Comments on: Olympics and other news

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:16:11 +0000

Thanks Alex. @Jackson… I did watch it on Aussie tv. It was in the pub, I do think it was on Prime…

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:34:22 +0000

Well dont let me be a party pooper, but guess who we face if we finish second in the group ??? Yep Messi & Co !!

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:42:14 +0000

I guess I left out the obvious that they can also move on just by winning if either the USA or Nigeria wins/loses the match.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:40:49 +0000

If USA and Nigeria draw, the US will move on, by virtue of the second tie breaker (goals scored). The first tiebreaker is goal difference. So basically, The Netherlands will move on if they either win by 2 goals, win their game and score 1 more goal than Nigeria (Nigeria must not win), or if they win their game and score 2 more goals than the USA (USA must not win).

I don’t know what the next tiebraker is, so I can’t go any further than that, but that is the basic idea.

By: Jackson VK

Jackson VK — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:03:23 +0000

Hey Jan, did you actually catch the Oranje game on Aussie TV? All I could see was the Olyroos or gymnastics. Maybe it was on Fox?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:35:08 +0000

Jan, the way Australia played yesterday it would have beaten Oranje quite easily. I particularly liked the right back and they had some slick passing.
At least they had a committed defence and you saw midfielders asking for the ball. If that doesnt happen in a team, then the game is lost.

Last 10 minutes of our game all the boys at the back could do was heave ho big kick up the middle a/la English football. I guess the main reason being that they knew the midfield was NOT present.

Foppe needs a creative midfielder, Urby could be that person even de Guzman but they need to be available to collect the balls the way Sneijder/VdV always do…they always want the ball…… *sigh