My friends, I had plans to write this article for months but constantly delayed it as we had more pressing, current football matters to discuss. I got the question on…
"I focus on selecting players who add energy, not players who take energy away" We ring out the year 2016 with the Man of the Year (and last 70 years):…
The Netherlands are celebrating their first christmas without Cruyff. The start of the post-Cruyff era. Our biggest football player ever, our national icon. It might be a coincidence, but without…
It is that time of the year. Reviews, tributes, overviews... The main event in 2016 for Dutch fans was not Oranje's Euro victory in France. It was the passing of…
When things aren't going your way, visualising success and a turn-around helps. What also helps, is to look at situations that are or were even worse! To give you a…
I like some drama, as you know... But it wasn't really a tragedy for me. Friendly schmriendly, really. We lost. Big deal. We won vs Poland and England. Big deal…
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…
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…
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…
Let's look at the way we had to operate during qualifications. And allow me to first draw your attention of the Pre-Qualification period. 1. WC 2014 Van Gaal decided to…
Yes I agree, it will be close. He's still not on the bench.