right the entire world should grieve because someone had a fatal premature birth, happens everyday...seriously doubt and would be very surprised if Oranje did anything, it's not generally our way, death is part of life we accept it, pay our respects and move on...
My PR guy is from joisy? oh boy But seriously, i'd prefer it if someone wouldnt say belittle this like a poster here did, this actually touches some of us rather deeply and I don't like it when someone runs of a "it's not OUR style to care about this sort of thing" like he knows exactly how every dutch person feels about this. It's generalizing. It's stupid. It's offensive.
well if you quit, and you're going to be on the open market, you're gonna need a good PR guy. Joep Smeets, nice to meet you.
God be with him and his family throughout this terrible ordeal. Very sad. Crush the Russians for him.
If the Dutch team want to wear a black armband, then for ********'s sake, they should do it. It doesn't matter what anyone else does. I am the father of two very young children. Every day I worry that something might take them away from me. If something like this happened to me it would be as though part of my soul had been snuffed out. My sincerest, most hearfelt condolences to Khalid and his family. May he find the strength to play on.
read carefully I posted "it's not ***generally*** our way" I left an out for those like yourself who want to be all melodramatic...my dad died did you care? did anyone care besides my family, no...it's too bad someone lost a child but that child is no more important than every other child that died today...people die everyday you don't go having a moment of silence at an international match because someone has a family member die that's just stupid are footballers children more special than others?...maybe you'll want a moment of silence as well before the final for Frank Lampards mother and every other footballer who's had a family member die...
I think you're completely ignoring the fact, whether it is a good thing or not, that lots of people are enormously emotionaly involved with athletes, especially during a time like this. I'm not going to waist any more words on this.
get real at 5 months it was a stillbirth/miscarriage not a kid, let's have a moment of silence for every abortion then ...my wife had a miscarriage, of course she was upset but it isn't on the same level as losing a child, not even close there's no emotional attachment... Khalid Boulahrouz was obviously so upset he spent all of a day away from the team, wow...do you actually believe if it was a child that had died he'd come back at all?
That might be the case for you and your wife, and there's nothing wrong with that. But a person I worked with was pregnant, and fairly early on in the pregnancy, she was told of a condition that the unborn child had that could possibly mean a miscarriage or death after it was born. And the news was devastating to her and her husband. She was emotionally attached from the moment she learned she was pregnant. Fortunately, the child was fine and is now a healthy seven-month old girl, but my point is not everyone feels or would feel the same as you/your wife.
It's sad news for sure and I'd think the Dutch team would do something to show solidarity with Khalid but I don't exactly think a moment of silence is a mandatory thing. If Hiddink and the Russians are on board for it cool, but I'd hate to see there have to be a moment of silence at every match for every family member of a player who has died.
I agree except that its not every day a family member dies during a tournament. If I were coaching Russia I'd wear black armbands for just one game, its not gonna kill anybody (pun not intended).