Graham Arnold
Graham Arnold
Graham James Arnoldis a former footballplayer, manager of A-League club Sydney FC. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national football team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Arnold worked with Guus Hiddink for the 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign, in which they made the second round of the finals. After Hiddink left, he became acting coach of the Socceroos. Arnold went on take the manager role at A-League club...
revenge player looking-forward
The players are looking forward to it because they'd like revenge
defend takes
We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.
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Craig has always performed extremely well for Australia and it's great to have him back fit and in calculation for selection again.
club injury leading played player release rule
The rule is pretty clear. If a player hasn't played for his club because of an injury leading up to an international then the club does not have to release him.
cup depth four point thinking
I've made the point before, and I'll make it again, we don't have the depth of other countries. These four blokes, they are all very important to us. You don't want to be thinking about going into the World Cup without them.
option
This is a better option than having to go to Colombia,
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It's a chance for the fringe players and a lot of the A-League boys to step up and show what they can do at this level. It's a big leap from club football to the international arena. Some players aren't able to make that transition - so this game may answer a lot of questions one way or another.
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It's great news. It's just a matter of him healing. He's never had an injury like that in all the time he's been playing the game.
It was an ordeal, but we're going home.
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I rang him last night and spoke to him and he says 'okay, there's nothing we can do about it but Australians are meant to be tough'.
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I just felt that Mark has never looked fitter when I saw him at the last training camp in Holland. He's as fit as I've ever seen him, as trim as I've ever seen him and extremely sharp.
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I have great faith in our players and I've come away from the game more comfortable and confident than I'd have been if I hadn't seen the match,