Since 1998, Holland has played so-called "uitzwaai" games, before a big tournament. This time around, Wales was the "Australia stand-in" and LVG was able to try his non defensive approach…
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SEVEN DAYS TO GO. Gosh, I need a timer on my site.... Why am I so web-challenged... :-( Anyway, no matter. It's one more friendly before we go for the…
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Only 15 days to go!! And 5 days until we learn the final definitive selection! The Netherlands has 15 mio team managers. People (fans, ex players, coaches, analysts, media people)…
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It is easy to be disappointed after a 1-1 but I personally think this is not bad news. Because IF Veltman would have blocked that through pass and if RVP…
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Dear friends, Johan Cruyff again agrees with me. It is becoming a bit predictable and boring, I know... But this 2013-2014 season is a very positive season for us. I…
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Louis van Gaal doesn't doubt stuff. He doesn't doubt, full stop! And in particular not himself. But... Lately, with Strootman taking a big injury hit and half of the Dutch…
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Most Oranje fans would want any competition to stop now to make sure players like Robben and Huntelaar and Nigel de Jong won't get injured... With Strootman out and Van…
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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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I predicted a 1-3 win for Oranje over France. Well... I wasn't too far off.... Couple of little mistakes. Only 2 goals vs the 4 goals I predicted which is…
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Oranje is 100 days away from Brazil. Only 100 days.... It feels like it's so close. But looking at the task of Van Gaal, you'd wish it was 1,5 season…
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“Somehow, this didn’t work.”. Haha! Great analysis as always, Jan. I’d love to work new players in to gain experience…
Haha! What’s really funny is over the course of the past few months he’d been asking me random / impossible…
Great story. Cruyff would probably just say: “Good, but you still didn’t get it right.” 😉 Serious though — it’s…
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I feel Koeman should risk Summerville and Van de Ven in case they coped up a yellow. Summerville > Malen…