Cronky Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Interesting to see how poor Van Persie was. I think a lot of Arsenal players don't perform as well either when they move to other clubs, or play for their national side. Wenger's good at instilling confidence in each individual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Interesting to see how poor Van Persie was. I think a lot of Arsenal players don't perform as well either when they move to other clubs, or play for their national side. Wenger's good at instilling confidence in each individual. What about Arshavin yesterday? Reversal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Interesting to see how poor Van Persie was. I think a lot of Arsenal players don't perform as well either when they move to other clubs, or play for their national side. Wenger's good at instilling confidence in each individual. What about Arshavin yesterday? Reversal. Good call. I'd say he's in the minority though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Van Persie's form dropped in the last couple months with Arsenal, imho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Yeah it did, put it down to exhaustion somewhat, should have had some rest already. Huntelaar should start next game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Yeah it did, put it down to exhaustion somewhat, should have had some rest already. Huntelaar should start next game. Dropping RvP in a game against Germany that is basically win or bust would be an enormous call that they can't afford to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Would be class if Holland & Portugal won their next games like. Can't see the Dutch getting anything against Germany based on today mind, Holland have to really go for it and I suspect Germany will just pick them off on the break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Tulips & Windmills 0-1 Lego & Bacon. Therefore a fair result. You could also add: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__WpeLbh9NxQ/SPzHCKLWsFI/AAAAAAAABu4/1tVs7cmqxr8/s400/p%C3%B6lse.jpg That's French silly. As danish as it gets! Awesome result....so happy. can we go through? why not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Van Persie's form dropped in the last couple months with Arsenal, imho. Yeah it did, put it down to exhaustion somewhat, should have had some rest already. Huntelaar should start next game. Yeah he isn't used to being fit for a whole season. Glass princess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Someone post that hilarious post about that pic, who was it? TT? http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,69795.msg2363382.html#msg2363382 Bloody hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Would be class if Holland & Portugal won their next games like. Can't see the Dutch getting anything against Germany based on today mind, Holland have to really go for it and I suspect Germany will just pick them off on the break. One good thing about yesterday is the knockout stages of the tournament have now officially started for us. Four years ago we were on fire in the first two group matches, than laid back and played the second string in the third and were promptly knocked out in the QF. Very disappointing result yesterday, but I do expect the lads to come out fighting next Wednesday. Can't even afford a draw now; must win vs the tournament favourites.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 If I was Dutch I'd be a lot more worried if my team hadn't created anything yesterday, whereas it was purely down to bad finishing from players who you wouldn't expect that of. Wouldn't be surprised at all if they beat both Germany and Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 If I was Dutch I'd be a lot more worried if my team hadn't created anything yesterday, whereas it was purely down to bad finishing from players who you wouldn't expect that of. Wouldn't be surprised at all if they beat both Germany and Portugal. Say that to Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I reckon Spain v Italy will be the biggest borefest so far. Hopefully Balotelli livens it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Got fifty quid on Balotelli to kick the ref's head off while launching fireworks from his ears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I have an odd feeling Spain v Germany will be a good game actually. Early goal for Italy will spring Spain into attacking a lot. Bit like two good attacking teams of germany and portugal producing a terrible game, vice-versa must be true! Also I'm willing to bet Italy will win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I have an odd feeling Spain v Germany will be a good game actually. Early goal for Italy will spring Spain into attacking a lot. Bit like two good attacking teams of germany and portugal producing a terrible game, vice-versa must be true! Also I'm willing to bet Italy will win. Last 30mins of Germ vs Port was great IMO. We've had some good variety so far, the Russian demolition, the controversial decisions, the danish upset and the slow burner last night. All 4 have been enjoyable in their own way, hoping for more of this throughout the tournament. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 All 4 have been enjoyable in their own way, hoping for more of this throughout the tournament. Wait until England turn up. We'll suck the excitement out of it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 All 4 have been enjoyable in their own way, hoping for more of this throughout the tournament. Wait until England turn up. We'll suck the excitement out of it all. Was thinking exactly that as I was typing. Today we should have a good game just down to the quality of the two teams, tonight we should see how well Ireland can defend, which they'll be doing all night and defending for their lives, if they do it then great performance from them, if not it should be fun to watch the second demolition of the tournament. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I said the exact same last night - Been enjoying all the football, then the one game where I should have excitement will be worse than watching paint dry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 fair point when portugal actually attacked was good fun actually. Decent tourney so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Yeah, surprised by the entertainment on show so far. Considering it's the worst group to look at on paper, i thought the games on Friday night were both excellent. Seriously disappointed with the Dutch. Totally uninspiring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Thought the Russia game was shite second half to be honest, but other than that they've all been good. The Poland game was great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Yeah, surprised by the entertainment on show so far. Considering it's the worst group to look at on paper, i thought the games on Friday night were both excellent. Seriously disappointed with the Dutch. Totally uninspiring. I'm disappointed by the result (obviously), but I don't think the football was that bad, apart from the defending which was s**** as expected. On another day we could have had four or five and nobody would have bat an eyelid.. Quite intrigued to find out what this squad is really made from now the going's got tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Robben and Van Persie in particular had absolute shockers. The former was utterly predictable every time - cut inside, shoot, nowhere near. The latter for whatever reason looked totally bereft of confidence in front of goal. Sneijder on the other hand looked dangerous and far and away the best Dutch player. I also think it would be incredibly naive for them to simply blame poor finishing and a couple of strong penalty appeals (which, fwiw, were penalties). Why the hell did they line up with both De Jong and Van Bommel? Countless times they were trying to attack and, predictably, no support whatsoever from them. They were making things very difficult for themselves in that respect. While the stats would tell you total Dutch domination, I certainly didn't see a game where there were loads of close misses and fantastic saves. The Danish keeper in reality had very little to do. A lot of those shots were purely hopeful and without much purpose. Denmark were actually comfortable for decent periods in the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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