FRIENDLY: Holland - France (7 Viewers)
- Thread starter Slagathor
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++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++
Wesley Sneyder my ****ing hell! I'm going to ask him if I can be his bodyguard so I can make sure he doesn't get hurt before Euro2004
Terrific play! And might I add we may have actually found the ideal defence - and without Stam!
Superb match from both ends, especially the first twenty minutes after the break were quite exciting!
This I can be proud of, I have no problem saying that
Wesley Sneyder my ****ing hell! I'm going to ask him if I can be his bodyguard so I can make sure he doesn't get hurt before Euro2004
Terrific play! And might I add we may have actually found the ideal defence - and without Stam!
Superb match from both ends, especially the first twenty minutes after the break were quite exciting!
This I can be proud of, I have no problem saying that
It has to do with the Dutch distain of set pieces. The values of Dutch football exclude set pieces (and penalties) as things that require skill. To me, (and I believe Dutch footballers in general), scoring from the run of play, through good passing and good finishing is a much more exciting and rewarding way to score than to knock a standing ball into the net while everyone just stands there. Set pieces and penalties are anathema to what the rest of football is.
Personally, I hate the penalty shoot-out. I think that it is an unjust way to decide a game, much less an entire tournament. To use a simile, a penalty shot-out would be like deciding a baseball game by having the players throw the ball through a tire, or deciding a rugby match by drop-kicks. The game of football is so much different from the game of penalty shoot-outs.
BTW, does anybody remember when the MLS first stated, they didn't have ties, they just did a special shoot-out where the player started at midfield, and the keeper and the goal line and they went head to head? I thought that was very exciting and much better than a PK shoot-out.
Personally, I hate the penalty shoot-out. I think that it is an unjust way to decide a game, much less an entire tournament. To use a simile, a penalty shot-out would be like deciding a baseball game by having the players throw the ball through a tire, or deciding a rugby match by drop-kicks. The game of football is so much different from the game of penalty shoot-outs.
BTW, does anybody remember when the MLS first stated, they didn't have ties, they just did a special shoot-out where the player started at midfield, and the keeper and the goal line and they went head to head? I thought that was very exciting and much better than a PK shoot-out.