Mike Bradley: Sat 2/16 20:00 CET Heracles Almelo - SC Heerenveen

feyenoordsoccerfan · Feb 11, 2008

Well, this match shouldnot give Heerenveen a headache, but it still is soccer and if I'm right a Heerenveen player is in the ranks of Heracles now, attacker Garcia-Garcia. Hopefully for Heerenveen it willnot be a case of "La Leggia della Ex"...

If Mike is lucky he could get nearer to Earnest scoring tally with another hattrick

aveslacker · Feb 11, 2008

feyenoordsoccerfan said: ↑

Well, this match shouldnot give Heerenveen a headache, but it still is soccer and if I'm right a Heerenveen player is in the ranks of Heracles now, attacker Garcia-Garcia. Hopefully for Heerenveen it willnot be a case of "La Leggia della Ex"...

If Mike is lucky he could get nearer to Earnest scoring tally with another hattrick
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Garcia-Garcia, what a great name.

Principal Firebush · Feb 11, 2008

If the last meeting between these two is any indication then maybe a hat trick is aiming too low:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=229746&cc=5901

Clint Eastwood · Feb 11, 2008

As of right now Herenveen is 2nd in the eredevisie, tied with a big group of teams:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables?league=ned.1&cc=5901

It looks exceedingly likely that a place in the champions league playoffs is where this team will end up.

Here's the goalscoring table as of Sunday:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax Amsterdam 23
2 Blaise N'Kufo Twente Enschede 18
3 Robin Nelisse FC Utrecht 14
4 Roy Makaay Feyenoord Rotterdam 13
Michael Bradley Heerenveen 13
6 Danny Koevermans PSV Eindhoven 12
7 Marcus Berg FC Groningen 11
Luis Suarez Ajax Amsterdam 11
Geert Den Ouden Excelsior 11
Afonso Alves Heerenveen 11

Michael tied with Roy Makaay at 13 goals. Pretty impressive. He's passed Afonso Alves, who as we know from the above post had 7 of those goals in one game.

aveslacker · Feb 11, 2008

Clint Eastwood said: ↑

As of right now Herenveen is 2nd in the eredevisie, tied with a big group of teams:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables?league=ned.1&cc=5901

It looks exceedingly likely that a place in the champions league playoffs is where this team will end up.

Here's the goalscoring table as of Sunday:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax Amsterdam 23
2 Blaise N'Kufo Twente Enschede 18
3 Robin Nelisse FC Utrecht 14
4 Roy Makaay Feyenoord Rotterdam 13
Michael Bradley Heerenveen 13
6 Danny Koevermans PSV Eindhoven 12
7 Marcus Berg FC Groningen 11
Luis Suarez Ajax Amsterdam 11
Geert Den Ouden Excelsior 11
Afonso Alves Heerenveen 11

Michael tied with Roy Makaay at 13 goals. Pretty impressive. He's passed Afonso Alves, who as we know from the above post had 7 of those goals in one game.
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Think about this for a minute: every other person on that list is a forward. That is pretty impressive, indeed.

feyenoordsoccerfan · Feb 12, 2008

Principal Firebush said: ↑

If the last meeting between these two is any indication then maybe a hat trick is aiming too low:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=229746&cc=5901
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On the other hand, playing at home for Heracles and being brutalized the last time in Heerenveen, they could be out for revenge and in for a good "bloed aan de paal" match. Maybe Mike would be wise to put on a double pair of shin protectors.

feyenoordsoccerfan · Feb 13, 2008

There is something that could hamper the play of Heerenveen. Heracles is the only team in the "Eredivisie" to play on an artificial grass ground. The sponsor is the world leader in this respect, Ten Cate. No family of the former Ajax coach. This much to the chagrin of the other teams that moan about Heracles having an unfair advantage while Heracles players are used to playing on such grounds and they arenot.

mitrita · Feb 14, 2008

earlier this season

Haddamlion · Feb 14, 2008

I cant find this game on P2P. Does anyone know where else one can watch it?

Super White Boy · Feb 15, 2008

What time does it start EST?

Stogey23 · Feb 15, 2008

Anyone have assist numbers for Bradley?

mitrita · Feb 15, 2008

yup

assist in eredivisie
he's got 4 so far

johan derksen · Feb 15, 2008

Here's some videofootage of yesterday's training session:
(please don't mind the guy next to me coughing his lungs out)

[youtube]sMMEgKbk4AY[/youtube]

wrench · Feb 15, 2008

So Cool!! They put down cones like tenyearolds.

Principal Firebush · Feb 15, 2008

mitrita said: ↑

yup

assist in eredivisie
he's got 4 so far
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I've been going to Voetbal.nl for stats and they have him with 5 so far.

60611 · Feb 15, 2008

wrench said: ↑

So Cool!! They put down cones like tenyearolds.
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Seconded. Thanks, jd.

dark knight · Feb 16, 2008

Super White Boy said: ↑

What time does it start EST?
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If the title is correct - 2PM

dark knight · Feb 16, 2008

johan derksen said: ↑

Here's some videofootage of yesterday's training session:
(please don't mind the guy next to me coughing his lungs out)
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I guess you weren't able to video the part where they sprinkle the Magic Euro Dust?

Thanks for the footage! MB looks like he's grown 3-4 inches in the last year or so.

johan derksen · Feb 16, 2008

dark knight said: ↑

MB looks like he's grown 3-4 inches in the last year or so.
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I actually thought he was a bit taller or maybe I was wearing high heels, can't remember exactly the whole day is a bit of a blur now... (had no sleep for about 30 hours)

notice the small bits of eurodust flying around...

Karl Lagodzki · Feb 16, 2008

johan derksen said: ↑

Here's some videofootage of yesterday's training session:
(please don't mind the guy next to me coughing his lungs out)

[youtube]sMMEgKbk4AY[/youtube]
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Do you think the English, "two touches", was for Mike's sake?

Soccergodlss · Feb 16, 2008

wrench said: ↑

So Cool!! They put down cones like tenyearolds.
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Um, maybe I am misunderstanding you but those cones were just boundaries. And what age group doesn't use cones as a teaching tool in soccer?

johan derksen · Feb 16, 2008

Karl Lagodzki said: ↑

Do you think the English, "two touches", was for Mike's sake?
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Nah, they were constantly joking around with Sulejmani. Bradley almost only spoke Dutch during training.

scHveenFan · Feb 16, 2008

Guys, the game is on Sopcast:

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=6441&part=sports

But if I click on the link, Sopcast starts up, but that's al, it doesn't connect to a channel or someting, so if no one can help me out, I can't even see the match!

johan derksen · Feb 16, 2008

michfan2123 · Feb 16, 2008

scHveenFan said: ↑

Guys, the game is on Sopcast:

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=6441&part=sports

But if I click on the link, Sopcast starts up, but that's al, it doesn't connect to a channel or someting, so if no one can help me out, I can't even see the match!
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Keep trying, it worked for me.