No point debating using the definitions of continents like Asia though. Asia is entirely a Western creation. There's no real geographical reason to split continents the way they are split now, considering the diversity of Asia itself.

The South Koreans have the highest average heights in Asia and can compare with Europeans. Their players are usually themselves physically capable, consider Ki Sung Yueng and Cha Du Ri, who are both above 180cm and play in the highly physical Scottish league.

With Japan, you've got guys like Maya Yoshida and many Iranians come from the same Caucasian stock and are physically imposing as well. So we can hardly say that Asians cannot play the physical game, even though the Australians seem to think that that's the advantage they have.

In terms of physical build for Malaysia though, I would attribute that to diet perhaps. It is a wonder why other Pacific populations in Hawaii and New Zealand produce people with the build to play rugby and American football well, while their relatives in Southeast Asia grow differently.

But Malaysia does need to buff up I think. We don't quite have enough tall players for centrebacks, for example.

What a good volley.

Helped by Australians leaving 9 acres of space empty.

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Added on January 30, 2011, 1:51 amQatar needs to learn that no one wants to wait for a damn long awards ceremony. Hand them the cup and away with it!

This post has been edited by minority: Jan 30 2011, 01:51 AM