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Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 25th, 2009
"Some people say football is a matter of life and death... These people are wrong. Football is much more important..."
Today, the sad news of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 19th, 2009
I don't care about friendlies. Whether we win, lose, play new players, old players, no players...
It doesn't work for me. Too much factors in play ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 16th, 2009
Bert van Marwijk praised his defense. Which basically means Oranje didn't play well. "We couldn't bring it tonight. It was disappointing. You sometimes get those ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 13th, 2009
Johan Cruyff wasn't the first to leave Holland (Faas Wilkes played in Italy, Kees Rijvers in France among other players) but JC's departure to greener ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 11th, 2009
In three games against Australia, Oranje hasn't been able to win.
Last Saturday, Oranje played the Socceroos away. In Australia. A unique happening, since most ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 11th, 2009
Just got back from rainy Sydney...home again in...eh....rainy Byron Bay :-).
Carlos and myself at a certain point discussed which Oranje game we last watched live ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 8th, 2009
Australia is excited with Oranje's presence Down Under. The friendly against the Socceroos coming Saturday is close to being sold out (45.000 tickets sold). It ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 8th, 2009
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar left Real Madrid for AC Milan because he wanted to play. Until now, he never played longer than 64 minutes and is still ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 7th, 2009
Your roving reporter bought a new digital camera and used his contacts to sneak into the stadium where Oranje had it's first training session... It's ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 7th, 2009
After 22 hours of flight and 2,5 hours of stop-over, Bert van Marwijk resembles an American president after his eight years reign in the White ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 13th, 2009
Robin adores Adabayor and kisses his feet...
Robin van Persie played a great game, albeit in a position where his skills aren't used in an optimum ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 4th, 2009
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored eight goals in six games for Madrid but his third coach in 6 months didn't want to have him training with the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 29th, 2009
I was able to see some action this weekend, so a quick "The World According to Jan" post here.
First off, Liverpool is vulnerable when Gerrard ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2009
Two football behemoths versing each other in a friendly. In the pre-season... What to expect?
The English lads are still prepping, our Madrid boys came back ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 28th, 2009
Why not? With only eleven months to go and with most of you already putting up your fave names...let's make a crystal ball post on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 26th, 2009
Another Nico Dijkshoorn column :-)
It just doesn't take off, the star behaviour of our football players. C Ronaldo does it with Paris Hilton. Or did. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 18th, 2009
Henk Fräser (42) played six games for Oranje. Now, he was a successful youth coach at Feyenoord, went to be the assistant coach at ADO ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 4th, 2009
The Dutch football federation has published their strategic plan for the next 5 years, and in it the KNVB states that one of it's ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 2nd, 2009
Only a short while back Oranje had too many great players for the four forward positions. Bert van Marwijk picked his starters on the basis ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2009
Barcelona scored more than 100 goals this season. But Edwin van der Sar does not fear the star-strikers of the Bluegrana's. The ManUnited goalie has ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 12th, 2009
Arjen Robben has been fit since December 2008. Five months without an injury is almost unique for the Madrid winger. He gave Real extra impulses ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 15th, 2009
Few games could have matched the tension, drama and emotion of last night's encounter between Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC, but the UEFA Champions League ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 14th, 2009
Is it me, or does Liverpool always feature in classic CL-matches...?
As I already wrote in my preview, getting back from 1-3 down in 90 minutes ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 13th, 2009
Hi all... with Easter behind us and a massive agenda for yours truly I'll only do some short current news stuff. I've got some pre-cooked ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 8th, 2009
You know it's CL football when it's Liverpool - Chelsea :-).
What is it, the 6th time on the trot, this fixture? But whatever it ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 7th, 2009
Only two more nights (for me in Oz, that is) and we can set our alarm clock at 4.00 am (yes my friends, this is ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 2nd, 2009
Arjen Robben was on the ground, just jhaving received a knock from Pandev. Wesley Sneijder sprinted towards him and pulled him up, as if to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 2nd, 2009
Bert van Marwijk: "Well, now it's safe to say that if we don't make it to the WC, I will resign..."
"But seriously," he went on, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 1st, 2009
It's early in the morning in Oz and I'm ready to watch our lads take on Macedonia live!
Well, live for me :-). Dodged the news ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 30th, 2009
The tension in the WC Group of Oranje has evaporated. Now, the topic will be team building. All eyes are focused on Wesley Sneijder.
While the ...
