It seems Oranje is never able to do things the easy way! We either cruise through a tournament beating big nations only to crash land unexpectedly (1974, 1998, 2021 Euros)…
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After 3 years in the wilderness, Danjuma is now Orange's Hope in Scary Days ( Dutch expression). VI Pro visited Danjuma in warm and smouldering Valencia, where Danjuma lives next…
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It's been another eventful week for the Dutch football fans. We are smashing the coefficiency ratios with our tremendous results in Europe (Ajax, Feyenoord, AZ, Vitesse, PSV) and we might…
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This was a good week for Dutch football. I don't want to bore you too much with the co-efficiency ratio discussion ( a battle played out in a spreadsheet, not…
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We have seen some lively discussions off late, about Berghuis, Lang and Danjuma. Keep the debate going, as I'm sure things will heat up even more, the closer we get…
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Trust me, I didn't write this post after Ajax - Besiktas. I started this post a day before. But Berghuis' goal and assist do carry weight of course, considering today's…
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Hi all, I wasn't intending on harping on on the Berghuis topic, but I watched the Studio Voetbal broadcast on Monday, with Rafael van der Vaart and Ibi Afellay and…
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Michels was known to be a burly, surly man. Never a smile. Never a kind word. A disciplinarian. But in his final days as a coach (1988 and 1992) he…
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Hi all, most of you will have noticed some dynamics on the blog... There are some people who seem to want to bag the Dutch attempts to glory by putting…
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As per usual, the expectations of the Dutch fans were high. We all want to cheer away the Czech and recent Norwegian blues, while clearly the Covid-restrictions also add to…
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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…