In breaking news, Guangzhou Evergrande will buy the entire A-League to avoid further embarrassing defeats. In other news, I have $10 billion to...
Brown paper bags were also found in the match officials' locker rooms. [IMG]
The AFC's policy of sheltering the minnows from the Top 10-20 teams has been incredibly short-sighted and keeps the overall standards lower....
Well said. Kinda ridicules any notions about Australia 'picking and choosing' which tournaments it plays, but hey, he probably thought it was a...
It was a tense match, but it was always going to be somewhat prone to mistakes with two young teams playing in a pressure-cooker game. Both teams...
+1 Spiranovic is also a quiet guy with no history of provoking opponents. If Tomi Juric got one week for his "Shhhh" celebration in Guangzhou,...
Thank you sir for your kind words and your sweet tears.
Melbourne City buying their way to the top in a salary capped league.
WSW may have been lucky with the penalty calls, but karma seems to have a way of making things even in light of the pathetic use of lasers. They...
If Iran faced the same teams as England, Spain, Portugal etc they'd be on 0 points. These one-eyed Iran fans...
I knew something was wrong with Japan when they couldn't beat Osieck's geriatrics in the qualifiers. Their lead was undeserved at half time, but...
Although I'm probably a biased Aussie, I think we got the toughest group - South Korea's pedigree is obvious, Oman were unlucky not to get the...
I've heard that the organisers have ordered 10,000 stretchers for Group C, but no medics.
True, there won't be immediate benefits for clubs that miss out of ACL qualification, but don't forget Buriram eliminated Brisbane 12 months ago....
The ELO rankings have always been more realistic than the FIFA shambles. The above confirms it yet again, although even ELO are under-rating South...
Yes, but it's about giving more teams and leagues greater exposure to playing at the higher standard. This will improve overall standards in time.
The WAFC will now propose an East/West format for World Cup qualifiers.
A sobering result for all AFC fans, with yet another failure in the inter-continental playoff. The worst Aussie team in 35 years qualified...
Even with a 40 team World Cup Asia deserves less than 4.5 spots.
I don't think any Asian fans should be questioning the strength of other confederations when the 5th placed Asian team lost to Trinidad and Tobago...
TBH, I don't think Japan would come close and are one of those teams that flatter to deceive, drastically overrated because they play pretty...
Is that because they have a divine right to be at the World Cup?
Pity it's not being played in July or August to give Jordan a better chance of gaining a lead after the home leg and exhausting the opposition...
After seeing Jordan's capitulation against an ordinary Australian side I was surprised they got through, but congratulations to them. Asia needs a...
I was going to say the same thing. Australia in the last qualifiers for 2010 had a similar defensive record, conceding only 1 goal in the final...