THIS IS EXTRA TIME

Tuesday is Canada Day.

Around these parts, that means we get a long weekend so we won't be around to dish out our usual tripe.

Here are a few links of the Canuck persuasion that you should check out.

• We've been thinking a lot about what Canadian soccer is lately. While we don't have an answer for you, CBC's Outfront captured a point of view that's not often heard on the Canadian soccer landscape. Very decent listening.
• Canadian ladies won the CONCACAF U-20 Championship on Saturday and have qualified for the U-20 World Cup. Well done.
  
• The grass v turf hoopla. The CSA wants them at BMO; the squad wants to settle at Saputo. If you ask us, the answer's simple: let the boys play where they want to play.
  

Happy Canada day, everyone. We'll be back on Wednesday.

Labels: canadian soccer

MLS Hottie: Andrea Lombardo. We've not acknowledged the change of 'do have we? Well done to you, sir, for taking control of the situation. Hotness has definitely occurred.

EPL Hottie: David Stockdale. Kind of. He just signed with Fulham and if he can get over the Almunia-ness going on up top, he has potential. [There has been no movement of hotties into the EPL over the past month so excuse us if this week's pick is a bit anticlimactic.]

Euro Hottie: Iker Casillas. You strip, you win.

Most Hated: Transfer drama. Specifically, Adebayor. Get it together, bro. Also, the Ben Arfa/Marseille saga is just hilarious now.

Most Loved: Marcos Senna. Aside from pulling out what might have been the miss of the century against Germany, this man is all sorts of class.

Most Annoying WAG: Nereida Gallardo. No one even came close this week. In other WAG news that's not going get its own post: Abi Clancy let someone poke her boob.

Barf-line: 'Lahm Chop' -- The Daily Star -- Well, someone was going to, right?

'Round the Neighbourhood: Designated Play-as. The Yank lads are teaming up and they're ready to deliver a one-two. A made up source tells us plans for 'phase two' include taking over Canada.

Labels: of the moment

You know how this works: You hit us in the comments with a caption then we slap the best ones on the front page thus making you famous.

Take it away, lovelies.

Labels: begging to be captioned, germans are hilarious, michael ballack, torsten frings

Sometimes, you've got to put footballing allegiances aside and just watch boys jaunt around in their underwear, you know?

Included in this particular morsel: David Villa nearly making out with a reporter-man, someone trying to pull Guiza's (is that Guiza? confirmation required, folks) towel off him and Iker, yes Iker 'never take my undershirt off' Casillas, in nothing but his man-panties.

Enjoy boys and girls. And to those of you who stuck by Spain this summer -- congratulations.

Labels: euro 2008, spain, video

Germany and Spain tonight in the final.

In other words: Always Wins v Never Wins. Tonight, like any night, could be different, of course.

Germany

• Ballack is looking iffy but according to a few sources (Bild is using the word 'Jaaaa!' in their headline for the story. If a paper over our end writes 'yessssssssssss' in their headline I'd be wary) he's fit to start.
• Despite how simple their side of the draw looked going in, they've had troubles. They lost to Croatia in the group stage and barely slipped by Turkey in the semi.
• But, hey, they beat Portugal. Pretty football doesn't scare these folks.
  
• Lehmann's been acting funny. Again. He gave up a few weak goals against Turkey.
• Lahm's midget ass has his non-defender defender moments. Metzelder and Mertesacker are still slippery at the back.
• Bastian Schweinsteiger will continue to cause problems and should start if Ballack's not fit. Do we need to complain about his hair again. No? Okay. Those not-German Germans are still around as well: Klose and Podolski.
  

Spain:

• History is certainly not on their side. They've only won the tournament once -- 1964, at home -- and this the first time in 24 years they've landed in the final. On the flip side, they managed to beat Italy for the first time in 88 years so maybe history has been tossed out the window at this point. Along with the jinx of the yellow jersey.
• Villa's out but if the Spanish have one thing, they've got got depth. Cesc came on for Villa against Russia, revved up midfield and they scored, scored and scored some more.
• Will Aragones start Cesc and play a lone striker up front? Torres or Guiza? Or will the Spanish nutter stick with 4-4-2, leave Cesc off and stick them both in?
• Iker Casillas continues to be brilliant. Sergio was pretty amazing against Russia, managing to shut the right wing down completely. And mop-head Puyol continues to be ...well...Puyol.
• They've won every single match match so far. These boys are seriously cruising. It's almost too good to be true.
  

A few important ground rules before we kick off:

1. We're fans not a fangirls so please respect the space. Ex. 'XYZ iz so hottttt!!111!!' -- you go on moderate.
2. Stay on topic and stick to the match. This is not a chatroom so strictly footie unless it's HT. -- Fail to do so and you go on moderate.
3. Save basic footie questions for HT or FT. We're happy to answer your q's but probably won't get around to doing so while we're busy trying to blog the play.
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Labels: euro 2008, germans are hilarious, live blog, spain

Lots of new people have been stopping by our humble corner of the internets over the past few weeks. We like to think that's because we're completely and utterly amazing and that our plan for global domination is finally beginning to take hold, but it's probably got more to do with the fact that Euro 2008 is, er, happening.

Either way, we'd just like to take this time to say welcome and thanks for stopping by. Wish we had a bit of time to dust up or something but this is how it normally is around here -- WAGs, amateurish rambling, footie non-news, videos and goss with a few rude comments thrown in -- and it'll definitely continue after the Euro madness ends so do keep coming back. We promise to make the impending few off-season weeks interesting for you -- transfer season's always fun, footballers and WAGs will no doubt still be morons, we'll do a bit of catching up with MLS and may dip into a bit of Canuck footie ('oh really?' yes, really.).

In the meantime, there won't be much in the way of posts today or tomorrow but things will get right back to normal for the Euro final on Sunday. This might be a good time to dip into our archives (on the bottom left -- hey, we've been around for nearly a year before you found us!) or take a stroll through our blogroll (did you know, we also blog/ramble aimlessly at Ladies...?).

See you for Spain v Germany!

P.S. And double-massive thanks to everyone that's been joining in the live-blogging over the past month. It's been fun having you.

Labels: about us

Dear Xabi Alonso, get your kid away from Fernando Torres. He's already tried to get Cesc aboard the bad hair train and your kid may very well be his next victim.

[EDIT: ...A dip into our archives and this is Xabi's kid. Either way, our initial complaint holds -- someone has been irresponsible here. LTG said it: 'Nando needs to sort that hair. Fast!!']

Labels: fernando torres, one for the vault

Spain v Russia today in the semi.

In simpler terms: 'My pre-tourney predictions are shot to hell' v Hiddink

Russia:

• Last time these two met at the group stage the root of their troubles started in the back -- couldn't keep up with Torres and Villa's quick feet. Other than that the two sides are pretty evenly matched.
  
• Hiddink. He's clearly been the coach of the tournament -- you know, aside from Bilic -- but take a moment to think on this: last two teams he took to the semi-finals of a major tournament crashed out (South Korea and Holland). And he's never got a team to the finals. History shmistory.
  

Spain:

• Iker Casillas in goal. [Random: Last two matches played in this stadium went to penalties. Just saying.]
• Once again, Cesc isn't starting. Seriously, Aragones, you're asking for it.
  
• Spain's defense isn't all there sometimes -- Sergio Ramos doesn't look right (in more ways than one, mind). If Arshavin and crew get in there, trouble's a-brewin'.
• If you're superstitious: There's been a fuss kicked up about Spain's 'unlucky' yellow away kit. Xavi: 'If I remember correctly, we played in yellow when we beat France [friendly - last February]. So I hope it brings us luck again.'
• Senna was looking like he might miss this one injured. He's fine it seems as he's in the line up tonight.
  

Co-hosting the blog today is Amanda of the brilliant You'll Never Blog Alone. We'll get the live-blog started at 2:30PM ET -- please, join us. Let's hope the power doesn't go out this time.

A few important ground rules before we kick off:

1. We're fans not a fangirls so please respect the space. Ex. 'XYZ iz so hottttt!!111!!' -- you go on moderate.
2. Stay on topic and stick to the match. This is not a chatroom so strictly footie unless it's HT. -- Fail to do so and you go on moderate.
3. Save basic footie questions for HT or FT. We're happy to answer your q's but probably won't get around to doing so while we're busy trying to blog the play.
4. Respect the opinions of others. A given but still needs to be said.

Labels: euro 2008, live blog, russia, spain

Last week we saw the sorts of things Rafael van der Vaart likes to get up to on the bench and it wasn't pleasant. Today we check in with the Spaniards: Sergio likes to bust out a bit of the sit-down dancing; Senna likes to indulge in some girly chat and Casillas enjoys a light snack. Turns out you can fit a lot of non-action into 90 minutes of sitting.

Labels: euro 2008, fernando torres, sergio ramos, spain, video

A while back we mentioned that Theo Walcott and his girlfriend, Melanie Slade, did an episode of celebrity Mr and Mrs.

Well it aired a few weeks ago and since we didn't watch it then, it's about time we all got around to it now. Better late than never and all that.

First off, the pair are so cute together it's vom-worthy. Mel looked gorgeous even if her hair seemed a bit too pageant queen-like for our tastes. In the little intro clip, she talks a bit about how the WAG label annoys her. Yes, again. It's getting very tired, Mel. If you don't want the 'WAG' label tacked on you, try not doing spreads in FHM and going on these sorts of shows with your footballer boyfriend. It may help a bit.

As for Theo here, there is no other word that could be used except adorable -- thoroughly and in the dorkiest way possible.

Presenter: What would Mel say is the most romantic thing you have ever done for her?
Theo: Do you know, I'm not a very romantic person.

[Audience gasps, ladies quiver at the thought.]

Wrong answer, Theo. You may be 'right' but still: wrong.

Watch Part I of the episode - here
And Part II of the episode - here

Labels: melanie slade, theo walcott, video, WAGs

The Daily Mail picked up on something absolutely earth shattering today: Cristiano Ronaldo is not in this picture.

Oh, really? We hardly noticed.

Too busy staring at the veins trying to bust out of Rio's arm Angelina-Jolie-style, sorry.


source: New United kit for a new season ... but hang on, where's Ronaldo?

Labels: cristiano ronaldo, man poo-nited, o rly?

He's still in Italy.

So is Nereida.

In fact, just about every photo taken of him so far has included Nereida either touching him or kissing him.

Anyhow, we'll be live-blogging Spain v Russia this afternoon. Pencil us in, will you?

Labels: cristiano ronaldo, man-flesh du jour

Germany v Turkey today in the first semi-final.

In other words, Fully Fit v Completely Depleted.

Germany

• First off, Joachim Loew's back on the bench after been suspended for 'constant bickering' during Austria/Germany. [Random: Loew has actually coached in Turkey -- Adanaspor and Fenerbahce]
• Torsten Frings and his hair are back from injury but there's a chance he might not even start. Loew may opt to leave him off and stick with the 4-5-1 formation that worked against Portugal in the quarter.
• Michael Ballack, set pieces, and Podolski running riot up front. Trouble for the Turks here. Bastian Schweinsteiger and his annoying hair (God, why?! Remember when you were a wee innocent one?) tends to put himself forward a lot as well.
  
• Germany's backline is slightly shaky and hasn't looked as rock-solid as a German defense usually is -- Meztelder and Mertesacker may be liabilities.
• They've not had the easiest ride considering what a breeze their side of the draw looked to be going in. Turkey should be an easy go for them but over-confidence may do the Germans in.
  

Turkey:

• Well, half their starters aren't there.
  
• Have we mentioned that the Turks are nuts and have managed to hold a lead for a grand total of one minute so far? They own the underdog title and seem to thrive on it. Plus, the term 'do a Turkey' has solidified itself in the TIET vernacular over the past month so that should tell you something.
• Fine-assed keeper, Volkan Demirel, is still out which is annoying. Rustu Recber isn't a keeper to be taken lightly though.

TIET's back to guide you through the match with aimless rambling, not-so-wise wisecracks and half-time pervage once again.

We'll fire the live-blog up at 2:30PM ET -- you should definitely join us.


A few important ground rules before we kick off:

1. We're fans not a fangirls so please respect the space. Ex. 'XYZ iz so hottttt!!111!!' -- you go on moderate.
2. Stay on topic and stick to the match. This is not a chatroom so strictly footie unless it's HT. -- Fail to do so and you go on moderate.
3. Save basic footie questions for HT or FT. We're happy to answer your q's but probably won't get around to doing so while we're busy trying to blog the play.
4. Respect the opinions of others. A given but still needs to be said.

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Labels: euro 2008, germans are hilarious, live blog, turkey

We generally like the WAGs here. Really, we do. They're entertaining, say stupid things, wear even stupider things and make us laugh -- all good qualities. This woman, on the other hand, continues to make us want to punch her.

Cristiano and his most punchable lady-friend, Nereida Gallardo, are out in Sardinia relaxing and sucking face now that his side has been safely booted from Euro. The woman is in the height of money-grubbing ecstasy, as you can see, and doesn't care who knows -- or sees -- it.



They've also rented a £10 million yacht where, we assume, she'll continue to rub her slimy self all over him.

A dodgy Daily Mail 'source':

"She's totally smitten and so is he. Their relationship is looking pretty serious."

Click to enlarge at your own risk, folks. You may or may not be overcome by an overwhelming urge to toss your computer out the window.
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source: Cristiano Ronaldo gets hot and heavy with model girlfriend in Italy

Labels: candids, cristiano ronaldo, i cant believe i put on make-up for this, nereida gallardo, WAGs

NOOOOO!!!

[Note: No plush toys were harmed in the making of this post.]

Labels: one for the vault, sergio ramos

Cheryl's had a rough go of things lately: her man cheated her, she lost a ton of weight and now has a gap the size of Guam between her thighs, and she has the moronic non-sensibility to take back her insufferable cheating douche of a husband.

So, instead of berating her for being such a blind fool, let's try to focus on the positive here: at least she's back to talking again.

On why she's the perfect judge for X Factor:

"Out of all the panel, I am the one who can relate to what those people are going through. I stood there and did all that so I have a good chance of winning."

Ah, Cheryl. It's not about the winning, see. It's about the spouting of hilarious half-wit quotes for our amusement.

And this one just won't do.

It's only a matter of time though. We'll try to be patient with you.


source: Cheryl: I will outdo Sharon - Painfully thin Cheryl Cole reveals her tiny frame at X Factor auditions

Labels: candids, cheryl cole, cheryl's opinion du jour, WAGs

A bit of Nando with your coffee?

Semi's get rolling today at Euro. We'll be hosting the Germany/Turkey live-blog later this afternoon -- hopefully you'll be able to join us.

Labels: fernando torres, man-flesh du jour

Taylor Twellman, who's busted ankle continues to keep him sidelined, is still trying to get that dream transfer to Europe, it looks:

"I have said from day one that this is a good team - not one of us here is irreplaceable [...] I think it confirms that the team would be okay letting me got to Europe, to be honest."

The Revs are currently top of MLS's eastern conference and the longer Taylor stays out the more it looks like they don't really need him to do well.

Think they could lose the Cup final to Houston Dynamo all on their own this time?


source: Twellman: Revs Wouldn't Miss Me

Labels: MLS, new england revolution, quick quotes, taylor twellman

Italian ref and TIET favourite, Roberto Rosetti is going to be refereeing the Euro final this year.

Roberto was gutted about his team -- Italy, of course -- not making it past Spain on Sunday: 'First of all, I’m a supporter of the national team as I have been since I was a little boy. The penalty shootout was a very emotional moment and not very nice for the team.'

However... he is pretty psyched about -- fine, we're 'psyched'; he's just glad -- getting the opportunity to officiate to championship final.

'I am a referee and so the final of the European Championship is a wonderful situation.'

A 'wonderful situation' indeed, Roberto.


source: Euro-Italian Rosetti to referee Euro 2008 final

Labels: euro 2008, referees, roberto rosetti

How did the street cleaner at 2:08 not turn around and just bash fake-Ribery in the face with the rake?

Note: This clip is obviously a play on this one which features the actual athletes. Worth watching if you haven't already and are super bored at work.

Labels: franck ribery, luca toni, video

Jens Lehmann, Christoph Metzelder, and Metzelder's beard (would it kill you to trim it at least?) took a bit of time out from training to do some relaxing in Lago Maggiore this past weekend.

Looks like they went on a yacht and just sat around doing normal, everyday German sort of things: trade apple strudel recipes and talk about how brilliant David Hasselhoff is. We don't, however, spot anyone wearing any lederhosen so we're not exactly sure just how 'german' things got. Not very patriotic, Jens and Metze, clearly.

Note: As you can see, Conny was also there. Looks like things are back to normal.
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source: Der nette Herr Lehmann am Lago Maggiore [German]

Labels: candids, christoph metzelder, germans are hilarious, jens lehmann

More absolutely riveting stuff.

Well, at least he's not come to the beach looking like Liberace.


source: John Terry and his Wonderbra model wife hit Barbados

Labels: john terry, the english doing nothing, toni poole, WAGs

MLS Hottie: Atiba Harris. We've watched a total of three MLS matches in past two weeks. Neither of them were live. Blame You-Know-What.

EPL Hottie: David Bentley. Spurs to bag DB?

Euro Hottie: Volkan Demirel. What a shame.

Most Hated: Euro's new 'No one can score until extra time. EVER.' rule. Bothersome.

Most Loved: Luca Toni's bicycle kicks. Have you seen them? They're hilarious.

Most Annoying WAG: Coleen Mcloughlin. The wedding drama continues. Anyone want to bet she's the 'insider source' here?

Barf-line: 'Fab ends Spain spot-kick Hoodoo' -- The Sun -- Hoodoo? HOODOO?!
[EDIT: Oh, they've changed it overnight! It's now 'Fab ends Spanish Hoodoo' -- better?]

'Round the Neighbourhood: Pitch Invasion with a bit of insight into the Chelsea propaganda machine.

Labels: of the moment

Blair, of the brilliant My Relationship With Football, spends a whole lot of her blogging time taking a look at 'Idiot Footballers' and the moronic things that they get up to. She ranked the top ten most moronic 'Idiot Footballer' moments of the past season just for us. Let 'er rip, girl.

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“Being thick isn’t an affliction if you’re a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet.” ~ Brian Clough


Withdrawing from the U21 World Cup over the summer was simply not the best career decision. (And definitely is not the way to win over England fans.) With 7 minutes left to play against Israel back in September of ‘07, Bentley came on for Shaun Wright-Phillips and was berated with boos from fans around Wembley. Although he redeemed himself with some fabulous performances over the past Premier League season, to turn down the opportunity to play for your country is career suicide.

And what’s up with the dodgy change in haircut? You can’t go from a faux-hawk to a side part and not expect to get a walloping.

When you’re the England captain and your team fails to qualify for a big championship, it doesn’t look good. But when you’re videotaped dancing on a stage with strippers and their poles, and later spotted peeing into a Styrofoam cup on the floor of a bar, it looks even worse. But the cherry atop the idiotic JT cake, when he parked in a disabled spot so his family didn’t have to walk as far to get their pizza. Stop acting like a total Neanderthal and maybe people will see you as an actual professional.

My advice: lay off the booze, it seems to turn you into a raging a**hole.

Note: That penalty kick didn't help your cause for intelligence.

Sleeping through an £8m transfer is not the best way to advance your footballing career.

His angry outburst at the Chelsea game may have very well cost him the England captaincy, but what I find even more entertaining (and coincidentally also more idiotic) are his wicked party planning skills. This is the man who organized the Manchester United Christmas party/sausage-fest that resulted in rape accusations and WAG purse beatings. Mr. Ferdinand also doesn’t believe that people DON’T know who he is. Rio and his girlfriend Rebecca neglected to provide the necessary identification when arriving at his OWN party after Manchester United had won the league. Although this only temporarily delayed his entrance I can’t imagine the conversation he must have had with the hostess. My suggestion: leave the party planning to the professionals, Rio.

Update: Rio Ferdinand and his brother, Anton (also an idiot), were questioned by police in Israel where they are on holiday. Apparently a photographer was punched outside of a club where Rio and Anton had been partying earlier. Seeing that both of the Ferdinands have anger control issues, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Transvestite prostitution blackmail. Need I say more?

There’s no way to avoid the many stories that this man has had in regards to his idiocy. Never mind his tendencies to hire prostitutes to come to his home/hotel, or the fact that his mother is in charge of his finances, or how his vanity got in the way when he was so paranoid about a black and blue eye that he had to wear a pair of aviators during a romp with a promotions girl from a Champions League press conference. Along with his autobiographical photo album, because god forbid he’d have to form a complete sentence. But what I find the most deplorable of behavior is the introduction of his new catch, Nereida Gallorda. Even with her nude photos, tacky earrings, bikini contest footage, threesome coverage, Cristiano remains in denial that she’s truly WAG material, and that of the marrying kind. Gallardo is apparently moving in with Ronaldo over the summer with engagement rumors in the air. I think this situ can best be described in the profound words of Kanye West: Oh yeah, she’s a Gold-digger.

I don’t imagine serving a prison sentence will increase the chance of him being selected for ANY of the World Cup Qualifying matches with the England Squad or the possibility of him having any sort of illustrious career, except perhaps as a prison punching bag criminal. Good luck brother, don’t drop your soap.

After their embarrassing performance in attempting to qualify for EURO 2008, many stars thought it more pertinent to get their weddings scheduled (Joey and Wayne), holidays planned out (JT, Crouch, and Gerrard), or their current contracts situations sorted (Lampsy, Barry, MO, Bridge, Bentley, etc.). But the utter disappointment of their countrymen, fans, and loyal followers cannot be set aside like yesterday’s pair of boots. We’re angry, we’re bitter, and we don’t forget easily. Remember that the next time you decide to act like a bunch of t**ts at a strip club during international duty.

Cheating on Cheryl Cole has got to be the highlight of Mr. Cole’s memorable career in idiocy. But even AFTER openly admitting to romping about with an unattractive waitress, he STILL decided to attempt to sue the tabloids for publishing the story. What kind of sense does that make? None, if you ask me. I mean who cheats on a woman who’s in a girl-band. As if they won’t gang up, team together, and annihilate you as a human being and obliterate your private parts into tiny little smithereens. But that’s saying that you had balls to begin with.

Cheating on a WAG is one thing, but cheating on two is downright social suicide. The battle between Charlotte Mears and Danielle Lloyd was splattered all over the papers for weeks during December and January. And still Defoe went out and courted one trashy model after another. With this idiotic behavior, Defoe has completely defiled his popularity with the ladies and I suspect it will be at least a month till he gets one to be seen in public with him, sans tablecloth. If he hadn’t started scoring goals at the very end of the season and gaining popularity after transferring from Tottenham to Portsmouth, I suspect his reputation would have sent him to the League 2 of the dating pool.

Labels: blair, idiot footballers

Did we just finish live-blogging the Italy/Spain match? Yes.
Did this glorious photo just skip down the wires? Yes.
Did we feel the need to post it immediately? Yes.

Good. Lord.

Congratulations, Spain. Have fun with the Russians next week.

Labels: man-flesh du jour, sergio ramos

Italy will take on Spain in today's quarterfinal.

Spain:

• David Villa is running on four goals in three games going into this one. He and Torres up front have spelled death for several sides so far - today may be no different.
• Size could be factor. Villa, Xavi, Cesc: all relatively pocket-sized dudes.
• Right back Sergio Ramos has pulled out a bit of spastic, sit-down defending lately (Spain/Sweden) and could be a liability.
• The Spanish are notorious for crapping the bed when it counts BUT if current form is any indication, they may be able overcome their chockers' repuation today.
  

Italy:

• Campioni del mondo. Harp on them all you like--Missed-Chances Luca Toni--but if there's a psychological edge to be found here, the Italians have got it.
• They're running a seriously disjointed defence with Cannavaro out and have yet to settle into a backline that really works.
• Their strikers haven't really managed to, er, strike all that much so far. However, they do have Buffon in goal and the self-confidence and persistence--again, Missed-Chances Luca Toni--to pull it out when it matters.
  

Amanda of You'll Never Blog Alone and Sarah of Goalscoring Robot will be co-hosting the blog this afternoon. We'll get rolling at 2:30PM ET. Do join us.

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A few important ground rules before we kick off:

1. We're fans not a fangirls so please respect the space. Ex. 'XYZ iz so hottttt!!111!!' -- you go on moderate.
2. Stay on topic and stick to the match. This is not a chatroom so strictly footie unless it's HT. -- Fail to do so and you go on moderate.
3. Save basic footie questions for HT or FT. We're happy to answer your q's but probably won't get around to doing so while we're busy trying to blog the play.
4. Respect the opinions of others. A given but still needs to be said.

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Labels: euro 2008, italy, live blog, spain

Or taking a bit of time out to keep your manicure in check?

Necessary, of course.

Labels: antonio cassano, one for the vault

The Oranje stomp-fest is looking set for another jaunt around the block it seems. This time they'll take on Russia in the quarterfinal.

In simpler terms: The Dutch v Also Dutch, Guus Hiddink.

Who are we supporting?

Dame: Team Don't Touch Robin. I'm serious. The child's on a roll and a strong draft could do him right in.

Jak of Fresh Legs: Holland. The woman has been relentless with her hup-ing. Apparently, her neighbours have gone and forced an orange cheesecake on her as well. Oh, the horror!

Marnie: Only the lord knows. Can this woman even watch a match without bringing up 'Hand-butt'?

We'll get rolling in at 2:30pm ET - do join in and such.
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Labels: euro 2008, live blog, russia, tulips and wooden shoes