Oops, I should have posted this already in January... It's one of those things. The Oranje Year 2016 in review. Well, always nice to have an Oranje debate (broader than…
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"I focus on selecting players who add energy, not players who take energy away" We ring out the year 2016 with the Man of the Year (and last 70 years):…
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The Netherlands are celebrating their first christmas without Cruyff. The start of the post-Cruyff era. Our biggest football player ever, our national icon. It might be a coincidence, but without…
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March 2016: Oranje built on quicksand This was supposed to be the year of Oranje's renovation. France was the first opponent. The media was devastating after the 3-2 loss in…
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My friends, I'm sorry I had to push the Van Persie top story aside so quickly. Hope you still enjoy reading that if you haven't already. But this is too…
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This is part 2 of the Wim Jansen story on the KNVB strategy "Winners of Tomorrow". A big number of football "experts" were engaged in this big think tank platform…
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I knew the day had to come. The day that Memphis got (some of) his mojo back. It would have been unthinkable that a lad with so much talent would…
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The ones who have been with me and the blog for years know my stance on friendlies. I don't like them. I have told you many times why. Won't go…
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No, I'm not referring to Appie Nouri, the brilliant young Ajax midfielder who hopes to get his first start for Ajax 1 soon. When he was 11 years old, the…
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With all the comments on the site recently about Blind needing to do this, and do that, and try him and try her, I'd like to write a post about…
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For me, the only player not seeming to be at the level of the others is Mickey Van de Ven.…