I dunno how australia expects to change its defence in 6 months. Im not sure the players are the problem. Argentina and Germany do have great attacks, however I really dont think we should be conceding that many goals.
I dont think we have enough depth at the back, i mean full strength, lazaridis, moore, neill, and then one outa popovic, muscat, vidmar, melecevic, mckain etc none of whom are good enough imho.
I think part of the problem stems from the team's structure as well, which seems to be a 4-1-2-3 or a 4-1-4-1. I think the wide men up front are wasted, they dont do enough in attack or defence, and we are basically playing 4 fairly attacking midfielders, we really do need some in the team like okon or zelic to bring that balance. I reckon we should play 4-1-3-2. with zelic or okon playing infront of the defence.