Comments on: Australia vs Qatar: 3-0

By: chris

chris — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:18:22 +0000

How is holman in that team puzzles me, i do not rate him at all

By: Kallie

Kallie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:30:36 +0000

I was more disappointed that Archie didn’t play, he would have done a lot better than what Aloisi did. Qatar was his type of team to play against and he would have scored for sure. My other disappointment was that the Socceroos didn’t score more, sure the jetlag set in but they could have gone all out attack in the first 15-20 minutes in the second half and scored a couple more and then sat back. In the end, it will come down to goal difference and those extra goals could make the biggest difference. As for China, the altitude could backfire on the Chinese- as Neil said, it could effect both teams. The Socceroos will be pre pared and we may see a lot more of the A-league guys get prepped up for this game, along with the others that didn’t play on Wednesday. We wont loose that match against China, we’ve defeated them before, nothing to say we cant do it again

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:20:35 +0000

Yeah, I’m sure Archie would have been disappointed. The chance to play for the Socceroos in front of his home Melbourne crowd… Frankly, I wish he’d come on instead of John Aloisi. Aloisi ended up having a less than impressive session on the field, so hopefully Archie gets a heads-up next time.

By: Astri

Astri — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:13:31 +0000

It’s a shame Archie wasn’t brought on at the end he would have exploded. Instead we had to suffer through another cameo from Graham Arnold’s love child Holman. Hopefully Pim wont persist with using him in future.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:55:18 +0000

Ah, you’re right. Just had a closer look and it seems the game will be played in Kunming – which is 1,900 metres above sea level according to Wikipedia. Will make the correction in the post:)

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:43:02 +0000

I think you’ll find the altitude that they are talking about is only 1800m above sea level. Due to the new FIFA regulations games cannot be played at 3000m above sea level. In reality altitude is only an advantage if the home team is used to it otherwise it will affect both teams equally.