I posted this in the "Internationals" thread but just in case Padster doesn't see it......................
Ireland were atrocious but as I backed the Aussies to win I quite enjoyed the game anyway. Tim Cahill, Scott McDonald, Harry Kewell against the might of Glen Whelan, Kevin Kilbane and Darren Gibson - easiest bet I will win all season I reckon.
McGeady was crap again - how Celtic had the cheek to put a £12m price tag on his head I'll never know. Darren Gibson makes Lucas look like Gerrard. Kevin Kilbane wasn't good enough when he was in his 20's, now he's 103 and he is embarrassing himself.
We're not the worst team in the world but we don't have many players good enough for top level international football and if any of them are missing we are capable of being beaten by worse teams than Australia. We're lucky that in our group our main challengers for 2nd place Bulgaria are going through a transitional phase too because neither team really deserves a play off place on current form.
Ridiculously we could actually top our group if we manage a home win against Italy, if Trappatoni gets this current squad automatic qualification it would be a phenomenal achievement.