Phillip Cocu passed the ball into him. A quick turn and a shot on target: goal! He jumps laughing into the arms of Pierre van Hooijdonk, at the side of…
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When things aren't going your way, visualising success and a turn-around helps. What also helps, is to look at situations that are or were even worse! To give you a…
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Disappointing. The finals of the Euros reflected the quality of this tournament perfectly.... A boring game with one nation not really interested in playing attacking football and the other nation…
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Euros Schmeuros.... I'm watching a lot of games, keen to see a moment of brilliance of Modric, Bale, Ozil or Dembele. So far, it was not great. Some good stuff…
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We'll look at the Euros a bit. But first this: Henk Fraser to coach Vitesse. Zjelko Petrovic to coach ADO Den Haag. And Tonny Vilhena said no to offers from…
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My oh my... what a summer (winter for me)... Apologies for not posting much in this time. There was not that much to share I suppose and I have been…
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Only 2 days to go, gringos!!! It is really taking me by surprise, this World Cup. I thought it always started in a weekend... Hahahaha! Two more memory lane posts…
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We had to wait a long time for this. But today, it's game on! Sure, it's a friendly, and sure, we are still missing a lot of lads and sure,…
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Oranje broke the deadlock (and the horrific series) against Portugal last night with a draw. Midfielder Strootman scored the Dutch goal in the first 20 minutes of the game, C…
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The Deer in the Headlight look of Paul Verhaegh The first international game in the new season. After that breezy Asian tour, important wins over Indonesia and China, we are…
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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…