The Eredivisie has been called the Mickey Mouse competition since before Walt Disney got the inspiration to draw the black mouse, it seems... But the so-called Big Leagues have lost…
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In a week in which I had some pleasant Dutch football surprises and some Dutch football shocks, I think it is time to look at the future of Dutch football.…
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Feyenoord's youth system architect Wim Jansen with inspiration Johan Cruyff Dutch Eleven? I can hear you think? Did the Dutch team lose? No, Feyenoord lost. Against Marco van Basten's Heerenveen.…
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Young Feyenoord debutant Tonny Vilhena posing with his hero, Robin van Persie. Louis van Gaal called Ronald Koeman last week to tell him seven players of the Feyenoord club had…
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From left to right: Tonny Vilhena, Terence Kongolo, JP Boetius, Anass Achahbar The Feyenoord youngsters keep on impressing. Last week, they beat PSV, this week the win over NEC prompted…
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This is where we proceed with the Big Louis van Gaal piece, from De Voetbaltrainer. Still no pictures (other than the main one) and no way to augment fonts :-(.…
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Dear reader, the blog techno geeks have updated the blog software for some reason but as a result I cannot get images to work :-(. I've spent three days hassling…
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Hi all, I'd like to wish you a very happy New Year.... And a big big thank you for being part of this blog. It's been a tempestuous year for…
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A lot of great things in the world are born out of necessity. In the golden 1970s, Feyenoord was one of the more wealthy clubs in the world. A massive…
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PSV seemed to join the ranks of Dutch behemoths Ajax and Feyenoord over the last 15 years with a huge string of titles. The last years, however, PSV had to…
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I was looking at the groups over the weekend. If we aren't out in the first round, but definitely in…