My oh my... what a summer (winter for me)... Apologies for not posting much in this time. There was not that much to share I suppose and I have been…
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Well, time for reflection. The football-less summer is here. The one in which we can marvel at the South Americans or smirk at the women... I had a serious bout…
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The Dutch overly cricital analysts said it before the game: "If we really need to lose sleep over an away game against Latvia, than we have sunk really deep...". And…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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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While the umptieth war is waged (I am not talking Israel - Hamas, but Laurent vs the rest, which I choose to ignore) lets have a look at our future...…
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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…