Euro 2008

[Sweder]

Typical. Ah well, like the proper pundits when they make a rickets I'll tread boldly forward without shame never to mention it again . . . it was fun to watch though eh? Even if the dastardly Turks twisted the knife right at the last knockings to send the host nation into . . . well, mild disappointment laced with nonchelant indifference probably :o

I'm off this evening to the Land of the Clog. I intend to purchase some form of tacky 'Hup Holland' shirt at Schipol to ingraciate myself with my hosts and to enable access to the most crowded and riotous bars. In some ways I hope Horse van Nistelrooy gets to miss a penalty (though obviously not a vital one) just so I can share an old cheap gag with my fellow Orangemen. 'Hey Rude! Why the long face?'

Seen in a recent edition of the EuroFiver:
'I wonder if Christano Ronaldo has one more vital penalty miss left in him?'
Harsh but fair