The post mortem begins in Judi Online
Soccerphile columnist Marc Fox picks the bones out of Australia's quarter-final exit from an Asian Cup debut blighted by over-ambition and arrogance. For an exiled Englishman, the goings-on of the past couple of months have followed a painfully familiar recipe. Step one: take a sprinkling of the highest earners from the Premiership off the back of another marathon season. Step two: lavish with unadulterated praise. Step three: prepare poorly. Step four: bake in 30-degree heat until (well and truly) cooked. The result: quarter-final elimination on spot-kicks. Sound familiar? That the vogue in Australian football circles is to decry the incumbent English coaching style only adds salt to the wounds. The contributing factors to the Socceroos' early elimination are so numerous perhaps coach Graham Arnold will be a relieved man when the ruling body finally replaces him with a high-profile foreigner. That might be as quickly as thi