Otman Bakkal: Happy and proud!

Totally off topic: Co Adriaanse on the short list at Zenit St Petersburg.

Big deal – so am I !! the Ruskies need a spy !

Posted from  Singapore

Ruud van Nistelrooy said some tough things in De Telegraaf .

“I want to play at the WC. I haven’t told the team manager yet, but I don’t have to yet. First I want to make sure I’m ready and when I am, I will call him. I’ll consider leaving in January when I have to. I’m topfit and I can compete with any striker. I have always been the number one striker at all the teams I played and I am highly confident I can make it here again. But for now, I’ll await my chances. I’m not impatient yet. But this mustn’t take too long, otherwise I’ll consider my options.”

HAHA! Ruud is BACK!

i’m dreaming to read soon the same about clarence and the 2 greatest dutch players of the decade wilkl finish their career as world champions. they need oranje,oranje need them.

Posted from  Hungary

if van nistelrooy comes back, i think we should play with two strikers him as the striker, and van persie as the shadow striker. so maybe 4-4-2 is good for us even though my favourite is 4-3-3 or 3-4-3.

van persie in the presence of ruud can be like bergkamp with kluivert, nice couple, but my point is that van persie should not play on the wing anymore, he can do better closer to the net.

stek
wiel-heitinga-mathijsen-braafheid
–elia-sneijder-dejong-robben–
—van persie-van nistelrooy—

Just a quick reminder for those who have not participated or submitted second round picks yet. I am already up to 15 players, lets make it 20+. 3Pts for exact score, 1 pt for correct outcome (win, draw).

“And here is the results from the first round of the WC Qual prediction competition. Congrats to Leon and Jeroen who both had two exact scores and are setting the pace for the next round. I probably will run one of these for the full world cup in the summer as well. That would be kind of fun. And for those who didn’t participate in the first round, you can still score 12 points and kill everyone else, so please enter:
Also at the bottom is Wednesdays games. Please cut and paste and add your scores.

Results round 1:
Russia 2-1 Slovenia
Greece 0-0 Ukraine
Portugal 1-0 Bosnia
Ireland 0-1 France

Standings:
Leon 7
Jeroen 7
Michel-Olivier 6
Sonneveld 5
Marc 5
Dirk v d Berg 4
Jeff 3
Finn 2
Mario 2
Carlos 2
Ferenc 2
Agragami 1
Fares 1
Gerard 0

Next games:
Slovenia vs Russia
Ukraine vs Greece
Bosnia vs Portugal
France vs Ireland

My Picks:
Slovenia 1-1 Russia
Ukraine 2-1 Greece
Bosnia 1-1 Portugal
France 2-1 Ireland

To everyone that has already submitted picks, I have them already safely tucked away in my spreadsheet. No need to resubmit.

Thanks again Finn, this should be fun. I remember we did similar games during the EC and that was good fun.

@Finn:

My Picks:
Slovenia 1-0 Russia
Ukraine 1-0 Greece
Bosnia 2-0 Portugal
France 2-1 Ireland

Well, I´m going local and betting that Portugal and Russia get eliminated. I think it will be tough that these results can become reality but if they do I will be a happy man hehe…Portugal out!!!!!!!

actually i would like russia’s elimination as well. for historic reasons i don’t like too much russia…

Posted from  Hungary

Slovenia 1-1 Russia – last min russia equalizer to break slovenian hearts (do i get an extra point for that?!)
Ukraine 2-0 Greece
Bosnia 2-2 Portugal
France 2-0 Ireland

Posted from  United Kingdom

@Finn buddy i didnt predict the scoer in previous match but i predicted France,Portugal,Ukraine,Russia will go through
But now i am predicting with very less confidence for fun.Coz anything can happen in those games.May be 5-0 could happen after a disaster in a match…But even though i want to join with you peoples.
my picks
Bosnia 1-1 Portugal
France 2-0 Ireland
Ukrane 1-0 Greece
Russia 1-1 Slovania

Posted from  India