We simply were not good enough

I have to admit I did not think we would win last night. Yet again 'Aussie' Bert was cautious in selecting his team.

As with Denmark we had to win but his tactics seem to be again cautious instead of attack. Avoiding a goal is much easier if you are attacking then if you are absorbing pressure.

Juric for example is a poor mans Viduka , He keeps the ball until his team mates are there to pass to. He is not the man if your tactics are a fast counter-attack.This showed up in the way he played. He seemed confused on what his actual role was.  I would have gone to McClaren ( how we missed him against Denmark. He tires out defenders as they have to stop and start a lot and match his pace. Naboutt for example simply harasses defenders.
Azarni is our X factor. Again he cause defenders to tire quickly because of the effort to contain him. We needs goals early yet he only came on as a substitute.
Irvine has a high work rate buzzing around the field, harassing midfielders for the ball and giving it to Mooy or Rogic. He is not a substitute. He either plays or he doesn't.
Rogic was substituted again as with the Denmark match yet he is one of the few players who can score a goal out of nothing.

We had most of the ball against Peru yet could not contain the pressure into goals. We did the same against Denmark. We only scored TWO goals and they were penalties. This is simply not good enough at international level.

It did not help Ange resigned before the World Cup. 'Aussie' Bert simply did not have enough time with the team.

Going forward Graham Arnold needs to find a centre back to replace Milligan, A midfielder to replace Jedinak, both Kruse and Leckie wil be too old at the next world cup.

There are some replacements on the horizon.

Damn, Damn , Damn

I should add SBS should always have the world cup if only for Lucy Zelic even beating the late Les Murray in her pronunciation of names however we need a decent commentator. David Basheer does not cut the mustard.  Optus used pommy commentators and they were great. Why not simply use them and save money. Australia has only one decent commentator and that is Simon Hill and he is a pom. Say no more