Van Persie vs Podolski. Love both but seen as Van Persie's not decided on his future with us, I'll be cheering for the Pod.
If anything crashing out of this competition early will make him all the more desperate to join a team that is likely to win things... Here's to him having a solid game and the dutch making it out of the group!
Can't make sense of the Dutch midfield, they look outnumbered up front with De Jong and van Bommel in the same team. Sent from a mobile device.
Mario Gomez is sheer class. Such a natural finisher in the box. I remember we were strongly linked to him just after the last Euros. Half the Arsenal fans on the old 606 board were claiming he was rubbish!
The Van Bommel + De Jong thing is so obviously dumb... They are so outnumbered in every attack. Very clinical from Gomez though... 2 chances 2 goals. The first needed a great first touch and the second was from a difficult angle.
Both their "wingers" (Podolski and Muller) have been almost unused in the first 2 games, and Germany are doing fine despite of that. I guess what they do off the ball is valuable. But yes Podolski was hardly seen this game.