Australia vs Bahrain

I can’t believe hearing people saying they won’t support or watch the national team because they are so called "boring". It’s as bad as some of the clowns that boo players that play for their rival clubs. Get over yourselves and support the game and your country. Whenever someone is wearing the shirt support them, don’t get on their back even more!

Well now that’s off my chest.... I went to the game, great to see that stadium full of gold again! As I mentioned in my previous post, I think its great that the crowd can respect their anthems and players in these sorts of games but when it comes to the big crunch qualifiers, I think we have to make the stadium much more intimidating towards the opponents just like against the WQC Uruguay last November.

As for the action on he pitch I have to say I was entertained by what was created in the first half, Bahrain threw everything behind the ball and relied on the counter which nearly worked, getting in behind our defenders which I have to say aren’t the fastest on the planet but hasn’t that been our problem since the Farina days? We were controlling possession and knocking it around well for the 1st half and as a result we knocked two into the back of the net with poor refereeing costing us a third. In the second half after Arnold made his changes the game seemed to die a bit but I wouldn’t say I was bored out of my brain like I hear many saying….

I still don’t believe Arnold is the right man for the coaching job and the way we played in the second half just backed up my point. We shouldn’t be cruising once we get ahead. We should be putting these teams away and proving that the players deserve their spot. Arnold saying “The players had one eye on their clubs”… What a ridiculous comment by the coach!

The real blight on the night was the way the Bahrainis stayed down and called for the bloody stretcher! So lame and it got the reception from the crowd and Australian players that it deserved. Pathetic!

DANE