How good is it to have three wonderful new categories on the blog. Future Stars (Dilrosun, Danjuma, Frenkie, Rosario), Current Stars (Van Dijk, Wijnaldum) and Past Stars (Robben, Sneijder, Van…
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Well guys, not a big surprise. I think Virgil got twice as many votes as the number 2. I respect your choices of course. You all nicely kept the blog…
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It's your time now! As we close to the end of the year, a year in which the drab and disgraced Dutch National Team straightened the back and rose, like…
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Oh the irony... Gary Lineker once defined football as a game "between two teams of eleven and at the end of the game, Germany wins...". Last night, Lineker tweeted: "Who…
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You know you did something right when even national team manager Ronald Koeman says that it was an exceptional performance. I think it's fair to say Holland played one of…
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We played many classic games vs the French. 28 matches in total, we won 10 of them, we lost 13. Only 4 matches ended in a draw. The goal difference…
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It's Spring in The Netherlands' football world these days. After a spell of drought in the talent department, we're witnessing numerous potential world class players coming to the fore. We'll…
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Rafael van der Vaart retired from professional football immediately. A small news item in the papers. Something some people thought had happened already... His last years were a disappointment. For…
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He's 21 years old, hasn't had a full season in Ajax 1, but already is he the new leader of Oranje (on the pitch) and the most talked about Dutch…
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We didn't qualify for two big tournaments, we burned through some very decent coaches in a short time (Advocaat, Blind, Hiddink), we produced thigh thick reports about how dreadful our…
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Maybe he wants to use this as a cooling off period and then use it to get back into club…
Johan Cruyff was controversial because he challenged authority, spoke his mind, and often went against convention. His strong personality meant…
Only JC cared enough about the NT but never got a chance to manage it .
I'm hearing that the reason why Arne Slot hasn't been confirmed is because he wants a 2 year contract as…
Younger managers aren’t going to want a NT gig, because it doesn’t pay well enough and doesn’t allow them to…