Johan Cruyff famously said: "There are four people on the planet I will listen to if it's about football. Wim Jansen is one of them." He was head coach for…
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He was retired. But can football animals like him ever retire? "I had my fill of club coaching. It's very intense. And when you coached Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern and Man…
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A combination of factors contributed to the abysmal performance and result away versus Montenegro. And as a result, we saw the worst and the best of this Oranje, in the…
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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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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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Today was the presser pre-Turkey. The fact that Gakpo and Nathan Ake had to leave the trainings camp. Gakpo due to injury, Ake for 'personal reasons'. Van Gaal was disappointed,…
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We always approach these analyses from the Dutch perspective, of course, but it is also fair to say that Norway played really really well. But, we are not going to…
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In a period within which Dutch clubs are making their massive come-back onto the European front! Sure, everybody knows Ajax and PSV has also had some recent smaller successes in…
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In typical form, Louis van Gaal was presented at the KNVB centre in Zeist, along with his staff. As per usual, he couldn't help but show his bluster. "I am…
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After a bit of a break (and a lot of Olympics ! ) it's time to focus on football again. This weekend, the Eredivisie starts and so do some of…
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Johan, Jan, thank you guys for the article and the comments. The comments posted in Jan's third post show the…