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I know he's a bit young, but surely Denis could of just used this gold104.3 classic hit as his chant.

Lol.

Poofter is solid. Well rounded and versatile, plus "fucking" can be added on either side depending on how fob you are. Doesnt quite have the sting of faggot however. 4.8 out of 5 stars. Would use again.

Do we really think we can score enough goals to get us to the World Cup? I suspect the Saudis will probably drop their bundle and fail to win against Japan. But as we are playing first and they will know what they need to do, I'm not confident we will be able to score at least a 3-goal win to get past them if they win by a single goal. Our recent form in official games suggests we are hopeless in open play: World Cup qualifiers v Iran home (W2-0): Luongo -open play, Juric-from a corner v UAE away (W 1-0): Cahill-last gasp winner from open play when we could easily have lost. v Saudis away (2-2): Sainsbury -from a corner, Juric- from open play; could easily have lost this one. v Japan home (1-1): penalty v Thailand away (2-2): 2 penalties v Iraq away: (1-1): Leckie from a corner (should have lost, keeper was great for us) v UAE home (2-0): Irvine from a corner; Leckie from a corner v Saudis home (3-2): Juric from open play (GK blunder); Juric-open play header; Rogic-open play (GK should have done better, wasn't exactly in the "top corner"). v Japan away (0-2). Confeds Cup v Germany: Rogic from open play (GK should have saved it); Juric a tap in after GK just dropped it from a set piece. v Cameroon: penalty v Chile:: Troisi from open play after a poor GK clearance. So, the tally: total goals: 18 from 12 matches; goals from penalties:4 ; goals from corners:5; goals resulting from poor opposition goalkeeping: 5; "remaining" goals from open play: 3 So, what this tells me is: we need the Thai Goalkeeper to have a nightmare Don't shoot when we get in the box, just dive and try to get a penalty. need to forget about trying to cross the ball in from advanced positions, just play for a corner Juric must play as he's the only guy likely to score from open play. Okay, this is tongue in cheek, but we really have been very very poor in the past year. Ange's "possession" game has turned into "try and keep the ball and do fuck all with it, but make sure you move it around very, very slowly". To be honest we haven't even done that very well! Not sure why we thought we had to "go for the win" in Japan when we have never done it before and a point would have been very very valuable, leaving our destiny in our own hands. 3 at the back away from home? Madness! Athough I understand why he doesn't want to play with traditional full backs when you have Smith, Degenek, Behic, Bayley Wright etc. to choose from: all of them defensive dunces. As I said, I think the Saudis are a bit weak mentally and probably won't be able to beat Japan anyway, especially if we can win by a couple of goals and put some pressure on them. Which, if we can't do against the bottom side in the group, well what right do we have to be going to the World Cup anyway? Hopeful but pessimistic all at the same time. But overall just depressed at how shit we have been for the whole campaign. Even the games we won we were very very poor for at least half of each game. If we don't get to the World Cup, keep Mooy, Irvine, Luongo, Sainsbury, Spiranovic and the keepers and fuck everyone else off and play the Under 21 squad for the next 4 years. Okay, keep Leckie as well, he has the touch of an elephant and the decision making of a cretin but can scare Asian opponents with his strength and running power and does score from corners.Sigh...

I blame the FFA. They're too comfortable with the league the way it is. In order to develop youth we need two main things immediately. 1) Expansion. More teams = more room on lists for younger players and a more widely spread talent pool, meaning managers will need to use youth. 2) Transfer fees between A League clubs. Why bother developing youth if they can just walk off to a bigger club for free? Transfer fees encourage teams to develop youth and sell them. Central Coast are basically only alive due to their ability to produce great young talent and sell them overseas. Mile Jedinak, Trent Sainsbury, Matt Ryan just to name a few.

Faggot(s) is truly universal and timeless. Its my go to, in 31 years its never let me down. Some recent applications in my life* Mate didn't want to come out coz his mrs wanted to cuddle all night: "You're a whipped Faggot, grow some ball" Annoying 13 year olds trying to rap on the train: "Oi faggots, stfu no one wants to hear that gay shit". Fantastic word. 5 out of 5 stars. * I was the faggot who didnt go out. * Didnt actually say anything, it was in the northern suburbs, 13 year old carry knives. I was thinking it though.

Yeh we get it mate, you don't rate Muscat.

My old man would use fucking poofter bastard as often as possible.

https://soundcloud.com/sbstheworldgame/breakdown-of-australias-loss-to-japan-and-what-it-means From the 53 minute mark they spend 10 minutes talking about youth development. Foz has some great insight from dealing with families of current Socceroos when they were juniors and also from being a coach at Football NSW. Fwiw I am also for implementing the 3+1 import rule.

I don't dispute the expansion of the A-Legue. And I think that the Wollongong Wolves should be allowed to join as well as either a team in Canberra or in Geelong. Ultimately I think that 14 teams would be ideal in 10 years. None the less, I would hate to see a repeat of the NSL or the Fury or the GC. That is why I caution that teams will need to be financially viable. As for Ajax, it is a completely different market with football being the most popular sport with twice as many members as the second ranked sport which is tennis. They are also in the middle of the biggest football market in the world. The dynamics are different. In Oz, the teams need to be competitive and the results need to be close - this is why the AFL has introduced so many rules to achieve this goal. It is not beyond any club to become a good destination for developing youth and remain competitive for silverware but it is also an easy way out for owners just to scout and on-sell. Typo error - meant to say that transfer fees are not the end of all discussions regarding youth development. I think this is where the clubs/FFA need to be creative - eg. swap two players for example or a buyback option; maybe a banking option so that if a club poaches a lot of youth over a three year window they need to provide development funds. I agree with you. I think that we should follow a 3+1 option where one of the visa players must come from the Asian federation. We could also have a 3+1+1 option where the fifth visa player is from the Oceania federation.

Guys One of your own, Paul Gascoigne. is coming to Australia . Gazza will be at Melbourne Comedy Theatre on Saturday 6th January 2018 , should be a great night and a proper laugh . Heres the link if anyone is keen on going to see the great man http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/Paul-Gascoigne-tickets/artist/2403002?list_view=1&tm_link=Artist_SwitchTo_List

Current squad won't make the finals.

Go check freewyo on Facebook. I went to school with him. You will and won't be disappointed

not bringing in another RB to replace franjic does mean that the young guy pierias might get a bit more of a run. i think our squad is decent all over the park outside of muscat. even with fornaroli out. i dont think we are as well balanced as sydney last season. we have a good team, but i dont think we have the team to take the title.

Well then wtf are these disgraceful laws against the rightful owners of this country.

All of these so far have been full of banter and taking the piss out of each other, but Bruno and Fernando just spent the whole time being so genuine and nice to one another. Bloody adorable

Can we now offer a contract to that 2nd rung striker, you know ... what's his name ... Zlatan something? Not as good as Fornaroli but may be handy until he returns.

If they hold Japan to a draw and we win regardless of scoreline we go through no? That'd put them on 17 points and us on 19 which puts us second. I think you're saying in the instance that Saudi beats Japan by a goal.

Spud would have to be the donkey that hacked Bruno.

This squad wouldn't even make the npl finals let alone a league finals #wazzaout