Past Socceroos Chat

[HappyGuus]

Viduka will be on Cup Fever tonight!!

 

[grazorblade]

Paul Wade has CTE

Get well soon

 

[ashtongate]

Paul Wade has CTE

Get well soon

This is not really a surprise, as he had problems with epilepsy since he was about 40, and had an operation to try and fix it.

He was an outstanding header of the ball, almost too eager to get the ball forward I sometimes thought.
Banning headers completely is probably not the answer. I agree with banning headers for under 12s, and for older players limit the amount of headers in training. When players reach 18 they could perhaps sign a waiver, saying they realise the dangers of heading and then head the ball as much or as little as they want in senior football.

In my experience of lower level amateur football, often only two or three players in a team are prepared to consistently head the ball. The others never, or rarely. I don't think the majority of ex players are at risk, and you certainly hear less about it now than with earlier generations.

 

[Quicky]

 

[grazorblade]

Gee duke interviews well

Hope he gets into punditry, great servant for the roos

 

[JS96]

In hindsight Duke would've been useful at the world cup but he kept turning up on borrowed time and saving himself at the last. To hear he was much more on the outer in the training group is surprising. D'Agostino shouldn't have been there.

 

[grazorblade]

In hindsight Duke would've been useful at the world cup but he kept turning up on borrowed time and saving himself at the last. To hear he was much more on the outer in the training group is surprising. D'Agostino shouldn't have been there.

Yeah i see duke as way ahead of daggers even at 35, especially since having him in the squad allows something very different. If u are defending a lead who better to bring on and press like a demon. He also has a set piece threat and is handy on the counter. A nightmare for a team chasing the game

 

[JS96]

 

[grazorblade]

Crazy thing about Tim Cahill is he still would have a good goal scoring record for the roos even if he never scored a header. Was also 2-footed scoring some very difficult goals with his left foot. Because he rarely showed flair he was probably technically underrated

24 goals were scored with his feet with 6 of them with his non preferred foot

left inside the box: 5
left outside the box: 1
right inside the box: 16
right outside the box: 2
header 26

 

[ashtongate]

Crazy thing about Tim Cahill is he still would have a good goal scoring record for the roos even if he never scored a header. Was also 2-footed scoring some very difficult goals with his left foot. Because he rarely showed flair he was probably technically underrated

24 goals were scored with his feet with 6 of them with his non preferred foot

left inside the box: 5
left outside the box: 1
right inside the box: 16
right outside the box: 2
header 26

I once saw some old footage of Cahill playing in an Under 14s match. He never headed the ball- he just kept the ball at his feet and went past everyone.

 

[ClockworkOrange]

Maty played in that famous 7-0 loss to Barca. He did get to play against arguably one of the best forward lines of all time. Makes a good story one day.

Or a good football trivia question. “What goalkeeper conceded hat tricks from Messi and Suarez … in the same game?”