Articles tagged with "Netherlands"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 1st, 2006
I just glanced through the provisional Italian squad. It struck me that every single player plays in Italy. How often does this happen? ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 1st, 2006
van Bommel figures that he is happy in Barcelona and rejected a move to Bayern Munich as a replacement for the greedy greedy Michael ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 30th, 2006
I threw in my opinion and vote. You should too. There was a case made for Arjen Robben but I disagreed and thought ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 30th, 2006
It seems to me like some of these Dutch Coaches just keep swapping places with each other. Dick Advocaat was manager of the Dutch ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 29th, 2006
I just finished watching the Chelsea, United game. Credit to Chelsea they played well and owned the midfield. The thing is I was ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 28th, 2006
I've talking to some of my friends and family about the squad selection and a common theme is the confusion regarding some of Marco van ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 28th, 2006
A whole ton of past, presnt and future Dutch stars were on hand to watch Ajax dish out its player of the year trophies. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 27th, 2006
It seems like the pressure is building on Danny Blind and there's nothing he can do about it. Despite Ajax's emphatic aggragate win over ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 27th, 2006
Illustrious leader Bob and the Brazil blog threw up some funny ads. Now its my turn although this one is still from Euro 2004. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 27th, 2006
I was considering van Basten's comments a while back about how he was looking forward to Euro 2008 and not specifically this year's world cup. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 27th, 2006
After losing the Champions League to a fast and attractive Barcelona side Clarence Seedorf wasn't what one might call a good sport. It's possible ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 26th, 2006
If you were to ask most of the correspondants on the site, "Could your country win the World Cup?" they would probably respond with, "Sure, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 25th, 2006
A topic yours truly has really been following lately is the possible inclusion of Klaas Jan Huntelaar in the team. It was big news ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 25th, 2006
We've done reasonably well picking those players we feel will be marching off to Germany come the middle of May. But let's be honest, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 24th, 2006
Apparently former Dutch striker Johnny Rep has admitted to diving in order to win a penalty so that the Netherlands would be assured a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 24th, 2006
Something the Dutch have escaped so far have been any serious injury problems. Any concerns throughout the qualifying campaign have been resolved but now ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 24th, 2006
After a two-day pilgrimage to the land of my birth I'm back and ready to go. After Van Basten named his squad on Friday ...
Posted on: Serbia World Cup Team Blog by Lyle | Apr 21st, 2006
No Makaay!!! Van Basten has smelled too many Tulips.
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 21st, 2006
Marco Van Basten released the preliminary 33 man squad for the team. He still has to cut 10 men. The only surprising thing ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 20th, 2006
I realize that this video is meant to spur on the German supporters to help roar their team to victory but I, being a Dutch ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 20th, 2006
Dirk Kuyt was voted the Eredivisie's most valuable player for this past season. I think this reflects his over all contribution to his team ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 20th, 2006
I would dearly love the Netherlands to win the World Cup -*pause for the collective "DUH"*-. I would love for them to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 20th, 2006
Ajax and Feyenoord will face off in the Netherlands with both teams looking for a spot in the Champions League. Luckily for fans like ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 20th, 2006
Gio Van Bronckhorst thinks that Marco van Basten has got the formula just right for the world cup. He figures that when so many ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 19th, 2006
Thumbing their noses at their pesky little Benelux cousin Luxembourg, football officials from Belgium and Holland have met to discuss the possibility of co-hosting the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 19th, 2006
The Dutch and Belgians are considering a bid for the 2018 World Cup finals. I remember when they held the Euro 2000 tournament together. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 18th, 2006
Mbark Boussoufa has agreed to play for Morocca's national football team. He was apparently born in the Netherlands and was even supposedly in line ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 18th, 2006
The next order of business is to select the 8 defenders for the squad. 4 full backs and 4 centre halves. Opinions ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 17th, 2006
A report from Sportinglife.com has suggested that Ruud van Nistelrooy's time at Old Trafford is coming to an end.
The report says Ruud would ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 17th, 2006
It has been suggested that Arjen Robben will be on his way out this summer in order to make way for further changes to Super-star ...
