WC 2010 squad

[Sym]

Holman likers, all one of me.

Fixed.

It's true, Pim asks me who to pick...

Ogmonster should of been given a chance.

 

[MrCelery]

Carle - How many chances does he get to prove he can't cut it at international level? Waste of a possie.

 

[MrCelery]

Well, that puts an end to the boring Viduka comeback mentions. Positive.

 

[scottmac]

Well, that puts an end to the boring Viduka comeback mentions. Positive.

Not true. Injury replacements may be made outside of the 30 (in our case 31).

Viduka to be a last minute replacement for Harry Kewell. Already in training at the local pie shop.

 

[goingtoadisco]

Would have been good to see og monster and......... sigh joel griffiths (k mon he hates the jets as much as we do !)

 

[midfielder]

Why Pim picked his players


http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/128538,pim-why-i-picked-my-roos.aspx

 

[midfielder]

My guess for those going

Mark SCHWARZER
Brad JONES
Adam FEDERICI

Rhys WILLIAMS
Scott CHIPPERFIELD
Lucas NEILL
Luke WILKSHIRE
Brett EMERTON
Craig MOORE
Mark MILLIGAN
Shane LOWRY

Mile JEDINAK
Mark BRESCIANO
Jason CULINA
Brett HOLMAN
Tim CAHILL
Vincenzo GRELLA
Nick CARLE
James HOLLAND
Dario Vidosic


Josh KENNEDY
Harry KEWELL
Nikita Rukavytsya

Miss out

Garcia
OarIMO in a battle with Carle & Vidosic
Beauchamp
North
McDonald
Galekovic
Carney
Valeri

 

[marinermick]

james holland will defintely miss out bar injury

pim pretty much said so himself

carney will go

 

[pjennings]

1) If all the keepers are fit Galekovic will drop out.

2) If Moore shows enough Michael Beauchamp will drop out.

3) If Carney can prove his fitness Shane Lowry will drop out.

4) If Bresciano and Emerton can prove their fitness Garcia will drop out

5) If Harry is fit Tommy Oar will drop out.

6) If Grella is fit Holland will drop out - while known as an attacking mid he actually plays a more controlling role from deeper.

7) Milligan and North are playing for one spot. All things being equal North will drop out because Milligan is more versatile.

8)Mile Jedinak and Carl Valeri are playing for the one position. Jedinak will go because of his versatility with Williams, Milligan, Carle and Wilkshire all able to play DM a fourth specialist DM is a luxury. Jedinak also is an aerial threat going forward and better aerially in defence. He is also probably the best set piece taker in the squad.

All in all the first seven are easy decisions. The eighth is the hardest choice. Valeri looks to be the unluckiest player to likely miss the cut. Equally if Jedi missed out he would be very unlucky.

 

[pjennings]

Pim said

"Carl Valeri:
Carl is one of those players who are always available, always ready. If he plays, he never plays a bad game, he's always playing for the team, he's a tough Italian grown-up boy and it's good to have him with us, especially in the World Cup."

Looks like I am wrong  :-[

 

[FFC Mariner]

LOL a massive dummy spit from Sackwhack in todays SMH. Joel, you werent picked because you are:

1) Not as good as those picked ahead of you
2) An unstable wanker who cant be relied upon to behave (as your rant proves)
3) Scum

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/thanks-for-nothing-pim-griffiths-20100514-v4f2.html

''It really pisses me off when he said we have better strikers than Joel Griffiths, how the f--- would he know? He's never seen me for two years and when he did I was [A-League] MVP and golden boot.''

 

[Sym]

Iunno, such a cnut could could could just be handy at the world cup

or not, I dunno.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Who would you drop for him tho.........

 

[Sym]

out of the first selection James Holland, but he has no chance of making it, scotttttt mcdonald...

 

[marinermick]

Posted on the Sydney forum but this looks like the numbers the FFA have allocated:

1. Mark SCHWARZER (Fulham FC, England)
2. Lucas NEILL (Galatasaray SK, Turkey)
3. Craig MOORE (Uncontracted)
4. Tim CAHILL (Everton FC, England)
5. Jason CULINA (Gold Coast United, Australia)
6. Michael BEAUCHAMP (Al-Jazira Club, UAE)
7. Brett EMERTON (Blackburn Rovers, England)
8. Luke WILKSHIRE (FK Dinamo Moscow, Russia)
9. Josh KENNEDY (Nagoya Grampus, Japan)
10. Harry KEWELL (Galatasaray SK, Turkey)
11. Scott CHIPPERFIELD (FC Basel, Switzerland)
12. Adam FEDERICI (Reading FC, England)
13. Vincenzo GRELLA (Blackburn Rovers, England)
14. Brett HOLMAN (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands)
15. Mile JEDINAK (Antalyaspor Kulubu, Turkey)
16. Carl VALERI (U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, Italy)
17. Scott MCDONALD (Middlesbrough FC, England)
18. Brad JONES (Middlesbrough FC, England)
19. Richard GARCIA (Hull City, England)
20. Mark MILLIGAN (JEF United, Japan)
21. David CARNEY (FC Twente, Netherlands)
22. Rhys WILLIAMS (Middlesbrough FC, England)
23. Mark BRESCIANO (U.S. Citta di Palermo, Italy)
24. Eugene GALEKOVIC* (Adelaide United, Australia)
25. Dario VIDOSIC (FC Nurnberg, Germany)
26. Shane LOWRY (Aston Villa FC, England)
27. Jade NORTH (Troms, Norway)
28. James HOLLAND (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands)
29. Nick CARLE (Crystal Palace, England)
30. Tom OAR (FC Utrecht, Netherlands)
31. Nikita RUKAVYTSYA (FC Twente, Netherlands)

http://i.haymarket.net.au/Galleries/20100519080743_99977170_10.jpg

http://i.haymarket.net.au/Galleries/20100519081032_99976256.jpg

note the last eight names

 

[serious14]

Heh - that's the 8 who aren't going sorted then.

Would like to have seen Rukavytsya given a go, but he's young.  Definitely a starter for 2014.

 

[Jesus]

Heh - that's the 8 who aren't going sorted then.

Would like to have seen Rukavytsya given a go, but he's young.  Definitely a starter for 2014.

So without ruka technically we are taking 2 stikers, plus kewell/cahill

 

[FFC Mariner]

Pim doesnt like all that messy goal scoring nonsense so 2 strikers tells us how much entertainment we are likely to get.

 

[serious14]

Long balls to Fat-Mac, play it on the ground to Kennedy.

Makes sense to me.....

 

[goingtoadisco]

Do you meen long ball to kennedy ? play it on the ground to ft mac ?