O-Man!

What the hell was that? By the time the final whistle arrived I was so happy that we got one point. 90 minutes before, I was absolutely sure we’d come back with three.

Our defence was dreadful, I can’t believe how naive we were on the counter. Not only this, but our ability to defend the set pieces wasn’t that great either. A team that is obviously less skilled than us, would obviously look to exploit these two areas. Not only did they do this, but we let them gain more confidence, and they, really were the better team. If it wasn’t for the brilliance of Schwarzer, we would have been 2-0 maybe 3-0 down.

Attack was good, but it lacked the intensity, the killer punch. It fell away in the second half, but Tim Cahill did it again. He saved us like he did against Japan at Kaiserlautern. We cannot be in this position again if we are going to be serious about winning the tournament. Teams like Japan and Iran will cream us at this rate. We have to get used to the conditions better. I expect a stronger showing against a tougher Iraq side on Friday. I get the feeling though that if we don’t pick it up, we could get eliminated in the quarters or semis, if not before that.