EUROS - AM I BOVVERED?

Dirk continued to surprise us by turning in the kind of performance that won him a lot of fans at Anfield in the second half of the season.
It was typical Kuyt. He wasn't the star of the show, but he had a vital hand in two of the three goals.
The third Dutch goal was definitely typical Kuyt. He fluffed a gilt-edged chance most strikers would have snaffled, but still had the presence of mind to collect the ball and deliver a pinpoint cross for Van Bronkhorst to head home.
Similarly, his knock down for Sneijder for the Holland second shows there perhaps is something to be said about the tactic of playing a centre forward in an inside right position.
It gives an extra option, some menace at the back post, both in the air and on the ground, as the striker's natural instinct is to get in the box.
For Spain, all our boys were on the bench, with only Alonso getting a run out on 77 minutes. It seems the Spaniard's disinterest with football has been cottoned on to by his national boss too.

Xabi should take a leaf out of Fabregas' book and the way the diminutive centre mid always demands to be part of the action. I couldn't have imagined Xabi busting a gut to bury that diving header for their fourth. Sorry Xabi.
Regards Philipp Degen for Switzerland, I find it a bit worrying that he can't even get in a very mediocre Swiss side, not even on the bench apparently....
Reckon he's out modelling some sportswear?
There doesn't appear to be a great deal of talent in the shop window at the Euros. Granted, I wouldn't mind Podolski at Anfield, or Benzema for that matter.
But I'm sure we'd be paying £15m, and probably more, for each of them. It's silly money these days. We paid £7M for Dossena and he can't get near the Italian team. Is he even in their squad?
Watching Torres and Villa together for Spain against the Dutch left us all dreaming of the two of them playing together at Anfield.
As good as this might be, I can't see this happening in a month of Sundays.
Especially after that hatrick, Villa's value will surely have gone up to round the £20m mark.

All of his goal's were fairly routine, but his movement, coolness in front of goal, and link play with Torres was impressive.
By the way, was it just me, or did Torres look very tall on the TV screen? He looked pretty gangly, almost Crouch like. Must be something about the Spanish kit.
The thing that's struck me about Euro 2008 is how the hell England didn't get there.#
Ok, so this is an LFC blog, and many don't give a stuff about England, but Gerrard would have made hay with some of these inept sides.

Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Austrian, Poland, Romania.....I reckon Momo Sissoko would have dribbled round half of these teams and Voronin would be filling his boots.