It's a tradition. Every last week of the year, this blog has an in-depth one on one with the most important man in Dutch football: the NT manager. This is…
It's your time now! As we close to the end of the year, a year in which the drab and disgraced Dutch National Team straightened the back and rose, like…
Rafael van der Vaart retired from professional football immediately. A small news item in the papers. Something some people thought had happened already... His last years were a disappointment. For…
The win over Germany resulted in some interesting responses. Ronald Koeman, usually critical and sceptical, was very positive about his lads. He lauded their work rate, their skills, their quality…
Any match vs Germany (or West Germany) will bring the heart rate of any Oranje fan up. The pantomime villains! But if we get a double bill for games, vs…
The dark, barren days truly seems behind us now. Those days, when we couldn't qualify for a big tournament, remember that? Now, we have some world class central defenders, exciting…
The big word after the France game, was "hopeful". Somehow, we lost again. But instead of the drama after Van Gaal's loss ("we can't play 4-3-3 anymore but we can't…
The next international game vs Peru has Sneijder's farewell as the main theme. The new qualification series for the Euros is starting too, but all eyes and focus are on…
Wow! Two clubs in the Champions League group stages! What a luxury. Well done Ajax, well done PSV! A wonderful start to the season, particularly with Salzburg missing their chance,…
What would have happened if Rijkaard didn´t focus on Rudi Völler and did that disgusting stuff, Germany won the WorldCup…