I just think Arnie is out of his league, and even with the Olyroo's. Let him establish himself in the A-League at least imo. I wasn't a fan of his selections, and the 3 overaged players he picked. Yeah, federeci was great, and for mine, he'd be our 2nd picked for the senior team behind Schwarzer. Looking forward to see how our younger guys progress. Hopefully guys like Djite get a decent amount of football. Also, it's time Viduka makes up his mind whether or not he wants to play international football anymore. We're at our final phase of qualifying, and it's only fair that he plays some part. Even someone like Viduka can't expect to walk into a World Cup without playing any part in the qualifiers.
The medals outside the pool so far have gone pretty much as expected for the Aussies. 10 golds in the pool would have set you up for a big haul. Yanks really did for you in the men's swimming though. Either Britain or Australia should top the sailing medals. We've dominated the cycling, but I think Meares will beat Pendleton in the sprint. Aussies also ahve a very good chance in the women's points race.
We did the same thing in the World Championships a few months ago, so none of the medals have been a shock.
GB in the cycling have been incredible. Can any Brit tell me what the individual medal count is for England? Wales? Scotland? NIreland?
If you had cricket in the Olympics, it would be as follows: Tests Gold - Australia Silver - South Africa Bronze - England ODI Gold - Australia Silver - Sri Lanka Bronze - South Africa T20 Gold - India Silver - Sri Lanka Bronze - Pakistan South Africa would do their usual choking against Australia, Brett Lee & Nathan Bracken vs Graeme Smith & Herschelle Gibbs would be an interesting tussle in the ODI, but there would only be one winner.