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Matildas ‘over-achieved’ at 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Sharkman84

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Matildas players are growing increasingly frustrated with the time it’s taking Football Australia to appoint a permanent coach for the national women’s team – but that shouldn’t be an excuse for the side’s poor form.

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That’s the belief of Matildas great Joey Peters, who has applauded FA for holding off on naming a new coach until the right person is found for the job.
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Nothing to applaud here. The fact that the FA has not appointed anyone is showing their incompetence at gettig this done. It shows they had no succession plan for Gustavsson and that they have no idea what they are doing.

The fact that they confirmed Sermani will stay on till we play South Korea is shocking. We have a home major tournament soon, and the coach we have will have almost no time to prepare properly. If we crash out, you can just imagine the uproar. It's a lose lose situation for whoever comes in.


As for the World Cup, we definitely did overachieve. It was clear Gustavsson got very lucky and was out of his depth, but at the time, there was no need to upset anyone.
 
zimbos05 said:
Nothing to applaud here. The fact that the FA has not appointed anyone is showing their incompetence at gettig this done. It shows they had no succession plan for Gustavsson and that they have no idea what they are doing.

The fact that they confirmed Sermani will stay on till we play South Korea is shocking. We have a home major tournament soon, and the coach we have will have almost no time to prepare properly. If we crash out, you can just imagine the uproar. It's a lose lose situation for whoever comes in.


As for the World Cup, we definitely did overachieve. It was clear Gustavsson got very lucky and was out of his depth, but at the time, there was no need to upset anyone.
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It’s all down to luck.👏🏻🤣🤣
 
zimbos05 said:
Nothing to applaud here. The fact that the FA has not appointed anyone is showing their incompetence at gettig this done. It shows they had no succession plan for Gustavsson and that they have no idea what they are doing.

The fact that they confirmed Sermani will stay on till we play South Korea is shocking. We have a home major tournament soon, and the coach we have will have almost no time to prepare properly. If we crash out, you can just imagine the uproar. It's a lose lose situation for whoever comes in.


As for the World Cup, we definitely did overachieve. It was clear Gustavsson got very lucky and was out of his depth, but at the time, there was no need to upset anyone.
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If we overachieved, it's by what, 1 game? At home surely quarter finals was considered the bare minimum for a pass. In a tournament where powerhouses like the USA and Germany were probably at the worst they've been for decades, it wasn't that farfetched we should make the semi. We did get lucky relying on other results to win the group in the end and we could have faced England much earlier.

Women's football has moved forward rapidly since the World Cup though, we do seem to be getting left behind. The current coaching situation clearly isn't helping.

In Asia though it's still a pretty terrible standard outside of Japan, playing at home, that really should be our only competetive match for the tournament, so we really need to be winning it. I don't see us changing much until that tournament, after that though, we need a massive rebuild.
 
Sharkman84 said:
Matildas players are growing increasingly frustrated with the time it’s taking Football Australia to appoint a permanent coach for the national women’s team – but that shouldn’t be an excuse for the side’s poor form.

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The turbos in the replies who reckon the national womens’ cricket team are worthier of the country’s adulation than the Tillies..FMD.

To think these bogan nimrods are the very type who FFA/APL’s been bending over backwards in sucking up to these past 2 decades, instead of actively catering to actual ⚽️ fans..it just does your head in👎🏼
 
banzai said:
If we overachieved, it's by what, 1 game? At home surely quarter finals was considered the bare minimum for a pass. In a tournament where powerhouses like the USA and Germany were probably at the worst they've been for decades, it wasn't that farfetched we should make the semi. We did get lucky relying on other results to win the group in the end and we could have faced England much earlier.

Women's football has moved forward rapidly since the World Cup though, we do seem to be getting left behind. The current coaching situation clearly isn't helping.

In Asia though it's still a pretty terrible standard outside of Japan, playing at home, that really should be our only competetive match for the tournament, so we really need to be winning it. I don't see us changing much until that tournament, after that though, we need a massive rebuild.
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I look at the whole tournament and we were never really comfortable in all our games. If expectation was to make quarters, we made it very difficult to get there, which is why I would say we overachieved. How bad USA or Germany were is besides the point. You don't focus on what other teams are doing.

We've just come off a really bad tournament where we lost every game. We were poor in our friendlies against Brazil. We struggled against Zambia at the Olympics. Of our last ten, we've only 1 one significant game. I think taking the Asian teams for granted is a perfect recipe for failure. For anyone to be looking at our last year and a bit and to think we will have no issues, its a bit delusional.
 
I don't think we overachieved. I think we were comfortable at home. The girls were happy and working well together. The country got behind the team, which helps. Everything clicked. I don't think that equates to overachieving.
 
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zimbos05 said:
I look at the whole tournament and we were never really comfortable in all our games. If expectation was to make quarters, we made it very difficult to get there, which is why I would say we overachieved. How bad USA or Germany were is besides the point. You don't focus on what other teams are doing.

We've just come off a really bad tournament where we lost every game. We were poor in our friendlies against Brazil. We struggled against Zambia at the Olympics. Of our last ten, we've only 1 one significant game. I think taking the Asian teams for granted is a perfect recipe for failure. For anyone to be looking at our last year and a bit and to think we will have no issues, its a bit delusional.
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It’s all down to luck.👏🏻🤣🤣
 
having a aging core never helps for the future and its a shame it has come to this.
Mind you there is some very good players that can resurrect the up slope and new intros.
Overall I think they did the best they could in the WC here considering the Kerr factor and done very well under extreme pressure.
This also still lingers showing how much she is a main cog not just for the team but opponents would feel more at ease not having to deal with her.
I do think its taking far too long to find a gaffa since Aug 23, don't blame players feeling angst about this and with time ticking away pretty quick before the AC.
 
LFC said:
having a aging core never helps for the future and its a shame it has come to this.
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Happens in alot of teams. Some players stay too long and it's affect the form and morale of the whole team because those players are 'undroppable'. Seen in happen often enough. Need a new broom and not having a permanent coach who isn't going to rock the boat before he leaves because it will soon be someone elses problem is also a thing.

I don't know ever since that Stajic thing the team has been rudderless and performing way below their potential.
 
Could have/should have been in the final with some judicious squad rotation.

Farken Gustavsson.
 
erogenouszone said:
Happens in alot of teams. Some players stay too long and it's affect the form and morale of the whole team because those players are 'undroppable'. Seen in happen often enough. Need a new broom and not having a permanent coach who isn't going to rock the boat before he leaves because it will soon be someone elses problem is also a thing.

I don't know ever since that Stajic thing the team has been rudderless and performing way below their potential.
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You mean like in the last WWC. 😀
 
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