aussiemag

Can someone on this board get filthy rich and then buy the club and return it to its former glory!

Carver and Stone coaching. It's pathetic. No wonder we couldnt mount an attack to save our lives.

If we wanted a director of football I'd be looking at a German. Someone who can model the youth setup to be like Dortmunds, know what qualities to look for in players, can pick a manager that actually has tactical nouse.

Sadly I agree.

Why can't we just be run like Southampton, Swansea, even fucking West Ham. How hard is it?! I'm fed up, these clowns are ruining one of the biggest passions in my life.

Unfortunately not with the fat cunt in charge. You just now that if Pardew gets the sack his replacement will be Kinnear as well. Thought the old fuck had a heart condition.

Fuck this.

What a disgrace.

Honda is out of contract in December, would be a good signing commercially and setting up our attacks.

Pardew will have seen Jonas as a winger when he arrived, the fact that he does so much work now tracking back will have won him over. I also think that tracking back has blunted him when going forward, even if that wasn't much of a strong point before then. I don't think Jonas has lost any pace because he didn't really have a lot anyway, he just runs around more and no longer has much acceleration, and he’s become more of a marathon runner than a sprinter. dunno that debut against man utd he looked prett bloody quick. He was electric that day. Completely different player to the s*** hes become.

Leverkusen are potentitally cleaning up with their champions league and Schurrle money. Kruse, Son. Possibly Alderweireld and Aubemayang. Pretty good business.

Im going for Japan. Problem with Japan is they dont have anyone to stick the ball into the net and struggle to deal with direct play. Great team to watch though. Think they can get a draw against Brazil.

They have better youth set ups. Our only two reps in the tournament developed at other clubs.

The players need a rest surely. Also, It would have to be every 2 years (when theres no Euros or World Cup). Could be fun to watch, but it would put a final dagger into any sort of competition remaining in the domestic leagues.

?? Happens quite a lot, Man U 3-0, Arsenal 4 goals in a half, Brighton beat us, Reading beat us. Yeh, once in a blue moon though. Apart from Brighton, its an upset if we beat them.

When I watch shit teams get results against powerhouse sides, it makes me wonder how we never seem to do it at the toon.

Im really looking forward to this. Our own Curtis Good is captaining Australia. Weve done pretty well in our warm up games. Beat New Zealand 5-0, Drew 2-2 with Germany u/21's and lost 3-1 to the dutch u/21's. Interested to see how we go. One of our Daniel de Silva has just turned 16. So big step up for him. Our best player Mustafa Amini who plays for Dortmund 2, has controversially been omitted from the squad, due to fitness issues apparently. Should be good!

You would think so. A large proportion of Iraq's squad are playing in a world cup qualifier against Australia on Tuesday and then flying out for this tournament. Whether thats a good thing or not, Im not sure. Playing senior football could be an advantage for them, they could also be really burned out.

How many go through from the group?

Moving to Asia was the best thing for us. The away trips are difficult but rewarding. Such as travelling to the middle east in the middle of summer, where we're dealing with extreme conditions. Most games are really competitive. Sides like Oman, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Iraq are capable of beating any other on there day. It sets us up to hopefully be more competitive in major tournaments.

There's really no point to the OFC. They should just fold those squads into the AFC. Its a joke. Only New Zealand are mildly competitive out of them. I dont know how Tahiti beat New Zealand! The kiwis at least have a few players at european clubs.

Isn't that exactly how it works with this lot, Ron? No because the 23 million, must also include the wages over a 5 year period. Therefore we are looking at players we can get for a fee around 5 million pounds max.

Curtis isnt ready to be 4th choice, thats still a year or two away. He couldnt break into the centre back places at a league two side.

Hell end up playing in Australia or some other shit league.

It was our first season up. They got a bit excited I think. His touch and awareness is one of the worst I've seen from a premier league footballer.