Source: Daily_Mail
Dutch Down Under trip for Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt is over the top
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez will have most cause for complaint following the Holland FA's extraordinary decision to play a friendly in Australia next weekend. [LNB]It means that Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel will be expected to fly for 20 hours across 10 time zones to Sydney on Monday, only returning on Wednesday. [LNB]Given that physiological experts calculate that athletes need at least a day to recover from each hour of jet lag, the mind boggles at their physical state on their return. [LNB][LNB] Ridiculous demands: Dirk Kuyt is expected to fly to Australiaand back by Wednesday[LNB] Arsene Wenger will be happier to learn that Robin van Persie willnot be travelling. His wife is expecting their second child later thismonth so he is staying at home. [LNB]Manchester City's Nigel de Jong and Everton John Heitinga will also be expected to make the trip. [LNB]Scotland also want Manchester United's Darren Fletcher to go to Japan for a friendly next week. [LNB]If Football Associations treat international dates as money-makingopportunities with total disregard to their players, then they deservethe contempt with which they are often treated by club managers.[LNB] Rafa unveils Liverpool's new gameplan: Copy WiganLiverpool missing the X-Factor: Xabi Alonso's absence is reason they don't get my vote for titleLIVERPOOL FC
