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“We are confident with our league form, and the players coming back from injury have improved the competition and the quality of the squad. This is the right time to face them.”

No fear, no doubt. Little wonder he admits he thrived on the blood and thunder of those trips in his derby match. “I enjoy games like that,” he says.

“They mean something different. It does not matter how you win. If I have to kick someone because he is going through on goal, I will kick him. We can shake hands and have a drink after the game, but during it there is only one winner, and for me that has to be Everton.”

This guy impresses me more than the usual talk we get from the players pre-derby. Make him captain, Moysie, and let him loose for the team talk!

Who is he? None other than Johnny Heitinga talking about his experiences in the Ajax-Feyenoord matches.

Boy, I'm out of touch, never realised how venomous those matches could be with helicopter monitoring, etc.

What's some of the other derby matches like in other foreign countries - any Turkish Evertonians?
Gerry Quinn, Houston, TX, USA Posted 05/02/2010 at 20:34:08

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Norman Merrill
1 Posted 06/02/2010 at 09:08:39

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Gerry, Johnny has a big article in the Express, he talks of derby’s in Holland Ajax v
Feyenoord.
But he is really up for this one.

Mike McLean
2 Posted 06/02/2010 at 10:06:21

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Normally, I prefer school of science stuff.

On this occasion, go for it, Johnny!

Lee Gorre
3 Posted 06/02/2010 at 10:10:52

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Good words from Johnny and he has leadership potential in the future, but as for the suggestion about making him captain, there’s nothing wrong with our current skipper who is talking sense and showing his leadership qualities in an interview over on the offficial website.

Definitely a captain who puts that shower in the England team to shame.

John Kelly
4 Posted 06/02/2010 at 10:11:19

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Thats it Jonny, cut out the fancy stuff and kick ’em in the kidneys!!
I’ll be watching the game in a pub full of kopites that would’nt know where Analfailed was as they never go to the match.
We played them off the park in the last derby and lost - surely its our turn for a bit of luck.
1 - 4 and the fat waiter bleating its not his fault, how good a Saturday night would that be!!!! COYB

Phil Roberts
5 Posted 06/02/2010 at 11:32:36

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My kids flew to the Netherlands this morning and will be watching the match in O’Shea’s in Rotterdam. The owner is a blue so if you are over there, that is the one to go to.

But my kid told me that it is now about 10 years since the last away fan was allowed in to watch the Ajax v Feijinoord derby (and yes that is how the suburb is spelt - the footy team changed the name so they could attract more international fans). No love lost.

And as added spice today - Heitinga and Pineaar are from the Ajax Academy and Kuyt from the Rood Sh*t as we call the other team. Go Jonny GO!

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