Articles tagged with "jol"
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Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 9th, 2009
Castillion
In the olden days, Feyenoord or Ajax delivered the top guns for Oranje. Moulijn, Swart, Keizer, Van Hanegem, Jansen, Cruyff, Krol... After a while, PSV ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 5th, 2009
The season is almost two months old and PSV and Twente are above Ajax in the tables. At the same time, Ajax hasn't impressed in ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 31st, 2009
Rob van Dijk, oldie but goldie
Mario Been and Martin Jol are facing their first ever classic as coaches. The Amsterdam ArenA is the venue for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 6th, 2009
Martin Jol didn't need extra time to ponder the question. What did the Ajax coach think of Oranje's trip Down Under. Jol: "I don't like ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 1st, 2009
In these columns, we regularly discuss Ajax's history, importance for Dutch football and their shonky management in recent times. The Sons of Gods had the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 20th, 2009
Luis Suarez spent 25 hours on a plane to play for his country Uruguay. Jan Vertonghen played two shit games with Belgium and injured his ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2009
The Europa League is clearly regarded as much less interesting for Australian broadcasters. Not one game was presented here, so all my views are based ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2009
My main man Goose took care of the stats of this weekend in Holland, thanks for that...
It seems Feyenoord still plays a bit unstable, mixing ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 8th, 2009
Elia played four competition games for HSV Hamburg and was elected Man of the Match in two. Against Dortmund he prepared a goal by dribbling ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 23rd, 2009
Just a limited post on some football this weekend. Haven't seen much, so please comment or add to my comments...
In Holland, Feyenoord took the lead ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 22nd, 2009
And for the second time in this young season, Suarez was allowed to take the match ball home. It's the standard present for a player ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 16th, 2009
In weekend no. 3 one of the first six classics was programmed: PSV-Ajax in Eindhoven. A defeat at home would have resulted in the first ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 10th, 2009
Many have commented on Real Madrid's victory over Washington DC now. Always a tough game, Washington away :-). Good to see Robben not being affected ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 3rd, 2009
And we're off!
Leaving all the pre-season shenanigans and friendlies and tours and tournaments behind us...
Last week we saw NAC, Twente and PSV impress in Europe ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 27th, 2009
Ajax ended it's season warm up with a loss against Benfica (2-3) in the Amsterdam Tournament.
Just like in the Atletico game last Friday, Ajax created ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 25th, 2009
Friday night, Ajax presented itself to the home fans at the Amsterdam Tournament against Atletico Madrid.
Luis Suarez late penalty secured the draw against the Spanish ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 24th, 2009
The warm up towards the new season isn't over yet and we could still see some big moves happening (De Zeeuw to Ajax?) but for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 22nd, 2009
AZ coach Ronald Koeman banned international Demy de Zeeuw from the group. The message is clear: AZ doesn't want to be screwed with!
It was a ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 13th, 2009
AZ beats Feyenoord....
In Dutch football, there really isn't a top 3 anymore. Nowadays, we talk about the "traditional top 3" and in that case ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 12th, 2009
Wouldn't you want this man to be your mate?
Every football fan in the world knows Ajax. Ajax is synonymous with adventurous, attractive football.
In the 1970s ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2009
Former Ajax star Johan Neeskens doesn't get it anymore. The current Galatasaray assistant coach sees a team playing in the Ajax jersey, and in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 26th, 2009
For the first time in decades, Ajax started the new season with training yesterday without a new signing to present. The only new face was ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2009
A few days after the victory over Iceland Oranje will play Norway at home. John Heitinga is clear about his ambitions: "After this wonderful series ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 5th, 2009
Eljero Elia came up with an amazing confession after Oranje's last training: "I've never been to Oranje before." The press almost commented "we know you're ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 2nd, 2009
Rik van den Boog, general manager at Ajax, presented Martin Jol as their new coach last week. "Most people are positive and enthusiastic about Jol. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 26th, 2009
The choice was: Danny Blind or Martin Jol. Ajax wanted a name, a coach with experience and a tough taskmaster. Martin Jol is all that. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 1st, 2009
Nigel de Jong is honest: "I was never a fan of Manchester City... I mean, we all watched Man United, Liverpool... But I did like ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 26th, 2009
In the next round, Gabri will come and whoop your ass!
We can lament the status of Dutch football for hours, but luckily the world will ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 19th, 2009
The ol' Meatloaf knew a thing or two about football...
NEC tried to upset title candidate HSV Hamburg in Nijmegen, but just a little extra push ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 17th, 2008
Ajax will play their strongest team against Slavia Prague tonight. The Amsterdam club did qualify already but coach Marco van Basten wants to finish first.
The ...
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