Craig Foster attacks Pim Verbeek

Fozzy's rant
SBS 15 June 2010

[@_Some_Guy_]

"walk down after the game and sack him" "send some captains in there" classic Craig Foster 🤣🤣

[@MatthewCaligari]

Love him, hate him, Craig Foster bleeds for Australian Football.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

I like Foz

[@paradigm_sh1ft532]

@@channelname6486 It's called "The World Game" for a reason chief. And the whole world calls it's "Football".

[@Fashionista-ny7ce]

​@@channelname6486England originally called it Soccer. And us and the bloody Yanks adopted the name. In America (USA) they still call it Soccer.

[@Fashionista-ny7ce]

Yeh, I'm cool 😎. How about u? Sorry if you're a Slater fan. Many of my fellow Aussie Football fans still are fans of Slater, and say what they wish. I don't care if u are, or they are. #Freedomofspeech

[@jackma4789]

​@@richardfinlayson1524why?

[@jvsv10]

I’d love to see Foster coach so he can show us how easy it is…

[@3pl535]

I agree. I don't like Foster. His communication is too emotional

[@TamunoOpuboCooksCookeyGam]

*COUGH* gARY nEVILLE.

[@jvstniq9881]

Everything he said is very true but people don't want to hear that, which leads to no improvement. Look at them today, same shit

[@tom4115]

I'm not always a foster fan but he was completely correct. If anything too soft. Verbeek was scum. Human filth. He embarrassed our country and sent our national team out to play negative, disgusting football at a world cup.

[@ToeKneeTran]

RIP Les Murry you will be missed :(

[@danieldavila8482]

I remember thus very well. One of the best constructive arguments by Craig Foster after the hurtful 4-0 loss to Germany 4 years ago. Good on him for speaking and up and was right about Verbeek . Would rather delete that part of our games history if I could

[@SuperDecdog]

It was a but embarrassing

[@neilf6782]

And Germany went onto thrashing England and Argentina by similar margins at this tournament. After this game Verbeek still managed to get 4 points and we were unlucky not to progress into the knock-outs. We haven't won a game at a world cup since. Disgraceful behaviour and total delusions of grandeur from Foster here....

[@iankyoko]

I like a guy with a viewpoint. It takes courage.

[@luketory4684]

RIP Pim Verbeek

[@giveittodidak]

I have to say that i don't agree with sacking a coach 1 game into a world cup but you have to love Fozzie's love for his country and his passion for the Aussie shirt!

[@blank.9301]

RIP Pim, 😔

[@FaintestFusion]

the worst thing of all is that we went out on goal difference. this single loss resulted in us going out of the tournament.

[@lbeckhurst]

Craig Foster, spot on it's exactly how we feel as Australian supporters. The warning signs were there during qualification, verbeek does not get the best out of our player

[@presntnow]

2023 Australian Football still needs improvement! A permanent Football Academy and Better Youth National League Competitions and Academies (amongst other improvements) -Graham Arnold (after FIFA World Cup 2022) We all agree with Arnie!!

[@RedHandLad]

Craig Foster thinks he is a football expert ......and he was just a plodder for Portsmouth .....nothing special .

[@chafe11]

Wasn't biased or harsh, spot on in my opinion. Who the hell plays a 4-6-0.. & especially against Germany. No strikers WTF.

[@warwickmiller9371]

Loved how completely unhinged Foster was after this result. I think I remember him flipping out even worse at half time? Craig Johnston is thinking "...how do I politely distance myself from this nut?" 😂😂

[@ElChakalDownUnder]

Spot on. A thousand times SPOT ON!

[@juz882010]

Pim picked a team without an actual striker, we had a fat slow guy from Hull (richard garcia) who was playing upfront? most defensive god awful team ive seen from australia

[@jordanscott898]

Juz C your right pim made a shit tactic formation of counter attacking which is not our playstyle and neill tried to say cut that crap but it was shambles from there

[@luketory4684]

Even if Pim did choose a striker Aus vs Germany could’ve been a close game

[@ListenToPumpkinMusic]

@MelbKnights Dude, he represented Australia 29 times. I agree with the rest of your comment though. I generally admire Foster as an analyst, but he does let his emotions take over, as is the case here. He gave absolutely no credit to Verbeek for Australia's great results against Ghana and Serbia, which is just shows how arrogant and stubborn he can be.

[@rum02]

I love craig foster. I love how passionate he is. He understands the game. He believes Australia will win the world cup one day. Someone has to believe before it happens, I am one of them too.

[@saltvinger]

+rum02 He is a delusional muppet

[@ricky5538]

Craig Foster doesn't have much faith in Australian Football. He said clearly time and again it would take 32 years for there to be any improvement. I said in 2014 before the world cup that it would take 1 year. Ange thinks along the same lines. We've probably had the best win / loss record since 1st January 2015 of any country in the world. Also he had no faith in Ange as you can see from the other video here Craig Foster v Ange.

[@rum02]

true statements I Agree

[@rum02]

youd be hard pressed to disagree though, what kind of dumbass would be chief football analysis, appear to enjoy it, and not actually enjoy it at all

[@aidyonline]

it's not the players. look at france for an example of what bad leadership does to a team, no matter how good the individual players are. whereas on the other hand look at how decent players responded to good leaderhip and tactics when guus hiddink managed south korea 2002 and australia 2006.

[@MrCelticbhoy96]

I can see he has passion but he's a glitch for fuck sakes, even with the argument against Ange Postecoglou, who is now the fucking manager for the Socceroos, he is the Bill O'Reilly of Football.

[@sdauz]

australia seemed pretty strong at the start, but Pim's tactics and style of play is inconsistent with the team's ability

[@1969cmp]

One more goal against Ghana would have seen Australia through....And Germany gave a few teams a touch up.

[@zzgrom]

Yep, they put 4 past Argentina and England. We did well to only lose 0-4

[@Polpiv4tifish]

Fair go Craig. This one was awesome German team. They beat England 4-2 and Argentina 4-0. Pim wasn't the best coach, but he didn't deserve that tongue lashing. The result just showed the reality of Australian football. We've got a long, long way to go.

[@Marcello-Ricalde]

we will always die on our feet rather than live on our knees........... Fossie is the best!!

[@pops116]

It seems to me that the only thing Foster cares about is giving out about a manager, no matter who he is. He was criticising Ange few years ago and was made look a fool afterwards. I’m not a professional football manager but if I was managing a team against Germany, I would put out a very defensive team also. Australia were beaten by four goals, but Germany are certainly at least four times better than Australia. Ireland have a very average football team but they’d beat Australia more often than the other way round. Try and get behind your team mate, not constantly tearing their manager to shreds. By the way, Ange won the 2021/22 Scottish league with Celtic - this Celtic team would rip Australia a new one, never mind what Germany did to them

[@invaderjaymz]

Yeah but Craig takes it up the ass

[@moonmc1047]

This Celtic team under Ange just lost to Sydney fc 3 months ago

[@noway22573]

Graig Foster is only a soccer commentator who works for Gov funded SBS. He thinks he is bigger than that now because of wokey covering. Zero respect for you Fos

[@lordrevanchist]

you the man Fozz!!! With Pim on $2million pa, we would assume that one would restrategize after the NZ, denmark and USA games, so we'd have a respectable performance against Germany!!! Playing anyone solo upfront is useless for us! Last world cup it was all about crossing in from the wings. ps. Neil said the players dont even know if they're on the team until match day. WTF?? How's a team supposed to function like that? If we lose against ghana, do we get a refund?

[@johncambridge7339]

He is Australia's answer to eamon dunphy

[@Anderschristoph125]

Ok, It isn't Fossie's job to coach, it's his job to analyse, and he is the best in the world at that, so all you Foz haters can shut up! Although let's be honest he would prob make a better coach than Osieck but that isn't hard!

[@Guled89]

You have to love Craigh Foster. He tells it like it is.

[@tjdoss]

I can't believe the Australian media's soap-opera standards reflect in football, when PIM Verbeek took the Australian team undefeated thro the qualifiers, he was hailed for his coaching. Now when they get defeated by a supreme German side(due to a flawed tactic)... under-achieved analysts like Craig Foster let their mouths fly? 1) Where is the respect when we drew with Ghana? 2) How about a win against Serbia? This shows immaturity... have passion not blind faith on winning the cup...

[@haze555ful]

Graig's right. Fear will always end in your demise!

[@syc9675]

RIP Pim

[@bafanamusic]

I think Fozz has done nothing but hurt himself with that outburst.... Some truth in there, but fuck there was some rage fuelled rubbish too!

[@aidyonline]

however i don't agree with this 'commitee' idea. maybe to pick a manager. but you can't have a manager having to justify his selections and tactics to a commitee every game he plays, who would accept that job? just pick a manager, give him a chance to show what he can do and, if he isn't doing the job, give him the boot. you have to say, this manager won the qualifying group for australia so that's hard to criticise

[@Romans8-9]

Well I disagree again, I think he's a rather good pundit, at least one of the better Aussie guys. Sure he goes over the top, but he definitely knows what he's talking about. Much better than the likes of Branko Kulina who was actually a coach himself.

[@crocodeilos]

bring a committee in? wtf? this is like pre-war England. Is that guy serious? I don't think Verbeek is a good coach either but then again what does he have to work with? The quality simply isn't there.

[@MelbKnights]

Fozzie sometimes goes overboard and makes ridiculous comments. Who sacks a coach during the World Cup? Pim stuffed up the first game, but I thought his tactics were very good for the 2nd and 3rd game. Unfortunately, the first game killed us and was always catch up since then.

[@rustaze]

just read again my original post about Foster.All i said he was a someone who sits in the stands and criticizes all the time.His professional career,while it was professional is not that glittering.It maybe to you but not to me.There are so many former Australian players who are well worth listening to rather than him.Maybe he should have tried coaching or management he too may have been far better at that than player and football pundit.(the latter would not have been hard to be better at)

[@rustaze]

well i agree with you there about wenger,ferguson and the likes. Foster has never coached anyone (with the exception of Nerds F.C) so what is your point?the managers names you have mentioned are proven performers as tacticians,Foster is not.Foster has not coached at any level.Your logic is flawed here with that reasoning.You may think Foster had a great career,i disagree he had an ordinary career for an international player .He was not even the Craig Jonstone of his era.

[@Bazzy669]

Think its ironic Craig Johnstone is going on about Aussie spirit...

[@sovietonion72]

Get that bloody hair cut, also not the same without Les.

[@brent2105]

Might see the same thing before too long unless Holger turns the socceroos around soon

[@RYANLUCY10]

when will foster realise australia isnt brazil amd they cant beat everyone they play

[@MajorNuttela14]

my favourite part of the australian campaign was the part where they said where's harry, then he got a red card 30 mins into the next game. i was rofling then! tho he didnt deserve the red!

[@SKazclaw]

I agree totally with Craig Foster, we could have done much better.

[@Meatballer]

@koorja1 well maybe in my mind soccer(football) is taken seriously by certain people(actually alot LARGE group of people in the world), i just hope that you respect other people's view and comments and discuss issues rationally.

[@ralphkooi]

Craig Foster as the next Coach for Australia.. you can put your money where you mouth is... Guus Hiddink has never played on an elite level either and he is one of the best in the world. Same goes for a lot of the UK coaches btw.... Players; A league is nothing compared to rest of Europe so hard to compare as A league is miles away. Can't build a team on 2 start (overeas) players either.. Craig, see you in 2014 as the coach on how you do....

[@VelvetWhore]

craig foster scored how many goals in a world cup game?

[@vader745]

how does that matter, if scored goals in world cups qualifies him does it, dickhead lol

[@tjdoss]

@JinNOSify Foss can't organize a bar mitzvah, forget about defensive set up.

[@pakman10]

give em hell craig. you god dam legend!

[@timtom5763]

Foster who?

[@MrDaGeil]

@paulofighters Hahaha, Australia's fourth ranked sport did make it to the world cup, and in the last one made it to the second round, in a game you rave about, but most Aussies see as an after thought. God help us (or you, more importantly) when they actually decide to get serious about it.

[@paulofighters]

@jagscalabrine Mean that is funny to see Fozz getting so upset after being mauled by Germany. Do you really think Australia can have a team to win the world cup?.... do like the others teams do, go there and play without expecting a fairy tale

[@tjdoss]

I think everyone is jumping into the emotional bandwagon. I guess that's what happens when you get asskicked. However, Foster is not a soccer specialist because he gets emotional where a technicality is required to answer a questions. Good on passion and Foster is 0 on soccer.

[@TraXXXtar]

+1 vote foster for manager of australia

[@opoort]

First of all 'wow'

[@rustaze]

he does.but its very very easy to sit in the stands and criticize which he always does.He is no expert though,he had a very ordinary career as a player and was just that himself as a player..ordinary!

[@koorja1]

@Meatballer Who cares if some some foreigner taught us the right way to play SOCCER? I know Aussies don't care! And a hundred years is a long time in Australian history seeing as a country we are only 109 years old

[@madkentalex]

I don't believe it has anything to do with Pim, Australia need to learn how to defend its as simple as that...so what they had one bad game against a really good side. Sometimes I think aussies expect too much from their football teams...we should be glad that they r there at all coz the A league sucks ass

[@koorja1]

@sydneyfcanddascc lol I was only joking, settle petal

[@Meatballer]

we neeed guus hiddink!!!!!GUUS HIDDINK GUUS HIDDINK!!!

[@jackdanielss]

The Fozz on the attack. Love it

[@Pantherbullshark]

According to this muppet, a coach should have little control over his team's tactics. What an idiot. Oh yeah, let's let the board have the controlling choice on tactics for the team, even though the coach understands the players and how they play more than the board.

[@opoort]

First of all wow

[@koorja1]

@Meatballer I'm not burying my head in the sand, I know soccer is big all over the world, it just doesn't matter if it's not no. 1 sport here simple. We should't feel like we have to conform to the rest of the world

[@samuelradin1543]

lol germany is just way better...

[@paulhhong8197]

Australia would never have stood a chance against Germany even if the team did have a plan. Germany has finished top 3 for most world cups and have a superior academy system that trains players from childhood, plus most Germans stay in the Bundesliga and so have more team cohesion than the 11 Australian blokes that get together only every 4 years. Plus what does he mean Aussies die on their feet? Nobody thinks Aussies are tough just because Niell and Muscat slide in hard and break legs.

[@dexistence19]

How about now? Did you watch the game between Australia and the Netherlands? :)

[@3558035580]

If you actually listened he said it was not the fact we lost to Germany but the manner in which we played. Verbeek put up the white flag before a ball was kicked with his team selection. Look at the difference now, a team with a fraction of the ability of the 2010 players is taking on the opposition full pelt and gaining enormous respect from the football world and the aussie public. That's what is meant by dying on our feet. Going out there and giving it a red hot go!

[@heilmetropolis8144]

R.I.P Pim

[@antanousazizi5352]

Tim Cahill was striker culina attacking mid and grella and valeri in mids , + it was 2-0 when cahill got a red...maybe foster needs to calm down.... players shot themselves in the foot.

[@AchtungBaby77]

I remember getting up at 4am to watch the Germany v. Australia game. When the team sheet was shown and there was no striker and all players out of position, I was flabbergasted. Verbeek sent us out in "damage minimization" mode and we paid for it dearly.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Armchair managers everywhere.

[@AchtungBaby77]

@@lizziebkennedy7505 No armchair experts, it's just obvious when a team has been setup for damage minimisation, rather than actually giving the game a shot.

[@paradigm_sh1ft532]

@@lizziebkennedy7505 If you think Verbeeks starting 11 for this game was a sound choice then I wouldn't let you manage my nephews under 8s team.

[@addycorp2]

haha this ones a classic... walk down after the game and sack him... send some captains in there

[@addycorp2]

this one's a classic... bring in the captains... hahaha

[@neilr4867]

I remember this. Who the hell was responsible for hiring that guy?

[@Ozipeter]

Are they really good enough ...

[@jaykay507]

The only thing Foster loves more than Australian football is the sound of his own voice

[@Romans8-9]

Thats rubbish, he played for Australia many times, I'd hardly call that an average career. Regardless, just because he wasn't the Messi of his era, doesn't mean he isn't an expert. He has probably watched more games than you've had hot meals, I think he's more than qualified to criticize. Some legendary coaches are amazing tactical practitioners who themselves had very ordinary playing careers, Arsene Wenger, Alex Ferguson, Felipe Scolari, the list goes on. Your logic is flawed.

[@Romans8-9]

you said he is no expert implying that he has no right criticizing. I disagree as I've already mentioned he was a pro footballer that knows what hes talking about, he's also been an analyst for many years. Most professional players arent coaches and they can tell you whether a coach is doing a shitty job or not.

[@bobp4368]

Craig foster know nxt to nothing about football, he amounted to nothing playing and as a commentator

[@colinquigley3231]

Foster is a JOKE !

[@crouchy2010]

Aurelio Vidmar should be the coach after Pim Verbeek has gone. Aurelio coaches with an European type of approach and he has done extremely well with what he had to put up with at Adelaide United. He is our best hope of beeing the most successful Australian coach to lead the Socceroos IMO.

[@briggm]

@thermalz0mbie... I'm not English, I live in England. Anyway, I understand what Foster meant - what I'm saying is that it's a stupid idea. No coach in the world would work under those conditions and nor should they. There's a good reason why teams aren't run that way, and that's because it's an unworkable situation. What would lead anybody to believe that a committee comprised of Foster, Tobin, Okon, Vidmar, Horvat etc are in any way qualified to devise strategy at the top level of the game?

[@Romans8-9]

In addition, I don't think you need to have been a world class coach either, to criticize someone. I never said Foster had a great career, but he played professionally for most of it, again someone who was paid to play football, I think has the right to criticize.

[@saltvinger]

They were beaten by Germany, FFS their 3rd or 4th string team would have beaten us, all Foster seems to do is attack and criticise, if he had any decent standing in the game he would be involved in it, not sitting behind a camera, he is a total flog

[@Anderschristoph125]

I just love your faith in us. "Their 3rd or 4th team would have beaten us". Wow what a positive attitude you have and you say Craig is negative. Craig says what he says for the benefit of the country, cos it's about the COUNTRY, not the bloody manager.

[@Anderschristoph125]

I mean are you really saying Verbeek, or whoever the manager is deserves blind faith?!

[@Christislord172]

Wait and see what our current crop are capable of. Look how we're playing now and we still have 2 more years to further improve!

[@ricky5538]

Germany may have been the best team in the world, but the Socceroos have dominated Germany the last two times we played them and Germany will be lucky to ever beat the Socceroos ever again, even in Germany.

[@wog7774lyfe]

ricky5538 What fucking drugs are you on?

[@cptrubberpants]

Fozzie...pleeeease...think about what you say before you say it. Don't let passion get in the way of common sense. Sure, Pim's tactic v Germany didn't work. But, to send in the 'old crew' and question the Manager's decision before a game AND go against it if they don't like it??? That's just plain ridiculous. What would have happened to Maradona if that could happen? Look at Maradona and Argentina now. Let's see what happens after campaign is over and use our heads to fix the problem.

[@iankyoko]

It is incredible that the team that Verbeek sent on the park was so peculiar to analysts and amateurs and housewives alike. Thankyou Verbeek for sending Australia out to the slaughter. Two million dollars - job well performed! We were lucky that the score wasn't 8-0. Germany had so many chances. How would that have looked? That score would have certainly reflected back on the coach. And then he would have been made to be answerable.

[@felixschokman4999]

Craig Foster was nothing special as a player yet he has total disrespect for Ange Potecoglou and Australian managers??? Pull your head in mate.

[@jonnies]

Craig Foster, the Holy Prophet of Australian Football.

[@angebonanno85]

Love this video. Craig foster is right about Australian football. Pim verbeek. And holigier osiek worst coaches of Australia

[@joelandersson6019]

Almost qualifyed. Schwarzer mistake against Serbia was The final straw.

[@evanhi450]

Foster is still Criticizing but forgot to Criticize Arnold's no show media after the WCup

[@waggafletcher]

BREAKING: Craig Foster attacks Craig Foster on live TV. During his regular segment 'Craig Foster Attacks People' on SBS, the former Socceroo made the shocking claim that Craig Foster was an over-rated forward who was waaaaay too defensive during his all-too-short career of little note. "Craig Foster needs to take a long, hard look at himself and fall on his sword", said Foster, the former goal-less Albion Park City striker. Foster continued, "If Foster fails to act then SBS, or whoever employs him these days, needs to sack him. Foster has failed and everybody except Foster can see that". Foster is no stranger to controversy, having previously attacked every former player and coach in Australia since he burst onto the scene as a grey-haired 17 year old defensive forward for winless, relegated West Wonthaggi in the Lower Upper Gippsland B Grade reserve team in 1962. Craig Foster holds the Australian record as the only player to play for a relegated team in every season of football played. Craig Foster has been contacted for comment.

[@SamTheOldMan]

👍😂🥇

[@MegaLiterally]

What was his problem with the line up?

[@ademisai4776]

Says the guy that never coached in his life.

[@CunningStuntsGoFast]

@spielberg01 paranoid behaviour mate , dutch are not close to germany in a million years . he said on dutch telly that he aimed for a draw while keepin the counter option open . ozzys do better stickin to footy and cricket . and ofcourse drinkin hehe

[@Romans8-9]

Your point was that because he had an ordinary playing career he wasn't qualified to criticize. I just refuted that by pointing out that several people who are also ordinary players are considered experts without ever being "good" players. Les Murray is also considered an expert even though he never played a professional game in his life. Either way, I think playing for your nation in any sport more than qualifies someone as an expert.

[@rockya13]

i remember this live. what a laugh! fozzie is awesome

[@PhilHyde]

Love you Craig...... Johnston.

[@Meatballer]

@koorja1 then why are we attending the world cup???if you logic is correct why dont move to north korea???since they dont interact with other countries??? everyday we are interacting with the rest of the world my dear....sorry but that is the fact....everyday we are conforming with the rest of the world in all terms....and if you dont understand this basic thing....you are a bogan.....fullstop.