Wow guys, I needed a couple of days to emerge again after the celebrations.... "It was 20 years ago today...", The Beatles said, but it was actually 18 years and…
Oh my Goodness, where to start!!?!? Well, with that comment from a blog guest the other day, saying Ajax isn't getting enough airtime here. If they reach the bloody finals…
Yes, this weekend it will most likely happen, after 18 years of drought. Sure, in 2002 we got the UEFA Cup and we won some national cups, but the title...the…
Danny Blind is out. It's old news. Henk Ten Cate won't do it. New news. It might be Dick Advocaat. At this stage, anything that happens will become just another…
We were able to focus a bit on fun stuff here (Fosu-Mensah, Ruud Krol, Tiju) but we need to face reality again. Amongst the incredible performance of Ajax in Gelsenkirchen…
Holland produced tremendous talents in the 1970s. We all know the names, and the memories. Johan Cruyff, of course. Van Hanegem, Neeskens, John Rep, Wim Jansen, Rob Rensenbrink... The right…
While us here at the blog could debate the positioning of Stekelenburg vs France or the Dost disallowed goals vs Sweden for weeks on end, the Dutch have shrugged off…
The last World Cup we had to miss was the 2002 one in Japan/South Korea. Mr Van Gaal is probably extremely motivated this time around to atone for his sins.…
Most of us will have seen the movie Moneyball, with Brad Pitt? Based on a true story, a baseball team in the US picking and signing players purely based on…
I was looking at the groups over the weekend. If we aren't out in the first round, but definitely in…