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Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...!!!!......what an absolute circus that game was in terms of the refereeing and some very ordinary goal keeping...

But good to see that old fashioned Aussie G 'n' D getting the socceroos over the line

Might go down to sportsbet and put on the socceroos beating Italy..

Go the WALLABIES.....!!!!!!..............oooooops I mean SOCCEROOS..!!!!!
 
Actually Graham Poll has always had a fragile cease fire with the premier league managers and players. After I watched Srna score that fantastic free kick,I just could not beleive how naive Croatia played from there on.Everytime they attacked Kalac's goal the Ozzie defence was vulnerable, in fact when the players will watch that match again,I swear after reading my post they will be gnoring on their shin guards!
But credit to the switches of Bresciano,Kennedy,Aliosi.In fact Josh Kennedy is a remarkable player ,he looks so effortless when he is running ,a great athlete for sure. All in all Australia got in by the skin of their teeth,I think its time to exhume Johnny Warren and sprinkle some of magic onto the pitch @ Stuttgart.......
Truelly unfriggin' unbelievabubble stuff........and who cares what the result is against Italy ,eat your heart out Uruguay.
As for HISTORY ......facts do speak for themselves!,time he took up Cricket!
 
bullmarket.....Sorry I just cannot resist this post your quote :
"Go the WALLABIES.....!!!!!!.............."
do you mean "Wannabies????"
Ok I apologies !! you can throw knives at me on tuesday morning ! if you miss try me again during last 8 ! :dance:
 
no, I just got my footbal codes mixed up for a sec

the socceroos are anything but wannabies because imo they are now THERE..!!!

before the WC finals started, not many gave us much of chance to get past the first round, especially after being lumbered in the same group as Brazil...........but as I said before, that good old fashioned Aussie G n D got them through despite some very ordinary refereeing and goal keeping.

Go the BOOMERS...!!!!!
 
THAT WAS SIMPLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!
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tho not good for the heart... far out, can't we have an easy win!!!

Poll, is Poll, He is the worst Ref in the Premier League, but somehow held in high regard by the administrators.... Now he has finally been exposed on the world stage...!
 
RAFA .....go on tell me your surname !!! is it Benitez....if so what did you say to Harry Kewell at half time ?????
Poll is a bad name to have -look what happened to Maggie Thatcher and the Poll Tax!!!! I mean the monkey is off the Aussie's shoulders today .
Go Wannabies!!!!!
 
what I want to know is,whats going to happen to the ref.who allowed a player who` been red carded to play on.

And will there be any consequences for the player who refused to leave the field

And maybe we should start a fund to pay the refs who ref Australia games,maybe then with a few dollars in their back pockets they will actually be impartial in their decision making.
 
3 veiws of a secret said:
RAFA .....go on tell me your surname !!! is it Benitez....if so what did you say to Harry Kewell at half time ?????
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Yes, that is why I picked that username, VIVA RAFA BENITEZ!!! but no, I am not he!

I was glad to see Kewell finally deliver in the World Cup, after his dreadfull miss against brazil! All his shots today were on target, the first two required great saves from the keeper...

Thats all I ask, you shoot, you must hit the target... keepers fumble, team mates mop up the rebound, anything can happen... Australia is shot shy, we need to pull the trigger early, hit it hard but hit it on target... Anything can happen... and it usually does!

But Kewells back now after his groin injury, Italy are going down...
 
Go you fkn aussies!!!!!!!!!!!!



the ref is a wanker!!!! (2 yellows and still in the game lol).


10 hours of soccer, 4 games i need to sleep. No work today
 
Ageo.......I understand you well ,I'm on hormonal tablets ,you know the ones ,similar to the REXONA adverts -I'm the baboon in green and gold! Just can't stop swinging mate with me hairy arms and grunting mating calls. I managed to ring my mate up who was at the game ,he said the atmosphere was electric,but that's as much as I could understand the beir-keller he was in was flowing FOSTERS can you beleive it!!! He said he was eager to experience the next match but reckons its impossible to get tickets now!! He is a Kiwi I reckon he will dress up as mutton!
 


Thats class, i have a few mates that are there and they said you simply have to be here.

Spewin im not there but its still great to be apart of it all.
 
Rafa said:
Thats all I ask, you shoot, you must hit the target... keepers fumble, team mates mop up the rebound, anything can happen... Australia is shot shy, we need to pull the trigger early, hit it hard but hit it on target...
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Too true.. especially Viduka... even when he is in the box he looks to lay off... nice quality if you are a winger. but he should be a little hungrier!

Another great game for Tim Cahill- he defended beautifully in the dying minutes. Wouldn't mind seeing Josh Kennedy get a start- he cause a few problems for the Croats today and look good in the air (which I feel the aussies are lacking a bit- they don't look dangerous on the cross or off corners)
 
Prospector said:
Harry came through at last with that goal!

But three yellow cards to 1 player, 1 hand ball going unpenalised - what were the umpires doing out there - all four of them????
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1 handball goes begging (and probably Viduka earnt a penalty as well...)
but at the same time Kewell was a foot offside when he scored... so it all evens out in the end.

Don't understand why Aloisi's full-time goal wasn't allowed. 3-2 sound's alot sweeter.

Boy that Aussie keeper has taking a hard time from the media.. and boy does he deserve it!!!!
 
Nope - Kewell had control of the ball at the time he was kicking, therefore not offside. Had he passed off to the other aussie, and he kicked a goal then yes.

The handball was very obvious - why else would you have a punched fist raised to the ball, and this was the same guy who gave away the first handball/penalty shot. My bet is that he figures he will only be penalised maybe 1 in 2 (or better) for every handball he does so is worth the risk of doing it deliberately.

The keeper - very sloppy stuff. Not only did he fumble with the ball several times, he also was out of place especially during the last frantic minutes, and was saved only by other defenders who had to kick at the last line! Not good enough!

Cahill was awesome - my new hero

Not sure what happened to the last goal - maybe time was called
 
Emm... not certain, but I think your definition of offside is wrong. It's not abot being in control of the ball, just about being in front of the last defender when the ball was kicked. It is still offside IF a shot comes in... richochets of the keeper, and a striker was to knock it in (if he was offside when the first came in).

Not certain, you might of played soccer for 20 years- but that's just my understanding.
 
But I'm not trying to take anything away from Harry Goal, it was lovely to watch
 

He he, no, never played in my life! It was explained to me that offside stops you having a goal sneak in place. This is a very difficult area though and subject to much interpretation, and yes I could be wrong. However a hand ball is a hand ball and is not open to interpretation.
 
Prospector said:
Had he passed off to the other aussie, and he kicked a goal then yes.

was the same guy who gave away the first handball/penalty shot. :
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that you guys are interested in the footy, but a few pointers. Firstly you do not "kick a goal", you score a goal. Secondly when there is a foul in the penalty area, you don't have a "penalty shot", it is just called a penalty.

Aussie have done great to qualify for the second round, and hopefully the biggest game in the world will be kick started in Australia and New Zealand now.

Good luck against Italy.
 
GO AUsssssssiesssssssssssssssssss......

Can't believe we made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch out Italy your next!!!!!
 

...also did anyone say that the match was "umpired"?
 
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