Amazing as it may sound (given relative Dutch and Russian performance in group stage), but the Russians deserved to win. Turkey, through injuries and bookings, can only field a very weakened side against Germany. Shame. Spain certainly deserved to win against Italy. But who cares as long as Germany don't win (I mean credit where its due, they've lost two world wars but you can't help admire them for trying). Donal Walter is "Russian Orthodox"? This needs clarification. --- On Tue, 24/6/08, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: J.S. Bach and Unchained Memories > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, 24 June, 2008, 10:52 PM > On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Donal McEvoy wrote: > > > > > > Donal > > Gone mad with fitba withdrawal > > > The Dutch are gone, but the feeble-of-balance and falling > Italians > are out, buggered, damned ironically by the penalty spot. > Who now to > root for? > > The choices, for those who haven't been following are: > Russia, > Germany, Turkey, Spain. > > David Ritchie, > still hoping to see the Russia vs Holland game somewhere __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html