ALL WHITES V BAHRAIN - Official 1st Leg T

haha good sign. I played the formation on Fifa too. Had to play China though because they were the best option. All red and asian. I'm looking forward to the 3 up front, but I'm not too sussed on the 2 midfield. Will probably be 3 with Bertos but still.

So is it listed anywhedre yet for live streams????

OMG.seriously lads,we're dealing with flesh and blood human beings right now, lined up in Manama to play their hearts out....not "football bots" or some such invention...and they're playing real live Bahrainians, with their  Royal Family right behind them,with a loud local crowd  and everything on the line.

You should leave it here in the gaming threads.

you'll probably have to wait till tonight for iraq goals to update.

so pleased we could get our best 11 out there on the field. without a doubt the greatest fielded all whites team in decades. lovin the nelsen, vicelich, sigmund back three; just the right amount of agression and experience. brown and lochhead helping them out and of course our fantastic strikers.

Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!   NO NO NO NO NO,

Well i had 3 pieces left and he had none.

Oh and redged, i hope the irony isn't lost on you

What really worries me is Bertos' position in the formation. He is a natural attacker and one of our best weapons... I cannot see how making him play a defensive wingback role is going to work.

there better be a few quality streams. Cause I've got 2 others watching and setting up the PS3 on the projector. Oh yeah

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=51972&part=sports

no links yet but at least its listed lol

yep, as i said it did not work very well on FIFA, but if Ricki pushes him up a bit more, him and Smeltz can hopefully work some magic.

OK, so we don't have an international class right back. Let's just pretend the position doesn't exist then. Brilliant!

A scheme so cunning you could ...

If Ricki pushes him up a bit more than we have a lop sided formation with a big hole on the right side. Which would also push our in form CB out to the wing where he is less effective.

I think it all could be mind games. Even Have them lineup in this formation but after one minute just switch it a bit. I dunno. Wish McGlinchey was starting instead of Fallon.
Don't get me wrong, I rate Fallon a lot, but I think we really should only be playiong 2 strikers at most for this leg. A few months ago we were pretty sure it would only be one striker. So to choose from Fallon and Killen, I think Killen will have an edge to start simply because Fallon off the bench would be so muchg more effective at confuzing their defenses in my opinion.

If we do play 3 up front, then expect to see McGlinchey on around the 65th, then Wood on with 15 to go.
Last player might end up being Scott or Mullign(Please no). Or wouldn't mind Barron on if needed

Officials and fans back Bahrain team
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=261582

Bahrain's Brazilian coach Gustavo Zloccowick reckons they can beat us at home and hold out for the draw in NZ. We'll soon f***en well see about that Guga. Bahrain might be a desert but you're not coaching beach soccer any more pal.

 

John Adshead being interviewed now by Martin Devlin on Radio Live.

what was the drift of what adshead said?

likes the formation, expects mid's to be doing a sh*tload of work, all the pressure on the home team, thinks we can do it but it's goin to be tough.

Annoyed that Lochead is starting over Mcglinchcy in this 343 formation.. Yahoo says it will be a 3 4 1 2 with Lochy and Bertos dropping as wing backs so could revert to a 5 3 2 1

someone should tell Herbert then................

i'm telling you know, if we are up by a goal or 2 and Herbert starts substituting strikers for defenders, so help me God.......

vascaino na area

I don't think we should get to hung p about the proposed formation. If things not looking great can always change it during the game - don't panic guys.

Hopefully we can grab an early goal and just smother their attacks.  Play rough, knock them off the ball.  Get under their skin.  They'll be under so much pressure they'll pour it all forward and we can try and grab a few more on the break. 

Hope they implode on themselves under all the pressure.

chchnix2009-10-10 15:02:16

Yes... it's whooooo, take it with a grain of salt.

not much of my nails left now!!!

If he does bring on defenders I won't be worried unless he brings mulligan on, then I'll be sh*tting myself.

Live Feed??

I'm so worried about this game.  We managed to draw 0-0 with Iraq which is good, but how have Iraq feared against Bahrain.

yip i've been freaking out about it too. Its proposed here:
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=51972&part=sports

so should be ok

I think people should stop worrying about the formation. We will end up with 4 at the back as if Lochhead wants to or not he will drift back into his natural position, same with Bertos.

The real concern for me is that if we play 3 strikers and so effectively one less midfielder (No McGlinchey) we will resort to long ball all day as we won't be able to feed good ball into them and just try to use Fallon's targetman status to win create chances. If Bertos is told to stay back this will make the situation even worse!

It's a con, with Lochie we have four backs.

Well Iraq did win the Asian Cup thingy , but I dont know if they played eachother in qualifiers?

Its sinking in! game day
so excited/nervous

imagine if mulligan scored a free kick to win it.

I cant wait until tomorrow morning.
The excitement is killing me!

Ricki would start him as a striker for the Nix.

thanks mate. starting to get excited, it's going to be a long night thru to 5am.

Likeliest scorers for us....