Japanese people are generally considered to be very polite. I can only imagine there will be a national holiday soon, the Koeman Day. One would expect that after Dick Advocaat's…
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It's all heating up nicely. Only 79 more sleeps until the start of the World Cup. Let's look at the state of the Oranje players. As we all know, past…
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These matches "for the beard of the emperor" or "for the cat's pussy" as the Dutch call it, are dreadful to watch. Uninspiring venue. Bad pitch. Nothing to play for…
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And here we go again chaps! Time for Oranje banter. Stop hiding and come out and play! If Frenkie de Jong is back in the squad, why aren't you back…
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Almost a month to go and we're starting to leave the club competitions behind us. You will have seen the squad selection by now? I don't think too many surprises.…
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This is not a sentence I expected to write. Ever. Memphis has been super important for the Dutch NT, ever since his appearance at the World Cup in 2014. Under…
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And here is the final result of the little Scorito competition we had going, the competition of course being called Lowievenkaals Armie. Shawn is the absolute GOAT of this competition.…
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In what is most likely Oranje's worst performance for decades (even the 2012 Euro matches were better) the team lost the midfield, Van Gaal lost the tactical battle and everone…
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It is always interesting to see how football fans respond to things going on, versus what experienced (ex-) players or coaches say. We had years of discussion about Kuyt, Daley…
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After the WC draw, people felt this was going to be easy. Even last week, some football pundits felt Senegal would be a walk-over. A bit arrogant maybe? I don't…
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JB, each time you tell me more about it, the gift seems cooler and cooler. And your son came up…
Despite probably not impacting our positioning in the next round, I hesitate to start looking too far ahead. We need…
I have just checked the World Cup table. Morocco beat Haiti and finished 2nd in Group C. If the Netherlands…
Sounds great! Thanks Johan. I live in the US and grew up in the DC area. My mother's family were…
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Great story. Cruyff would probably just say: “Good, but you still didn’t get it right.” 😉 Serious though — it’s…