2010 World Cup Qualifying Draw

[Mantis]

Re: 2010 World Cup Qualifying Draw

The next qualifying game is nearly upon us, China away at altitude.

Looks like we will have 4-6 players missing due to injury.

I think if we can salvage a draw it would be a good result.

[The Coon Dog]

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Under the circumstances I reckon Aussie Pim would take a draw right now if offered to him. Be interesting to see the mindset of the Chinese given all our injuries. If they go helter skelter, they might just cop the old sucker punch, let's hope so anyway!

[The Coon Dog]

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China 0 - Australia 0

All in all a good result.

Archie Thompson off injured after 6 minutes.

Schwarzer concedes a dodgy penalty in the 88th minute & makes a great save.

Bresciano & Carney both had great chances.

Couldn't believe a two footed tackle by the Chinese late on didn't draw a red card. Even more astounded it didn't even draw a yellow card!

[hujsh]

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China 0 - Australia 0

All in all a good result.

Archie Thompson off injured after 6 minutes.

Schwarzer concedes a dodgy penalty in the 88th minute & makes a great save.

Bresciano & Carney both had great chances.

Couldn't believe a two footed tackle by the Chinese late on didn't draw a red card. Even more astounded it didn't even draw a yellow card!

DID THEY HAVE A PENALTY!

[Mantis]

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Shocking game to watch.

How many passing errors were made by the Chinese, terrible effort.

That tackle on Wilkshire was a disgrace, but Sun is the Chinese hero and the ref would have been lynched if he had shown a red. Two minutes before that tackle Holman received a yellow for grabbing an opponents jumper and then Sun goes in studs showing and gets off scott free, shocker!!

Penalty was poorly taken, but probably a fair result as it was a poor decision to give it in the first place.

[LostDoggy]

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The result is what Australia wanted but China are crap.
Carney should have scored.
I'm far from convinced Australia has what it takes to go to the WC2010.

[The Coon Dog]

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The result is what Australia wanted but China are crap.
Carney should have scored.
I'm far from convinced Australia has what it takes to go to the WC2010.

Bit harsh Ern, they played today with minimal preparation & minus some quality on the park. I still think the Asian route will be slightly easier than the South American lottery.

[LostDoggy]

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I looked at the opposition and China were terrible. Tactically, in their skills and application.
At home needing to win, they often let Australia have the ball without pressure. Their crossing and shooting was like the amatuer league I played.
Had Australia played to win not draw they would have.

Can't afford to miss easy chances against better teams.

[hujsh]

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I looked at the opposition and China were terrible. Tactically, in their skills and application.
At home needing to win, they often let Australia have the ball without pressure. Their crossing and shooting was like the amatuer league I played.
Had Australia played to win not draw they would have.

Can't afford to miss easy chances against better teams.

Hopefully with a legitimate striker or 2 that problem will be solved

[LostDoggy]

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Hopefully with a legitimate striker or 2 that problem will be solved

Strikers or not strikers, they are all professionals that given those opportunities should score.
Bresciano is no mug and all he had to do was hit either side of keeper.
Carney thought he had all the time in the world.

[hujsh]

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Strikers or not strikers, they are all professionals that given those opportunities should score.
Bresciano is no mug and all he had to do was hit either side of keeper.
Carney thought he had all the time in the world.

I had footy training so i only saw the 1st 25 minutes and can't really say much about Carney.
Bresciano probably should have scored but I think he struggled to reach the the ball at all.

No doubt they should be able to score given the chance

[The Coon Dog]

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Overnight Qatar defeated Iraq 2-0.

Table:

Pts - Country
4 - Australia
3 - Qatar
2 - China
1 - Iraq

Interestingly, in another group Japan was beaten 1-0 by Bahrain, just shows you shouldn't take anyone for granted.

[Desipura]

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Gee it was an ordinary game skills wise. I do not think I have seen a foul throw since my junior days at George Cross! We lacked a quality striker however a nil all draw is the next best thing.

[whythelongface]

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I looked at the opposition and China were terrible. Tactically, in their skills and application.
At home needing to win, they often let Australia have the ball without pressure. Their crossing and shooting was like the amatuer league I played.
Had Australia played to win not draw they would have.

Can't afford to miss easy chances against better teams.

Easy to sit back and criticise. When you look at the number of injuries, limited preparation and playing at altitude I think that this was a fair result.

[LostDoggy]

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Easy to sit back and criticise. When you look at the number of injuries, limited preparation and playing at altitude I think that this was a fair result.

? I'm looking at the overall picture.
On the day the result they were looking for was what they got.
No disguising the fact that China were crap. An all A-league side would have won that game with a positive mind set.
Injuries, we haved talented enough players to be able to compete against that sort of opposition, Limited prep - thats normally the case and the altitude was there for both sides. No Chinese side plays at that ground.
Too many excuses.

Praise to Schwarzer seems a bit silly to me too. He hestitated on the long ball, caught in two minds which caused the China chance at goal. The penalty was very soft but he should know that given half a chance the opposition would dive and ref was vulnerable. The save too was more to do with the one worst penalty kicks I've seen for a while rather than being a great save.