Articles tagged with "Netherlands"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 6th, 2006
It was quiet after Holland was ousted from the WC. Most pundits and columnists were kind to the team and it's coach, Marco van Basten. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 6th, 2006
Could Arjen Robben be on his way to the Bernebeu? Everyone laughed when one of the last Madrid president claimed he would sign David ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 6th, 2006
Allez les Bleus et vive la France!
Oops did that accidentally slip out?
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 5th, 2006
This letter by Edgar Davids has just been published in Dutch football weekly VI.
Edgar was prompted to write this letter after an infamous press conference. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 5th, 2006
Johan Derksen is senior editor of the leading Dutch football magazine VI. He analyses games on tv and is supposedly very close to Johan Cruyff. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2006
I’m just interested in your ideas… Which coach did the worst job?
Was it Brasil’s Parreira? Telling the world which eleven would start (including the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2006
Tim is 19 years old, born close to Rotterdam and was scouted for Feyenoord when he was 9 years old. Tim spent his youth playing ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2006
The best players of the world seem to be cursed. At the peak of their game, they just can’t seem to be able to become ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 4th, 2006
Well with the Dutch now finding themselves with a LOT of free time on their hands they are able to concern themselves with their day ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 4th, 2006
Former Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids was very unimpressed by the Netherlands' performance in the match against Portugal in which they were eliminated. I really ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 2nd, 2006
Ruud van Nistelrooy isn't going to take himself out of the running for international football. He has flatly rejected retiring from the Dutch national ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 2nd, 2006
Marco van Basten's contract will be extended in order to keep him in the top spot until the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2006
I think some of us are too hard on MvB. Let’s look at some facts.
Before he came on board, we had the big names (Stam, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 1st, 2006
There was a whole lot of positives in the tournament that left us wanting so much.
Wesley Sneijder turned in some good performances. The Dutch ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jul 1st, 2006
The Netherlands are out of the World Cup. When I slipped my brand new #11 Robben shirt out of the bag and put it ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2006
This is not a joke!! I just read on the www.ad.nl site that Marco van Basten's holiday destination is become public knowledge. They're laughing their ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2006
Typical Dutch, I guess.... We're out of the tournament, but still we'd like to yap on and on and on about it :-). How bad ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 29th, 2006
Three days after Oranje was ousted of the WC, Marco van Basten looks back… He saw his team trying their best, but fighting too much ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 27th, 2006
Yes, he already stated that he’ll stay on as team manager. And yes, the Dutch federation – KNVB – has approached him already for a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 27th, 2006
Football is a people's sports. It belongs to the people. Yeah right... Today, professional football (emphasis on the word professional) is owned by FIFA. We ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jun 26th, 2006
Well what do you know...M. Blatter agrees with 98% of those reading this blog in that the referee was AWFUL yesterday. That makes me ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 26th, 2006
Oranje desperately wanted to achieve on the most significant stage of world football. Coached by Marco van Basten, who in turn would be guided by ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jun 26th, 2006
Here are some quotes from the players from Portugal and the Netherlands. Here are the coaches' thoughts. If they can be civil and ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jun 25th, 2006
Well that was a travesty of a match. The officiating was awful. Figo should have been sent off for the head-butt. That ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jun 25th, 2006
I don't know what to say about it really. I hope van der Vaart comes on for van Bommel. It seems like another ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jun 25th, 2006
Lining up against Portugal in Nuremburg today will be:
E. van der Sar
J. Mathijsen
A. Ooijer
K. Boulahrouz
G. van Bronckhorst
M. van Bommel
P. Cocu
W. Sneijder
R. van Persie
D. Kuyt
A. Robben
There ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 25th, 2006
GAME DETAILS
Netherlands vs. Portugal, Nuremberg, 21:00 CET
Travel to Nuremberg
Bet on Netherlands vs. Portugal (UK Bets Here)
World Cup Gear: Netherlands | Portugal
THE BIG PICTURE
Portugal had ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 25th, 2006
For the first time this WC, Holland will play in the Away-jersey, mainly white shirts with the red-white-blue band in 1930's style on the chest, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 25th, 2006
After Saturday’s training session, Marco van Basten declared he was sorry that he criticized Van Nistelrooy during Thursday’s press conference. “I hadn’t had time for ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Jun 25th, 2006
Well here we are. I've read in a few places that the Dutch should be pleased with what they've accomplished given Marco van Basten's ...
