Do you believe that Van Nesterooy can be the top score in Germany?
594523
Yes- he is the current top goalscorer for the Dutch team.
1140238
It depends\nBut to me England and Germany are both good.
234217
Personally, I believe Lehman is a lot better than Kahn. He's one of the main reasons Arsenal had a full unbeated season (03-04)! No other team in the history of Football has bean able to do that! A lot of it was becaues of Lehman's awesome goal-keeping!\n\nUnfortunately, I think Kahn would probably be selected, as he has a larger 'presence' in the National team. Also, he led Germany far in the last few tournaments...\n\nLet's hope Jens Lehman is finally selected!
339866
i thnk it will affect the german team in a bad way, oliver khan is a much better goali then lehman, plus khan has much more experience, and has worldcup knowledge, lehman dissapoint  the national team.
798160
i think they have the right combination of players playing under agood manager,together with motivations and the right team spirit so i think they wilol most definitely qualify for europe this season and maybe with a little more dedication can win a champions league ticket.
1101244
i think  germany will beat them
1144758
It's possible. I'm thinking:\n\nGermany 3-2, or\nGermany 2-1.\n\nGermany is basically the only country that has been pretty much strong and balanced in all of their games.\n\nIMO.
962068
1) yes, coz they're my favourite team.\nAND, many people are saying that Barca cant qualify. All Barca needs is a little more concentration. If they can get Messi back b4 5th of DEC. they have more chances against BREMEN. WERDER is a strong team, no doubt about it, but if Barca can win against them by luck and skills they qualify with more points.\n\nRijkaard needs to put up a strong formation against Bremen. It isn't gonna be easy, but will sure be an interesting match.\n\nGOOD LUCK BARCA!!!!!!!!!!!
1186710
All the way, unless we have to play Argentina in the next phase. As for Holland, we won against them before and we sure can do it again easily
465324
Can they win?  Yes, they can.  (31 other teams can also say that, though in reality maybe 8 have any reasonable chance).\n\nDo they have what it takes?  you need to look at them back to front.  They have an adequate keeper in van der Saar.  They have some good young defenders, and as I recall at least one or two good veterans.  their midfield should be very good, with Davids, seerdorf, Van der Vaart, Robben, and the like.  And up front, they have at least 3 world class strikers (Ruud for one, and I temporarily forget the other guy).\n\nAnd the coach has been there, and can relate to players - something that can never be underestimated.\n\nNow their group has Serbia, Argentina and Ivory Coast.  Should they make it out of the group - yes.\n\nBrazil is in the opposite set of groups for at least until the semi-finals, so they won't run into them until then.\n\nWith the exception of Germany, they should have among the highest percentages of 'home fans', so the crowd should be behind them.\n\nCut loose any surprises, and you are left with Holland, Portugal, Spain, Czech Rep., Italy, England, Germany and Brazil as the 'favorites'.  Others who could sneak into there would be the US, Argentina or the Ukraine.\n\nBeing that the matches are in Europe, the South American teams likely will not get the bounce they enjoy nearly anywhere else (in all the 'cups', only Brazil has ever won in Europe).\n\nFigure Spain and Portugal to have some kind of minor collapse (sorry, but it just happens too often not the expect it to magically not happen again), and the numbers whittle down.\n\nEngland have a strong group, but will their stars perform and play together?  With Sven on the way out, I'm thinking they may go a ways, but not to the last.\n\nSo really, I think Brazil, Germany, Italy and Holland will be in the mix for the big prize.  Brazil will have to deal with the foreign soil aspect, and that could go either way (look at France 98).  Home court is a huge advantave, and I expect Germany will make the semi's at least.  Italy will always be tough, but, if they can't score, they can't win.\n\nAnd Holland, traditionally, can score.\n\nWould I pick them in a pool to win it all.  Probably not.  But, can they do it, yes.  I would say they have a decent chance at it, perhaps not as strong a favorite as Germany or Brazil, but definitely they will be in the mix.  It will all depend on their ability to deal with physical teams as they play their fluid passing games.\n\nA couple good bounces, and they could be in the final.  And if its oppsite germany, that could be a very interesting game.  Though, I'd rather see Holland play Brazil, as the flair and passing would cause my TV to melt!\n\n(go yanks!!)
365458
Germany's home advantage will help because they have the crowd with them. But once it gets to the quarter finals it wont do them any good. Like against teams like England, Holland, Brazil, Italy, etc...
1154366
I'll have to say yes and no to your predictions. Yes to Argentina squeezing through but no to Holland failing to qualify for the second round.\n\nArgentina plays fantastically, I don't dispute that. Everyone knows how strong they are in all departments: Messi, Crespo, Saviola, Rodriguez, Cambiasso, Riquelme, Sorin, Zanetti, Ayala, Placente, Heinze, blah blah.\n\nAs for Holland, I'm tired of people slamming van Basten for making wild guesses and including untested players, or those lamenting that they're suffering from an injury crisis. I want to reiterate once and for all that this is absolutely UNTRUE, the opinion of those who have zero insight into the Dutch team.\n\nI don't think it's fair to say van Basten is picking the wrong players. Yes, he's kicked out Seedorf and Davids and Kluivert, but don't you all realise that these guys have been the big problem cases for far too long already? They've got massive egos and have caused the Dutch team to end up squabbling for far too many major tournaments. Don't you all recall Euro 96, when Davids and the coach had a huge argument?\n\nIt's great that they're now out cos Holland is now surprisingly united and play great team football. As for why he excluded Jaap Stam and Frank de Boer, I guess it's cos of their age. Mathijsen and Boulahrouz have coped well in central defence in place of the two old defenders. They went something like 10 games without conceding a goal.\n\nI know players like Kuyt and Mathijsen etc. are not well-known names, but it's youth that Holland needs. Too long the team has relied on the age and experience of older players, and it's about time the team gets a new injection of life. Still, there's the tested players, like van der Vaart, van Nistelrooy, Cocu, van Bronckhorst, van Bommel, Robben etc., so it's quite a fair mix.\n\nAs for injuries, the one and ONLY concern is playmaker van der Vaart, so stop saying there's nagging injury problems.\n\nvan Basten has picked his team well, and for that I have confidence that they'll top the group and reach the semis at the least. \n\nIt's about time the Dutch won the cup. Just you watch out ;)
213447
I think Mahdavikia is the best player in Humburger.\nHe is one of the best player in the world and in the germany too. He also has a special talent in soccer.
524003
ok i dont really undertand wut ur askin but i'll try\ngood players on the holland team are ruud, davids, seedorf, i forget the other guys name lol\n\nand germany they got ballack, klose, lehmann, kahn\n\ni would say that they would prolly tie lol\nthey both really good teams
1031733
It could go either way. Italy is a really good team and has a great midfield but Germany has it's country country behind them(An Advantage).
145038
No. Especially since Germany pretty much has home field advantage.
1084192
The Netherlands are not over-reliant on Robben. Today he played well and had a very nice goal. I think that with the play of Van Nistelroy and Van Bronckhurst among others they are well balanced. Look at Van Der Sar he played very well. I would like to see Robben play better. He needs to look for the open player. Several times he retained possession far to long while an open man was available. If he plays as selfishly again I would hope his playing time would be reduced. Team work wins the CUP!