[Archived] The Other Internationals

[emerton]

australia will probably line up as

Schwarzer

Neill--Moore--Popovic--Vidmar

Bresciano--Grella--Tiatto

Emerton--Agostino--Culina

im looking forward to seeing cluina, 11 goals this season in the dutch league, hopefully he can kickstart his international career and become the longer term partner for viduka.

my prediction

SAF 3 - 2 AUS

Benni McCarthy to run riot over poopovic, and that ajax player to score aswell.

culina and bresciano to score for aus

[pg]

Culina went to Ajax as an 18 year old in 1999, its good to hear from him again.

And what's this about partnering Viduka?!?

Play Culina up front next to Aloisi or Agostino

[Nate]

Malta - Norway 0-3 not a bad shout!

Iversen (12')

MGP (36')

Kvisvik (78')

Your Under 21's lost. FORZA MALTA!

[dillo_dillo]

Well, I'm off to South Korea - Kuwait in the first game of the second stage of Asian WC qualifiers.

Japan-North Korea should be fascinating. NK haven't played abroad too much for the past decade so nobody knows much about them but everyone just assumed they were crap. But there has been a new footballing regime, set up inevitably by Kim Jong-il.

Reports are the North Koreans are looking good and the players have been offered cars, cash and houses if they beat the hated Japanese.Most people in the south will be delighted if they do.

Bahrain - Iran should also be a goody as Bahrain put paid to Iran's chances of automatic qualification for 2002- amid lots and lots of bad feeling.

We won. but not easy.

Cheers , SK

[Oklahoma]

Ireland lost 2-0 with Portugal.

I didn't know Fitzgerald was going to play.

He played the whole game.

Just saw that he saved a goal by clearing the ball off the line.

Edited February 9, 2005 by Oklahoma

[herbergeehh]

Malta - Norway 0-3 not a bad shout!

Iversen (12')

MGP (36')

Kvisvik (78')

Your Under 21's lost. FORZA MALTA!

Malta - a sleeping giant.

Replace "Malta" with "Birmingham", and it's Steve Bruce' quote right there!

[ABBEY]

fat sam moaning again does he ever give it a rest,jesus sam I divorced my 1st wife and she didnt winge half as much as you.Its easy if you dont by international players then theres no problem but when you and get players who are internationals then they play friendlies surely he knows this doh...same for any club.

[American]

I'd like to see what he'd be saying if he ever became England's manager.

[blue/white]

American...

Can you name the odds of that ever happening?????

[Teemu]

And there's more Rovers in Mediterranean tonight. Encks is going start in our game against Cyprus. However, we are playing seriously weakened team, starting with strikers who play in Lyn (Norway) and Vaduz(Liechtenstein,Swiss 2nd division ) so not very glamorous but at least Encks is gonna have a little action for change.

[berg]

And there's more Rovers in Mediterranean tonight. Encks is going start in our game against Cyprus. However, we are playing seriously weakened team, starting with strikers who play in Lyn (Norway) and Vaduz(Liechtenstein,Swiss 2nd division ) so not very glamorous but at least Encks is gonna have a little action for change.

A Finn talking down on the Norwegian PL? You make me laugh!!!

[American]

American...

Can you name the odds of that ever happening?????

He always seems to be named as a possible eventual manager for England, so I wouldn't rule it out.

To actually answer, I'd have to put it at about 7-1.

Edited February 9, 2005 by American

[herbergeehh]

And there's more Rovers in Mediterranean tonight. Encks is going start in our game against Cyprus. However, we are playing seriously weakened team, starting with strikers who play in Lyn (Norway) and Vaduz(Liechtenstein,Swiss 2nd division  ) so not very glamorous but at least Encks is gonna have a little action for change.

A Finn talking down on the Norwegian PL? You make me laugh!!!

Well, it is a Lyn player, it really says it all..

[Teemu]

A Finn talking down on the Norwegian PL? You make me laugh!!!    

Don't know much about the Norwegian PL, but the Finnish players who are there are hardly international super talents so I think I have a right to have a slight doubt about the overall quality of the league

Btw Enckelman played 45 mins and let in one own goal In the end we won 2-1.

[krislu]

Malta to upset Norway.

FORZA MALTI!!

Good one mate!

I'll reckon 3-0 to Norway would be enough of a upset

MGP likely to start on the left, but would not be playing a full 90 minutes

3-0 Riise

[American]

Quote from coach Sigi Schmid during online commentary on the US/Trinidad qualifier match today:

Schmid: One of major reasons for Trinidad's not having success today is the complete non-factor of Dwight Yorke, which came from a combination of the U.S. doing a good job defensively and Dwight not being very active.

[RoyRover]

A great result for Ireland tonight, beating Portugal 1-0.

[Nate]

Malta to upset Norway.

FORZA MALTI!!

Good one mate!

I'll reckon 3-0 to Norway would be enough of a upset

MGP likely to start on the left, but would not be playing a full 90 minutes

3-0 Riise

Good guess at the score The MFA needs total restructure.

Took a while for you guys to get the goals though. How did MGP play?

[Oklahoma]

A great result for Ireland tonight, beating Portugal 1-0.

Well deserved by Ireland!

Portugal was really poor today!

The portuguese commentators almost drooled over Duff. Just because he plays for Chelsea.

F*CKERS.

[neekoy]

Australia 1-1 South Africa

What a second half, good result for the aussies who where probably at their weakest since the solomon islands

[emerton]

wow, chipperfields goal was amazing, you wont ever see much better than that, later tongiht there should be highlights at the site--- www1.sbs.com.au

neil solid

emerton amongst the best

[pg]

Forgot to watch the game this morning!

Luckily SBS will repeat the game at 10 pm tonight.

How did Culina play??

[emerton]

Forgot to watch the game this morning!

Luckily SBS will repeat the game at 10 pm tonight.

How did Culina play??

culina looked a bit out of sorts

[blue/white]

Well done the Irish !!!

[Korean John]

Well, I'm off to South Korea - Kuwait in the first game of the second stage of Asian WC qualifiers.

Japan-North Korea should be fascinating. NK haven't played abroad too much for the past decade so nobody knows much about them but everyone just assumed they were crap. But there has been a new footballing regime, set up inevitably by Kim Jong-il.

Reports are the North Koreans are looking good and the players have been offered cars, cash and houses if they beat the hated Japanese.Most people in the south will be delighted if they do.

Bahrain - Iran should also be a goody as Bahrain put paid to Iran's chances of automatic qualification for 2002- amid lots and lots of bad feeling.

We won. but not easy.

Cheers , SK

Fair play to the Japanese for applauding the NK national anthem and the North Koreans for giving them such a tough game. With a better goalkeeper the North would have a chance of qualfiying.

Don't know why Zico didn't start with Nakamura and Takahara. I know he wants to play J-League players but why leave two of your best players on the bench when their replacements are inferior?

Still, he threw them on pretty quick when NK equalised.

A comfortable win for Korea on such a cold night in Seoul. A lovely volleyed goal by Lee Dong-gook was the highlight. Kuwait were crap, don't know how they managed to beat China and the Saudis recently.