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Russia's not THAT bad at soccer, and last time I checked, Hollands hasn't ever won a world cup. BURN! Last time I checked, -Holland was in the World Cup -Holland went farther than Russia in the Euro Cup -Russia has never won a World Cup. I fail to see the burn.

Considering that Marco van Basten is coaching Holland this year, this is going to be one of the best shots they've had in a while.

It's for people who still have a legitimate claim to being European.

I cannot offer you predictions of individual games just yet, but... -Sweden is a very strong middle power. They came within inches of ousting Holland last year. They have the power to hold their own against the top teams and can pull off an upset if the wind is in the right direction -The Czech Republic has a very strong team as well, but are very much underrated. They beat Germany last year, missing a few key players, and also beat Holland. -Serbia-Montenegro had the best defence of their entire qualifying pool. There is a reason that the Argentina-Holland-Serbia group is being hailed as the Group of Death. I am legitimately concerned about Holland's chances coming through that stage. -France has no right to be one of the top ranked teams. After winning in '98 and '00 (which came after about 20 years of not being in the World Cup) they have absolutely flopped in the two following World and Euro cups. -Germany is the most boring team you will ever watch. Despite going to the finals in the last world cup, and despite being hailed as a "world power", they lack any spark. At the Euro Cup 2 years ago, they barely squeaked out a victory against Latvia despite having over 60% possession. They could easily be taken out by a team with players that have real talent and imagination. -Holland has been plagued by SERIOUS ego issues in the past, especially Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has replaced Patrick Kluivert. They are probably one of the most talented teams in the tournament, but the superstar players really haven't been able to get over themselves. Also, coach Dick Advocaat made a right hash of Euro '04. Maybe they've learned some lessons, maybe not. -Italy, like Holland, has a lot of ego problems (except, being Italian, they're not nearly as laid back). They have had a lot of problems in the not sucking department over the last few years. -Spain. "Eh" is all I can say. I was impressed by their round robin performance in '04, but they failed to bring it to the elimination round. -South Korea and Japan. South Korea made their Cinderella run last year under very "lucky" opportunities, if you catch my drift, although I recall Japan playing a decent game of football. In fact, Japan held themselves very respectably to a 2-1 loss against Argentina, one of the top ranked teams in this tourney. Don't count them out from too much. -the USA. They made it to the quarter finals last time around, so don't count them out from too much. However, they're in a very tough group with Italy and the Czech Republic. Italy is going to have to pull itself together to get past those dirty Yankees. EDIT: Read all "last year"s as meaning last world or euro cup.

The Titanic

A little bit, yeah. Not sure why.

Eccentricites are a poor excuse to have fun and celebrate the obscure countries you come from on the subway.

BMW 45678

I resent the implication that I'm nervous right now.

OK Computer

You may come up with witty comebacks when you accept the fact that eccentricities do not adhere to the standards of taste.

Pavel, you may say that when Russia gets anywhere in world soccer.

Unless the flag is made of hemp, no.

I think it's time we just accept the fact that threads will go wherever they will. As long as nobody objects, let's keep talking about Evan's sex life.

What I feel like I have right now.

I know that comparing the Taliban to the Nazis is fucking riculous (as is the comparison of any government/leader to the nazis/Hitler) but don't pretend that the Taliban were okay to live under. They were pretty controlling.

You are the worst kind of human being.

The only thing the Dutch burn is hasheesh.

fap fap fap.

Please tell me you weren't being serious.

That is the best looking jersey ever. Seriously. You should see it when they occupy a whole stadium. You can see the glow from the moon.

Cottage 678

Bow chicka bow bow...

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