retired_musiclova31

wouldn't have been happy with troussier. definitely not happy with verbeek.

will have to give frank lowy a swift kick up the ass at the christmas party next week.

triathlontrain

hahahaha who?

let the bandwagon johnny come latelys start talking about the future with this coach and evertyhing about him, like they been supporters of his for years to begin

\o/ \o/

on a side note, does anyone earsdrop at a league matches and listen to ppls views and opinions about soccer or is it just me?

triathlontrain

as i said earlier, its just been too rushed i felt we could have held out a bit longer.

anyway give this new bloke a chance and all that

retired_musiclova31

okay, the one positive is that at least he's prepared to base himself here. which probably had to be a stipulation to all but the very highest calibre of managers i guess...

retired_rmschaffer

If it came down to Troussier and Verbeek. I don't know much about either of them. So I will trust the judgement of whoever made the decision.

I think it was a good choice to go for someone who knows Asia and who is based in Australia permanently. I don't think going for a big name European manager would have worked. You probably need someone who is immersed in the region, not someone who will travel in irregularly.

Hopefully he will work well with Rob Baan. Baan would have reasonable knowledge of Australian football by now, which will help out with team selection. But also he seems to be the one restructuring the game at grassroots level so it is good if they have a close relationship.

retired_nela

I wouldn't call it rushed - it's been 18 months since we've had a manager actually appointed to the role, rather than just in an acting position. The qualifiers are not that far away, and the manager must get used to the A-League players. Apparently he's coming down to Australia this weekend, which is a good start.

retired_lydiadiebolt

Well, at least we have a manager now, unlike South Korea who are still looking for one now that Gerard Houllier and Mick McCarthy have both rejected the offer to manage South Korea.

retired_christineguhl

It's obviously not the same Schwarzer who is currently playing for Boro then.

retired_rachelst

and Kuwait

retired_rachelst

It's really not too bad a group. China are rubbish. Possible the worst second seed after Kuwait. Iraq are good but I don't know how they've been playing lately. Qatar shouldn't be a problem. With your European-based players you would qualify with ease. Not sure about your A-league ones though. And of course June games could be big problem.