In Praise of....Mark Viduka
It would be so easy to criticise the big man as he has yet to score in three World Cup matches. However watching the mindblowing game against Croatia last night, it dawned on me that in this Australian side that is not one of his key tasks.
Playing upfront essentially on his own, (except when Hiddink deploys Aloisi and Kennedy in the last 15 minutes...and he always does!) Viduka's key task is to hold up the ball for the midfield runners, usually one of Cahill, Kewell or Bresciano. Last night he did that to an outstanding degree, despite having his shirt essentially ripped off his back on several occasions.
Of course one could now bask in the error Hiddink made by not playing Schwarzer, but there is no need to say anything on the subject as Kalac did enough on his own to show why he shouldn't be involved in the Italy clash.
However, as a Boro fan, I'm proud of both Skippy and Vids and only now is it that I realise what an extremely good frontman Mark Viduka still is, especially when he's not scoring goals.
posted by Rob @ 11:49 am
2 Comments:
i cant believe ive got a bloody staff meeting til 430 on monday!!!
At a Boro game last season, a fan(?) was heard to shout, "come on Viduka,you fat lazy b*st*rd" Bet he wasn't shouting that the other night!! The mighty Viduka was stunning and I'm sure every real Boro fan was proud of him, and equally outraged at the lack of Schwarzer in his usual position between the sticks. I might have only seen the replay of the Aussie match (at some unearthly hour of the morning) but it was enough for me to accept what a lot of people have known for a long time, our Aussie Boro boys are great!!!
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