Gilardino banned for two games for handball

A player banned for handball after reviews of T.V evidence... And why exactly can't they do this for diving? I would think diving could be considered "serious unsporting conduct".

This is an interesting point. It is the same with Split Enz/Crowded House. The Neil brothers aren't Australian, but hey they are talented so we will claim them as our own. Geez. If you're going to claim them, at least get the name right. The Finn brothers, Tim and Neil. Next you'll be claiming Pavl...

bryan schreef:Very good. He has fluent Spanish, Catalan and English.

no dutch? that'd be a drawback... otherwise he'd probably be a good choice in many ways, though I've never seen him to be particularly extroverted like Heitinga was, which is what the team may need to fire up.

bryan schreef:Gabri is a real captain type for me. He's one of the older players in the team, a box to box midfielder, has a great mentality, and bags of experience from the Spanish league.

I thought it would be a no-brainer for Van Basten to make him captain.

How're his language skills?

Gabri still injured. Almost ready to return, but the Utrecht game will come too early. Oleguer : hamstring injury, out for about three weeks. Sulejmani : hamstring injury, out for about eight weeks. Aissati : knee injury succesful, out for about six weeks. What'cha gonna do? K. successful injury? :...

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Chugger schreef:Suarez's definitely looked like a dive to me. Hard to say about the Feyenoord one

Dive nothing -- that guy had two arms wrapped around his middle and pulled him back.

Well, when you have a reputation...

I see Manucharyan is not in our list of 36 listed players by Uefa for the Uefacup. Geoffrey Castillion , a 17 year old striker from our A1 youth team is in the names. The reserves in the list are Padt,Alderweireld, Blind, Supusepa, McIntosh(not even under contract) Bodul,and Sousa Campos . No one e...

As Bryan said, the starting midfield was unbalanced. Not that they played badly, but there was no true offensive midfielder among them. Sarpong looked good when he came on. Either he or Aissati should start. Other than that the lazy attitude of the team that has become ingrained over the last 4 odd ...

SPL schreef:Headline today would appear to suggest he has stolen money from Manucharyan.

Very sad as the likelihood of him getting another club must be remote. Would anyone want him as a team mate!!! Would even a local non league team want him??

I hear Newcastle is a very forgiving club

Regardless, the 3-0 scoreline makes the ref's decision on the first goal pretty irrelevant. Oranje put on a clinic today, especially when it comes to length-of-the-field incisive counter attacks. Great, great performance and result. I would say the decision was far from irrelevant. Maybe if it was ...

Personally I liked Manucharyan. He showed promise early on, but I guess if you don't stay fit there ain't much to say.

ZoefdeHaas said: Spain will be the team to watch Thats what people say every tournament. But they never get past the Quarter finals. If Holland qualify, I would like them to play Spain in the Quarter finals, infact, I cannot remember these 2 teams playing in a competitive match, can you? Qualifiers...

I'm all for the rule. But to make it work it's gonna come down to the clubs willingly being a part of it, and that's not going to happen, mainly because they don't care about anything but themselves.

Koeman spills all on Valencia aka - Koeman has a sook. http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/koeman-spills-all-on-valencia-118976/ The last line is a classic: "If I had stayed with PSV I could have become the coach of Holland or Barcelona. I know I was on the shortlist of both." God help Barca and/or the ...

Yeah it was, but I think some of the fault has to lay with ten Cate taking off weeks into the season. The timing of the really screws over the club, both on and off the field, no matter what. ... I don't think Ten Cate would have been so eager to jump ship if he'd been given a bit of support from t...

It's a shame MVV collapsed. I'd like to see them in the top division.

Here's a possible formation for the first game of the 08-09 eredivisie season. I've put an 'x' for places that will need to be filled by purchased players. Steks Silva - X - VdWiel - Vertonghen Gabri(?) - X - De Jong Suarez - X - Perez(?) In addition to the Xs out there, we could use to find a few ...

W.T.F......?!?!?! Jurgen Colin has just been given a two year contract extension, despite being a virtually permanent inhabitant of the stands on match days. He knew nothing about it as no-one in the club approached him, Ajax simply went straight to the agent... http://www.vi.nl/NieuwsItem/AjaxVerl...

Vittesse are 27m euros in debt .Does anyone think they will go out of business?? looks like there is gonna be a shoping sale blow out in Arnhem....maybe we should pick up some off their best players. This is just our problem. Ajax has been buying above-average eredivisie journeymen as opposed to go...

Daniel_vT schreef:Like shit. He got subsituted and looked very indignant..

His play wasn't great but i didn't see any attitude when he got substituted

aveslacker schreef:FT 6-2.

That's more like it, although almost certainly too little, too late.

The real problem is that they probably won't back it up next week.

philippe schreef:p$v 's cheating was rewarded in the UEFA cup game

may this competition keep them (very) busy

Hopefully they go far, since they're the only team able to keep Holland's UEFA coefficient respectable

Who cares about HTC ? He used Ajax as a stepping stone and is gone for good. He will be remembered as the man of humiliating disasters in European competitions. I don't see how moving from assistant at Barcelona to assistant at Chelsea is in any way a step up. How then was Ajax a stepping stone? He...

True. But in that period we played mainly against sides we would expect to overcome without too much difficulty. As for the so called better sides we played( AZ, Groningen and Heerenveen ), they were performing poorly. Kozakken boys, anyone? :drecul.gif: A win over PSV in the JC shield. I don't see...

Wasn't Ten Cate unbeaten in the league (and all domestic competition) this season, before he left? True. But in that period we played mainly against sides we would expect to overcome without too much difficulty. As for the so called better sides we played( AZ, Groningen and Heerenveen ), they were ...