AFC ASIAN CUP AUSTRALIA v IRAQ - Match Thread *8:20pm*

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AFC ASIAN CUP AUSTRALIA v IRAQ - Match Thread *8:20pm*

AUSTRALIA

Head coach: Graham Arnold[FONT=verdana,geneva]

[/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Brad Jones (Middlesbrough), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor); Lucas Neill (West Ham), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Michael Beauchamp (Nurnberg), Michael Thwaite (Wisla Krakow), Mark Milligan (Sydney), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester City); Mark Bresciano (Palermo), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Tim Cahill (Everton), Vince Grella (Parma), Mile Sterjovski (FC Basel), Luke Wilkshire (FC Twente), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Carl Valeri (Grosseto), Nick Carle (Newcastle Jets), David Carney (Sydney); Mark Viduka (Newcastle United), John Aloisi (Deportivo Alaves), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen).[/FONT]
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[/FONT] IRAQ

Head coach: Jorvan Vieira

[FONT=verdana,geneva]Ahmed Ali, Noor Sabri, Mohammed Kassid; Haidar Abdulamir, Bassim Abbas, Jassim Hajji, Ali Hussein Rehema, Khaldoun Ibrahim, Haidar Abdulrazzaq, Jassim Gholam, Ali Abbas, Nabil Abbas; Nashat Akram, Saleh Sadir, Mahdi Karim, Haitham Kadhim, Ahmed Abd Ali, Karrar Jassim, Hawar Mulla Mohammad; Younis Mahmoud, Mohammed Nassir, Ahmed Mnajed, Loay Salah.[/FONT]

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[Dragooner]

We'll need to win by at least two goals i reckon if Arnold wants his job still.

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

We'll need to win by at least two goals i reckon if Arnold wants his job still.

agreed wont be easy though

 

[Stonecutter]

Hopefully the boys have adapted to the conditions otherwise it'll be a very long night. We could easily win 3-0 or lose 3-0.

 

[Dragooner]

Kick off in 5 minutes.

We need to keep up with the extreme pace that the asians have.

 

[NK Arsenal]

hows it going so far?

 

[fish eel]

Iraq 1, Aust 0

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[Dragooner]

Not too good so far.

 

[Mong]

Got the wrong thread before..

They don't look any better then the last game..

 

[Dragooner]

I agree Mong.

 

[Mong]

Iraq don't have much but Australia are looking worse..

We should be smashing these guys..

 

[fish eel]

they've convinced themselves they cant play in the conditions....much like our cricket side used to be scared of the conditions in india...

 

[jubilation]

1) not enough support from midfield when going forward
2) defence still sh*tty

 

[jubilation]

lucas neil should be dropped

 

[NK Arsenal]

3)We're Australia.

 

[Misanthrope]

I actually think we've been the better side offensively. There's some utter sh*te being dished up, but we've also managed to get the ball forward fairly consistently. Neill hasn't been that bad either. He's come up with some good tackles at key moments.

Grella is a deadset clown. Kudos to the ref for resisting the urge to punish one of us Western pig dogs with a send off, but that's about all I can congratulate him on. The refereeing has been horribly Iraq biased. Where's this joker from? Kurdistan?

 

[Stonecutter]

Grella is shocking. He's man ran staright past him and put pressure on Schwarzer for the Iraq goal. He offers nothing in attack and is horribly slow in defence.

We need Cahill, Carle, Aloisi/Thompson straight away. Grahm Arnold is the definition of a sh*t coach.

 

[Misanthrope]

Is Holman playing up front with Viduka? Or has he just been slotted in to our already crowded and ineffective midfield?

 

[Dragon]

1) not enough support from midfield when going forward
2) defence still sh*tty

Yeah wtf is with us hanging back in mid-field a goal down? Every time the ball gets forward theres f**k all support....this is painful to watch

 

[Stonecutter]

Cahill Fmd Goal!!!