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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
And your suprised? Most of europe doesnt rate us and lets be honest wouldnt know or care what happens outside their little worldwatching bbc2 coverage on an unbiased view theyve basically said its out of the other 3. we didnt really rate a mention i suppose it will be good to go into this with a low profile again.
In fairness Chile and Switzerland were two of the earliest qualifiers from their respective continents. World beaters they aint but ceratinly deserve a little more credit.Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana,
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
England & Spain got an easy draw
It's not going to be easy for the Socceroos, but at least we have some players to go into those matches with a fighting chance..
Ghana on African soil is going to be hard..
The Kiwi's have an interesting group. Hope they beat those diving eye-ties...
In fairness Chile and Switzerland were two of the earliest qualifiers from their respective continents. World beaters they aint but ceratinly deserve a little more credit.
And your suprised? Most of europe doesnt rate us and lets be honest wouldnt know or care what happens outside their little world
dunno why the doom and gloom for - Id think we'd finish 2nd
The game against the Serbs is the interesting one - they can beat anyone on their day but so can we
watching bbc2 coverage on an unbiased view theyve basically said its out of the other 3. we didnt really rate a mention i suppose it will be good to go into this with a low profile again.
I must be the only one that thought we did ok.
There are some lay down miseres, fortunately we're not one of them. It'll be tough but at least we're in with a chance to win the group. It's probably the hardest group to pick.
Like I said on the other board 3 very good teams but teams that suit us. They are slow hard working teams who build up play methodically, like us but better. They are the sort of teams we can get upsets against. Any of the 4 can finish 1st and 2nd, getting Germany first up is good always a chance of a first game slip up
We will get slaughtered, toughest group by so much its scary
Heres how i rate them and how they will line up
Dont forget Asamoah and Ayew on the wings for Ghana, 2 exciting young prospects for Ghana. Asamoah especially rated VERY HIGHLY and Ayew has performed very well when given the chance. He is only 19. Line ups IMO will be
Kingson
Pantsil Mensah Quartey Sarpie
Essien Muntari Appiah Asamoah
Ayew Gyan
with Annan Agogo and a few youngsters playing for Real Madrid B on the bench. A quality team if not a top 5 midfield in the world. Little chance here
Serbia is the easiest team IMO. Less quality in the middle of the park. We might touch the ball here, but the defense is sublime. Watch out for Lukovic, a gun. Zgic is a hard one Hes near 200cm+ the tallest player in the world and a beast. Containing him at set pieces will be nigh on impossible
Stojkovic
Ivanovic Vidic Lukovic Kolarov
Krasic Stankovic Miljas Tosic
Jovanovic Zigic
A ton of quality strikers on the bench such as Lazovic and Pantelic but are very weak at the CM spot. Our CMs have to domimate simply. Krasic is one to watch. Gun
Now onto Germany.Not as talented as everyone thinks. They are just VERY well coached atm. Are beatable.
Neur
Lahm Mertsacker Westermann Jansen
Schweinsteiger Frings Ballack
Gomez Klose Podolski
With Huth Ozil Trochowski Friedrich they have a team with a ton of height in the key areas, CB and upfront and a TON of pace on the wings. Australia can win but they need Kewell on the left and Cahill Kennedy entertaining the CBs.
Ill predict a loss vs Ghana who are horribly underrated here, a loss/draw vs Serbia and a loss vs Germany who although beatable will still tear us a new one
I'm not happy about this group either but Ghana has to be a best bet for us at this stage. They are very tough team but the other two are tougher. Go 1:0 down against Serbia and Germany and it's "bye bye, see ya later". Serbia's defence is awesome and Vidic and Ivanovic are also capable of scoring goals themselves. They are also very well coached, some people in Australia may have never heard of Radomir Antic but he is very respected in Europe for his achievements. Germany's team might be a bit different to what you posted. Trochowski and Kiessling are certain starters IMO ahead of Podolski and Gomez atm. Adler will probably be on the goal. The young trio in Ozil, Muller and Marin will probably push for selections as well if their respective form in the Bundesliga continues. The thing about Germans is that even when they play shit, they're very likely to win the game. Lock 'em in for a top spot here.
All in all, I'm not very optimistic. 2nd spot is not an impossible outcome but it will be very hard. It certainly won't be embarassing to bow out in the group stage against this opposition.