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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 25. June | 145 comments (145 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Heh (4.00 / 4)

Expats are probably not the best informed...

I didn't think anything weird of it during the match. Besides, I was just too zonked out by that second Russian goal to think anything else besides swear swords. He's a coach, it is his team, soccer is emotion - natural response.
I'm back in crazy writing country; I'm very antisocial at the moment and have no direct feed on it. NRC Handelsblad wrote on Sunday that Hiddink has received some negative commentary on his win from his private circles. At the bottom of the article is a poll result: Sampling 600 people, 98% said Hiddink should be proud on his result. Hiddink is now also the more favourite choice to succeed Van Basten. (Hiddink: 60%, Van Marwijk 40%) The grass is always greener...

In the meantime, the Russians are completely losing it. Guus Hiddink already has his own statue. Guuski!

by Nomad on Wed Jun 25th, 2008 at 08:47:00 AM EST
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Re: Heh (4.00 / 3)

I'm waiting for a Russia-Turkey final, so we can offer EU membership to the winner.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 25th, 2008 at 08:58:43 AM EST
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Re: Heh (4.00 / 3)

I fell off the chair when I read the news of the statue in Hungarian (it was from before the last match BTW); it was like one for poemless's Odds & Ends: it said "the guests of a sanatorium" [or is it nursing-home in English?] erected it. (It was not the guests but the director, and it wasn't the "mental institute" meaning of the word sanatorium.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jun 25th, 2008 at 09:06:54 AM EST
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