Posts Tagged "Pim Verbeek"

Less then two months into his reign as Socceroos manager, the signs have so far been promising for Holger Osieck. I’m not alone in being struck by the German’s determination not to make the same mistakes his predecessor Pim Verbeek did.

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Tim Cahill says the Socceroos are embracing Holger Osieck’s more enterprising game plan with the spearhead clearly relishing his German boss’s decision to employ two strikers.

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While it’s far too early to jump to any broad conclusions, the Socceroos’ first steps under Holger Osieck were encouraging if not quite as green as the picturesque hills that surround St. Gallen.

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Previously hailed the laughing stock of Australian Football, Brett Holman has turned around to be the saving grace of the 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign. And having previously writing him off as “hopeless”, we as the Australian Football Fans, have to apologise.

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They say you only get one chance to make a first impression, so what must Holger Osieck have thought after watching the Socceroos lose 2-0 to Slovenia on Thursday morning?

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Their appointments share plenty of similarities, but incoming Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has promised a new era for the national team that appears worlds apart from that of predecessor Pim Verbeek.

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Newcastle coach Branko Culina has tipped his Socceroos son Jason to fire for Gold Coast this A-League season after being unfairly criticised for his performances at the World Cup.

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On Wednesday the South Korean FA announced Cho Kwang-Rae as their new national team coach. It’s widely tipped that Diego Maradona will be reinstated as Argentinean coach for the next four years next week and South Africa’s technical committee hired Pitso Mosimane as replacement for Carlos Alberto Parreira weeks ago.

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The first lesson: one loss and we hate the Socceroos. The manic and depressive nature of being an Australian football fan. One loss and all of a sudden Australia is a laughing stock and no-one really cares about football.

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In the aftermath of the Socceroos 2010 World Cup campaign, much has been said and written about the country’s natural attacking instincts. I’m not so sure where the notion came from, although Craig Foster seemed keen to drum home the point, and some of the players alluded to it as well.

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The Socceroos World Cup campaign looked something like this. First up, Germany, the crying game.

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This what Pim Verbeek’s World Cup could have looked like had he Twittered during the World Cup.

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Big ups go out to SBS for their outstanding coverage of the World Cup thus far. In depth analysis of matches, live games and replays, documentaries and the very funny Santos Sam and Ed show.

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Reflecting on the Socceroos third World Cup campaign, the one real regret is that we didn’t have a manager able enough to sense the mood of a match and the mentality of the nation.

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Of all the stunning results, the Socceroos brilliant showing against Serbia, Kevin Rudd failing to score enough goals to get through to the next round, and that awesome video of the crocodile eating a shark, it is going to be difficult to sit down and analyse the Soccerroos World Cup showing in any serious way.

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It’s a real shame that the Socceroos’ gallant victory over Serbia was a mere sidebar on a historic day as Julia Gillard became our first female Prime Minister. As the Socceroos exited the 2010 World Cup with their heads held high, Kevin Rudd’s exit tears upstaged Lucas Neill’s.

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As the dust settles on Australia’s valiant performance in Nelspruit, speculation has turned to who might replace Pim Verbeek at the helm of the Socceroos.

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Australia has learned how to qualify for World Cups, now we must learn how to play them.

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On world football’s biggest stage, Socceroo Brett Holman has not only silenced his legion of hecklers, he’s perhaps turned them into fans.

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Australia’s incoming football coach, whoever he may be, certainly has a big job in revamping the aging Socceroos squad in the lead up to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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