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Post by maarts on Oct 14, 2004 8:28:13 GMT -5
What was Beckham thinking last weekend?
'Crap, I'm probably not gonna make the next England game because my ribs don't feel too good, but let me score another yellow card so I get suspended and my tally will be reset to zero again...Look fow clever I am, Sven!'
And the the goof went to the press and spilled the beans!
Beckham. Officially the stupidest soccer player ever.
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Post by maarts on Nov 21, 2004 6:58:00 GMT -5
The saddest picture in soccer....  50 year old soccer legend Socrates, purchased by unknown North English club Garforth, debuting for 2000 people in a match against Tadchester, where the former legend played for only the last ten minutes of the game...for the rest freesing his ass off. Get back to Rio De Janeiro mate! |
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Post by maarts on Dec 9, 2004 6:56:34 GMT -5
Fuggit if it sounds like I'm screaming here to myself:
LIVERPO-OOL!!!!
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Post by maarts on Mar 19, 2005 6:01:30 GMT -5
Rather bizarre posting this on a dead board, but considering that I pay tribute here just underneath the final message....
I am quite sad to learn about the death of The General, aka Rinus Michels, Holland's most successful trainer.
Having met the man and seen him at the zenith of Dutch soccer, I cannot help but feel awed and want to pay respect to a man who has led the Dutch to their inaugural European championship in 1988.
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Post by maarts on Apr 24, 2005 7:45:44 GMT -5
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Post by maarts on May 5, 2005 7:29:21 GMT -5
Well,
After this morning I know now how Yankees-fans must have felt during last years' playoffs.
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Post by maarts on May 25, 2005 17:46:04 GMT -5
...and today I know that justice does prevail in this game once in a while though.
After PSV unjust was ousted by Milan, now that team had their hearts ripped out by the mighty LIVERPOOL!
One of the most amazing games of soccer you will ever see.
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Post by spencerny on Jul 15, 2005 1:49:05 GMT -5
Anyone going to Germany next year? I'll be there with my U.S. Nats jersey screaming my butt off hopefull at one of my home countries games. I'm a little ticked that all U.S. tickets have been sold out, but I'm hoping that by getting tickets for another country like say Ecuador or China, I'll get lucky and have them drawn in the same group as the U.S.
Hey maarts, who do you root for? If it's Australia, what do you think about them having to qualify by beating the 5th place Conmebol side to qualify? Good luck, because it looks like it might be Colombia, and they are looking good.
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Post by maarts on Jul 21, 2005 8:58:59 GMT -5
Well, since I'm Dutch from birth my first and foremost allegiance lies with the Dutch national side who, so far with a new, young line-up have been impressive in qualifying. It's also a triumph for the relative unproven qualities of Marco Van Basten, the former AC Milan and Ajax-great who have been able to mould quality youngsters together with a few veterans and has shown not to eschew drastic measures in replacing non-performing players (Van Der Vaart) in the side. So a lot to look forward to come World Cup.
Australia will be a different matter altogether. They have just signed Guus Hiddink as their new coach, which in itself is a good move but has one big drawback- Hiddink's keeping his 'other' job as coach with PSV Eindhoven. It will be difficult to monitor all movements within Australian soccer as the brand new A-League is about to start, signalling a new competition in Australian top soccer which has been revamped and, after a year of absence is being hyped as the new training ground for young Aussie talent...The Dutch league-season starts at around the same time with Hiddink finding it difficult to see matches from down under....
What makes matters more difficult is the fact that the cream of Australia's players play all over the worls- Viduka, Kewell, Cahill, Emerton and Schwarzer in England, some of the others in Germany, Spain, Turkey and Italy. It has always been a struggle for former Socceroo-coach Frank Farina to get his best squad on the paddock. Plus good opposition training-games or international friendlies are hard to come by. The main opposition in Australia's zone is weak- with the exception of New Zealand there's no major country that has a good team. With all the other international soccer powers confederated in strong zones (UEFA, CONCACAF and South America), there's not much else outside those zones.
Fortunately, Australia has been allowed now to compete for world cup qualifying through the Asian rounds, guaranteeing more games, more competition and, through those factors, more chances on building a better team. But for now they'll have to beat the 5th placed South-American team in two matches, which they almost did tfour years ago, against Colombia. At this stage I don't believe Australia's not competitive enough- they were pretty disappointing during the Youth Championships in Holland and the Confederations Cup in Germany last month. But with a lot of hard work, more sponsoring for the A-League, a firm belief that Hiddink can perform the same miracles as he did with the South Korean team during the last World Championships and definitely a host of good players, you never know.
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Post by maarts on Aug 30, 2005 2:48:28 GMT -5
 Farewell Pierluigi Collina- one of the best referees soccer has ever seen. Coming from a country where even its own president doesn't mind dabbling into dubious financial waters, it was deemed inappropriate for him to be both a ref and have a sponsorship from a car company. This sport definitely is going to hell in a handbasket. |
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