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Born in Amsterdam to two Dutch parents who moved to Spain when he was five so he grew up there and after playing at youth level for the Netherlands he finally opted to play for Spain. The Dutch must be spitting feathers at losing such a generational talen. The way he advanced out of defence and played a stream of defence splitting passes to his forwards was indeed reminiscent of Benckenbauer for the oldies amongst us!
I think the away game in Serbia could be a bit of a wake up call. Apparently it’s been scheduled at a small stadium away from Belgrade to make the conditions as difficult as possible.
If anything,the second half has been even more boring than the first and that takes some doing. England and Andorra both seem to have settled for the 1-0.
The papers keep quoting figures of Sunderland’s promotion boosting their income by £200 million. I’d heard before of it being worth £100 million to promoted clubs but do people know if it’s really as much as that now? (Maybe includes the parachute payments if they get relegated).
The Derry one is the one that always rankles with me. There was clear daylight between him and Ashley Young and yet still that utter tool Lee Mason couldn’t get his red card out fast enough.
And his rigid 3-4-3 system with wing backs, two number tens and no wingers found no room for Garnacho, their most dangerous attacking player. Long may he continue there!
Son has been a wonderful player for Spurs but his legs have now gone very quickly in a similar way to the state Park Ji-Sung was in when Ferguson unloaded him on us.
In the long term it might be doing Spurs a favour if they lost because they badly need a new manager and that would increase the chances of them getting one.