Articles tagged with "beenhakker"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 14th, 2009
There's always something going on with Jon Dahl Tomasson. It may sound unsympathetic, but everytime there was a rumble on the pitch at Feyenoord, JD ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Mar 13th, 2009
Contrary to what he said lately, Leo Beenhakker decided to include some surprises in Poland’s squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Northern Ireland ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Mar 2nd, 2009
Ireneusz Jelen scored yet another goal to convince Leo Beenhakker that he may be useful to the Polish national team. He's playing the decisive role ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Feb 23rd, 2009
If Leo Beenhakker had any tactical plan ready for the game against Northern Ireland he has to revise it quickly. Lukasz Gargula suffered an injury ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 16th, 2009
Statistically, Makaay is one of the greatest. He can easily be mentioned in the same sentence as...Van Basten, Van Nistelrooy, Muller, Shearer, Rush, Raul, Batistuta, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 15th, 2009
FC Groningen produced many a great player. Arjen Robben is probably example number 1, nowadays, but the Koeman brothers were developed in the North as ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 13th, 2009
This weekend, El Classico is on the program. The one and only. In an earlier post I wrote about the historic backdrop of this massive ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Feb 12th, 2009
After a very close match Poland defeated Wales 1-0 due to an incredible lob by Roger Guerreiro. The game answered some, but not all questions ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Feb 10th, 2009
Are we ready for the encounter against Northern Ireland in the World Cup qualifiers? The best way to learn is to watch tomorrow’s friendly against ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Feb 8th, 2009
...but it doesn't mean you don't have to read this note. Don't expect any new players in our national team's starting eleven in the near ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Jan 26th, 2009
"No more experiments" seems to be Leo Beenhakker's message when we have a look at his recent call ups for the next friendly against Wales. ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Jan 15th, 2009
Leo Beenhakker called up players from the Polish Ekstraklasa for the February training camp in Portugal and friendlies against Lithuania and Wales. There is only ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 5th, 2009
Bryan Roy played 32 caps for Oranje. Developed at Ajax, he played for Foggia, Nottingham Forest and Hertha BSC. The former left winger tells us ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 31st, 2008
A wonderful, prosperous and healthy 2009 for all of you, my friends!
My Crystal Ball (tm) told me the following last night:
* Van Marwijk qualifies easily ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 27th, 2008
We all know Louis van Gaal. The elegant playmaker. In his youth, destined to follow up Johan Cruyff if he ever left Ajax (which he ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Dec 15th, 2008
We’re finally through with 2008 as far as the Polish national team is concerned. In the ultimate game of the year the Polish “B” team ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Dec 11th, 2008
While preparing for the Sunday's friendly against Serbia the Polish team of hopefuls defeated Antalyaspor 3:0. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch the game since ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Nov 25th, 2008
Artur Wichniarek scored his ninth Bundesliga goal, yet there are less and less voices asking for a call up for the Bielefeld striker. What's the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 23rd, 2008
I actually thought I wrote about this earlier, but I can't find the post anywhere :-(.
So here goes, by popular demand... What happened at (or ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Nov 23rd, 2008
The future regular Polish team members together with probable one cap wonders are all on the list of Leo Beenhakker’s call ups for the December’s ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Nov 20th, 2008
In our second best game of the year Poland defeated Ireland 3-2. This was our most important test before the qualifier against Northern Ireland next ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Nov 6th, 2008
Usually, this would be a sensational news; Artur Boruc is left out of the Polish squad for the friendly against Ireland. It would also sound ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Oct 16th, 2008
On Saturday I learnt once again why I love football. Yesterday I learnt once again why I sometimes hate it. This was the most suckers-like ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Oct 15th, 2008
Sorry for the swear word in the title, but I'm just paraphrasing what Leo Beenhakker said after our win against the Czech Republic. Leo said ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Oct 11th, 2008
We're about to witness two games that may determine the shape of the national team for the next four years. To put it simple, if ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Oct 9th, 2008
In what's looking like a move caused by sheer desperation on Leo Beenhakker's behalf, Jacek Krzynowek is likely to be the next player tested on ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Sep 30th, 2008
The speculation is over, Artur Boruc and Dariusz Dudka paid the price for their insubordination in Lvov and both return to the national team. The ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Sep 24th, 2008
Leo Beenhakker will announce Poland's squad for games against the Czechs and Slovaks next week. The biggest question is whether Artur Boruc returns. Should Lukasz ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Sep 13th, 2008
So, we're through with two World Cup qualifying games. We played horrible, but managed to earn four points nevertheless. We're still in the competition. The ...
Posted on: Poland World Cup Blog by tomasz | Sep 11th, 2008
Apparently Polish players don't read this blog (after all, most of them don't speak English) as they didn't listen to my plea voiced in the ...
