Tonight is the big night for Oranje. Another finals to play. Oranje will face Latvia in Riga with a new defence and mostly a new midfield, with Jordy Clasie a…
After having been served a sumptuous main meal last Saturday with the brilliant Iniesta, Messi and Mascherano winning another Champions League at the expense of Juve, we are prepping ourselves…
I keep on repeating myself... I don't like friendlies. Because you can lose a friendly, while the coach has a wry smile and thinks "Great! Learned a lot. I have…
After some weeks of frantically following all that happened in the Eredivisie, the EPL, the Champions League and the Oranje shenanigans it is finally time for me to write my…
Johan Cruyff will always be a factor at his two favorite clubs, Ajax and Barcelona. His opinion will be heard. He will voice it himself ( in meetings, via his…
Guys, it was good to be back! Enjoyed our actions re: Turkey and Spain. Will keep the blog going I think. I have had some highly generous donations from some…
Stefan de Vrij summed it up nicely. The ex Feyenoord man scored again vs Spain, in last Tuesday's friendly: "I wish we'd play all our international games against Spain...". It's…
As per usual, I found myself in decent company. Both Dutch football gurus Van Hanegem and Cruyff lamented Hiddink's line up choices after the game vs Turkey. Both legends of…
Bert van Marwijk was criticised to be a little bit too....blend. Too grey. Too vanilla. Not daring enough. So the KNVB wanted to go back to the swagger of total…
Yes I agree, it will be close. He's still not on the bench.