Comments on: And in the meantime, while we weren’t here…. http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa, Oranje, Nederlands Elftal, Eredivisie, Marco van Basten, Dutch football, The Netherlands Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dirk v.d.Berg http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170934 dirk v.d.Berg Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:39:39 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170934 A lot of the youth teams have promise, but in a lot of the cases it doesnt amount to much. If Nemeth and Simons of Hungary stay with Liverpool, they're never going to really break through. Osei is good though, he'll probably get a call-up for Ghana's world cup team, I can see him being big. Wales has a lot of potential with their young guys, but can't translate it into senior success. As for WC 2010, you really can't pick favourites before the tournament in football, its obviously going to be the same group of teams, but it really comes down to how the team is playing on the day they're playing, as we saw in our Match against Russia. Everyone around was already calling us winners, even people who don't watch football, but then we get that one bad game, and we're gone. A lot of the youth teams have promise, but in a lot of the cases it doesnt amount to much. If Nemeth and Simons of Hungary stay with Liverpool, they’re never going to really break through. Osei is good though, he’ll probably get a call-up for Ghana’s world cup team, I can see him being big. Wales has a lot of potential with their young guys, but can’t translate it into senior success.

As for WC 2010, you really can’t pick favourites before the tournament in football, its obviously going to be the same group of teams, but it really comes down to how the team is playing on the day they’re playing, as we saw in our Match against Russia. Everyone around was already calling us winners, even people who don’t watch football, but then we get that one bad game, and we’re gone.

]]> By: ItalianStallion http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170905 ItalianStallion Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:52:06 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170905 <strong>Deleted</strong> - Daryl Deleted – Daryl

]]> By: italianStallion http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170902 italianStallion Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:27:51 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170902 <strong>Deleted</strong> - Daryl Deleted – Daryl

]]> By: Sol http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170899 Sol Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:33:47 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170899 I have the same feelings as you Ferenc about the Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador situation. We can only hope Chile wins or draws against Ecaudor or else we're going to miss either Argentina or Uruguay regardless of what happens in their game. That's a hard situation for both teams since Chile is already qualified and will probably take it easy like Brazil did last game against Bolivia (and lost). I'm very afraid that we're going to miss out on Uruguay, even a draw won't be enough for them most likely. Of course if Chile does their job we have nothing to worry about, just a play-off that either of these 2 teams should easily win against Honduras (or Costa Rica for that matter). I have the same feelings as you Ferenc about the Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador situation. We can only hope Chile wins or draws against Ecaudor or else we’re going to miss either Argentina or Uruguay regardless of what happens in their game. That’s a hard situation for both teams since Chile is already qualified and will probably take it easy like Brazil did last game against Bolivia (and lost).

I’m very afraid that we’re going to miss out on Uruguay, even a draw won’t be enough for them most likely.

Of course if Chile does their job we have nothing to worry about, just a play-off that either of these 2 teams should easily win against Honduras (or Costa Rica for that matter).

]]> By: Sol http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170898 Sol Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:24:09 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170898 Holland - Brazil (3-2)? Sounds good, it will be the reverse of the 1994 game. Exciting match to watch that was. Holland – Brazil (3-2)? Sounds good, it will be the reverse of the 1994 game. Exciting match to watch that was.

]]> By: Mohamed http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170892 Mohamed Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:10:07 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170892 @ferenc , i was in the stadium in italy - hungary match the best match in the tournment in my opinion , i liked the hungarian team so much , its really promising but there were many red cards , reminded me with Ned vs portugal !! @ferenc ,
i was in the stadium in italy – hungary match
the best match in the tournment in my opinion , i liked the hungarian team so much , its really promising
but there were many red cards , reminded me with Ned vs portugal !!

]]> By: ferenc http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170889 ferenc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:53:26 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170889 @Tiju: the other great problem that the hungarian u-20 team had yesterday that they had a great handicap - our best player was suspended for the ghana game @Tiju: the other great problem that the hungarian u-20 team had yesterday that they had a great handicap – our best player was suspended for the ghana game

]]> By: ferenc http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170888 ferenc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:51:21 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170888 @Tiju: unfortunately i didn't see it. i only saw hungary-italy... what everybody say here that in the first hal hungary was inexistent but they played really well in the second... my prediction (and my wish) for the world cup final is oranje versus spain. tonight i hope i can watch uruguay-argentina. actually i want to see both on the world cup and no ecuador. i cannot imagine the world cup without the best player of the world (messi) and would miss suarez as well @Tiju: unfortunately i didn’t see it. i only saw hungary-italy… what everybody say here that in the first hal hungary was inexistent but they played really well in the second…

my prediction (and my wish) for the world cup final is oranje versus spain.

tonight i hope i can watch uruguay-argentina. actually i want to see both on the world cup and no ecuador. i cannot imagine the world cup without the best player of the world (messi) and would miss suarez as well

]]> By: Tiju http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170886 Tiju Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:54:44 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170886 @ferenec..i saw Hungary Vs Ghana yesterday under20 WC.Hungary played brilliantly but Ghana never stopped running...Ghana had some luck also..i think Brazil is going to lift the title...Hungary can be proud of their performance @ferenec..i saw Hungary Vs Ghana yesterday under20 WC.Hungary played brilliantly but Ghana never stopped running…Ghana had some luck also..i think Brazil is going to lift the title…Hungary can be proud of their performance

]]> By: Tiju http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html/comment-page-3#comment-170885 Tiju Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:49:10 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/and-in-the-meantime-while-we-werent-here.html#comment-170885 @Carlos bro like Finn said....All the the world cup winners had a more than decent goalkeepers,when they won the title...But i still doubt the mental toughness of EDVS...still he is not a good penalty stopper...But he is famous for his unpredictable saves,and he has some acrobatic saves in his pocket..i think we can use him through out 90minutes and if we are going to penalty shootout we should substitute him with stekelenburg,but this will affect the total team tactics. i would say that we should encourage Stekel/Vorm/Velthuizen more and i beleive he should have left Ajax last summer.Stekel has potential and charisma he just need support from diffenders and Coach.. @Carlos bro like Finn said….All the the world cup winners had a more than decent goalkeepers,when they won the title…But i still doubt the mental toughness of EDVS…still he is not a good penalty stopper…But he is famous for his unpredictable saves,and he has some acrobatic saves in his pocket..i think we can use him through out 90minutes and if we are going to penalty shootout we should substitute him with stekelenburg,but this will affect the total team tactics.
i would say that we should encourage Stekel/Vorm/Velthuizen more and i beleive he should have left Ajax last summer.Stekel has potential and charisma he just need support from diffenders and Coach..

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