MATCH THREAD - Australia 2 vs Holland 3 - Group B - 5PM KO (UK Time) - Wednesday 18th June

[ijjysmith]

Vs

Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has to reshuffle his defence because of a hamstring injury to Ivan Franjic that has ruled him out of the tournament.

Central defender Ryan McGowan is expected to fill in at right-back.

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal may revert to a 4-3-3 formation despite lining up in a new 5-3-2 system for their emphatic victory over Spain.

Van Gaal has no injury concerns, but Robin van Persie is among three players who are one booking from a ban.

SMITHY'S PREDICTION - Australia 0 Holland 3

 

[ste d' indica]

First. Finally!! erm....erm.....erm....

Hammering for the Aussies, 4 or 5 nil sadly.

 

[Azzurri]

Vs

Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has to reshuffle his defence because of a hamstring injury to Ivan Franjic that has ruled him out of the tournament.

Central defender Ryan McGowan is expected to fill in at right-back.

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal may revert to a 4-3-3 formation despite lining up in a new 5-3-2 system for their emphatic victory over Spain.

Van Gaal has no injury concerns, but Robin van Persie is among three players who are one booking from a ban.

SMITHY'S PREDICTION - Australia 0 Holland 3

No idea who any of these people are.

Do they play football?

 

[Jamo Martinez]

1-0 to Australia. Cahill.

 

[rizzoaus]

Aussies hit pretty hard by injury. Add Mark Milligan to our list of outs.

Our team would be 10x better had we had some of our better starting players available.

 

[Walken]

would love to see another cahill header, ahh good times

 

[obc]

Should be slaughter. Chile could have been slaughter, but Australia played with serious heart. Hopefully Cahill will rally the troops again.

3-1 Netherlands, but with the Socceroos playing valiantly.

 

[Walken]

tim cahill tim cahill tim cahill tim cahill tim cahill

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Come on you Aussies!

 

[Arteta2391]

Aussieton

 

[Dithering Dougie]

It would be very Dutch like for them to have an implosion after last weeks game!

 

[Socrates]

A very one sided 3-0 win for the Dutch.

Sorry Aussies.

Tim could surprise us all with a headed goal but that's about the best they can hope for.

Oh...and more Dutch girls please.

 

[fozzy]

i fancy loads of bookings in this one.

hope so anyway need to win some money back ffs.

 

[bluemangroup]

A very one sided 3-0 win for the Dutch.

Sorry Aussies.

Tim could surprise us all with a headed goal but that's about the best they can hope for.

Oh...and more Dutch girls please.

 

[AussieToffee]

2-0 Cahill with a brace.

with his feet just to be funny