Pim Verbeek

Deserving of Respect

Being a successful coach is not a popularity contest. You are given the job to help individuals fulfil their potential, and they or the team achieve success. Of course if they like you as a person, then that can be

Is A Foreign Coach The Best Option In The Long Term?

The Socceroos coach for the World Cup is due to be announced in the next few weeks, and it is almost certain that it will be a foreign high profile coach that will be appointed. Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold

Once The Party Is Over…

Congratulations to Ange Postecoglou and the Socceroos on qualifying for their fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup. No mean achievement by a non-traditional footballing nation. However it was not plain sailing, and the team and coach had to do it the

Sharing the Pain and The Blame

The Socceroos have missed out on direct qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2018. To some this has come as a big shock. They can still qualify, however they will have to do it the hard way. The way

Finding Her Identity

Last week’s result by the Socceroos securing a draw with World Champions Germany n Kaiserslautern was another feather in the cap of national team coach Ange Postecoglou. It was also a wonderful result on the back of the team’s Asian