Taking a look at the Socceroos' depth

Considering that World Cups are 4 years apart if your age gap is in the right sequence you can get away with it. The next qualifying campaign and the next asian cup should be made up of soley players who are going to play in 2014. This will allow us 4 years to develop a team, the players that are 33 and above at the end of this world cup should be told to expect allot less game time for the next 4 years. In fact I would go so far as to say they would be injury replacements only for younger players. That would be my direction if I was the post 2010 coach.

Yeah okay. All of you are right. We're crap. And we know it.

Thai - it's Arabic innit?

What does that tell you? It tells me that you shouldn't pay too much attention to friendlies.

Pothale You will have to stop this one handed typing and I understand what it is like to play so poor we had a team like yours a few years ago anyway back to your ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ak4fz9lRg

'"Let’s aface it, Socceroos are bottom feeding in the soccr world. Don’t set tooo mcuh storre by it." Sounds like you've had one guiness too many. BTW Socceroos are ranked 16th in the world and Ireland's ranking???? Cahill, Kewell, Bresc, Scwarz, Culina, Kennedy, etc would walk into the Irish side

I would also say the Poms get much more excitied about beating the wallabies regardess of how many players are getting a guernsey for the first time than we are in here about the Socceroos. I think most fans are happy to have not conceeded with that back 4 as it's likely one of them wil have to step up to fill in for Craig Moore.

Obviously no one is going to try and break a leg* playing a friendly (any friendy) and both coaches took key payers off at half time but this game was much more important for Ireand, that is pretty much your lineup for the Cyprus game whereas Australia would have 5 or 6 starters to come in. *The first 10 minutes had quite a few crude tackles from Ireland though

Nope. Players out of position. Backing off Australian players, avoiding injury, and missing some of the first teamers would make a big difference. C Team is a bit dtrong by me, but you get the point. This was the equivalent of an Aussie or SA touring rugby side in the NH - a weakened or developing team, as they like to call it.

That wasn't your A team hmmm can't wait too see what irish players are better than Keane, Ireland, Duff and Given. But I guess that woud expain why everyone in this thread is more concerned with the upcoming korean game i.e an opponent who can play. So your team couldn't score against our b team back 4 because they weren't trying (at home) and were charging the Irish fans approx $100 too see it...... hmm You have been in one scrum too many Pothole

Has anyone considered that the match versus the Socceroos was the equivanlent of playing the Faroe Islands for the ROI? None of the players was engaged in the match. the premiership is starting. It was a friendly and Trap was just find out about positions and players. In a normal match the Australisans would have been tournced but we put out a C team to try out some of the individual players and positions., Let's aface it, Socceroos are bottom feeding in the soccr world. Don't set tooo mcuh storre by it.

It was Miller chasing Robson, after the goal, Miller turned to his defenders with the absolute look of disgust with his arms out as to say " where the @#$% were you guys!!

I have no doubts as long as Herbert is coaching.

Culina is the back up for Cahill. Carle is potential backup deep lying playmaker (if Culina required to push forward to replace Cahill). Abscence of Grella, Valeri and Culina and the fact it was a friendly seemed to me to be an open invitation to trial Carle as one of the holding mids

Football is full of players who look good occasionally at international level but can't hack it week in and week out at club level. It's a schoolboy error to judge a player's on the basis of what he does in the international game. Remember Helder Postiga scoring against England for Portugal in Euro 2004? The fellow couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo when he played for Spurs in the Premiership. Most sensible clubs ignore international form unless it's backed up by club form. Otherwise, you end up like Tottenham.

You are the manager your job is to find 23 players including (3 Keepers) to play in the WC 2010. Pleasingly, unlike 2006 we have a bit more depth. Here is a list of 31 - good luck pruning it down to 23. Goalkeepers - Schwarzer,Federici, Jones, Petkovic Defenders - Emerton, Wilkshire, Williams, Neill, Moore, Milligan, Spiranovic, Chipperfield, Carney, Kisnorbo, North Midfield - Culina, Grella, Jedinak, Valeri, Bresciano, Kewell, Troisi, Carle, Cahill, Holman, Vidosic Forwards - Viduka, Kennedy, McDonald, Rukavytsa, Djite Personally, I would leave out, Jones, Moore, Kisnorbo, North, Holman, Carle, Troisi, Djite This is based on the following assumptions. Williams, Spiranovic , Ruka and Vidosic will get game time this season. Moore is to old and too slow and I would leave him out and risk going into the tournament with only 3 central defenders. To do well in the WC you need to have a defence that has pace and endurance. We also need someone like Ruka to come on and run at tiring defences late in the game. Ofcourse, I expect to change my mind as we get cloer to WC 2010.