Davy Pröpper is a pro player no more. PSV made this announcement this week. The 30 year old tore his contracty up (he had 1,5 year to go with PSV)…
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This was a good week for Dutch football. I don't want to bore you too much with the co-efficiency ratio discussion ( a battle played out in a spreadsheet, not…
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After a bit of a break (and a lot of Olympics ! ) it's time to focus on football again. This weekend, the Eredivisie starts and so do some of…
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Let's look at the way we had to operate during qualifications. And allow me to first draw your attention of the Pre-Qualification period. 1. WC 2014 Van Gaal decided to…
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While I am laughing my arse off watching Louis van Gaal being interviewed by the English media, I am writing this. The first session of training for the PrePreLim squad…
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Interesting times. A wise man taught me, that if one door closes, another door opens up. Sometimes more than one.... And I have seen this happening many times. We can…
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The Dutch competition is on its way and most other competitions have followed suit. Oranje will commence it's qualifications journey soon and there is more than enough talking points. We'll…
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I think hard and long about my post titles, and this is the one that won. Not "Lousy Italians steal victory", not "Unlucky Jong Oranje leaves tournament with heads up…
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With an empathic win over Russia, Holland has confirmed their status as finals favorite. In the second game of the tournament, Oranje added five goals to their tally of three,…
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Any international game between Oranje and Germany is ALWAYS eventful. And it always matters a lot! Even if it doesn’t matter at all.... It has been 20 years since Young…
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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…