Comments on: Feyenoord has confidence in their youth

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:29 +0000

Neither am I. It’s a glitch in the system.

Don’t you think teams should be awarded a point for a ball on the bar? It’s harder to hit the bar than the goal-net!

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:53:26 +0000

Yeah man, that was fun… It’s actually better than the “Real Thing”. This is like a ball on the crossbar vs in the net. Sometimes the crossbar balls are more exciting and basically more rare than goals, right?

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:02:24 +0000

Hey, what’s going on… I’m not American!

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:01:52 +0000

Haha, that’s hilarious Jan! How did the crowd react? I bet they all laughed and cheered even more.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:09:00 +0000

Thank you Donn, good to have you mate.

And yes, at the start of the season, the new signings are brought into De Kuip by chopper. Always exciting!

Once, they used those parachute guys, to come down with chutes in the Feyenoord colors and have them land on the pitch. Someone even suggested the new signings to do a duo-jump with some pro. The insurance company balked at the idea.

Anyway, I was in the stadium at the time and when we saw the guy coming down with the chute, we could all tell at some point that he was actually going to miss the bloody stadium!! We saw him sail past the stands and he must have landed on the carpark. Hilarious… Some time later, he came running into the stadium and onto the pitch, with his chute trailing behind him, hahahahaa…

By: donn

donn — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:37:48 +0000

Jan, what is up with that helicopter landing on the pitch in the photo accompanying this article. Is that a tradition oat feyenoord? Interesting. Also, love your columns, jan!