13 Comments so far

1. Chrisius Maximus on June 22, 2008 2:57 am

   Guus Hiddink is a not so Holland friendly traitor.

2. Irishman on June 22, 2008 1:59 pm

   ”Guus Hiddink is a not so Holland friendly traitor. ”

   :-)The Dutch have only themselves to blame. They didnt show up at all, and gave up trying at the first sign of resistance from the Russians. The pundits on Irish tv actually predicted it -they said Holland were a ‘bubble’ that was going to ‘burst’ and that they’d beaten weakened Italian, French and Romanian teams. I thought they were mad. They were, 2 hours later, absolutely right.
   In fairness to the Russians they were fantastic and played really well throughout the match, the first time I’ve ever seen that from a Russian team. They should have had the Dutch beaten long before they did, and when it went to extra-time, I thought their chance was gone. But they came out and played just like they’d done for the 90 mins and the Dutch wilted. The goals were brilliant was well, especially Russia’s second.

   Russia can win the thing now. They probably wont, unless they play like they did last nite for the next two games, in which case no-one can touch them, at least no-one left in the tournament. I would be worried though that last nite will have taken a lot out of them, not just physically but mentally. In any case Spain have just beaten Italy so the game will be great. Its good news for the Russians cos the Italians can wear anyone down - thankfully the Spanish kept their heads. But Akinfeev the goalkeeper worries me greatly -he was at fault for the equaliser last nite, and generally he doesnt like coming for crosses. Spain will have taken note. If Russia can sort him out in the next few days, it’ll help them no end.

   If Russia win the tournament next week Luzhkov will be cleaned out from paying Mickey Money for all the kids born nine months from now!

   I see Mike Averko is actually using the Russian success for propoganda purposes. Unbelievable!:-) Then again no suprise there really.

3. ivanov on June 22, 2008 4:38 pm

   I guess Hidding was reading Kapital to the team :))

4. Blair Sheridan on June 23, 2008 12:36 am

   Россия, ВПЕРЁД!

5. Irishman on June 23, 2008 9:19 am

   ”I guess Hidding was reading Kapital to the team :))”

   Its amazing, a lot of Russians put down the lack of success in recent years to the fact that they reckoned the players were only interested in money. I’ve always struggled to believe that one. I know a lot of players (Nicholas Anelka for example) are only after the cash. I think years of poor performances by Russian teams probably weighed heavily on a lot of the players, but these young guys have clearly shrugged it all off. Are you enjoying the whole thing Ivanov?

   ”Россия, ВПЕРЁД!”
   Indeed Blair. Unless I’m mistaken you’re married to a Russkaya -so am I. Has your wife got into yet? The moan factor has certainly went down a notch or two lately, long may it last! Its great to see them doing well. Of course I’d rather Ireland and Scotland were there instead though!:-)

6. ivanov on June 23, 2008 2:18 pm

   Am I enjoying? Only from the point of political science

   At least there is one good thing about it. Maybe - maybe - few kids in Russia would start to think that better to be a football player than a banker or a gangster?

7. Blair Sheridan on June 23, 2008 11:16 pm

   Too right, Ger. As a Scotland supporter in both football and rugby, I’ve gotten accustomed to disappointment

   My wife and mother-outlaw were so het up during the Russia-Netherlands match that they could only be observed with instruments usually dedicated to measuring Brownian motion.

8. Ger's Wife on June 24, 2008 1:40 am

   Gerald, I’ve had just about enough of you talking about me behind my back on on these blogs. I’ve warned you for the last time and I am fed up to HERE!!!! so I am going to leave you for the wealthy and successful Russia pundit Mike Averko. He says he already has a beautiful room set up for us in some goooorgeous luxury hotel in New York called My Momz’ House. It sounds very romantic. (Mike says it’s very “homey”.)

9. Irishman on June 24, 2008 2:39 am

   ”Gerald, I’ve had just about enough of you talking about me behind my back on on these blogs. I’ve warned you for the last time and I am fed up to HERE!!!! so I am going to leave you for the wealthy and successful Russia pundit Mike Averko. He says he already has a beautiful room set up for us in some goooorgeous luxury hotel in New York called My Momz’ House. It sounds very romantic. (Mike says it’s very “homey”.)”

   Fine:-) Just dont forget to leave the remote on my chair and a few fresh pairs of boxers and socks ready. And tell your mother go jump off a cliff, I never liked her shii anyway! And dont forget Russian law Honey -I bought it, I keep it!:-)
   And when you meet Mike, tell him stop running like a chicken from Global Voices!:-) I always knew your preferred Russocentric lovemaking and whispers of genocide denial on your pillow!:-)

10. Ger's Wife on June 24, 2008 2:44 am

    You bastard! I’m taking the remote, boxers and socks with me and giving them to Mike. That’s right — just think of that when you’re trying to watch TV with cold feet and no underwear, while Mike has on extra pairs!

11. Irishman on June 24, 2008 3:00 am

    ”You bastard! I’m taking the remote, boxers and socks with me and giving them to Mike. That’s right — just think of that when you’re trying to watch TV with cold feet and no underwear, while Mike has on extra pairs!”

    Yeah WHATEVER! And tell your hot sister Natasha to give me a visit:-) You know how, ahem, ‘close’ we are:-)!

12. Chrisius Maximus on June 24, 2008 11:26 am

    Good luck impressing Natasha with no boxers, no remote, and no socks, man. You’ll just be another stinky, barefoot chemist staring at a blank TV. Sad stuff.

13. Irishman on June 24, 2008 12:44 pm

    ”Good luck impressing Natasha with no boxers, no remote, and no socks, man. You’ll just be another stinky, barefoot chemist staring at a blank TV. Sad stuff.”

    Freaky how you’ve just painted so accurate a picture of my life:-)