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You watch a lot more than me mate but their passing looked terrible to me. Maybe my expectations are unrealistic?

Basically we had a heap of possession a heap of successful passes, but not enough killer balls and our attackers couldn't bury the ones they did get.
 

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Australia will now have to qualify for the World Cup through the playoffs.

Our first opponent is Syria whose 2-2 draw against Iran overnight was enough to secure third place in Group B.

Should the Socceroos win a home-and-away tie against Syria they will then have face another home-and-away series against the fourth place finisher from North America.
 

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That North American opponent likely to be Honduras or USA. If it's Honduras I back us in to win, but USA have the weapons to really hurt us.
 
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If the Socceroos do make it, they won't get past the group stage and will probably finish at the bottom.

I think we have the players, I just think the coach has seen better days.
 

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To be fair they lost only 1 game out of 10 in the group stage.

Yeah I know but there was some pretty weak opposition, probably should have won a game or two more.

As I said earlier though, maybe I'm guilty of thinking they're better than what they really are. Expecting too much possibly.
 

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Klopp loses yet another final. But credit to him, I’ve seen some videos of him on the beers with the fans at 6am. Can’t imagine Jose trying that LOL.
 

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Klopp loses yet another final. But credit to him, I’ve seen some videos of him on the beers with the fans at 6am. Can’t imagine Jose trying that LOL.

I'd gladly buy him a bottle of whatever he wants if he promised to ****** off.
 

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Peru knocked off a second string Scotland side 2-0 but looked very very poor doing it with both goals pretty damn lucky. I’m feeling slightly more confident heading into the Cup.
 
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