All Whites v Socceroos Match Thread

I don't think he's had a terrible game. His forward runs linked well a few times. Some questionable passing under pressure. Seemed a bit out of sorts when an attacker was pressing in the second half (thought his first half was bit better in that dept).

Anyway, now we've seen him. Maybe he needs time to gel as someone else said. Just expected a bit more.

its quite simple ... score more goals than the other team and you are the winner ...

AUSTRALIA WINNER    NZ LOSERS

ROFL

aussie stole that game

pasty was a bit unlucky... both good goals

look at the positives. postitive touches and chances in the first half. Fallon did well unlucky he didnt score. we looked pretty good overall.

r u aussie?

Absolute sh*t... didn't deserve that win..but our defence went to sleep in the last seconds and gave those smarmy Aussie pricks the game.
I think it woke them up though.
Would love to see this serious regular rivalry re-established.
 Nike should sponsor a series.
We need revenge...

Fallon did good, but should've scored

Lots to take away from game though, played really well. Only lost when we lost interest.

 

Why do you say rofl when you can say haha and it uses the same amount of letters? convict.

well you wouldnt want to go hard out 3 weeks out from the world cup. would you.

although he didn't touch the ball that f*cker that was a mile offside must have been part of the play running in front of Paston surely?!

+1

MUFC NZ2010-05-24 23:36:15

Brett Holman sounds very aussie... yeah right!

Lots of pluses for us and still a bit to work on though. all in all they played well, much better in the 1st half than 2nd but with the forced changes you expect that. We need to keep our concentration right to the end of games though.

Yeah Fallon played really well. But that miss was criminal

Nelson looked psssd off.

Tonight goes to show, without them = f***ed

We were Killen at the start but our defence had Fallon asleep at the end. at 93mins I was screaming blow the whistle, they were passing it round at half way doing nothing, surely that warrants full time. 

no interviews with us then?

Ignore the trolls people no need to validate them

I wonder if that is what Nelsen was spewing at the ref about at the end of the game? He walked off very unhappy. Reasonably happy with the game, we looked a bit exposed defensively down the left once Vicelich and Lochhead left, but Smith seemed to offer a lot more going forward than Lochhead (esp. that pinpoint back post ball), and Boyens wasn't flash. Reid was a bit shaky when pressed, but hopefully will improve with a bit more time in the camp and familiarity with the players.aitkenmike2010-05-24 23:38:34

i thought reid looked a bit shakey when first on but got better as the game went on

and that was the other thing... running interference, was he?

I'd say it was because he let the game run over the 3 minutes when nothing was really happening

I agree, I think that was what Ryan was spewing about

Germany Ghana be quaking in their boots...yeah right


Italy will, cos we put three past em!!

He defended well in my opinion. Dwelled on the ball a bit too much early on.

Pushing Lochhead for a starting place?

Reid showed a few classy touches, i think he was thrown in the deep end for this game (although i was calling for him to start) , but has potential. Killen and Fallon were immense, they would be our leading two strikers by a country mile, then even Wood, I cant remember even seeing Smeltz tonight?
Elliot for the phoenix! legend. Pasty was unlucky. I thought Brockie and Wood looked good off the bench, great impact players. Smith to start! classy player that kid.

yeah I'd play 4 at the back adding smith to the mix and drop smeltz to the bench

Major talking point for me. Once again, if Ricki sticks with wing-backs, can Tommy be accomodated?

yeah, but in the end we cannot afford to be left to the whim of the referee- need to focus and keep it tight till the end. Disappointing end to a great effort. Elliott had an excellent game, as did Leo before being hacked to pieces. Thought Killen played pretty damn well too, and especially in first half I was impressed by Fallon.

Absolutely gutted......