You Know What I'd REALLY Like?

To see Mark van Bommel do the deed on Sunday with ole Xavi and Iniesta. That would be nice. One up the khyber in the second minute. Yum.

Much has been and will be said about the Dutch team, their style (or lack thereof), or the very fact that they aren't Spain. But screw it. I love it that they're the anti-Spain. Nice little piece here talking about the Dutch team. Methinks they've got great balance. At times, not the most pretty, but it works when it needs to work. With Sneijder, RVP and Robben up front, what you'll need is a spine with the van Bommels and de Jongs. That will probably be the key on Sunday. (Though our friends in Orange with probably have to watch not getting sent off too. Face-grabbing galore, probably).

Anyways, more important news elsewhere: that damned octopus is at it again. I tell you. That has got to stop. I have a feeling it may just have jinxed the Dutch, and if it does come to pass that Spain does win - I'll join the marauding Dutch and Germand hoards out for some fresh octopus. Maybe the next guess it should make is how he's going to die. One box with a small barbecue in it, and the other box with a nice bouillon pot.

Time for some Arseness. You know, if Cesc does go, and other transfers pan out in our favour, I don't see it as the end of the world (as I've said on many other occasions). For one, I could not take another summer next year going through the same old shit with Barca. But more importantly, let's face it. Say we get Mesut Ozil, Joe Cole, Felipe Melo (very mixed feelings about that one), plus some nice defensive cover. Even minus Cesc, I still think that with Chamakh and Koscielny in, we look pretty much in the black.

So I say we bankrupt the damn Catalans, use the money to get Ozil, and who knows, someone else, get everything settled way before August, and we should be in good shape.

I mean - let's get real. We've won zip since 2005, and the intervening years have been the Cesc Fabregas years, right? Well, especially in his year with the captaincy, the record hasn't been sterling either.

What more - the dude can't even make the Spanish team!

Tonight's the rather meaningful 3rd place play-off game then. The German team has conveniently come down with a mass flu epidemic. (Wonder if they'd have had the same flu if they were due to play on Sunday). Anyways, they'll probably be able to stroll past the Uruguayians. In any case, if the South Americans do pull one over the Germans, I'd feel pretty happy for them too. Well done. Much better than Argentina or their more thuggish Chilean counterparts.

Big report then tomorrow. Night night.