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…
Oh the irony... Gary Lineker once defined football as a game "between two teams of eleven and at the end of the game, Germany wins...". Last night, Lineker tweeted: "Who…
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…
We didn't qualify for two big tournaments, we burned through some very decent coaches in a short time (Advocaat, Blind, Hiddink), we produced thigh thick reports about how dreadful our…
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…
Last time Ronald Koeman called up Holland's best players, Steven Bergwijn wasn't part of it. The youngster was flabbergasted. But Koeman felt he was needed for Young Oranje, while the…
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…
I had a nice analysis prepared for today, focusing on Oranje and Koeman's options but AZ Forever mowed the lawn under my feet! (Dutch expression) In case you wonder: why…
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…
Yes I agree, it will be close. He's still not on the bench.