The Netherlands are celebrating their first christmas without Cruyff. The start of the post-Cruyff era. Our biggest football player ever, our national icon. It might be a coincidence, but without…
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March 2016: Oranje built on quicksand This was supposed to be the year of Oranje's renovation. France was the first opponent. The media was devastating after the 3-2 loss in…
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Hi all, merry xmas and all that. I'm not into this sort of thing. Sure, I like the food and love the Boxing Day games in the EPL but I'm…
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It is that time of the year. Reviews, tributes, overviews... The main event in 2016 for Dutch fans was not Oranje's Euro victory in France. It was the passing of…
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My friends, I'm sorry I had to push the Van Persie top story aside so quickly. Hope you still enjoy reading that if you haven't already. But this is too…
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We're smack in the middle of one of those generation gaps. It happens with smaller football nations. Belgium's gaps are longer than their peaks. Denmark had a trough but seems…
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When things aren't going your way, visualising success and a turn-around helps. What also helps, is to look at situations that are or were even worse! To give you a…
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This is part 2 of the Wim Jansen story on the KNVB strategy "Winners of Tomorrow". A big number of football "experts" were engaged in this big think tank platform…
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Quick reminder and request: please come check me out on Facebook and like me :-). I will show my age with these words... But one of the most underrated players…
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BREAKING NEWS: I've created a new Facebook page "Dutchsoccersite" to bring more interaction with you guys. Please go there and like the page for me ok ;-)? And here is…
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Ok I am not going to respond to the Blind comment (again). I can only say that in Girona, they're…
I think you are correct on Dumfries, but Kuyt had a lot of functional technique. His touch was impeccable. Not…
Excellent analysis. I'm on it!
@Jan We should have done with Blind from 2020..He was turtle slow as left back,always afraid to commit going forward,He…
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I would like to see Timber and Frimpong combi working together, see how that goes. Too bad its not going…