@MCG, Monday 24th of May, 7.30PM

AUSTRALIAN SQUAD:
Goalkeepers: Adam Federici, Eugene Galekovic, Brad Jones, Mark Schwarzer

Defenders:
Michael Beauchamp, David Carney, Scott Chipperfield, Shane Lowry, Mark
Milligan, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Jade North, Luke Wilkshire, Rhys
Williams

Midfielders: Mark Bresciano, Tim Cahill, Nicky Carle,
Jason Culina, Brett Emerton, Richard Garcia, Vincenzo Grella, James
Holland, Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Tommy Oar, Carl Valeri, Dario
Vidosic

Forwards: Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Scott McDonald, Nikita Rukavytsya

NEW ZEALAND SQUAD:
Goalkeepers: James Bannatyne, Glen Moss , Mark Paston

Defenders:
Andy Boyens , Tony Lochhead , Ryan Nelsen , Winston Reid , Ben Sigmund , Tommy Smith , Ivan Vicelich

Midfielders: Andy
Barron , Leo Bertos , Tim Brown , Jeremy Christie, Aaron
Clapham , Simon Elliott , Michael
McGlinchey , David Mulligan

Forwards:
Jeremy Brockie , Rory Fallon , Chris Killen , Shane Smeltz , Chris Wood

Big match for both sides but this will benefit New Zealand much more than it will us. This is good preparation against decent opposition for the kiwis but really we should have looked for higher quality opposition ( with all due respect to New Zealand).
Anyway on to the game now...I must say I have my tickets and I am pumped to see the boys in action before they head to South Africa. I feel this game will be close for the first half but will run away with a 3-0 win in the second half. If we struggle then seriously we have no hope in the World Cup if were honest. We will have our full strength lineup, possibly baring Kewell depending on his injury. I would expect to see:

-----------------------you know who------------------------------
Emerton-----------Neill----------Moore-------------------Chipperfield
----------------------Culina----Grella------------------------------
-------Bresciano--------Cahill-------------Kewell/Oar---------------
-----------------------Kennedy------------------------------------

Honestly this is a poor choice of warm up game, with all due respect to the Kiwis here.

Australia 3-1 I think. Any ideas of how the tickets are going? Coz I really dont think they are going to go close to selling out the G. I could be wrong though.

i'm going, got an away kit with 'Schwarzer' printed on it

cant wait

Jesus. Lol, that aint good.

It is NZ after all guys. Had it been say Russia or Croatia, it would have drawn a massive crowd.

Reckon we can really put up a fight in this.
The fact it's Aussie will get the boys pumped up.
Not sure about winning but we won't roll over.

Paston
Reid - Nelsen - Smith
Bertos - Brown - McGlinchey - Lochead
Fallon - Smeltz - Killen

Moss - Sigmund - Vicelich - Christie/Clapham - Elliott - Barron - Wood

frekin melbourne always get the games with all the stars yet up here we play a hack a league team against indonesia

Going to buy a jersey, I don't actually mind it, to wear to the pub.

Got tickets last Monday Pumped for the match. I hope there's a good turnout.

My first international match Go Aussie

Lol I think youll be right for tickets c10 . Ah well, good on ya for going dont think there will be many others haha.

Poor form Melbourne. Gonna be a shite crowd.

Would have been very keen to go but Uni exams/costs put an end to any hopes.

SBS said that 50,000 tickets had been sold. It will be interesting to see how big the crowd is, TBH i couldn't give a damn about this game.

Although the New Zealand player whose name i can't remember (mainly because he is a nothing footballer) to come out and say there is a chance players will get injured, is dumb. Its a friendly before the World Cup ffs, if either team goes hard in this one i will be very disappointed.