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  1. yeh if he is giving it to his family/ community thats understandable.

    Whats the latest with the EPL kickoff on the weekend, is it going ahead?
  2. Originally posted by Andrew_C:yeh if he is giving it to his family/ community thats understandable.

    Whats the latest with the EPL kickoff on the weekend, is it going ahead?

    So far, it's still going ahead, but it won't be certain 'til Thursday when the FA meet. Here's hoping they do - it seems the police are gaining the upper hand, so with any luck, things will start to die down. Re. the friendly, half of me is gutted I wouldn't get a match to watch but the other half is glad because a) safety risks were certainly a concern and b) it would mean one less bit of moaning from Premier League managers about their players getting injured on international duty lol.

    In other news, I'm starting a blog on Euro football - so far I've managed to get a brief rundown of the Bundesliga opening weekend finished, will be hoping to get a review of the opening day in Ligue 1 down today or tomorrow, some amazing stuff there, especially with PSG going down 1-0 at home to Lorient after a summer of big spending lol. http://europa-football.blogspot.com/ if anyone's interested


  3. well deserved Leonardo

    cheers for the blog
    i'll follow/comment it when you drop something other than Bundesliga
    great job anyway
  4. Originally posted by clover68:well deserved Leonardo

    cheers for the blog
    i'll follow/comment it when you drop something other than Bundesliga
    great job anyway


    Aha, I will be getting around to Serie A and the Premiership when they kick off / IF they kick off lol...
  5. You should try the Dutch division too; De Eredivisie, its not as good as the Bundesliga and The Premiership but most of the games are spectacular and the matches are hard to predict.
    Nice blog by the way I will check it out every now and then
  6. Originally posted by bartajax:You should try the Dutch division too; De Eredivisie, its not as good as the Bundesliga and The Premiership but most of the games are spectacular and the matches are hard to predict.
    Nice blog by the way I will check it out every now and then

    Will be sure to keep an eye on it mate and see if I can include it I'll probably try to get La Liga involved too if possible, so many big leagues to keep up with! I do fear for the Eredivisie because of the rapid departure of many of the best players, e.g. Schaars, van Wolfswinkel, Dzsudzsák and the rest going abroad. That said, there seems to be a lot of good young players coming through, so fingers crossed the league will pick up again - who can forget PSV's journey to the Champions' League semi-finals in 2005?
  7. That's the big problem here, the Dutch teams cant keep up with teams from the bigger leagues because of the money, so our teams have to scout and train young players for me that's is one of the big advantages of the Dutch league on other leagues. Teams like Ajax and Feyenoord play with 8,9 players who got educated at the club.
    Your right about the departure of some of the best players, Suarez, Dzsudzsak and Ruiz were the best player the last 3 years and now that Ruiz might go to Spurs which means that the last of the big players would go away. But the good thing is that the transfers lead to new Dutch players; Suarez was replaced by Ebecillio, Dzsudzsak by Labyad and Ruiz will be replaced by Berghuis. And probably these 3 players will get sold again but high prices.
    I only remember that last game of PSV against AC Milan, with Ambrosini who decided it in the last minute 2 years earlier AC Milan did the same agains Ajax, in 2003 Inzaghi scored the winning goal in the 90+1 minute. Also in 2005 AZ was terminated in the semi-final of the Uefa Cup by Sporting and that also happened in the 90+3 minute
  8. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    So far, it's still going ahead, but it won't be certain 'til Thursday when the FA meet. Here's hoping they do - it seems the police are gaining the upper hand, so with any luck, things will start to die down. Re. the friendly, half of me is gutted I wouldn't get a match to watch but the other half is glad because a) safety risks were certainly a concern and b) it would mean one less bit of moaning from Premier League managers about their players getting injured on international duty lol.

    In other news, I'm starting a blog on Euro football - so far I've managed to get a brief rundown of the Bundesliga opening weekend finished, will be hoping to get a review of the opening day in Ligue 1 down today or tomorrow, some amazing stuff there, especially with PSG going down 1-0 at home to Lorient after a summer of big spending lol. http://europa-football.blogspot.com/ if anyone's interested


    Good, i rate the opening day of the league up there with christmas haha, imagine if christmas got postponed
  9. Originally posted by bartajax:That's the big problem here, the Dutch teams cant keep up with teams from the bigger leagues because of the money, so our teams have to scout and train young players for me that's is one of the big advantages of the Dutch league on other leagues. Teams like Ajax and Feyenoord play with 8,9 players who got educated at the club.
    Your right about the departure of some of the best players, Suarez, Dzsudzsak and Ruiz were the best player the last 3 years and now that Ruiz might go to Spurs which means that the last of the big players would go away. But the good thing is that the transfers lead to new Dutch players; Suarez was replaced by Ebecillio, Dzsudzsak by Labyad and Ruiz will be replaced by Berghuis. And probably these 3 players will get sold again but high prices.
    I only remember that last game of PSV against AC Milan, with Ambrosini who decided it in the last minute 2 years earlier AC Milan did the same agains Ajax, in 2003 Inzaghi scored the winning goal in the 90+1 minute. Also in 2005 AZ was terminated in the semi-final of the Uefa Cup by Sporting and that also happened in the 90+3 minute



    Whats the latest with Ruiz? A couple of days after u mentioned it i did read an article about our interest, but thats the last ive heard of it. I would be very happy if we got him.
  10. Originally posted by bartajax:
    I only remember that last game of PSV against AC Milan, with Ambrosini who decided it in the last minute 2 years earlier AC Milan did the same agains Ajax, in 2003 Inzaghi scored the winning goal in the 90+1 minute.


    damn you! .. you always go off the field too early with them


  11. Haha, I know but at least back then Dutch teams got into the semi-finals now we are happy if we go into the tournament

    Originally posted by Andrew_C:[..]

    Whats the latest with Ruiz? A couple of days after u mentioned it i did read an article about our interest, but thats the last ive heard of it. I would be very happy if we got him.


    I looked it up for you, Dutch soccer sites say that Spurs need to sell players first, Stoke City want to buy Palacios and Crouch and when they get sold Spurs want to go for Ruiz. Also I read that Spurs aren't really sure about his physical condition because in England they play harder than they do here.

    Also Arsenal want him, but they havent talked to Ruiz yet, while Spurs already did that. I expect him to go to Spurs but he also could go to Arsenal and to be honest I think Arsenal is a better club for him than Spurs because Arsenal plays his kind of game I prefer Spurs so I hope he will go there
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