Not sure the Russians have the defence to get that far but like Holland, they definitely have the ability to outscore teams.
Webb looks quite content....I suppose he would though, team in red 2 up....just like being back home!
Maybe he has a trip to Prague booked, so doesn't want to give the residents a reason to lynch him on arrival...
There must be something about freezing your gonads off in the Motherland that brings the best out of them.
Yes, but in this case, I was on Harry's side. He always looked lackadaisical, couldn't be bothered to learn English properly, and seemed to think that he had a divine right to play no matter what. I think he was mainly to blame for his failure with Spurs.
Why couldn't he do that for us?....he did, lots of his goals were like that, as with us, its probably the only one you'll see for a while.
Dutch first up today, with the new branch of the Official Supporters club very much looking forward to it... please log in to view this image
There's a couple of theories for this... 1.) Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko kick it up a notch when representing their country - similar to how Klose does for Germany or Robbie Keane does for Ireland. 2.) As implied by the pundits, Russian (and Ukrainian) players seem to play better when part of a collective effort than as an individual - Dinamo Kiev were set up this way under Valeriy Lobanovskyi, and that gained them success in the Soviet and Ukrainian leagues, as well as in Europe (including a Champions league semi) I'm sort of on Pav's side about his irritation at not playing more often. Whilst he didn't bust a gut he was capable of scoring, and he was a better fit for our system than Defoe is - but Defoe was the player who always got the cameo appearances from the bench.
Being set up in a way that suits the players in the side must help a lot, too. Arshavin was given a lot of freedom yesterday and it showed.
But they have room for Nigel de Jong and Mark von Bommel - cloggers still take precedence over inspiration.
