Most Memorable Sporting Moment

[Craig]

When the ASA sack Frank Farina and start making Harry Kewell play for his country more often that would be a start.

Gerrard Houiller has been remoured to be one of the men short listed (and obviously denied by both sides), but with the amount of money they are offering, no thanks.

 

[Mister Wright]

When the ASA sack Frank Farina and start making Harry Kewell play for his country more often that would be a start.

Gerrard Houiller has been remoured to be one of the men short listed (and obviously denied by both sides), but with the amount of money they are offering, no thanks.

Maybe John O'Neil and the new structure of the domestic competition may improve our international standard.

They should bring in a rule, where if you write into your contract with an overseas club you should be exempt from playing for your country. That way we get the guys who want to play for us out of passion, not because they 'feel they have to'.

 

[Simon]

That's nothing to be proud of.

HaHa. Yeah, Australia are **** at soccer, but then New Zealand aren't much better.

new zealand arent better, full stop.....

 

[marc71178]

When the ASA sack Frank Farina and start making Harry Kewell play for his country more often that would be a start.

He'll only do that for games in Europe or meaningful competitive games - the distance is far too much for friendlies.

 

[Son Of Coco]

If I were looking to annoy the Aussies out there I'd say Jonny's drop goal in the 2003 RUWC final!

Really though, as a lifelong Gooner it has to be Mickey Thomas's goal when we dicked the Scousers 2-0 back in '89 to claim the old Div 1 title for the first time in my lifetime.

Linford Christie's win in the 100m at the Barca games was pretty special. Shame the dill had to tarnish it by being done for drugs ages after.

From a cricketing perspective it has to be the Lord's test against The Windies in 2000. We'd conceded a 100+ deficit from the first innings, but then Caddick, Cork & Goughie skittled them out for 50-odd in their second. Dom Cork saw us to victory with as good a 33 not out as you're likely to see when we'd been eight down with (about) thirty still needed. Ambrose & Walsh were steaming in but Dom stood firm with (I think) Goughie at the other end. Back then it wasn't often we used to guts out results.

Regarding Johnny's drop goal...........which one?

 

[Son Of Coco]

Maybe John O'Neil and the new structure of the domestic competition may improve our international standard.

They should bring in a rule, where if you write into your contract with an overseas club you should be exempt from playing for your country. That way we get the guys who want to play for us out of passion, not because they 'feel they have to'.

Considering the number of players we have playing overseas and the traditional reluctance of these clubs to let players go for anything but the most important of matches we'd end up being very, very poor.

 

[marc71178]

Regarding Johnny's drop goal...........which one?

There was only one in the World Cup Final, you know, the one that won the game?

 

[Tom Halsey]

May 26 1999. Guess the teams and the result.

 

[Mister Wright]

Considering the number of players we have playing overseas and the traditional reluctance of these clubs to let players go for anything but the most important of matches we'd end up being very, very poor.

They're not playing anyway.

 

[Neil Pickup]

May 26 1999. Guess the teams and the result.

Match 21, Cricket World Cup 1999, Taunton

India 373-6 (S C Ganguly 183, R S Dravid 145)
Sri Lanka 216-10 (P A de Silva 56, R R Singh 5-31)

India won by 157 runs

 

[Son Of Coco]

They're not playing anyway.

Well, they're not playing against Tonga. They played against England and SA. They'll play in the World Cup. Unfortunately our location suggests that a lot of our sportsmen have to go overseas if they want to excel. Soccer players are one, golfers are another. We're hardly going to bring up top-class players in Oz at the moment with the competition we have.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Match 21, Cricket World Cup 1999, Taunton

India 373-6 (S C Ganguly 183, R S Dravid 145)
Sri Lanka 216-10 (P A de Silva 56, R R Singh 5-31)

India won by 157 runs

Smart-****.

 

[Craig]

He'll only do that for games in Europe or meaningful competitive games - the distance is far too much for friendlies.

So if an Englishman had that sort of attitude - pick and chose internationals, would you tell him to f**k off?

 

[marc71178]

Not if he's skipping friendlies (which happens all the time over here)

It's more the club manager pulling him out, but it is stupid to expect someone to fly 24 hours each way for a mid-week friendly.

Especially for someone with Kewell's long-standing problem with his knees.

 

[Simon]

Not if he's skipping friendlies (which happens all the time over here)

It's more the club manager pulling him out, but it is stupid to expect someone to fly 24 hours each way for a mid-week friendly.

Especially for someone with Kewell's long-standing problem with his knees.

not to mention his long standing problems with his attitude, if its good enough for guys like Scott Chipperfield, Craig Moore, Tony Popovic, Brett Emerton etc... its good enough for kewell to make the trip....

 

[marc71178]

Do they all have long-standing Knee complaints then?

 

[Simon]

if his knee is good enough to play for liverpool, then its good enough to play for australia....

 

[marc71178]

It's the travelling that the knee can't cope with, not the playing.

Cramped on a plane for so long is not condusive to it.

 

[Simon]

yeh hes got an excuse now, he did have one for years though....

 

[Langeveldt]

It's the travelling that the knee can't cope with, not the playing.

Cramped on a plane for so long is not condusive to it.

I don't suppose he would be traveling sardine tin economy class though? Plenty of room for movement up front...