Australia's 2010 World Cup Qualifying Campaign (4 Viewers)

[A High Way Man]

OMG!!!!!!! my post got deleted, thats the first time EVER

 

[chicky_pie]

lol at Iraq we won...

 

[stazi]

yay. good signs. sure the victory wasn't convincing, but every win matters.

 

[blakegman]

defence was shite. Beauchamp is a fucking joke and north was shithouse.

will be good when we have neill back. Spiranovic should start too.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

defence was shite. Beauchamp is a fucking joke and north was shithouse.

will be good when we have neill back. Spiranovic should start too.

 

[blakegman]

yeah lolman seems to be hardly a-league standard. all he can do is chase. would make a decent leftrightout though.

 

[Aplus]

I was under the impression that Kewell left Liverpool...

 

[Captain Gh3y]

The next round will be tougher...

(atm there's 5 groups of 4 teams, the top 2 in each group go thru

in the 2nd round there are 2 groups of 5 teams; each team plays the other once, the top 2 in each group get into the world cup and the two 3rd placed play off with the winner facing the Oceania champion for the 5th spot)

We'll need to improve.

 

[stazi]

yeah we need to improve HEAPS. lack of Guus is killing us

 

[Psychokiller]

The next round will be tougher...

(atm there's 5 groups of 4 teams, the top 2 in each group go thru

in the 2nd round there are 2 groups of 5 teams; each team plays the other once, the top 2 in each group get into the world cup and the two 3rd placed play off with the winner facing the Oceania champion for the 5th spot)

We'll need to improve.

when is the do-or-die match ?

 

[Captain Gh3y]

when is the do-or-die match ?

there isn't one, unless we come third in our group in the 2nd round of qualifying

 

[Psychokiller]

there isn't one, unless we come third in our group in the 2nd round of qualifying

when is the final qualifying match? i mean, before the WC

 

[stazi]

when is the final qualifying match? i mean, before the WC

again, it depends. if we're third in the next stage it's one date. If not, it'll be another. Hell, it's possible that after only half the games we'll already know that we qualified.

He did.

I believe we only need a draw now to make it through to the next round of qualifying. Great stuff. Would be good to watch them in 2010,.

I don't think so. We're 3 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses = 7pts. China is third at 3pts. If we draw the next one and lose the following two, we'll be on 8 pts, and if China wins two, they'll overtake us. Qatar could draw two, win one and also overtake us. Then we'll all cry. I think even Iraq could potentially overtake us (it'd be a miracle though).

 

[Psychokiller]

i wanna know when theres gonna be a massive match in aus like in 2006

 

[stazi]

again, possibly never. 'It depends'. The qualifying system has changed. Previously in order to qualify, Australia had to win against another team. Now, they merely play in a group against 4 other teams. If they win their first 5 games, it's unlikely that they'll be knocked out of the top 2, so there won't be a 'massive match' like in 05.

The biggest match will probably be against the higher seed of the group (possibly Japan or South Korea depending on how this stage of qualifying goes).

 

[Captain Gh3y]

i wanna know when theres gonna be a massive match in aus like in 2006

All of them

Also, it was in 2005

 

[blakegman]

should be just about through. Can't see us losing all the remaining games, although Beauchamp will try his hardest to ensure such a result happens

 

[Dumsum]

So how about the likelihood of Australia hosting the 2018 World Cup.

 

[stazi]

i actually think there's a decent chance. would be so amazing. but fucking scary to think i'll be in my 30s

fuck.

/quarter life crisis time right now.

 

[blakegman]

So how about the likelihood of Australia hosting the 2018 World Cup.

Very little chance.

But i think we would have a great chance for 2022, i think we'd be one of the favourites. 2018 looks almost certain to england.