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…
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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…
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Oops!! I forgot to give you my prediction!! Well, I think we will win this 3-1. The Turks will score a late consolation goal. I think we'll grab them by…
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It's good to be back! Thanks again, for staying true to your favorite Dutch blog :-). Starting to feel the jibbers already for the Saturday game!! And after, we'll take…
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And we're back!! After a long pause, in which yours truly had to muster the energy to keep on going as well. A long spell without Oranje and some serious…
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What is the problem? Hiddink? Is it that easy? The whole nation was in shock after the 2-0 defeat vs Iceland. And all those people who rejoiced when Hiddink was…
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And here we are again. We finished really well at the World Cup, only to totally screw up our Euro campaign. We saw it in 1974, in 1978, in 2010…
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Hi all, with my recent dropping out of publishing I received a kind suggestion to open up the editor role for this blog. Maybe create a team of 3 or…
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I am sorry guys, I am making up excuses for having abandoned you. I feel like Darth Vader. Using Oranje's defeats as an excuse is lame. But there is no…
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We all needed a bit of a football break after the World Cup, I imagine. For me work got in the way. Things are really taking off with my new…
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@Tjeerd, Thank you for posting the link; really good.
Good analysis. Thank you
Found this analysis of the game on the NYT's Athletic. Good read, free link. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7370754/2026/06/20/netherlands-sweden-result-world-cup-gakpo-brobbey/?unlocked_article_code=1.rlA.BC3V.DOzBkx-v3-RS&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
Finally, finally, finally, a game to make you look forward to the next one with confidence. Each game Van Hecke…
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It really shows that Van Dijk and Van Hecke need more playing time together, individually great players but man, in…