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At this stage in his career, where retirement likely beckons at the end of this season, a couple of cortisone injections wouldn't do a lot of harm.

 

It all depends what we really want from the remaining 9 matches. I get the feeling we're really just playing out the season as best we can because everyone knows that changes are coming. 

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Harry Kewell shows he's all heart this Valentine's Day

 

 

Heart Foundation 13/02/2014 4:24:15 PM

Thursday 13 February 2014 

Harry Kewell shows he’s all heart this Valentine’s Day 

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY ONLY 

What: Melbourne Heart FC captain, Harry Kewell, to purchase Heart Foundation ‘Love Lock’ 

When: Friday 14 February 2014 

Time: 3.00pm (media invited to attend – photo opportunity only) 

Where: Iconic red stairs, crn Queensbridge Square, Southbank, Melbourne 

Melbourne Heart FC captain, Harry Kewell, is supporting the Heart Foundation’s Valentine’s Day campaign by purchasing a ‘Love Lock’ at Southbank, Melbourne on Friday 14 February 2014. 

The Heart Foundation and Harry Kewell are encouraging Victorians to show their ‘hearts are made for more than loving’ by supporting the charity’s work to save more hearts and more lives this Valentine’s Day. 

The charity is asking people to buy a $10 or $50 Love Lock, write a message to a special someone and then attach the Love Lock to the heart-shaped installation. 

The money raised will help the Heart Foundation fund research, education and support programs for people with heart disease. 

Find out more at www.heartfoundation.org.au/ValentinesDay 

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Yeah it is his toe, but I hear it could be broken.

Well if its broken, that would make it broken last week when he played?

 

No doctor but might mean he can put in another 60 min shift?

 

Chances of winning that game plummet if he doesn't play

 

 

He had an injection last weekend to play.

 

I have been told he'll be out for 4 weeks.

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Lucas Neill’s World Cup fairytale fading but Harry Kewell is on Ange’s Socceroos radar

 

Robbie Slater

 

February 22, 2014

 

IT’S five minutes to midnight and the World Cup fairytale is ticking away for Lucas Neill.

 

If Ange Postecoglou is true to his declaration that he will only go with players competing regularly in club football, it’s hard to see a place for Neill in the friendly against Ecuador on Wednesday week.

 

If Neill misses out, the choice of captain may not even be clear cut either.

 

Most expect Tim Cahill to get the armband, yet Ange could go for someone younger to lead the team beyond the World Cup.

 

Which A-League players get the nod is another subplot, but really everything hangs on the Neill dilemma. Some will see his potential axing as grossly unfair. Clearly, there is an emotional argument against sacking a bloke who led his country through a difficult qualifying campaign.

 

Equally, others will say there is no room for sentiment in football, especially at a World Cup where the Socceroos are already up against it in a pool with Spain, Chile and Holland.

 

The greatest problem for Neill, though, is that he can have no say in his own defence. How can he mount a case for selection when he isn’t playing?

 

If he can find a club between now and when the final squad is named, there still might be a chance — but it’s not looking promising.

 

If he wants an example of how to turn things around, Lucas only needs to look at his old mate Harry Kewell at the Melbourne Heart.

 

A few months ago, Kewell was nowhere in Socceroos reckoning. Now he is playing regular football and firmly in the frame.

 

The harsh reality for Neill and other Socceroos players in limbo is that international football is too hard and too intense for a part-time player.

 

So if this is the end for Lucas, how will he be remembered?

 

Neill polarises opinion, yet he has led the team with pride, played in two World Cup finals campaigns and was close to our best player in Germany in 2006.

 

Few players anywhere in the world can boast 96 caps for their country — and if he does make it to Brazil, what a place to bring up the century.

 

However, this isn’t about personal milestones.

 

The main challenge for Postecoglou is finding a solid, dependable back four because Australia will be on the back foot against Spain, Holland and Chile. What Australia need are men with strong legs and a stout heart.

 

Every selection from this point on has to be about the World Cup and, perhaps even more importantly, the Asian Cup in 2015 on home soil.

 

With that in mind, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Curtis Good given his shot in defence against Ecuador.

 

A kid like Brad Smith at Liverpool could even come under consideration.

 

Postecoglou dipped his toe in the water with the game against Costa Rica, his first in charge. This match on Wednesday week is the right time to put his own imprint on the team.

 

There’s a carrot there for players such as Good, who is now on loan at Dundee United. The same with Tomislav Mrcela at Croatian club Hrvatski Dragovoljac.

 

When we look back on the evolution of the Australian team, this week could be a watershed moment. The future starts now.

 

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/socceroos/lucas-neills-world-cup-fairytale-fading-but-harry-kewell-is-on-anges-socceroos-radar/story-e6frf4l3-1226834715429

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To many he is past it but to me he has still got a lot to offer the younger players and i personaly hope he stays on next season  even as an impact player of the bench.

 That goal was just Class  which Harry has bags of.

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Have really enjoyed watching him play for the Heart this season, I must admit I didn't have the highest opinion of him when he signed for us but he really busted his ass for the red and white every time he walked out on the pitch. Sad to see him go, hope he stays at the club in some capacity.

 

Thanks Harry!

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Proved a lot of people wrong this season with his passion (even once his WC hopes were gone), skill on the park and staying relatively injury free after his initial hiccup. Enjoyed having him at the club.

Was expecting this.  Time has taken its toll on the great Harry - still a good player, but a shadow of the youth who shredded the Premier League's finest whilst at Leeds.  Given what he has achieved in the game couldn't see him going on and from the club's point of view they are probably also thinking its time to move on to a younger generation.

 

Was immense in that against the odds win vs scum FC.  Glad he could retire after this season with us than the embarrassment of not finding a club he had before.

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thanks harry, been a pleasure having you at the club.

 

Arguably Australia's best ever footballer is retiring, and he's retiring at our club. It's our job to give him the best possible send off that we can. Definitely more of an occasion than other players that have left the club/retired, not only for the passion he's shown for us this year but also what he has done for Australian football. Make sure everyone get's down to the last game and give him something special.

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