SOCCEROOS!!

[ross_the_man]

Originally Posted by woozoo

Good on Tommy Oar for scoring one of our goals (the other was an own goal).

Arsenal's on again off again signing Joel Campbell scored two of Costa Rica's.

Please don't remind me of Arsenal's pathetic transfer activity

[Wezza]

Originally Posted by Dazzle

NZ 1 - Cameroon 1
NZ 1 - Uruguay 1

All we have to do now is beat Portugal....

Portugal won 1-0. Not sure how the group is but some of the best 3rd placed teams also qualify.

[Dazzle]

I'm ok with a 1-0 loss.
At least we are not getting smashed!!
May go through via the 3rd place thing but a whole lot of other results have to go the right way...

[Wezza]

Well that was awesome... Spain flogged us 5-1 Most of the goals came in the first 30 minutes of the game. Our defence is a shambles. Jan Vesjeilen should probably go, he hasn't coached any of our youth teams to a win in any competitive matches yet.

[Wezza]

Wales 1 - 2 Australia

Goals to Cahill & Kruse for us & Blake got one late for Wales. Comfortable performance really. Wales made a late rally in which their goal came but other than that, they were pretty toothless. I think a 2 goal win probably would have been a better indication of how things went. We hit the post a few times. Not sure how a team that has players like Bellamy, Bale & Ramsey etc can be so rubbish. Bale did look class when he was on the ball though I have to say.

[CULWULLA]

yippee

[Stairz]

didn't know where to ask this so i'm sticking it here: australians, which network / networks broadcast live english premier league games in brisbane? and are they satellite / cable / etc?

any info would be much appreciated.

[pikopancho]

The EPL is broadcast on Fox Sports which is on the Foxtel network (cable/sattelite tv).

[acc521]

Originally Posted by Stairz

didn't know where to ask this so i'm sticking it here: australians, which network / networks broadcast live english premier league games in brisbane? and are they satellite / cable / etc?

any info would be much appreciated.

Nothing on Free to air. Need to subscribe to (cable/satellite) and make sure you have Fox Sports 1 and 2.

[Stairz]

thanks, gents. it says the hotel has cable, so fingers crossed for foxtel.

[BNE01]

Originally Posted by Stairz

thanks, gents. it says the hotel has cable, so fingers crossed for foxtel.

Otherwise you could always go to a pub or the casino to watch a game or two.

[Stairz]

Originally Posted by BNE01

Otherwise you could always go to a pub or the casino to watch a game or two.

that leads me onto another question - i arrive on a sunday night, staying in the CBD. will anything be open (get to the hotel about 9ish)? supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, etc?

also to keep this on topic, greatest australian to play in top-flight english football:

[woozoo]

Which city will you be in?

If it's Sydney or Melbourne then the two main supermarket chains - Woolworths and Coles - are open until midnight every night. There will be plenty of pubs and bars around which are open, just walk the CBD for a while until you find one. Most restaurants will be packing up around 10 pm on a Sunday but there is certainly plenty which are open till after midnight - Chinatowns are always good for this. If you want a bit more variety, you might have to head out of the CBD into some of the inner suburbs ie Fitzroy, St Kilda, South Yarra.

As for Football, they show it on Fox Sports. Most Hotel rooms with cable have at least Fox sports 2, which will show some games. There are certain pubs which show the games too, The Celtic Inn in Melbourne shows all Arsenal and Liverpool games unless that kick off after 2am.

[Wezza]

He's going to be in Brisbane. Shouldn't have any trouble finding bars that are open. The Pig & Whistle shows live EPL, it's on Eagle St in the CBD.

[Stairz]

thanks again. have made a note of that pub - will check it out.

[Stairz]

watched the mighty reds crush bolton at the pig & whistle.

brisbane's a great little city - nice people, plenty to do.

i salute you, brisbane.

[Wezza]

Originally Posted by Stairz

watched the mighty reds crush bolton at the pig & whistle.

brisbane's a great little city - nice people, plenty to do.

i salute you, brisbane.

While we're in this thread... Socceroos play Thailand in a WCQ at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night. Here's the squad:

Socceroos squad: Tim Cahill (Everton), Nathan Coe (Sonderjysk Elitesport), Luke DeVere (Gyeongnam FC), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Adam Federici (Reading), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus), Neil Kilkenny (Bristol City), Robbie Kruse (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough), Matt McKay (Rangers), Mark Milligan (Jef United), Lucas Neill (Al-Jazira), Sasa Ognenovski (Seongham Ilwha), Adam Sarota (FC Utrecht), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), Matthew Spiranovic (Urawa Red Diamonds), James Troisi (Kayserispor Kulubu), Carl Valeri (Sassuolo), Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow), Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough), Michael Zullo (FC Utrecht).

[beastjim]

Anyone else on here going?? Ticket sales seems a bit weak. but should be an okay showing for a game with only three weeks notice, little to no publicity and against a team about 100 places lower on the rankings then us. At least just about every Thai person within SEQld should be turning up.

[Wezza]

I was going to fly down for it but ended up not being able to get away from work early enough. I'm expecting about 20-25K crowd wise. Thais are missing a few of their key players apparently, hopefully should be a 4-5+ goal win.

[beastjim]

Bought tickets this arvo and the almighty pax is over 20K, hopefully the weather stays nice and clear and the walk ups might be able to push it closer to 30. Still should be a comfortable win. You can't get odds of better then about $1.10/15 for Australia to win.