Comments on: Match day 9: What have we learned? http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa, Oranje, Nederlands Elftal, Eredivisie, Marco van Basten, Dutch football, The Netherlands Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:30:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156296 Jan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:27:55 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156296 So true!! That Gomez, what a horrible performance this EC... Unbelievable. You'd expect the Germans to have better players than him?? So true!! That Gomez, what a horrible performance this EC… Unbelievable. You’d expect the Germans to have better players than him??

]]> By: goose http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156290 goose Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:42:37 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156290 nice one Caleb.. ze germanz just won 1-0(nice freekick Ballack, the uber german); they look a crap team again and they will prob. win again nice one Caleb.. ze germanz just won 1-0(nice freekick Ballack, the uber german); they look a crap team again and they will prob. win again

]]> By: Caleb http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156288 Caleb Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:47:40 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156288 Well, I hope that Gomez's wife will let him score when they are together, because he certainly can't do it on the field! :-) Well, I hope that Gomez’s wife will let him score when they are together, because he certainly can’t do it on the field! :-)

]]> By: goose http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156287 goose Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:06:15 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156287 thats partly true.. Joachim Lowe is not a very strict man...the wifes could walk in and out of the hotel, a very relaxed athosphere, after their win over Poland the atmosphere got even more relaxed and the german press blames this attitude for their loss of form (very funny; the german media never mentions the fact that Croatia is the only decent team in the german group and that it was maybe cause of the croats that the germans played that bad!) Joachim Lowe looks like a very friendly father...but i reackon hes a tosser, would hate it if the germans would go out tonight..im desperate to beat them thats partly true.. Joachim Lowe is not a very strict man…the wifes could walk in and out of the hotel, a very relaxed athosphere, after their win over Poland the atmosphere got even more relaxed and the german press blames this attitude for their loss of form (very funny; the german media never mentions the fact that Croatia is the only decent team in the german group and that it was maybe cause of the croats that the germans played that bad!)

Joachim Lowe looks like a very friendly father…but i reackon hes a tosser, would hate it if the germans would go out tonight..im desperate to beat them

]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156284 Jan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:44:14 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156284 Huntelaar indeed hitched a ride :-) . Don't know with whom, but yeah... In Das Bild, the Germant tabloid, the point was raised that German players' wives spent a lot of time with the players in their hotel and after Germany's bad result against Croatia, the press blames them - the wives - for the lacklustre performance. Against Croatia, that is :-) Huntelaar indeed hitched a ride :-) . Don’t know with whom, but yeah…

In Das Bild, the Germant tabloid, the point was raised that German players’ wives spent a lot of time with the players in their hotel and after Germany’s bad result against Croatia, the press blames them – the wives – for the lacklustre performance. Against Croatia, that is :-)

]]> By: Caleb http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156265 Caleb Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:52:46 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156265 Jan - Did Huntelaar really hitchhike back?? And what's this about the German player's wives? I feel so out of the loop... richard - I hate the idea of brining in instant replay. Sure, it might fix some bad calls, but at what price? I'd rather die than see football (soccer) become full of stoppages so that video can be reviewed like in American football. Bad calls are just part of the game, and unless they can think of some way to fix problems without stopping the game, I think we just have to live with it. Jan – Did Huntelaar really hitchhike back?? And what’s this about the German player’s wives? I feel so out of the loop…

richard – I hate the idea of brining in instant replay. Sure, it might fix some bad calls, but at what price? I’d rather die than see football (soccer) become full of stoppages so that video can be reviewed like in American football. Bad calls are just part of the game, and unless they can think of some way to fix problems without stopping the game, I think we just have to live with it.

]]> By: --HedonistiX http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156261 --HedonistiX Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:19:35 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156261 Joachim Low is following MvB's tight white shirt from the last World Cup .... :-) GO ORANJE! --H Joachim Low is following MvB’s tight white shirt from the last World Cup …. :-)

GO ORANJE!

–H

]]> By: richard http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156257 richard Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:49:21 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156257 This is appropos of nothing that's happened in the last couple of days of the tourney, but I'm convinced that UEFA and FiFA should institute instant replay of controversial calls in international games--qualifying matches and tournament games, but not friendlies. Instant replay has been used to great benefit in the America's National Football League. It works--and even pro baseball, which has resisted for a long time, will be instituting some form of tv review of disputed calls by officials. In football, this is very necessary--as one key mistake by a linesmen or referee can alter the outcome of a game. You don't review every call, of course--your review key calls involving disputed goals or calls that result in penalty kicks--just the big ones. What you also do is give each coach one "challenge" per half--one time when he can call for review of a call. Goals are precious in football, which is all the morre reason to get the calls right. Thoughts? This is appropos of nothing that’s happened in the last couple of days of the tourney, but I’m convinced that UEFA and FiFA should institute instant replay of controversial calls in international games–qualifying matches and tournament games, but not friendlies. Instant replay has been used to great benefit in the America’s National Football League. It works–and even pro baseball, which has resisted for a long time, will be instituting some form of tv review of disputed calls by officials. In football, this is very necessary–as one key mistake by a linesmen or referee can alter the outcome of a game. You don’t review every call, of course–your review key calls involving disputed goals or calls that result in penalty kicks–just the big ones. What you also do is give each coach one “challenge” per half–one time when he can call for review of a call. Goals are precious in football, which is all the morre reason to get the calls right. Thoughts?

]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156238 Jan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:06:24 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156238 Isn't his name Jurgen???? I thought it was? Jogi? As in Yogi? Come on? And what's with that tight white shirt anyway? And the emo-fringe? Isn’t his name Jurgen???? I thought it was? Jogi? As in Yogi?

Come on?

And what’s with that tight white shirt anyway? And the emo-fringe?

]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html/comment-page-1#comment-156236 Jan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:20:11 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/match-day-9-what-have-we-learned.html#comment-156236 If you keep calling Jogi Löw Jürgen Löw the bad karma this generates will hurt the Dutch team like Jürgen hurt the Dutch team back in 1990. ;-) If you keep calling Jogi Löw Jürgen Löw the bad karma this generates will hurt the Dutch team like Jürgen hurt the Dutch team back in 1990. ;-)

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