PSV draws Helsingborgs in the UEFA cup. The light bulbs shold get past them. Good news as far as I'm concerned. The deeper they go in the competition the less energy they'll have in the league.

HTC has got to go. Copenhagen, Slavia Praha, and this. If you can't get your team motivated to play at home when it's on the line, you have no business being in the head coaching business. HTC's departure will be a short term setback, but a long term gain.

Maybe he'll take Colin with him.

6-1 final! 5th goal by Delorge and 6th by the Hunter. Very good for the goal differential and confidence going into the Zagreb game Thursday.

Suarez! 3:1, assist by Steks.

This ref is a chump. Great penalty save by Steks on a very questionable call. Then a stamp to Stekelenburg's hand after by El Hamdoui and only a yellow? Incredible!

Any word why Stam's out again? The guy is as fragile as a porcelain doll.

It did look like Melchiot's own goal maybe should have stood, but Oranje should have had at least 5-7 more free kicks close to the box with obvious calls ignored by the ref. I'd like to think Sneijder would have capitalized on at least one. So, in the end, though Netherlands didn't play their best, ...

Great win, especially considering Albania fielded 11 pro wrestlers and had the ref in their pocket the entire game. Good to see Urby come on and get the assist.

For those interested, FoxSoccer Channel is showing the Netherlands/Albania game tomorrow here in the US- 1:30 PM live coverage.

Feyenoord/Utrecht in round 2. Good, get the exterminator in early to get rid of the roaches.

Looks like Sir Alex is on the prowl again for Huntelaar. Interesting mention of maybe United going for Alves if Ajax doesn't want to sell..
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6861424

Setanta is advertising that they will be showing the first leg of the playoff championship here in the States - 6:30 am eastern time. Enjoy.

15 goals last year...not bad from a midfielder. While there won't be any replacing what Sneijder does for the team, this guy does look like he'll be a capable player in his place.

Noticed the "Florius" name on the kits today. Not being from the Netherlands, can someone shed some light on what Florius is and why they/it replaced ABN AMRO this week? Thanks.

On the bright side, Grygera is gone anyway. At least Van der Wiel will get a chance to gain some more experience.

Yes, they did, but - ironically - I feel that's a disadvantage now. A top team losing twice to the same opponent in a few weeks' time...? That's a rare thing. The cup defeat actually makes the chance smaller that NAC will do it again, if you ask me. Normally I would agree with you on this, that PSV...

If I remember correctly, didn't Breda knock PSV out of the cup (with a healthy Alex)? There's always hope..

I think it's time for Ten Cate to go...

At least now we can just focus on the Eredivisie. I'd just go ahead and concede the next game against Bremen. Play some of the reserves, and guys like Maduro who need the work, against them at the ArenA. Pool everything into catching and passing PSV while holding off AZ. :shithappens:

Any word if Tininho got anything from KVNB for the "stamp"?

Yeah, so was a win in Copenhagen. :huh:

I wouldn't be counting on any team just yet against PSV, only Ajax's crucial game tonight. No doubt about it. But unfortunately, we're in a position where we are going to have to get some help to catch "the lightbulbs". At least a worst-case scenario trip to the CL playoffs seems to be getting pret...

Utrecht has only lost once at home - to Ajax. And yeah, Twente could give them a run. Too bad we have to play them too, but at Arke...

Hell yeah, 3-2 AZ! Gotta have all 3 points tomorrow, especially considering PSV still has to play at Nijmegen and Utrecht. I figure they'll drop at least one of those, plus with us playing them once the CL is back up in full swing means we might just still have a chance. :yes: