Chilavert
the great presidential aspirant arrives in Australia and is greeted with the
confirming ignorance of a murdochpackielackey media that not only completely
ignores the first full international by the Socceroos against a potential World
Cup place contender in Paraguay but which also ignores the great goalkeeper
himself, a goalkeeper who has risen from the ashes of poverty and now seeks to
lead his country into the 21st century.
The
game was played with a zit-zit at the
Football Stadium where the 2000 Olympics football tournament is to be
held. Piker Kewell was
too busy snoring in front of “I am a Weasel” to show up at an important
international for the Socceroos in their
build-up to the Qualifiers.
The
Stadium surface was abysmal and characteristic of a cow paddock after milking,
but a comparable billiard surface if Dockland’s to be used later in the
week. Stan the Man played an
outstanding game. Colosimo the Socceroo
and Olyroo was back with the Kalac web that never looked threatened. His saves from Chilavert free kicks had
Chilavert stumbling back at high speed to avoid the Kalac punt to Captain
Olyroo, Emerton. Later Chilavert
claimed the Socceroos were all on drugs taking exception to the odd high
tackle! Foster had a general of a game
and the defence was solid throughout.
In
a later qualifier with Brazil, Paraguay win 2-1 when as reported in twg.
“However,
Campos set the stadium alight when he latched onto up a long kick from
Chilavert, fended off two defenders and swept the ball past Brazilian
goalkeeper Dida.”
The
Chilavert tactic of taking free-kick nearly failed against the Socceroos! He then picked up a ‘keeper tip from the
Kalac web.
Chivalet
scores from a free kick in the World Cup Qualifiers against Colombia!
A
last minute shot deflected into the net and the Socceroos would have won except
the AR’s flag waved in the air.
It
was a smallish crowd but vocal and loyal to the true sport.
Empty
seats, no media build-up, blacked-out Coke signs on a multi-lined bumping pitch
surrounded the second game of the series which is also to be a venue for the
Olympics. The only thing missing was an
educated and loyal public.
Still
a friendly against Manchester United draws more than a “State of Origin”
packielackey top bill. Not only that, but a friendly with Manu drew more spectators
at the Olympic Stadium than a Rugby Union test against South Africa! Almost one thousand more and with no
freebies and at $70 up a ticket! The only difference is that the RU got
saturation coverage while Manu and the Socceroos were ignored-a case of RU
sheep?
Bring
on the Grand Final!
The
2000 GF was another triumph for the small club where determination and grit
pay. Better than any FA final and even
the South Melbourne v Carlton GF, the Wolves back from 3-0 down after the first
half to win on penalties. Brilliant
game, brilliant atmosphere, shoot out to the death and the large Perth crowd go
home disappointed in an agonising end to a great grand final. Bring on Manu in the World Club Championship
and teach Cole a football lesson.
Perhaps Perth will make this championship next year, but today grit and
determination overcame the finesse of Glory’s game.
In
Melbourne on a cold and windswept pitch the Socceroos break down the Paraguayan
defence. Final score 2-1 and Chilavert
sees red making ‘The Animal’ of Brazil look like a gentleman. But as football players know, a stroll onto
the pitch and the personality changes. In this case, the presidential candidate with the pride of his
nation at stake goes all out and loses it at the death. A team effort by the
Socceroos who record their first win on home soil under Farina.
The World Cup qualifier will be difficult,
emotional, psychologically threatening and full of foul play with stop start
football if these games have been any guide.
Bolivia at altitude or in the steamy jungle, one thing is for sure the
qualifiers will be difficult. Will it
be Brazil after their recent run of losses?
Just
saw an interview with Craig Johnson on SBS where he espoused his philosophy and
goals in life. His aim was to coach the
Under 14 Byron Soccer Team to the Grand Final, win, all go for a surf and be
friends. A truly great ambition.
But
where was he when the Socceroos played Scotland for a place in the World
Cup? How irritating that a player who
calls Australia home hasn’t enough ticker or national pride to play for his
country. Craig ‘The Traitor’ will be
known as a trail-blazer for Mercurochrome
where money grovelling and sleeping were his top priority.
One
thing that was interesting in his interview was that throughout his life he was
always the “worst player” on the team.
Yet he ended up with a Championship Medal and invented the Predator
football boot.
Then
he has the chance to help the Socceroos win a place in the World Cup and be the
best player, he shirks his responsibility and showed a complete lack of
national spirit or identity. Zelic,
Bosnich, Okon, Viduka, Lazaridis, Wade, Tiatto, Kalac, Vidmar, Foster and even Kewell who at least
played for Australia and countless others and Moore are the real
Australians. Players who are prepared
to risk all to play for their land where they are completely unappreciated by a
bigoted media ruled over by a government protected media duopoly: the Penguin and Packielackey with their thick drawling tongues
carrying their bottles of Mercurochrome to soothe their snivelling and
grovelling serfs.
Is
it any wonder that Peter Wilson
went into hiding?
So
complete is the control that despite an outcry from public to see the European
Nations Cup free-to-air, this call was ignored and not reported in the
media. Murdochpackielackey and
tiddleywimps predominate while the football is forced off screen after over a
decade of free-to-air coverage and placed where few had an opportunity to view
the games. Not even the terrific Final
was covered! Can’t have a public
interested in wogball or is it now frogball!
But one thing is for sure the
Matildas are better looking!
The Matidas
blackout continues. But here is some
news from the newsgroup:
“The full national squad which you will be able to thrill at from the first game on Wed 13th Sept at Bruce Stadium is:
Wheeler,
McShea, Starr, Garriock, Alagich, Tann-Darby, Forman (c),Salsbury, Hughes, Black,
Duus, Ferguson, Wainwright, Hepperlin, Wilson, Golebiowski, Trimboli, Murray.
Coach:
Tanzey”
Latest news:
Australian
right-back Andy
McDermott,
released on a free
transfer
by West Bromwich Albion,
is
close to completing a move to
Juventus.
Is
this the new hero of Australian football?
When
the Olympics arrives will Kewell become a
Ghoul?
The Oceania Cup is packielackeyed out by
the media, but here is news.
PAPEETE,
Tahiti, June 19 AAP - Australia crushed the Cook Islands 17-0 in the opening
game of the Oceania Nations Cup here tonight in what turned out to be little
more than a training run for the Socceroos.
Craig
Foster hit four, Clayton Zane notched a hat trick in a seven minute spell near
the end of the game while Kevin Muscat, David Zdrilic, and Paul Agostino hit doubles
with Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto, Stan Lazaridis and Steve Corica scoring
singles.
FULL TIME RESULT: AUSTRALIA 6
(Scott Chipperfield 6’, Clayton Zane 13’ 35, Gideon Omokirio og 36’, Kevin Muscat
pen 39’, Pablo Cardozo 43’)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 0
LINEUPS:
AUSTRALIA
Zeljko Kalac (gk); Kevin Muscat (Simon Colosimo 46’), Steve Horvat, Stephen
Laybutt, Stan Lazaridis, Brett Emerton, Paul Okon (Pablo Cardozo 33’), Steve
Corica, Scott Chipperfield, Clayton Zane, Aurelio Vidmar
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Fred Hale (gk); Humphrey Dei, Jeff Kwaomae, Francis Wasi, Gideon Omokirio,
Stanley Waita, Noel Berry (Batram Suri 46’), Jack Samani, Colman Maniadalo
(Commins Menapi 46’), Jimmy Kaierea, Timothy Paoka
Yellow Cards
F Wasi (Sol) 33’, B Suri (Sol) 58’, J Kwaomae (Sol) 59’, C Menapi (Sol) 62’, C
Zane (Aus) 66’, S Waita (Sol) 71’
Scott
Chipperfield scores his first goal for Australia that opened the floodgates to
another impressive win by Australia.
In an amazing turn around Kewell has
announced that he will play for the Olyroos in Sydney! But will the government granted monopoly to
the packielackey media allow the public to see our stars? Will the government granted packielackey
monopoly stop information about the Olyroos? Will the sweethearts allow
football to be seen? Or will the
blackout continue?
Australia beat Vanuatu in the semi-final by 1-0 (pen K Muscat, 5m).
A win is win- Guttendorf Australia’s worst coach even lost in a World Cup Qualifier to Fiji!
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The first round of World Cup qualifiers for Italia '90 commenced
with a two-legged series against Oceania neighbours Fiji. This match was a World
Cup Qualifying match. |
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Played: November 20 1988 |
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Venue : Prince Charles Park, Nadi, Fiji |
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Fiji A Watkins, Pita Dau (Ali Ratfiq 71), Vuloaloa, Ririnakai, Gonequali, M Vuilabasa, Rao Vyash, Evans, S Peters, Watosoni (Ravuame
Madigi 46) Goal : Madigi 66 |
1 |
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0 |
Australia Gary van Egmond, Charlie Yankos, Gary McDowall, Graham Jennings, Alan Davidson, Mike Petersen (Steve Maxwell 66), Oscar Crino, Warren Spink (Joe Palatsides 66), Graham Arnold, Scott Ollerenshaw |
(Mike
Petersen has taken over the reigns at South Melbourne.)
Australian
beat NZ and are Oceania Champions!
The
Sydney 2000 paper and packielackey grovellers in case of a takeover the SMH
devoted 10 square centres of space! A
new chapter in publicity has been written so to find news Socceroo supporters
need to go to England.
From
the newsgroup:
“Evenin' All:
Found this on the Football 365 Manchester City
site. Not bad coverage
given the source!
Was the local coverage (I don't take the local rags)
any good?
'TIATTO STARS FOR AUSTRALIA IN EASY WIN
Manchester City midfielder Danny Tiatto starred for
Australia as they
qualified for next year's Confederations Cup,
beating New Zealand 2-0 in
the Oceania Nations Cup Final in Tahiti. The
Socceroos dominated from
the opening whistle and were rarely troubled in
defence. And coach Frank
Farina was delighted to have won the game.
After a number of corners in the first half,
Sheffield United defender
Shaun Murphy finally put the Australians ahead, and
in the process
scored his first international goal, after a corner
by Birmingham winger
Stan Lazaridis was headed back by Paul Agostino for
Murphy to slot home
in the 40th minute.
The one-way traffic continued in the second half,
Murphy unlucky not to
net his second just four minutes into the half,
while Lazaridis almost
caught New Zealand keeper Jason Batty out in the
55th minute with a free
kick which went just over the bar.
The Socceroos secured the victory in the 66th minute
however, Manchester
City midfielder Danny Tiatto making a break down the
left and beating three defenders before crossing the
ball to a waiting
Craig Foster, the Crystal Palace star converting to
make it 2-0.
"It certainly was a relief to win the Final,
it's always a relief when
you win games as important as this one," said
Socceroos boss Frank
Farina. "I felt the boys played exceptionally
well out there tonight, we
dominated the entire 90 minutes and we deserved to
win.
"New Zealand was always going to be dangerous,
and they were, more from
the set pieces than anything else, but we held our
discipline under
difficult circumstances. "To actually qualify for the Confederations
Cup is a huge relief for me, and I give a big pat on
the back to the
players, they deserve all of the accolades they get
– they've given up a
lot of things to spend the last three weeks in camp
with the national
team, and it’s paid off for them. I'm very proud to be associated with
this group of boys." '
No accolades in
Australia- merely a silent ignorance of the achievement and these players who
gave up their time to play for the Socceroos unappreciated by the effective
monopoly of the packielackey morons in control of the press.
Wait until the
football world sees the state of our grounds!
No wonder Manu
sacked the turf specialists!
Wait till you
see the Colonial turf (fortunately not an Olympic venue!)
Or is beach
football?
Germany is to host the 2006 World Cup. How did our spineless leader in Oceania vote? From the newsgroup:
Morocco were eliminated in the first round of votes.
England were eliminated in the second round with the
votes going as follows:
South Africa 11, Germany 11, England 2
The two Execs who voted for England - David Will of Scotland
and Chic Dempsey on NZ - had to choose between SA and Germany. Will voted for
Germany and Dempsey ABSTAINED !!
Therefore Germany won 12-11.
Is it any wonder that he never stood up to be counted in creating
an Oceania link to a major football area such as Asia?
The result has been to hold back Australian football from playing
proper competitive games in our region.
Dempsey thinks that by restricting competitive games for the
Socceroos, his inept sides in New
Zealand have a better chance of success.
Or perhaps as someone said on the newsgroup.
“Did Dempsey abstain, or did he just fall asleep at the crucial moment?”
Desperate
for the new season!!!
newsgroup update
“Okon, Lazaridis, and Viduka have been called into
the
Olympic squad according to the Times newspaper.”
This is just another example where news about the Olyroos must be sought from sources outside the effective media monopoly in Australia.
Is it any wonder the government is seeking to stifle news over the net?
The
government owned natural monopoly Australia Post’s stamp issue for the Olympics
left out football in its featured sports, in what is another official snub to
footballers. The ignorance and bigotry
reach into the highest levels of government.
Is
it any wonder after the disgraceful attack on the Australian football by the
bigots in the Parliament?
With
less than a month to go before the Olympics there is not a mention of the
Olyroos or Matildas in the media.
BTW
Most of the seats at the Olympics are for football!
Kewell the Ghoul or is it genuine?
From
the newsgroup:
“SOC: KEWELL TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM OLYMPIC SQUAD
MELBOURNE, Aug 25 AAP - Injured Leeds United star
Harry Kewell will be withdrawn from Australia's Olympic soccer squad later
today.
The forward has been battling an Achilles tendon
injury which has not responded to treatment.
Soccer Australia has to submit its Olympic squad
names today and will decide not to name Kewell because of his injury.
Olyroo coach Raul Blanco said at training earlier
this week that Kewell meant as much to the Australian Olympic campaign as
Maradona did to Argentina at his peak.”
Three weeks before the
Games and Kewell the Mercurochrome Ghoul
pulls out injured.
He managed to play most of
the season last year.
Has the Leeds darkness
struck yet again?
Will he play immediately
after the Games for Leeds?
A case of Kewell the
Mercurochrome Ghoul!
Why did he not wait and at
least sit on the bench if the injury was genuine? Exploratory surgery deemed successful was made on the day
Australia played Italy.
Maradona played through
sickness and injury for his country.
What a wimpy piker!
In another
blow for the Olyroos, Okon damages his toe, plays injured three-quarters of the
game for Middlesborough and he sets up three sitters that are duly muffed by
the attack. Later he is forced to pull
out of the squad for the Olympics and undergo surgery.
Looks like it
is a difficult start for the Olyroos.
We now rely on new Aussie heroes to fill the void as adversity gives way
to creativity!
The ground
where the Matildas will play in our national capital is so poor that the IOC
has ordered the replacement of the surface destroyed by packielackey lumbering
oafs less than a month before kick-off.
Then, in the usual inept style of the packielackey dominated
organisation- SOGOC, its tacticians laid a new turf from tropical grasses
sourced from tropical Cairns, which duly died after a frost in the height of
the usual Canberra winter!
A case of
Manchester United’s ground revisited!
It is
expected that a new surface will be laid only one week before the first
game. Expect a game of sliding carpet
where the swells of corrugations on the bush tracks leading west from the oval
will look and feel like pancake surf.
There goes
any home advantage to the Matildas.
And of
course don’t expect the PM to show his face at any football event.
The IOC passes
the Canberra ground as fit for play.
They walk over the surface and look down. But will it roll as players
check to change direction? Let’s hope so for the safety of the players!
Viduka and
Skoko arrive in Melbourne for the sell-out opening game.
Here is a
fan’s prediction about television coverage of the opening game of Sydney 2000
involving the Oyroos:
From the newsgroup:
“My bet is as follows:
>
>1 - they'll cover the game live,
>2 - they'll bung in ads during the playing time,
>3 - they'll have at least one, and probably
more,
> total
nongs in the commentary box with not the
>
foggiest idea of football,
>4 - they'll mute the crowd atmosphere to make it
> seem
quieter on the telecast than it is in reality.”
Answer:
1 and 4 only.
But
what a dangerous and completely unsuitable ground Melbourne produced!
The
Olyroos played yet again on another cow paddock but this time the world saw
what SOCOG packielackey tacticians knew and planned from the start. Anything to
nobble the Olyroos who are a team that plays the fast flowing interchanging
passing game!
The
grass was laid 10 days before kick-off and the players slipped and slid as the
surface moved beneath their feet– Skoko was injured as a result of a mistimed
tackle.
But
guess who laid the surface?
The
eggs still dripping down the nongs faces that laid Manu’s ground muffed it
again! Another quality export!?
The
surface was the typical knee-deep grass of tiddleywimps where falling over on a
soft surface is number one priority so they won’t scape their elbows.
But
worse still, the Sydney newspaper- the Murdoch Telemoron didn’t even report on
the Olyroo game that had 98000 spectators!
After all they’re all dagoes aren’t they- Carlton dagoes!?
The
outrageous and unscrupulous attack on the Matildas who lost 3-0 to Germany took
the cake and epitomised the lack of Olympic ideals and spirit by the sports
media at this disgraceful corporation.
The
Telemoron is now if ever in doubt, the official dunny paper of the Sydney 2000
Olympics and highlights the racist bigotry of the government granted effective
monopoly media in Australia.
The
Olyroos played outstanding football and were unlucky to lose 1-0.
Over
confidence in defence cost us the game.
A mistake in football is fatally punished, unlike the innumerable
dropped balls in tiddleywimps and packielackey where errors are of little
consequence and are easily clawed back.
Bring
on Nigeria.
Olyroos
lose again. This time due to a Colosimo
error of judgment as he headed the ball back to the ‘keeper under pressure, the
ball failed to make the distance.
Colosimo has never had a strong headed. The final score was 2-3 in front
of a capacity crowd played on a relatively decent ground (grass again too long)
in Sydney.
The
undeserved send off of our captain (Emerton) was the death knell for the
Olyroos with Nigeria taking out the Academy Award for Play- acting.
The Matildas
draw 1-1 and still are a chance to qualify for the quarterfinals. They lose to Brazil 2-1 and are out.
Wave after wave
attack and fantastic save after fantastic save and the Olyroos are
defeated. This was a case of the gods
were not with them. Complete domination
over Honduras but they still lose 2-1.
Had it been packielackey, the score would have been 100-zit as
possession and domination are all important.
But football is
the cruellest sport, as Sydney 2000 clearly demonstrated.
The coverage on
ABC radio was excellent if only in very brief excerpts, and at least those who
could afford it had a chance to see the games on pay TV. This is except for Russel’s rubbish and
scurrilous attack on the Matildas at the government-controlled network who has
also obviously never heard of Zijlaard the cyclist philosophy.
The Matildas
performed against fully professional players in the only truly competitive
code.
The ignorance in the
commercial media runs so deep that in an interview about Japanese fans, Channel
10 said
” They (Japanese football
fans) came here for an 80 minute game of soccer. Then only to fly home the next day!”?!
The Stoke’s Joke
free-to-air and Telemoron blackout of the football celebration at the Olympics
in Sydney 2000 is unabated. Football
has been part of the games since 1908.
This blackout of information is despite the huge crowds attending the
football games with the host nation eliminated! Despite the blackout of information, the average crowd size for
the football tournament is over 30 000 (Bruce Stadium has a capacity less than
30 000) with a capacity 110 000 at the final and the play-off for the bronze to
go.
Cameroon win
over Spain 2-2 in front of a capacity crowd on penalties in an exciting match
for Cameroon’s first ever Gold Medal at the Olympics! Spain was valiant in defeat and struggled with 9 players against
a super-fit Cameroon.
The packielackey tacticians
have done their jobs as monopoly controllers well! However, despite the tactical media blackout of the football
events and the substandard grounds, the original football code of Australia
continues to demonstrate that it is number one and the only truly competitive
code.
One
wonders if the results may have been different had Kewell and Okon played given
the numerous missed chances and tight triple-marking of Viduka.
Australian
football continues the long climb to the top level, and now the World Cup
qualifiers loom.
Fosters the
anti-football lager has launched an advertisement that attempts to educate its
drinkers with a system of beliefs necessarily excluding football (some rubbish
about tiddleywimps), but amazingly one of the beliefs is that the Earth is
round!
Clearly an
attempt to educate the tiddleywimps followers from Melbourne!
Pity its
management hasn’t yet learned about this reality.
Bring on the football season!
Bring on Scotland.
Viva la football!
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