ESP v NED 20.00 hrs BBC1/RTE2

mike65

Early rumour of team news for the Spanish

Casillas; Azplicueta, Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi; Silva, Iniesta; Diego Costa.

TimeToShine

Dat midfield

Professional Griefer

Cillessen; Janmaat, Vlaar, de Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind; de Jong, de Guzmán, Sneijder; Robben, van Persie.

Fescue

It looks a really ordinary Dutch team on paper. Perhaps LVG will get something special from them.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Wow I really am unfamiliar with that Dutch team.

Andersonisgod

I am entirely happy with the Spanish side picked by Vicente Del Bosque. He has opted for control which, in these conditions, could prove to be the right move. The problem may be that there's a lack or penetration but hopefully Costa helps in that regard and at any moment he could spring Pedro or Fabregas from the bench to change the approach.

Obviously I'm looking forward to seeing Spain open the defence of their crown but as a fan of football it should be a cracking game between two sides with great football traditions.

Vicxas

I've never been happier to see Gary Lineker.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Spain's bench is absolutely ridiculous:

02 Albiol
04 Javi Martínez
05 Juanfran
07 Villa
09 Torres
10 Fábregas
11 Pedro
12 de Gea
13 Mata
17 Koke
20 Cazorla
23 Reina

Fescue

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Spain's bench is absolutely ridiculous:

02 Albiol
04 Javi Martínez
05 Juanfran
07 Villa
09 Torres
10 Fábregas
11 Pedro
12 de Gea
13 Mata
17 Koke
20 Cazorla
23 Reina

I hope they Tika Taka they're way to another world cup triumph.

CountyHurler

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Spain's bench is absolutely ridiculous:
02 Albiol, 04 Javi Martínez, 05 Juanfran, 07 Villa, 09 Torres, 10 Fábregas, 11 Pedro, 12 de Gea, 13 Mata, 17 Koke, 20 Cazorla, 23 Reina

the big names look impressive, but the form aint great.

Daragh Moloney looks a bit out of sorts tonight..

Slicemeister

Will give this one a skip, borefest beckons.

murpho999

Fescue wrote: »

It looks a really ordinary Dutch team on paper. Perhaps LVG will get something special from them.

Really wonder about this. I personally think LVG is highly over rated.

This WC and next season at Utd will be interesting.

efb

First World Cup I won't be shouting for The Netherlands.

brianregan09

I'm going to go for a bold prediction and say 4-0 to spain ...that dutch side does not look anything special at all

Neeson

Oh Gawd.

Rio, shearer and Henry!

Son Of A Vidic

Thankfully I can break free of RTE coverage and then I see Thierry Henry . Dear God, please don't have him on the panel for the entire WC.

Davei141

Jesus Brady you get paid for this at least do a tiny bit of research on the teams you are analyzing .

obezyana

I reckon 1-1 in this game and by the end of the group it will be Chile, Netherlands, Spain, Australia.

Yes I don't think Spain will go through and yes I took my medication this morning (I swear I'm not nuts)

.jacksparrow.

Can't believe Ramos is only 25, seems like he's been around forever.

Rubber_Soul

Ferdinand is painful as a pundit.

retalivity

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Can't believe Ramos is only 25, seems like he's been around forever.

Ramos is 28??

Dolph Starbeam

BBC's coverage is actually worse than ITV's, some parts are so obviously, and badly scripted.


1-0 win for Spain, back 5 for Netherlands will sit deep and frustrate Spain.

Fescue

RVP is really very good.

efb

Love BBC coverage

kevohmsford

This has the makings of a great game. Very hard to call this one. Going for 1-1.

Corholio

Spain should win this fairly easy. Hard to believe Vlaar is the Dutch hope in their defence.

In Vancouver watching this in work and Canada has some tips for both teams.... :pac:

Mickeroo

Bore draw methinks.

Witcher

Xavi is like a hobbit beside the rest of them:pac:

Nuri Sahin

That Dutch defence will be very good in a couple of years time, but inexperience right now will kill them.

Spain 2-0 Holland

Neeson

Peter Collins says Alonso like he's talking about Fernando Alonso.

.jacksparrow.

retalivity wrote: »

Ramos is 28??

Fat fingers, that's what I meant!

kev250

Can someone let me know if rte2 is working fine. Mine keeps on freezing on all games so far and not sure if it is the connection on rte or my aerial?

Son Of A Vidic

Blay wrote: »

Xavi is like a hobbit beside the rest of them:pac:

A hobbit who can destroy his opponents rings.

_Kaiser_

kev250 wrote: »

Can someone let me know if rte2 is working fine. Mine keeps on freezing on all games so far and not sure if it is the connection on rte or my aerial?

Working fine here .. HD on UPC

Andersonisgod

Blay wrote: »

Xavi is like a hobbit beside the rest of them:pac:

An atomic Hobbit who will not be detered.

ceegee

Strange seeing a team line out 1-11 in a tournament

lertsnim

kev250 wrote: »

Can someone let me know if rte2 is working fine. Mine keeps on freezing on all games so far and not sure if it is the connection on rte or my aerial?

The only problem I'm having is Peter Collins commentating tonight. Other than that no problems. I am using Saorview.

CountyHurler

Fescue wrote: »

RVP is really very good.

Not enough camera angles to judge it properly.. :P

Prediction time :

Spain 3-1 Holland

.jacksparrow.

Then they go and ruin the good coverage by having Mark lawrenson, back to rte.

Francie Barrett

Stadium looms half empty.

blueser

StarshipPooper wrote: »

Ferdinand is painful as a pundit.

It nearly choked him when he had to say David Silva's name!

.jacksparrow.

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Stadium looms half empty.

Same as earlier.

Strange to see.

murpho999

I conclude from Boards that not one station covers football well and not one analyst is good.

Kenjataimu

Ireland the last team to beat the Netherlands in qualifying :pac: (according to bbc coverage)

LightningBlue

Poor finish by Sneijder

Mars Bar

I didn't notice RTE's sound being ahead of the picture yesterday but it's really noticeable today

kevohmsford

Great chance for Sneijder

Mickeroo

Very poor from Schneider.

Headshot

Its like Deja Vu. Robben also missed an early chance in the final between these 2 teams