My friends, Happy New Year, first and foremost. I started this blog back in 2004 when I was completely devoid of any Euro 2004 coverage in Australia and I had…
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It's been another eventful week for the Dutch football fans. We are smashing the coefficiency ratios with our tremendous results in Europe (Ajax, Feyenoord, AZ, Vitesse, PSV) and we might…
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The circumstances were a tad less than perfect. No fans to cheer us on. A successful coach who bailed two weeks before the games. Four defenders (three starters) missing. A…
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No no! It won't be Advocaat or Blind :-). As we discussed earlier, Koeman is not to be denied at Barcelona. How different will it be for his successor at…
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We didn't know this would happen. But we knew Koeman really wanted this to happen. For years, Koeman shared his big dream to one day coach his favorite Barcelona. In…
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Hi all, I realised I am becoming a bit of fossil. The whole world is podcasting, infuencing, selling shit via instagram etc etc. And I am just sticking to the…
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Well, taking a break from blogging about football didn't result in any good outcomes for the Dutch clubs in Europe! Oranje is still asleep - friendlies coming soon! - and…
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I got the request to write a piece on Mino Raiola, the Super Agent. I had this piece in preparation so the timing is perfect. Raiola on money, De Ligt,…
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We all love train wrecks. There is a whole category of movies in that vein: disaster movies! We can't get our eyes to turn away. Or when there is a…
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And just when we started to feel really good about ourselves...what with Oranje performing well and reaching the Euros, Frenkie impressing in Spain, Dutch coaches on the up and up…
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I'm a big Zirkzee fan. Picked the wrong club (Man U) I think he would fair better at Arsenal or…
It’s really bittersweet feeling. Bitter bc we are out of Nations League QF, Sweet bc we have earned the praises…
I was hoping NT to go through on penalties and a show down with France. More confidence for the boys.…
There we go! Depay on the penalty.
right, Hato is out, that was why I was asking...thanks for the answer.