Holland U21 - England U21 20/6 17.15 BST / 18.15 CET

Parks lives wrote:

Fey wrote:Rez

Surely we can swap Drenthe for Richardson now without any money involved.

Drenthe was poor tonight and missed a penalty.

Drenthe plus 10 million euros.

Well at this moment Zuiverloon is almost on par with Drenthe. Another product of the Endless conveyor of Feyenoord talent.

And Drenthe showed BALLS by taking a second....were Babel was scared.

TM, can you change the size of Raul's pink dress? Its kinda big for a sig.

Fey wrote:TM, can you change the size of Raul's pink dress? Its kinda big for a sig.

Fey wrote:TM, can you change the size of Raul's pink dress? Its kinda big for a sig.

Quality.

Fey wrote:Rez

Surely we can swap Drenthe for Richardson now without any money involved.

Drenthe was dissapointing, especially when you realise he was playing against Hoyte. Lots of aimless balls into the penalty area and then he missed a penalty. So the price has gone up, for Mr x factor, its now £12m + Drenthe. It's still the deal of the season.

Fair enough, I mean I really want to have Richardson! Allthough Drenthe scored his second, but Richardson would have scored twice!!

Stuart Pearce & England for the fair play award !

When Foppe was telling the ref that Taylor *had* to take a penalty Pearce joined in to agree on that, because "those are the rules and fair is fair"

It's only justice that Taylor scored after that

Pearce is a doormat anyway.

Beerens the no14 should start in the final

The Serbian posters would probably disagree with you on that

Great tie though

Congrats Dutchies. Its hard to get upset losing to you guys- great shoot out!

Here's to u guys in the final

Thanx Mum-ra ....I wish Berbatov did the same, but I doubt we can expect something like that from him

Hope we can defend the title! The Penalties were insane and awesome at the same time, we are at the same level with this.

There is only 1 loser though....Deutschland

I am Mum-Ra wrote:Congrats Dutchies. Its hard to get upset losing to you guys- great shoot out!

Here's to u guys in the final

*incredible* shoot out

Good to hear you don't resent us for nicking the final spot....I think I would be completely gutted as an England fan

Fey wrote:Thanx Mum-ra ....I wish Berbatov did the same, but I doubt we can expect something like that from him

Hope we can defend the title! The Penalties were insane and awesome at the same time, we are at the same level with this.

There is only 1 loser though....Deutschland

My prediction for the final:

Kuyt MOTM

Yeah I've rarely seen a shoot out like it. Couldnt believe England actually managed to score so many on the trot. Shame couldnt save any either! The 2 WORST penalty nations in Europe finally giving a shoot out lasting longer than 2 minutes.

Yeah with home advantage Im certain u guys will defend ur title.

Send me my orange banana and wig in the post please, I know who Im supporting

Wahre Geschichte wrote:

I am Mum-Ra wrote:Congrats Dutchies. Its hard to get upset losing to you guys- great shoot out!

Here's to u guys in the final

*incredible* shoot out

Good to hear you don't resent us for nicking the final spot....I think I would be completely gutted as an England fan

Not really, on the balance of the game I thought u guys were better - our players just look jaded and tired after the first half, as they have done throughout the tourny. The Prem season is far too long and gruelling and it showed.

I'd be gutted if it were the WC semis, but this is isnt life or death football, it U21's and about showcasing potential future talents. Of course it'd been nice to win it, but its not like we've lost to Otto's boys - beating the Germans in the play offs makes ANY loss in the competition a hell of a lot easier to stomach

I am Mum-Ra wrote: beating the Germans in the play offs makes ANY loss in the competition a hell of a lot easier to stomach

The English and Dutch are much alike it would appear !

In 1988 it was more important for us to kick out the Germans at their own tournament than to win the damned thing : that was just icing on the cake

Murray wrote:It could be the lowest scoring penalty shoot out ever

good old murray



to the cheating dutch keeper and the blind ref

Northern Ireland isnt part of England COTR..you have your own team

Fey wrote:Northern Ireland isnt part of England COTR..you have your own team

Fair play if you can get away with it

I wasn't complaining when dudek was cheating in the CL final

Wahre Geschichte wrote:

I am Mum-Ra wrote:Congrats Dutchies. Its hard to get upset losing to you guys- great shoot out!

Here's to u guys in the final

*incredible* shoot out

Good to hear you don't resent us for nicking the final spot....I think I would be completely gutted as an England fan

as someones already said..no problem at all..we are used to it..and after so many penalties it sort of loses its tension somehow..someone has to miss at some point..

good luck in the final..

Fey wrote:

Baddest nigger in town

Baddest choker in town. Where was the dribbling in the 1st half? Should have taken on Hoyte a lot more.

Taylor tore his ankle ligaments last night. Nails is what he is.

Ouch!

I take it he will be a doubt for some of the Pre-season preparations.

Speedy recovery

Gefeliciteerd Dutchies, amazing entertainment, incredible stuff, and great blood-and-guts stuff from the English too.

Coulda told you a shoot-out between Holland and England would last all night – awesome.

(Slightly irritating English commentary – as ever – over the Taylor penalty-taking issue, going on about how de Haan should be carded (which he apparently was) as if that was at all relevant esp. for a coach; the worrying thing was that he had to intervene to prevent an injustice being done!)

Get to the final, guys!!

Well done Holland, I think it is fair to say that they were the better side last night. Although I am disappointed that England lost, I must admit that I think England winning the tournament or reaching the final would have masked over some serious problems. In truth we didn't really outplay a single side in this tournament. We have some good young players, but our progress was mostly secured through solid defending and being stronger and more powerful than our opponents early on in games.

It worries me that like our senior side, we seem incapable of passing and keeping possession like other top teams. For me, this competition has shown that English youngsters are still playing a style which simply is not successful at the highest levels of international football. These youngsters will go into the senior squad in future years and continue to play the same unsuccessful style.

We can't just congratulate ourselves on a brave effort and a decent overall result from this championship, but really need to question why, when other teams pass and play with flair, our tactics are still long balls and capitalising on set-pieces. If we can't fix this at these younger age groups then I worry that we will continue to endure frustration in the future at international level.

i can only say there is a god and justice is so quick these days...off course that englishmen werent protesting,if they were they would be such a hypocrits,they know it...just to post stats for this game:
holland 28 shots at goal
england 5 shots at goal

i think it proves it all...

u banned me yesterday although i havent said any bad words...good for u

selpy wrote:i can only say there is a god and justice is so quick these days...off course that englishmen werent protesting,if they were they would be such a hypocrits,they know it...just to post stats for this game:
holland 28 shots at goal
england 5 shots at goal

i think it proves it all...

u banned me yesterday although i havent said any bad words...good for u

Welcome back Bepe Signori/Blancket Hopefully you can put all that anger in a little box in your mind and enjoy the fact Serbia and in the final and not England. that way we can all get on like well behaved young men. U serbian c u n t ....... (joke )

glad to be here,but i think deano will ban me once again,as soon as he gets here, for no reason...

selpy wrote:glad to be here,but i think deano will ban me once again,as soon as he gets here, for no reason...

Ha ha ha. Deano, like u, is fiercely patriotic. So long as you use more subtle phrasing, rather than "f@ck u u dirty english c u n t s", you'll be fine.

Its about subtlety Bepe my man. For instance, should I want to tease the germans, its no good bringing up the war - far too obvious. little jibes about bumbags, white socks and sandals, mullets, handlebar moustaches and other such well worn stereotypes usually does the job