It has been quite a disappointing week - again - for Dutch football. Not a good way to start a Dutch Football Blog. Our disappointing Euro summer was even compounded…
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What a depressing summer we had... In hindsight (always the best sight), our top players disappointed (Sneijder, Robben injured, Van Persie), our top talents didn't shine (Memphis, Berghuis), Van Gaal…
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Disappointing. The finals of the Euros reflected the quality of this tournament perfectly.... A boring game with one nation not really interested in playing attacking football and the other nation…
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We'll look at the Euros a bit. But first this: Henk Fraser to coach Vitesse. Zjelko Petrovic to coach ADO Den Haag. And Tonny Vilhena said no to offers from…
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Arjen Robben has been there too. Top talent in the Groningen youth. Made his debut at 16 years old. Was on the hitlist of many top teams at a young…
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It is quite annoying to take too long to write posts. Before you know it, things change and Louis van Gaal is out. Propper is staying with his pregnant girlfriend…
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Thank you all for your kind words on the post earlier. I don't mind football debates and everyone is entitled to their opinion. But if they back it up with…
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Musings... ON FACEBOOK Our Netherlands World Cup Facebook page was taken down by Facebook! I am not sure why, they don't get back to me and I'm a bit done…
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In 2015, Memphis (21) won the title in Holland, got the golden boot as top scorer and became the most expensive player PSV ever sold. At the same time, he…
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If you start writing a post but don't have time to finish it you can punished! The prelim squad becomes definite, new players come and existing players get injured... Never…
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JB, each time you tell me more about it, the gift seems cooler and cooler. And your son came up…
Despite probably not impacting our positioning in the next round, I hesitate to start looking too far ahead. We need…
I have just checked the World Cup table. Morocco beat Haiti and finished 2nd in Group C. If the Netherlands…
Sounds great! Thanks Johan. I live in the US and grew up in the DC area. My mother's family were…
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Great story. Cruyff would probably just say: “Good, but you still didn’t get it right.” 😉 Serious though — it’s…