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That was beautiful by Van Nistelrooy.

corcaighcailin9

Pity he couldn't run onto VP's pass there tho...

Guy:Incognito

corcaighcailin9 wrote: »

Pity he couldn't run onto VP's pass there tho...

In fairness he wouldnt have got there 5 years ago, never mind now. VP really should have looked up .

Sherifu

Another great move and goal.

Sherifu

Cheeky Henry goal.

And a Robben goal.

Lol, great game.

3-1

Guy:Incognito

2-1 Terry Henry. Sloppy from the Dutch.

and then the Dutch are scoring as it comes back from the reply. How quick was that.

Surely thats the record for the oldest goalscorer.:D

corcaighcailin9

Holy sh!t!

kryogen

that must be the closes two goals scored in a championship ever?

seconds!

quicker then the Italian one today i think

corcaighcailin9

Was just about to make a smart comment about Brady having excitement in his pants after Henry's goal...

Savman

That was some goal from Robben :eek:

Guy:Incognito

The French must have been watching the reply of Henry's goal like the rest of us while the Dutch were attacking.

Mr.Nice Guy

I hate these boring games. :pac:

Charlie

This is painful to watch. I had an accumulator on, and the Dutch/France match was the only really sticky one. I put my faith in the Dutch though. However, it' all in vain after the ref in the Italy/Romania match funked up.

I will now have the pleasure of watching the forthcoming matches with grated teeth.

Guy:Incognito

Sackrey Blue. Bye bye to the Grench methinks.


4-1 Scneider.

Holland for the cup!

Seaneh

halftime?

Bounty Hunter

my god GO HOLLAND!

4-1

Guy:Incognito

Seaneh wrote: »

halftime?

?

Mr.Nice Guy

Sneijder!

So glad I got him for my dream team.

Great game.

445279.ie

Jaysus, think I'll stick a tenner on Holland tomorrow

Sherifu

What a strike. I was close enough with a 4-0 prediction.

ironingbored

Great goal! Result a bit unfair on balance of play. Van Basten: best ever striker and not a bad manager either.

mike65

Proof that its not the having the ball that matters, its scoring that counts.

Mike.

Charlie

Why is Johnny Giles talking about Holland as if they are Boro. They have been the outstanding team of the tournament.

This is classic stuff from the panel. They write them off pre-tournament, and then can't admit they got it wrong. Padding their praise with 'we can't get carried away, we are pundits, and we need to pick out any flaw, not matter how small'.

Sure, their defence mightn't be the best in the world, but has anyone's been so far in this tournament. Against Italy and France, they have only conceded 1 goal ffs.

leninbenjamin

mike65 wrote: »

Proof that its not the having the ball that matters, its scoring that counts.

Mike.

and having a manger who actually makes his decisions based on footballing ones and not some mystic mumbo jumbo always helps. Gomis and Anelka on... wtf? was Domenech single handedly trying to undermine a French comeback? And Malouda had just started to look like he might be capable of something too... And where in the name of Holy God was Benzema? was he injured or something?

Im_No_Superman

Robben's finish really reminded me of Giggs finish against Arsenal in the FA cup replay in 99 the way he blasted it over the keeper into the roof of the net, great goal in a great match.

MementoMori

Fair play to the Dutchers

Four goals - two of em extra-tasty

France anameic

Ribery seems a touch of class - esp ahead of the other Frenchies

Gouvou, Toulalan, Malouda

Makelele and Henry looked old

as for Le Sulk:cool:

MementoMori

Amost forgot - extra tasty for the Zidane turn by RVn in the setup the Holland's second.

Bye bye Dommench

Seaneh

France are missing a real presence up front and a leader at the back, they really ****ed up picking Boumsong and Gomes ahead of Trezagol and Mexes.

mike65

leninbenjamin wrote: »

and having a manger who actually makes his decisions based on footballing ones and not some mystic mumbo jumbo always helps.

So true, Glenda Hoddle reincarnated.

Mike.

ironingbored

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Robben's finish really reminded me of Giggs finish against Arsenal in the FA cup replay in 99 the way he blasted it over the keeper into the roof of the net, great goal in a great match.

Despite the fact it was a cracking goal I thought the French keeper looked very dodgy.

Raskolnikov

Seaneh wrote: »

France are missing a real presence up front and a leader at the back, they really ****ed up picking Boumsong and Gomes ahead of Trezagol and Mexes.

In my opinion, I blame the manager.

Domenech is a clown and consistantly picks the wrong team. Evra not starting the first game and Benzema not even playing the second shows just how clueless he is. Not only that, but he has a cart horse playing centre forward (Gomis) and has Anelka shunted out to the wing when they're chasing a goal! There's feck all organisation, set-peices are shit and the players run around not knowing how they're set up and what job they're supposed to do.

I actually think that Domenech could be worse than Staunton.

ironingbored

Raskolnikov wrote: »

I actually think that Domenech could be worse than Staunton.

Did Domenech have a secret cellar like Fritzl? That is the only reason why he could be worse that Staunton.

Raskolnikov

ironingbored wrote: »

Did Domenech have a secret cellar like Fritzl? That is the only reason why he could be worse that Staunton.

In my opinion, only Spain have a stronger pool of players than France.

Players who are playing at the very top of footballing levels in the case of Mexes, Clichy, Flamini, Sagna and Trezuguet are all sitting home this supper watching France on the telly.

Staunton was dire, but at least he always kept his best players in the squad. The clown Domenech has left most of his at home!

~Rebel~

Just think, that French team could have put out something like;

---

Coupet
Sagna--Gallas--Mexes--Evra

---

Diarra---Flamini

---

Nasri

---Ribery

---

Henry

---

Benzema


With Benzema and Henry switching around and moving for each other.
Maybe Makalele in for diarra, but diarra has impressed me a lot so im gonna go with youth and vigour. That that team would have a lot more hunger and drive then what we've seen from the french in their 2 games.

delija_sever029

Sherifu wrote: »

What has this got to do with the Turkey-Switzerland game?

Go Swiss!!!:pac:

Guy:Incognito

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Staunton was dire, but at least he always kept his best players in the squad. The clown Domenech has left most of his at home!

In fairness, the Ireland squad pretty much picks itself

delija_sever029

Sherifu wrote: »

What a strike. I was close enough with a 4-0 prediction.

Your wacked prediction almost came true,well done mate well done:pac:

Raskolnikov

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Just think, that French team could have put out something like;

---

Coupet
Sagna--Gallas--Mexes--Evra

---

Diarra---Flamini

---

Nasri

---Ribery

---

Henry

---

Benzema


With Benzema and Henry switching around and moving for each other.
Maybe Makalele in for diarra, but diarra has impressed me a lot so im gonna go with youth and vigour. That that team would have a lot more hunger and drive then what we've seen from the french in their 2 games.

My point exactly.

Put Arsene in charge of that lot and you have European Championship semi-finalists at very least.

delija_sever029

What a game from Holland!!!!These guys are definitly number 1 candidate to win euro!France was better than last game but their defence was destroyes by Hollands offensive,France was better but tactics terrible,Holland looks like they are alien team,well done,fantastic match.Now i expect they wont play with full squad last round so Romania can go through

estebancambias

The Grench were run riot by Hollands attacking prowess.

Would it be Robben? Would it be RVP? Would it be Van Der Vaart?

The options were endless.

Coupet who is normally a really good keeper, really let the Grench down. He really needed to be doing better against that Robben shot.

What a goal to finish the game off.

International Football owns club football(when played right)

Mr.Nice Guy

Anyone else think watching the Dutch is a bit like watching Arsenal? Slick passing coupled with ruthless counter-attacking play. They've been a joy to watch.

Guy:Incognito

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Anyone else think watching the Dutch is a bit like watching Arsenal? .

Nope. The Dutch have an end product.:)

mike65

Dutch are better as they are far more direct than Arsenal, no-one wearing orange is trying to walk the ball in.

Mike.

leninbenjamin

Raskolnikov wrote: »

In my opinion, only Spain have a stronger pool of players than France.

Spain are slightly weak in defence. while Sagnol-Thuram-Gallas-Abidal is probably worse than the current Spanish defence, Sagna-Mexes-Gallas-Clichy is head and shoulders above them. i've said it before, had France a decent manager they'd probably walk the tournament because they are basically the only nation who can field a team with some of the worlds best in almost every position on the pitch (left wing tbh being the only problem position).

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Just think, that French team could have put out something like;

---

Coupet
Sagna--Gallas--Mexes--Evra

---

Diarra---Flamini

---

Nasri

---Ribery

---

Henry

---

Benzema

yeah Rebel that's pretty much the team that i would field, same formation and all, although i'm not 100% on Henry. Govou wasn't too bad today, you could put him in and swap him with Ribery. the other possibility is bringing in Clichy and playing Evra in front of him. that might offer a bit more width, and give Nasri a bit more space to operate in.

estebancambias

Yeah but when you see the shirts, and then look up and see 'Holland' on the scorechart you kind of face the realisation that they are in fact the Dutch and not Arsenal. :pac:

Galvasean

Wow, after playing Italy and France, the Dutch have themselves a 7-1 aggregate lead. Could you have counted on any team in the world to come out with results like that?

I'm so glad I backed Holland at 14/1 for the Championship. A long way to go I know but the must be hot favourites now. And playing a very attractive style of football too I must add. Most of their goals have been from fast counters!

delija_sever029

As i already said once Robben is the main man in Dutch team,he is fantastic and he showed that tonight again,i still cant forget what a mess he was making us on WC 2006.

Raskolnikov

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Anyone else think watching the Dutch is a bit like watching Arsenal? Slick passing coupled with ruthless counter-attacking play. They've been a joy to watch.

It actually reminded me of Manchester United to be honest.

Arsenal are too slow on the counter-attack.

estebancambias

delija_sever029 wrote: »

As i already said once Robben is the main man in Dutch team,he is fantastic and he showed that tonight again,i still cant forget what a mess he was making us on WC 2006.

Didn't do as much though as Riquelme ey?:D

Galvasean

Reminded me of Arsenal from a few years ago. You know, back when they were deadly.. and stuff.