Are you saying he should have got game time just because he went on loan (and barely played)?
Incidentally, he doesn't play the same role as any of those players though.
dont think theres much i can say that hasnt been said yet
just so proud of the boys 
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Well done to the team, stunning effort to go undefeated at the World Cup, and rightly so they are disappointed not to have made it through to the next round.
There are so many positives to come out of the performances leading up to, and during the World Cup, not going to pick holes in what players "could have/should have" done.
My only comment is I wished we could have played a more attacking midfield, knowing we needed to score goals to progress.
Let's just revel in their accomplishment, and get ready to greet them when they get home.
There are so many positives to come out of the performances leading up to, and during the World Cup, not going to pick holes in what players "could have/should have" done.
My only comment is I wished we could have played a more attacking midfield, knowing we needed to score goals to progress.
Let's just revel in their accomplishment, and get ready to greet them when they get home.
Despite the eurphoria, I am totally with AR that a more attacking midfield, in the last game, would have left me with less of a sense of 'what might have been'.
I would have been happier to see Herbert at least replace Vicelich with wee mac for the last 15 minutes and go for bust, but clearly Ricki must not rate him that highly. Hoping that something was going to happen up front through a set piece was wishful thinking.
A nagging gripe, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
HarryHotspur2010-06-25 16:56:53
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Are you saying he should have got game time just because he went on loan (and barely played)?
Incidentally, he doesn't play the same role as any of those players though.
Incidentally, he doesn't play the same role as any of those players though.
He is a central midfielder. And he is good going forward, something that we needed vs Paraguay. It was a huge effort from the lads, i'm just saying it is a little harsh McGlinchey not getting a taste of world cup football.
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Too many if onlys and unanswered questions for me. Having got a euporhic ride for the first 2 games I was hoping to see a "last 16 or bust approach" at least with 20m to go..surely they had a spy watching Slovakia Italy with a cellphone and knew by about then it was do or die..that was when attacking midfielders should have come on and caution thrown to the wind. To not get any? corners in the last two games was criminal really.
Great to see emotion at the end and heartfelt feelings about the campaign.
Thanx for the efforts all...
A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen
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Great close up of this forums own Braveheart on 92mins urging the team on.
true, i recognised him from a random chat about football outside a dairy in Newtown during the HAL play-offs' weeks
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Boigtobz -says it well back there somewhere - I've said to a few folks today if anyone had told me this yarn a year ago (or even post-Nov 14) I would have doubted their knowledge of the game
great effort, great team
and yep at 4 a.m. i wondered if we should have thrown caution to the wind earlier - but I'm thinking Ricki/Brian/Raul would have had their reasons and give where thewy and the players took us, i'm coming to terms with some of the 'what ifs', and 'maybes'
Proud As!!!
great effort, great team
and yep at 4 a.m. i wondered if we should have thrown caution to the wind earlier - but I'm thinking Ricki/Brian/Raul would have had their reasons and give where thewy and the players took us, i'm coming to terms with some of the 'what ifs', and 'maybes'
Proud As!!!
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In retrospect I also think we were probably overly cautious and perhaps should've risked a 2 or 3 goal loss in pressing for a win. I was surprised how nervous Paraguay were - you could see it written all over their coach's face before the game and on the players' during the game. They were dead scared of losing to us and perhaps we didn't exploit that as much as we could've.
On the other hand I reckon we were playing at about the limit of our capabilities anyway. Unfortunately most of our ball into the penalty area was poor tonight and we seemed to struggle with the extreme bounce of the ball, never quite getting it under control. Compared to most of the other teams at the WC we have little in the way of speed or the kind of skill that can open up a defence. But you have to make the best of what you've got and Ricki certainly did that. If someone had offered me 0-0 against the second best South American team I would've taken it every time.
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Its awesome how we are saying that in retrospect we shouldve gone all attacking for the win.
Allegedly
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Awww, this image just broke my heart.
I was listening to Piney and Miles' commentary yesterday morning. Absolutely brilliant as usual. Loved how Miles spoke of how special this world cup was to Piney. He even got a pic of Piney all teary eyed.
Oceanic62010-06-26 03:10:17
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All their commentaries were superb, the Italy game especially. So much tension as they were willing the clock down. At the end Miles chokes up with relief and happiness.
Grab them off the ZB or Radio Sport websites before they disappear.
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The Paraguay game from Newstalk ZB
2am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2002.00%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
2:10am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2002.10%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
2:12am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2002.12%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
3:00am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2003.00%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
2am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2002.00%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
2:10am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2002.10%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
2:12am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2002.12%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
3:00am
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/thisweek/hourrecsWN/Fri,%20Jun%2025%2003.00%20TRN-NEWSTALK-ZB-WGN.asf
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Its awesome how we are saying that in retrospect we shouldve gone all attacking for the win.
I'm also fairly certain that if we had gone all gung-ho in the game and lost 3/4-0, everyone would be now saying why didn't we just keep things tight at the back and try to sneak a set-piece/aerial/counter-attack goal, that was our best chance of winning...
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