| Friday December 14, 2007 |
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Pim Verbeek's first test looms. Australia's first World Cup qualifier against Qatar in Melbourne on the February 6 will see how successful he is at getting our stars back to play. With Premiership matches on the Saturdays before AND after the Wednesday match it'll be interesting to see if Cahill, Kewell, Schwarzer, Emerton and others make the trip - I'm assuming Viduka won't.There have been encouraging signs, but getting them back here is only the first step. Will the big boys respond to the former assistant boss of Borussia Mönchengladbach? It was a bit harder to say no to the mighty Guus. We'll see...
Richard Cann
Deputy editor, Australian FourFourTwo
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