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Title: Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
Post by: Themanfriday on November 30, 2005, 09:08:23 AM
Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
By John Taylor (The Daily Telegraph)


AUSTRALIA has offered to help prepare Dwight Yorke for the World Cup finals in Germany next year provided the Socceroos don't draw Trinidad and Tobago in their group.

Socceroos assistant coach Graham Arnold is trying to organise a local-based squad of World Cup hopefuls to train and play friendly matches against state league clubs once the A-League is finished and would invite Yorke to join them.

"Dwight's been great for the A-League. He's given the competition a high profile," Arnold said yesterday.

"He showed just what a true professional he is when he skipped Trinidad's celebrations [after they beat Bahrain and qualified for their first World Cup] to come straight home and play for Sydney FC.

"If we can help him stay fit we will. It's one way of repaying him.

"But first we have to wait and see who we draw in our group."

Trinidad captain Yorke said yesterday he hadn't given much thought to how he would keep himself fit once his commitments ended with Sydney.

"I am not thinking that far ahead," he said. "I have a game against Melbourne on Saturday and then we're off to Japan where we first have to get past Deportivo Saprissa [in the FIFA World Club Championship]."

Arnold, along with coach Guus Hiddink, will be in Leipzig for the World Cup draw on December 9.

 Arnold reiterated yesterday that A-League players were certainly not out of contention for the trip to Germany in June.

"Guus doesn't allow players to rest on their laurels," said Arnold. "All players have to perform," he said.

While he missed out on the squad for the qualifiers against Uruguay, Leicester's Patrick Kisnorbo will surely put pressure on some of the older players.

"He'll be monitored just like everyone else," said Arnold.
Title: Re: Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
Post by: Ponnoxx on November 30, 2005, 03:40:11 PM
 Good aye mate...Yorke bringing out the crowds its the least they could do :beermug:
Title: Re: Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
Post by: PantherX on November 30, 2005, 04:03:42 PM
It's VERY unlikely that we would be drawn in the same group.
Title: Re: Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
Post by: SHOTTA on November 30, 2005, 04:07:38 PM
great day in football

d worldcup really opens doors nor matter wat

big ups to the socceroos
Title: Re: Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
Post by: FF on November 30, 2005, 05:02:22 PM
It's VERY unlikely that we would be drawn in the same group.


How so??

As long as we they do not group us in de same pot... we have de same chance to get them as any other team other than de concacaf nations
Title: Re: Australia offer to help Dwight get ready for Germany
Post by: PantherX on December 01, 2005, 06:34:35 PM
FIFA tries to make the groups as diverse as possible.  Look at the qualifiers.

You have 32 teams total in 8 groups of 4.

Almost half are from UEFA (14), then you have Africa (5), Asia (4), South America (4), CONCACAF (4) and Oceania (1).

The teams will divided into seeded pools of 8 for the draw plus no region other than Europe will have more than one team per group.

The first group will be the top 8 seeded teams, then the next 8 etc. The last pool will be the perceived weakest teams in which TnT will be in.

I find it unlikely that Australia will not be considered as one of the bottom 8 teams and placed in a different pool.
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