Aussie media lay into Verbeek: It's pathetic!

It's story time in the Aussie media. Robbie Slater, John Kosmina are just two of the pundits, writers and general know-alls who've had a go at Aussie Pim.

It's a beat-up. Here's what he had to say.


Verbeek said this in the Herald Sun today:

Two German-based players - Josh Kennedy and Michael Beauchamp - have not played for their Bundesliga teams for weeks because of the winter break.

But Verbeek said three weeks' training with Karlsruhe (Kennedy's club) and Nuremberg (Beauchamp) would have the duo better prepared for Qatar than if they were in the A-League.

"If you train for there weeks with Nuremberg or with Karlsruhe, I have to be very honest, I still think that's better than playing A-League games," Verbeek said.

"I saw the important (A-League) games last weekend and you can see players under pressure that they didn't bring the same performance that I have seen before, so they are still not very consistent at the moment.

Big deal. If Harry Kewell was on a mid-season break in the EPL and had been training for three weeks ready to play this weekend, would anyone suggest he would not be at a better standard training with Liverpool than ANY A-League side currently playing.

It's a no-brainer, the media are just looking for a story from Verbeek's comment. And haven't they ALL beat it up on every website, every paper going. Pathetic!