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PIM Verbeek has delivered a damning verdict on the A-League talent and claims that just training with a European club is better than playing here.
To see yesterday's training session...
At the launch of his 39-squad for the World Cup qulifier against Qatar, he revealed his disappointment in the local league and its players.
"If you train for three 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 today.
"I saw the important 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.
"Players have to show me they can do a job against Qatar, that they are capable of winning the games.
"I am not here to please players, I'm not here to please anybody, I'm here to win the game.
"That's the responsibility I have to the Australian fans and Australian football."
He added: "I like them all, as I've said already, but it is nothing to do with liking your players, I want to see them do the job.
"That's why I was here for five weeks. No one can tell me, that I didn't give them the chance and the possibility.
"I will do that again, and if they are good enough they can show me next week and I can select them.
"But I be honest to them, if they're not good enough at the moment I will tell them also."
To see yesterday's training session...
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