Asunto: National Team

forgot to add "...from Poland" ;)

haha fair enough! i guess there are quite a bit of eastern european immigrants in australia too

well we fell back close to 70 ranking points but only dropped back to 27th. Looking forward to the draw ;).

What happened there davio? Great pass through to the awaiting Rahman for that first goal! Obviously Prentice wasnt quite up to the task of taking on Malaysia's 3rd best striker. It doesnt help that you didnt get much time to get the players, but you probably should have put either Convey or Morton on the outside and put Prentice on Ayub.

The 2nd goal was unfortunate on Australia's part, coming from a very nice cross into Ayub, got free from his marker and just nodded the ball over the keeper's arms and into the back of the net. Ill take it regardless however :P

3rd goal was a stroke of Genius! Ball thrown into Rashid bin Hassana passing it to Dawson and letting loose. Great shot, i'd say surprised the keeper and the defence some what and drilled it into the back of the net.

Overall im pretty happy for the win. Gives Malaysia some of the ranking points back which have been lost in close losses in games that really should have been won. Lets just see if I can get Malaysia to continue strongly for the rest of this season.

Needed Morton centrally truth be told. As much as we got burned out wide I was reasonably happy for you to do that. Just tried to cut out your down the middle attacks. Difference clearly shown between goalkeepers and strikers. Webber isn't exactly in the same range as the goalkeeper you selected ;).

Sure there were a few mixups but it pretty much was a rushed job. Lots of things could have been done better. With the exception of the 1st goal, we weren't really threatened through the middle. Everything came through Coveny's side. Could have been interesting had I put Rudnicki where I originally wanted him instead of mucking up Turnbull and Rudnicki's positioning.

A-game will be back for this week's match, I'm going for 3 in a row against NZ ;). Will also be Ando's 100th cap for the NT so plenty to play for.

damn you and your keeper,saved 6 shots on goal from ellem!

Ellem's striking level isn't anywhere near their goalkeeper level, I'm quite sure on it, just need to compare ratings and average value of goalkeepers and I know what level they are roughly.

Will also be Ando's 100th cap for the NT so plenty to play for.

Looks like I jinxed that. I'll remember that before I say anything like this again. Ando got injured in the 90th minute of all things in the qualifier against myself today.

DAVE! What are you doing!! i mean SERIOUSLY!! not good enough mate! :P

Will just have to beat NZ without our 2 best goalkeepers, Broxton and Storey. Still achieveable :).

Andy W. is ready to kick ass ;)

Two strikes in one hit! If the jinx wasn't bad enough, it was then your team to do the damage!

So this will put him back level with Broxton then... no... 'cos he's injured too! Is anyone fit to take on the Kiwis?

Willis is :p.

We should be fine, Hirons is available and our record is pretty impressive against NZ when Hirons plays ;).
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Willis is :p.

If Andy gets injured today, then you're dead Aussie :p

Pottier -> Willis -> Hirons -> GOAL!

Reminds me of when I'd commentate my own footy games in the backyard.... Burns -> Buckley -> Rocca -> GOAL!! :P

If Andy gets injured today, then you're dead Aussie :p

Don't know what to say here to not make it asking for trouble so I'll just say nothing at all :p.