Asunto: National Team

He seems to be on fire:P

Australia vs Kypros 1-0

As I really enjoyed how the guys behaved in the match against Malaysia I have offered the same players the chance to prove me that they can do better.

The deffence was excellent, I had no concernes there, if only the strikers would have scored more that would have been a plus. Nevertheless, a good test.

Next opponent - Denmark.
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Hi guys,

On Saturday we will meet Denmark in a frindly match encounter.
It will be a though game as Denmark is a top 30 team with valuable players.

I will try something different against them, but approximately the best 11 will try to bring us the victory.

This was the biggest humiliation I encountered since I am NT manager.
Playing with 4 defs isn`t a solution against top teams, I knew that, but I tried it anyway and it was a mess.

I tried to play to different tactics, starting with a 4312 and afterwords using a 442, none of them gived us any satisfaction. The defs line was to high and the opponent got a big advance from it.

I trully apologize for this ugly match. I hope I will repair this disgrace in the coming games.

Go Australia!
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What happened with the triple wing substitution?
9 Corey Harries MID 87 35 10%
S Carl O'Donoghue MID 71 23 4% 5%
9 Dave Souris MID 78 -58 1 4%

Hi uber!
Did you watch the game? I used two different tactics. Harries started as a wing in a 4312 tactic, then I changed the tactic with a 422 and O`Donoghue took his place and I finished the game with the same tactic, 4312, Souris went on the wing side again.

I surely won`t use 4 defs again in these kind of games with top gun teams.

Next week we will play at home against South Americans Paraguay.
Should be an equal battle, we stand 51st spot, they are one place behind us on the 52nd.

Anyone interested in hosting the game?

Me.

Thanks agbell.

Australia vs Paraguay 1-2

It was an equal match, 5 goal chances on both sides, we received the two goals from passes from the winger, both of them with the head. Brown didn`t do his job in annihilating the winger as he should have done and that`s how we received the two goals.

Nevertheless we played good, Huxley was totally out of the game, he didn`t help the front line with anything.

Next game against Bolivia will be an Under 27 encounter. Let`s hope the guys will behave good against a World Cup group participant.

U27 will be hard for you. Not many good young players in oz. I added the best I could find to the squad last year.

I have seen how we are standing, but I still want to offer playing chances to the u27 line. I know we don`t stand decent here, but I will try to line up the best possible line up. Being a friendly season, I want to offer playing chances to a vast number of players. I know loosing will hurt our rating, but still the future of the NT is more important in growing players, not just winning games.

I look forward to seeing the team you pick :)

Me too:) Don`t worry, we still have some good lads out there, you will see :d

After taking the players who haven't been aged out of the NTDB list, the midfield picks itself :) :) :)

MidfieldersPlayer Name (Age / Country) Rating
Frank Grella (26 / Australia) 87.0
Walter Groves (25 / Australia) 82.5
Julian O\'Carroll (25 / Australia) 82.0
Campbell McLaren (25 / Australia) 80.0
Harrold Vieri (23 / Australia) 79.0

the future of the NT is more important in growing players, not just winning games.

I don't see any way in which playing u21 would have an impact on 'growing' the players, please explain