Inaugral Post! Thoughts on the Euro and Summer Activity

Hello all (fingers crossed that I'm not just talking to my dad)! After being inspired by Arseblog and my combined love for football and journalism I decided to give this a shot.  Thanks for any comments or thoughts, look forward to chatting with everyone.

 So the Dutch may have suffered a big upset as the result of quite a stale performance in the 1/4 finals to Russia, but I must say as an avid Oranje fan I was quite pleased and surprised at the quality shown by the players throughout the tournament. In fact, surprised is a damn understatement. I was utterly shocked! In all honesty, I didn't fancy us getting through the group.  I really still am not convinved by the defense, but at least have been given a bit of hope by the way they played in the group stage. Obviously, the Russian attackers and fullbacks tearing through our defense at every opprotunity brought me back down to Earth. However, with two outstanding holding midfielders in Engelaar and De Jong in front of them, the defense has what it takes to pull together and be just good enough for a good run at the World Cup in 2010. One thing that wont be questionable in 2010 will be their attack. Right now their attacking talents are still quite young with Sneijder at 23, Van Persie 24, Afellay 22, Robben  24, Van der Vaart 25 and Huntelaar 25. In two years time Sneijder, RvP, Robben and Van Der Vaart will be in the prime of their careers while Huntelaar and Afellay should be out of the Eridivisdie and into one of the big three leagues which will only further their careers. Hup Holland! Thank you for playing some great football and handing the damn Italians a kick in the ass.

In retrospect, Spain we're always going to win for me. They are so damn gifted technically, have great pace and a well balanced midfield not to mention a stable defense. Congrats to Spain and it's fans on a great tournament which was well deserved. Only problem I had was Xavi winning the player of the tournament. He was good, but for me was far outperformed by Senna, Fabregas, and Iniesta. Senna, for me, was the key in keeping that defense together. I had seen him play for Villareal a few times before the tournament and knew he possessed fantastic ability, but I didn't expect him to have such a big impact for Spain. I was really praying the Gunners snapped him up, but after signing that Bischoff fellow (or about to sign him) and Villareal's ridiculous evaluation it just wont happen.  Now that I've mentioned Amaury Bischoff I'm pissed off again. Apparently 20 minutes of first team football in two years is good enough to fight for a spot with the ten other young center midfielders we have? At least he was on a free.

Anywho, congratulations to Spain, you were fantastic and played some great football. It really gives me hope that Arsenal's technical abilities and passing game will bring home some trophies this season. Special kudos go to Cesc Fabregas, not just for winning the second largest football tournament in the world, but for the complete maturity and love for his club he showed by dedicating the win to us Gooners and his teammates. He's as professional as a footballer gets and he's only 21. While fucking Adebayor is out whoring himself around Europe, Cesc puts in a fantastic performance in Euro 2008 (he should of started over Xavi) and is rewarded with a major trophy. I can't be arsed to dig up his quotes, but they were something along the lines of I hope to win many trophies with Arsenal and I'm glad I could dedicate this to our supporters.

That's fucking brilliant! Cesc for captain! Adebayor to be given a boot in the ass!

 It's so damn tough keeping bias out of this..