Australia hopping to win the World Cup of worst team slogans

The quote about the French not having a word for entrepreneur is supposedly not true either. Apparently it was attributed to Bush by then-British PM Tony Blair, but alleged to have just been a joke at the former president's expense, about his perceived lack of intelligence...

Well, it would be if it were true. But it comes from The Simpsons. Grounds keeper Willie.

'real men wear orange' is bloody classic. Would of been nice to see some Aussie humour in the slogan. Then again, it is the FFA.

I'm pretty sure the French don't have a word for victory either.

Fussball Firstly, how do you know that I don't watch any A-League? Being the big soccer fan that I am, how do you know that I don't get my fill of A-League every weekend? Secondly, I'm not really sure one needs to have watched a lot of A-League to draw conclusions on the quality of the Australian squad, and if you had sat down for 5 minutes to think it over, I'm sure you would not have put up the post. Sometimes it pays to consider things a bit more carefully. 1. How many players form the squad are from the A-League? 2. Are you trying to say that just because one player excels in the A-League that he can replicate that on the world stage? (that's a bit far-fetched that one - it doesn't really follow) 3. On the one hand you have squads with players earning $200,000 per week, on the other you have blokes earning $2,000 per week. All things being equal, would it not be reasonable to conclude that the blokes earning $2,000 per week are earning that much because they are not good enough to be earning $200,000 per week. Call it a hunch, but it seems a reasonable proposition. Now once again, I know and understand the game of soccer, an inferior team is capable of standing up to a superior team - I understand that. But as a general rule, especially when you are looking at a minimum of three consecutive games in a short space of time, in such conditions, more often than not, the superior teams wlll prevail over the weaker teams - more often than not - I understand there are exceptions. Now this is where I need to be brutally honest, and bring my knowledge of the game and history of WCs to the fore - you can go through the record books - and whenever you have a group where there is one country well, well below the other three in quality - that country never finishes top two. And these are precisely the conditions we have with Group B - one team is miles behind the other three in quality. Being the student of WC history, I am very happy to do a survey of all WCs going back 40 years - perhaps we can undertake such a survey together - and if I am proven wrong on that score - then I will happily concede the argument to you - no probs at all - I am a fair and honourable man.

Mid I tend to agree and was thinking exactly the same this afternoon he must be on a good whack of coin from the AFL media department at least $300 a day was my guestimate/summation. Dont worry he'll back tomorrow to inform us that the National Team is stepping up in grade massively at the upcoming World Cup he's only suggested that about 40 times over the past two days and also informed us to brace ourselves for a massacre and no Australian player plays in any form of club team internationally of any significance . What's unfortunate is there are some genuine AFL fans here who say decent rational thought evoking things here like milf AR and Christo who he lets down I believe .

If this is the quality of your responses, it might be best that you continue ignoring. I'm paid by the AFL now? Is that a serious question? Let me say, if anyone (from anywhere) offered me a job like that, I would definitely take it - but no, that's the most absurd suggestion anyone has made since some bloke on 442 wrote (over and over) that he had documentary evidence that I was being paid by the Qatari soccer mob to single handedly destroy the Australian bid. As you can see, that accusation takes some beating in the absurdity stakes, especially when anyone who followed the Australian bid carefully would know that it did not need any help from anyone, let alone an old codger like me. So in short, no, I ain't paid by anyone to be on social media. And I repeat, I have not said anything which most soccer fans would not have been contemplating themselves at some point - so I'm not sure how you jump from stating the bleeding obvious to concluding that I am paid by someone to state the bleeding obvious. But hey - I'm open to offers! :)

"Are you suggesting soccer fans need to have an in-depth knowledge of the A-League" If you are giving your analysis on the quality of players in the ALeague you need to have watched significant numbers of games. Any other analysis is ignorant. I don't watch any ARules players - not even 1' of the players who are allegedly "best in the world". But I do know, ever couple of years, the best AFL players in the world get their pants pulled down (hopefully it's only metaphorical, not that there's anything wrong if it's literal - each to his own, although I refuse to accept men wearing hot-pants) ... by a group of Irish lads, who are amateur athletes, but are mentally, physically, technically & tactically superior to the best ARules players in the world! Now, that's a harsh reality that continues to embarrasses all Aussies.

MF Mostly I choose to ignore your posts ... and will in the future ignore most... However I am trying to work out if you are a paid AFL social media person or simply some ageing key board stirrer ... My money is on the first ... care to comment...

Are you suggesting that soccer fans need to have an in-depth knowledge of the A-League to fully appreciate where the current squad of Socceroos sit vis-a-vis the three quality teams we are set to encounter? That's certainly a unique perspective. Everyone should be rightly excited, surely nothing I say can affect that? (recalling that I have have a memory of every single WC going all the way back to Australia's inaugural WC in 1974) What's more, as our national soccer team, the Socceroos belong to all Australians, not just a select few. Just as we all have a right to comment on our Government (regardless of who we vote for), we most certainly have a right to put forward an opinion on our national soccer team, and just as commentary on the Government will be mixed, so too will commentary on our soccer team, which is fine, we all accept that to be the case.

AZ hmmm, I don't know about that, might just sneak into the top 15 leagues in the world - there are a few leagues around the world about which Australian soccer fans know little, but they are of a surprisingly good quality. That be as it may, the point remains that Spain, Holland and Chile all have players who can waltz into any Bundesliga club today (including players who are around the age of 22). And I don't want to keep repeating myself, but on average, our squad is a long, long, long way off that - and to make matters worse, we go into the WC with a relatively inexperienced back 4. Now, this is the key point, back in 2006, man for man, you could hold your hand on your heart and say: ok, we match up pretty closely to, say, Chile of today, we're not too far off the pace in terms of experience, quality and having players who can hold their own in the top leagues of the world, including players used to European champions league, etc. But right now, people are lacking any sense of realism if they believe that to be the case.

@Mister Football "Some fans agree, and some will disagree" From my observations, people who are completely ignorant about the ALeague agree with you; people who are well-informed about the ALeague disagree. Most adults would agree with the adage: "Ignorant opinions are best discarded." "I doubt anyone would argue with the basic point that our current squad is a few tiers below the squad we sent to Germany in 2006." So what? Does this mean AUS Football fans can't be excited about playing in the biggest sporting event on the planet? I'm staggered by the number of football illiterates showing inordinate interest AUS at the World Cup.