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Free's for and Against have been stupid. |
sure, but across the whole tournament.
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Australia need to stand up to that and someone needs to realise and point out that Australia play harder at the ball than most teams and have more desperation than most teams. |
and what, this justifies any style of play? open your other eye and watch a replay of the dutch FRIENDLY the week before the world cup and tell me australia werent an overly aggressive & 'hacking' kinda team. if they went into the actual tournament with a reputation and then play like that the week before the world cup then they have only themselves to blame.
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However they are sportsmanlike in behaviour. Then theres the BIG one, WE DONT TAKE STUPID DIVES! Australians very rarely waste time pretending to be hurt. |
all players dive. its that simple. its a disgrace to the sport & FIFA should be focusing on it more than anything else imo, but it still happens in every team. imo the south americans are the worst followed by europe. id agree with your "very rarely" comment however it doesnt mean it doesnt happen. a cheater/actor is still a cheater even if they cheat less 
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I think the semi finals are achievable if the media portrayel over in europe changes after our amazing efforts and endeavour last night even though the public mentality is against us. |
i do think its crap if the media is too harsh and it influences referees. however i reckon bringing poor referees to the competition is also largely to blame. theyre a disgrace in more games than not thus far. i dont remember ever seeing it this bad before. but i agree, australia have been arse fvcked by the ref more than most.
hopefully with less games now, the quality referees will adjudicate most of them? 
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