I will show my age with these words... But one of the most underrated players from the legendary WC1974 team was Wim Jansen. Defensive midfielder of Feyenoord. Robin to Van…
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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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My friends, I bumped into this series and I'm going to share it here with you. Nice to use this as a starting point for more discussions... We will start…
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Trivia time (I have been keeping track of all our starting lineups, positions, subs, goals and assists etc. on a spreadsheet since the world cup.. including info for all of…
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I knew the day had to come. The day that Memphis got (some of) his mojo back. It would have been unthinkable that a lad with so much talent would…
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The Dutch need the three points against Luxembourg. Period. All the other story angles are fluff. There is a record to be had as well though. Oranje has won 9…
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Or actually: three losses... Friendlies are there for coaches to try things out, test the team, build confidence, let players gel together and for federations to make money…. However, prestigious…
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The ones who have been with me and the blog for years know my stance on friendlies. I don't like them. I have told you many times why. Won't go…
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No, I'm not referring to Appie Nouri, the brilliant young Ajax midfielder who hopes to get his first start for Ajax 1 soon. When he was 11 years old, the…
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With all the comments on the site recently about Blind needing to do this, and do that, and try him and try her, I'd like to write a post about…
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Nice post, Johan. I have a similar view of the game. Xavi made the players look better, and certain players…
What a great post! I get a smile on my face reading it all back. Yes, this gives us a…
That is funny JB, thanks for posting. Good performance. One game, but Xavi looks the part of the right man…
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Yeap after a long time its hard to deny this was a step up. You can say the germans are…