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Captain Geech posted:I got Australia in my work's World Cup drawing. At first I was sad, but then I remembered that this is sports and anything can happen in sports, right?
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It's started.
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Jun 13, 2014 23:11
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Maybe they can paint the Socceroos to look like a less patchy team.
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Jun 13, 2014 23:21
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Wow I just went into the gameday thread and see what you mean about people being mad. What is it about this sport that makes everyone so angry? 
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Jun 13, 2014 23:23
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The derision on Twitter is hilarious too. "Wat r u doin even ur PM couldn't get the captains name right"
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Jun 13, 2014 23:27
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I was at a quiz night last week, room of fifty people, no team knew the name of the captain. I think we put Cahill or something.
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Jun 13, 2014 23:30
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Jun 14, 2014 00:03
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Selwood obviously because he dives.
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Jun 14, 2014 00:16
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That went better than I expected, pleasantly surprised and I love ange
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Jun 14, 2014 01:02
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Yeah aside from the first nervous 15 minutes they did well.
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Jun 14, 2014 01:04
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Dang. Would've bitten your arm off if you offered me that before the game sl I guess it's a good sign that I'm disappointed.
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Jun 14, 2014 01:05
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Shmoses posted:Dang. Would've bitten your arm off if you offered me that before the game sl I guess it's a good sign that I'm disappointed. Being disappointed with a competitive 3-1 game vs chile is a sign of how much better the team is playing than anyone thought. The Ange masterplan will win us an Asian Cup!
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Jun 14, 2014 01:10
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Would've been a great game if they weren't so drat nervous in the opening minutes.
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Jun 14, 2014 01:33
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Although I was rooting for Australia, this is the best result to keep Spain out of the knockout stages.
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Jun 14, 2014 01:36
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we are winning this group dammit. We just need to beat holland by 8 to overturn the goal difference 
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Jun 14, 2014 01:50
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Spain are obviously poo poo, they lost 5-1, and the Netherlands have a worse squad than Chile. We're topping the group for sure lads
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Jun 14, 2014 02:13
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After the first 15 minutes I was thinking we would lose 6-0 but I'm impressed with how much more competitive we looked after our first goal.Bogan Krkic posted:Spain are obviously poo poo, they lost 5-1, and the Netherlands have a worse squad than Chile. We're topping the group for sure lads 
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Jun 14, 2014 03:54
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Seriously, I'm really loving happy with this outcome - we showed a fair bit naivete in defense at times, especially the first and second goals, but I think that can be sorted with out with a bit more time playing together. Up front looked a little bit toothless once Cahill came off, even when he was clearly hosed he was still causing trouble. Just imagine if we had Kruse and Williams in play, we would have had quite a few more shots on goal. Rogic I think was a good omission in the end, he's still underdone and wouldn't have been quick enough. I can't wait for the next one 
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Jun 14, 2014 04:26
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Yeah, I honestly think those first two goals were due to the defense just being entirely over-awed at the whole experience. Once they settled they were pretty good and Wilkinson actually did a good thing Kruse and Williams would make this a not-bad team, and given that they're both young and one of Halloran/Leckie should eventually figure out what a final ball looks like, I think we'll be ok to at least keep qualifying for World Cups and not embarrassing ourselves, which is probably where we're at as a country right now.
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Jun 14, 2014 04:32
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Bogan Krkic posted:Spain are obviously poo poo, they lost 5-1, and the Netherlands have a worse squad than Chile. We're topping the group for sure lads yep.
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Jun 14, 2014 04:35
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Bogan Krkic posted:Yeah, I honestly think those first two goals were due to the defense just being entirely over-awed at the whole experience. Once they settled they were pretty good and Wilkinson actually did a good thing Someone on here said something along the lines of how weird it was that at the end of the game they were disappointed not to get the win, instead of being happy that we didn't get flogged - I agree with that. I know I'm liable to get carried away but I'm seriously loving keen to see what this team can do against another side, and holy poo poo the Asian Cup can't come quick enough. I'm loving pumped, I'm not meant to be playing soccer tomorrow but I'm gonna just loving march down to the ground and have a run with the 3rds because my dick is loving hard with football-lust
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Jun 14, 2014 04:42
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Yeah it's a loving amazing feeling to have a team with a smattering of A-League players come against a team like Chile and think "Man, 2-2 would've been a fair result there". I'm really looking forward to a game in which we don't collapse for the first twenty minutes. I'm loving elated.
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Jun 14, 2014 04:52
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You can buy tickets for the Asian Cup already and I for one can't wait to see Palestine play Jordan and also OUR BOYS demolish Kuwait
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Jun 14, 2014 04:57
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Arquebus posted:Yeah it's a loving amazing feeling to have a team with a smattering of A-League players come against a team like Chile and think "Man, 2-2 would've been a fair result there". That is my exact feeling. I'm loving keen and am so annoyed that I have to wait like 12 more hours for another game! Also, I'm gonna go see a shitload of Asian Cup games in Melbourne, I don't give a poo poo who's playing
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Jun 14, 2014 05:07
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This is the youngest team we've ever fielded and they're getting valuable experience and not embarrassing themselves. It's a good result.
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Jun 14, 2014 05:51
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gabensraum posted:This is the youngest team we've ever fielded and they're getting valuable experience and not embarrassing themselves. It's a good result. agreed. really happy with that performance.
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Jun 14, 2014 06:34
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Cahill is just SO loving GOOD in the air. I thought that being their only real threat would hamper you guys but I guess against the midgets of Chile it worked well.
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Jun 14, 2014 06:47
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Jun 14, 2014 06:59
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I thought the Australian looked suspiciously competent and Chile got complacent after the two fast goals, but it was a better performance than anyone expected anyway.
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Jun 14, 2014 08:38
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The earlybird ticket packages for the asian cup are pretty good value. I picked up the set which is every game played in Brisbane.
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Jun 14, 2014 09:52
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Tim "Boohoo the cheating foreigners are all cheating cheats, oh, and the ref is like totaly against us" Cahill ladies and gents. http://www.theage.com.au/fifa-world...0614-zs7w4.html I remember Lucas Neill saying similar things after a defeat as well.
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Jun 14, 2014 11:06
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Byolante posted:I voted for Clive Palmer but if I knew about this I would have voted for NBN Ruddy I like seeing Clive Palmer try to get out of small sports cars
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Jun 14, 2014 11:08
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BrigadierSensible posted:Tim "Boohoo the cheating foreigners are all cheating cheats, oh, and the ref is like totaly against us" Cahill ladies and gents. 
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Jun 14, 2014 17:33
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Is anyone watching SBS? What the gently caress is going on with Clint Bolton's eye??
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Jun 15, 2014 01:20
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Tongues posted:Is anyone watching SBS? What the gently caress is going on with Clint Bolton's eye?? looks like he's been in a punchup
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Jun 15, 2014 01:26
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Tongues posted:Is anyone watching SBS? What the gently caress is going on with Clint Bolton's eye??
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Jun 15, 2014 01:29
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It looks so sore. I'm more hungover than I've been since highschool and my eyes are less red
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Jun 15, 2014 01:37
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Fanatic posted:To be fair, the Chileans were diving cunts and the idiot ref believed almost every single one. I even saw the ref helping the Chilean players up off the ground. Welcome to football then. Honestly it's loving annoying as this is just taking away from the fact that australia played really well from what everyone was expecting.
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Jun 15, 2014 04:26
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Fanatic posted:To be fair, the Chileans were diving cunts and the idiot ref believed almost every single one. I even saw the ref helping the Chilean players up off the ground. This is a pretty negative view of the game and the sport in general and I wish Cahill hadn't made those comments - a lot of it is gamesmanship to a degree, but you'd think Chile flopped over constantly and it's just not true. Check out the first goal, if there was ever a time to go down it would have been when after Ryan had dived in, the ref is likely to award a penalty. The refs have also got to make the decision instantly and without replay, and a lot of the time giving away a foul comes down to naivete on the part of the Socceroos - particularly A league players where the media and public opinion is heavily in favour of defenders.
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Woot Canberra gets a norkor game in the Asian cup. Also its p cheap.
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