World Cup: Sage observation
Hey, am I the only one who thinks that Dutch World Cup coach Bert Van Marwijk should be cast as the villain in the next Die Hard movie?
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I was thinking more "The Real Coaches of the Netherlands" on TV.
Posted by: waspman | July 11, 2010 4:31 PM
it's the scarf and the spiky silver hair. who does that, other than Bond villains...
Posted by: paulie | July 11, 2010 5:05 PM
Only 2 things in this world I can't stand
1. People who are intolerate of others
2. The DUTCH!
Posted by: eric | July 11, 2010 5:33 PM
Bert is the new manager of Spinal Tap.
Posted by: Barry | July 11, 2010 5:40 PM
I hate to say this, Pete, but your post here may not be suitable for younger or more sensitive readers. Van Marwijk had two stints managing Feyenoord which is based in Rotterdam, one of Baltimore's Sister Cities, and that's good in my books.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43960/coach.html
Posted by: Attila the Hon | July 11, 2010 8:30 PM
was he the FABULOUS! looking one?
Posted by: SHAMROCK | July 11, 2010 11:24 PM
Dude is a dead ringer for the Bond villian in "Die Another Day"
Posted by: Sizemo | July 12, 2010 3:24 AM
Peter,
As an Expat (from Annapolis) living in Amsterdam, yesterday was a great excuse to deck myself out in bright orange O's gear. It's a sad day for the Dutchies, but man was it a fun ride. Hopefully ESPN showed museumplein on TV again, absolute (good) chaos. Go Ajax, Bert regrets his days with the rival Rotterdam squad. I'm sure you have some analytics for your blog, so you see how many times you get hits from Amsterdam, mostly from me I'd assume, but let me know if you have a larger following here so I can unite the O's fans.
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Pete's reply: I'm sure that there are dozens of O's fans in Amsterdam that read this blog religiously, but the team is so bad they don't want to be identified. I'm afraid you're going to have trouble staging that reunion until the team gets better.
Posted by: Amsterdam guy | July 12, 2010 4:33 AM