (Newcastle Jets)

Fixtures:-
Iraq v Australia 0-0
Wednesday 22 Aug, 7pm local
Al Rayyan Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Australia v DPR Korea
Saturday 8 Sept, kick-off 7pm AEST
EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle

Australia v Lebanon
Wednesday 12 Sept, kick-off 7pm AEST
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Lebanon v Australia
Wednesday 17 Oct, 6pm local time
Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

Australia v Iraq
Saturday 17 Nov, kick-off 7pm AEDST
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

DPR Korea v Australia
Wednesday 21 Nov, 3pm local time
Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang



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[Rowdy]

Jobe Wheelhouse didn't have too bad a agme for the Jets on the weekend but by comparison Boog's has been outstanding for us first 2 games and Pre-Season and would be putting pressure on other defenders in the squad for spot in the 16.

[mariners4ever]

got my ticket yesterday for back row of bay16 for wednesdays game


cannot wait

[serious14]

After that 'inspiring' effort of leadership from the well 'ard Southern Hill Casuals 4 Eva on Saturday night , this coming Wednesday night is our big chance to show the others how National Team support is done.

To anyone and everyone who reads this and is coming to the game (and more specifically, Bays 15, 16, and 17):

STAND AND SING!!!

No club colors of any kind - seriously, I don't want to see a single Mariners jersey or scarf there. This game is about AUSTRALIA, and nothing else. And yes, that Australia includes Newcastle. Stand side by side with anyone else in a green and gold jersey and sing your arses off for the lads. A win on Wednesday will go a _long_ way towards topping the group, and we can help this come about by going mental for 90 minutes.

COLORS!!! FLAGS!!! SCARVES!!! STANDARDS!!! Let's show everyone what we've got!!!

FIRE UP!!!

[brett]

is there a song list james?

[serious14]

I don't have one printed off, but it's along the lines of:

i). AUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSTRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALIIIIIAAAAAA, NA NA NA NA NA NA NAAAAA

ii). Waltzing Matilda

iii). Advance Australia Fair (obviously at the start, start of the second half, and towards the end _really_ loud if we're winning)

iv). I Still Call Australia Home

v). I Am, You Are, We Are Australian

vi). We are the Aussie Boys, Stand up and make some noise

We can add all the usual player and referee songs in there as well.

[kevrenor]

The AFC Commissioner has ruled that the game is to go ahead at Bluetounge - we just need some restorative powers to ensure the referee passes it as safe.

[dru]

Question for the locals: How well has the game been advertised on the coast?

just asking because for the Newcastle game there was supposedly next to no advertising for the game done in Newcastle.

Will second serious in the no club colours call. Also no overseas teams either! And no songs about how we are going. AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS RIGHT AND JUST NO AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI!!!!!!!!!

[marinermick]

dru said:

Question for the locals: How well has the game been advertised on the coast?

just asking because for the Newcastle game there was supposedly next to no advertising for the game done in Newcastle.

Will second serious in the no club colours call. Also no overseas teams either! And no songs about how we are going. AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS RIGHT AND JUST NO AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI!!!!!!!!!

no advertising whatsoever

and "here, here" to everything else you said in the email

[dru]

Damn, seems the FFA just doesn't care.

[marinermick]

dru said:

Damn, seems the FFA just doesn't care.

$$$$$$$

[dru]

marinermick said:

dru said:

Damn, seems the FFA just doesn't care.

$$$$$$$

They don't seem to care about dollars when they had been handing out tickets for the newcastle game, surely a few bucks on advertising in the local rags would of been worth it to get a few extra people in.

[serious14]

I thought it was pretty groovy that they still managed 5000 or so at Newcastle despite _no_ advertising whatsoever...... imagine the sort of crowds we could pull if they bothered to let people know there is a game on??

Does the sign at the south end of the stadium have this match on it??

[quotient]

i think i'll be driving down with a couple of other lads, as there's trackwork between newcastle and gosford somewhere. is it worth getting tickets presale? do they charge that outrageous print yourself fee?

or should i just get them on the gate?

if this weather keeps up, it should be brilliant.

nice to meet you the other night dru. (it's sam here)

[T]

quotient said:

i think i'll be driving down with a couple of other lads, as there's trackwork between newcastle and gosford somewhere.

Trackwork is between Wyong and Gos

[kvmariner]

dru said:

Will second serious in the no club colours call. Also no overseas teams either! And no songs about how we are going. AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS RIGHT AND JUST NO AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI!!!!!!!!!

Glad to see Im not the only one who hates the oi oi oi thing!

[dru]

quotient said:

i think i'll be driving down with a couple of other lads, as there's trackwork between newcastle and gosford somewhere. is it worth getting tickets presale? do they charge that outrageous print yourself fee?

or should i just get them on the gate?

if this weather keeps up, it should be brilliant.

nice to meet you the other night dru. (it's sam here)

Get them at the gate as there is a fee for printing them out yourself. insane I know.

Nah it'll start to rain, it just isn't a game in gosford with out the rain. no cover for everyone to run to if it does start to rain. Am hoping that it is fine for a decent crowd.

Cheers Sam, was good to have a chat without a lot of the BS some others up there where pulling.

[curious]

serious14 said:

I thought it was pretty groovy that they still managed 5000 or so at Newcastle despite _no_ advertising whatsoever...... imagine the sort of crowds we could pull if they bothered to let people know there is a game on??

Does the sign at the south end of the stadium have this match on it??

Happens when you give half the tickets away.

[benw]

kvmariner said:

dru said:

Will second serious in the no club colours call. Also no overseas teams either! And no songs about how we are going. AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS RIGHT AND JUST NO AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI!!!!!!!!!

Glad to see Im not the only one who hates the oi oi oi thing!

That chant and another boring "Australia clap-clap-clap" got going a number of times around the sidelines at Newcastle.

What we need to do as a Home End is be loud and try to keep periods of silence to a minimum. At Newcastle there weren't many of us prepared to sing, plus we were spread across 25metres wide and 2-3 people deep. We were in our seperate crews of mates. It didn't help our cause at all.

At Bluetongue we need to all gather together, as compact as possible, starting from the back row of Bay 16 and then down row by row, leaving no spare seats.

Do you guys have a drum? Do you have a capo with a megaphone?

I can provide a capo & mega if needed. I could probably rustle up a drum too, if needed.

The giant "Aussie Home End" parachute banner has still not arrived in the country (I sent it by post Hanoi-Sydney, so it's on some ship between Vietnam and Sydney, I hope), so we'll bring the equally impressive Aussie Flag parachute banner