Don't know why people are acting so down about it, was probably the best Socceroos performance since the Huddink days. Played some very nice football & if we actually had a decent striker pairing we would've put at least two on them.
Kewell bombed quite a few chances (So yeah, back to the old days for him) & Cahill spent more time bitching than trying to actually score. Cahill really proved that he is ****house at everything other than poaching goals.
But when you lose 1-0 to Japan in extra time thanks to Dave Carney not knowing how to defend it's not all that bad. The only shame is that the last of the golden generation probably wont make it to be around for the 2015 Asian Cup, a few of them might make it for the 2014 WC but it would've been nice to see footballers of that quality take home some silverware.
Team is looking very good for the future which is nice to see, great to see Osieck playing A-League guys in the national team & them doing well also. Matt McKay was outstanding during the Asian Cup. Ogmonster have locked down a CB spot with his performance in the tournament & I wouldn't be suprised if Brosque finally gets a run in the team soon, he's all over Kruse & wouldn't have bombed those chances against the Uzbeks' & in the final.
Big priority now for Australia is to get some decent strikers though, disapointed we didn't see more of McDonald & Kennedy TBH.