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…
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…
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…
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…
What a night. We had early goals before (WC finals 1974 anyone?) and it hasn't always resulted in greatness. This time, things seem different. An early goal. Another goal in…
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,…
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…
In the past weeks, we saw some negativity posted here about the team which prompted me to respond. There were so many things said, that I felt a counter-post was…
De Boer was convinced that his team could play the 5-3-2 system. Most players have played it, some still play it. And it's not hocus pocus, he said. And of…
What would have happened if Rijkaard didn´t focus on Rudi Völler and did that disgusting stuff, Germany won the WorldCup…