Articles tagged with "holland"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 15th, 2008
Last Tuesday, Foppe de Haan published his definitive selection for the Olympics. Roy Makaay, Kew Jaliens and Gerald Sibon are the "dispensation" players (sorry, don't ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 14th, 2008
Van Basten is back at Ajax!
Ten year of mismanagement and no international prizes to speak of formed the run up to the infamous Coronel report. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 13th, 2008
There's been quite some criticism on Ajax' youth development. Johan Cruyff and Finnster two name just two (Finn, your name in one sentence with JC!!). ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 10th, 2008
The KNVB site sometimes publishes interesting Top 11 lists... In Dutch, as you know. This time around: the toughest players...
11. Mark van Bommel
Doesn't shy away ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 7th, 2008
What can you say... We need at least three Best Oranje's Ever: we have Gullit, Bergkamp, Van Basten, Van Vossen, Rep, Rensenbrink, Moulijn, Keizer, Roy, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 6th, 2008
Let's keep them votes coming it...
I can't help but organize this in a 4-3-3 system, so some players will have to play in a different ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2008
The EC is history. Spain won. So what? It's old news. Bring on the new...
The next big thing will be the World Cup (have I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2008
Deco will move from Barcelona to Chelsea. The Portuguese midfielder will be reunited with his Portugal coach Scolari.
Patrick Kluivert returns to Holland! He will move ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2008
* Playing lousy and copping criticism and playing out-of-this-world football can be sleeping on the same pillow.
* Playing out-of-this-world football and playing crap in the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 25th, 2008
The Unlikely Fan, obviously still reeling from his adopted Oranje's exit from the tournament and taking it about as well as Hillary Clinton, gives his ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 24th, 2008
Thank you Finnster... All of you, drop what you're doing and vote our Angel:
Just checked the Norwegian newspapers and one of them is running a ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2008
1. Jogi Low is an excellent picker
After being sent off against Austria, Germany's coach wasn't allowed to contact his players during the game against Portugal. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2008
Your Euro 2008 semi-finalists are: Turkey, Germany, Russia, Spain. Of these four teams, only Spain are unbeaten. Turkey lost to Portugal, Germany lost to Croatia ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 23rd, 2008
The collective wisdom is that it's good for a national team to have players playing in the big leagues outside their own country. If ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
We have two games to cover with this weekend's award ceremonies. So let's get cracking. First up ...
The Life of Brian Award : ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 22nd, 2008
It's 14 hours after the horrible exit of Oranje. Is it time now to look at our performance objectively.
Let's find out.
Psychological / Mental
Holland came into ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Most actors in today's drama were gutted... But also pretty honest.
Marco van Basten: "Russia deserved to win. They could have won with a bigger difference ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
It's more than half an hour after the game. I needed some time to collect my wits, my thoughts and all the coffee cups I ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 21st, 2008
After the France-Netherlands game, where France was demolished, 4-1, reports started coming out that France players Patrick Vieira and Patrice Evra had come to blows ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008-liveblog/euro-2008-qf3-liveblog-netherlands-vs-russia.html
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Oranje will start in the same line up as it did against Italy and France. Khalid Boulahrouz will play as right back and Engelaar will ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 21st, 2008
As if the Dutch needed any extra confidence coming off of their 9-1 aggregate victory over the rest of the group of death, they can ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 21st, 2008
This is the dream matchup of the quarterfinals. Both teams have been playing some beautiful attacking football and Russia's mastermind, Guus Hiddink, is both from ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
Sorry guys, it's 5.30 am and Croatia - Turkey is still on. Watching football at this time is only fun when watching quality play...
Turkish goalie ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 20th, 2008
It's only taken one game, of course the UEFA Cup didn't hurt, and Andrei Arshavin's stock is shooting through the roof. Previously clubs like Newcastle, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
When he got back in the Russian hotel, Guus Hiddink enjoyed a late supper and went to bed. But the sleep wouldn't come. He enjoyed ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Oranje will play Russia in the quarter finals on June 21 and never before did Holland lose on that particular day. We played five games ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 19th, 2008
1980 was an interesting year in sports. The US beat the Soviet Union in the most famous hockey game ever. The Wenzels were ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Huntelaar is training for the Tour de France: " Imagine, winning the title and the yellow jersey in one year!"
Oranje finished its entrees, but the ...
