Articles tagged with "marco-van-basten"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 27th, 2006
As I write the Netherlands are playing Cameroon in the first of three friendlies leading up to the World Cup. The Oranje lead 1-0 ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 26th, 2006
The great Rinus Michel's legacy of Total Football is said to live on in present coach Marco van Basten. We shall see.
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 26th, 2006
Robin van Persie is making his push for a starting role in the World Cup. van Basten plans on using his preferred eleven against ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 26th, 2006
Everyone is checking the FIFA site daily looking for new pictures of the team right? I don't really like the keeper's shirt at all. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 26th, 2006
Here's a translated transcript of an interview with Marco van Basten. He seems to have a sense of humour.
NOS: I have to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 25th, 2006
Apparently Marco van Basten never even thought about giving Dennis Bergkamp a call. Oh well, we'll let the great man get on with his ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 25th, 2006
Reuters has posted a summary of the squad that includes a brief bio of the player and some stats. Is it just me or ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 25th, 2006
Reader Daniel threw this on as a comment but I think its worthy of a post so that noone will miss it. I'm assuming ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 23rd, 2006
The current squad briefly compared the that which won the European Championship in 1988. He makes a good point about grinding out results too.
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 23rd, 2006
Skim the article down to the fourth last paragraph.
"Dutch manager van Basten regards van Nistelrooy as his spiritual heir"
Say what? Has anyone actually ever ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 23rd, 2006
In the blackness that has covered Ruud van Nistelrooy's career at Manchester United there still remains a glimmer of hope. Hope for the man ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 23rd, 2006
After a short hiatus, I have returned. The first order of business was directed to me by reader Jan. If...IF...van Basten had asked ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 19th, 2006
That's an interesting little phrase. I really think that van Basten has had an incredible effect on the team. van Basten has taken ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 17th, 2006
So how about those young Dutch stars? In the UEFA U-21 championship the Dutch haven't had much luck. In 2004 they didn't qualify ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 16th, 2006
I guess only 8% of the Dutch population think Marco van Basten did the right thing by leaving Huntelaar out.
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 16th, 2006
I really feel bad for Huntelaar. He probably figured he had his spot in the bag. van Basten feels bad too.
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 15th, 2006
Well...did he? van Basten left out the Dutch league's leading scorer. That's fairly bold. It's something I've been thinking about all day ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 14th, 2006
This morning I was surprised to see Ryan Babel's name on the list of 23 players making their way to Germany to represent the Netherlands. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 14th, 2006
Marco van Basten has explained some of his choices after picking his 23 man squad.
He was sympathetic towards Huntelaar and he realizes that ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 14th, 2006
Finally we have all the answers to our questions. Davids or no Davids? Which of the strikers will he be taking? ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 12th, 2006
A bunch of little rumours are all wrapped up in one article. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arjen Robben are two players the Real Madrid ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 12th, 2006
Here are some little news bits that I got from the official site.
Kew Jaliens still has the possibility of being fit for the World Cup ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 10th, 2006
A couple pictures of the squad in training. Good to see Ruud on the pitch with a ball
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 10th, 2006
Marco van Basten has said that he will take three centre-forwards from the four in the squad. That means that one from Jan Vennegoor ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 10th, 2006
van Basten is a smart guy. He realizes that only real weakness in the Dutch side is the defence. So he tried to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 9th, 2006
There is still a chance that Davids and others may yet get called up to the squad. Their chances took a mighty big hit ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 8th, 2006
van Basten's policy has always been that if you don't play for your club team then you'll never have a chance to play for the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 8th, 2006
Here is the team as selected by the general World Cup Blog reading public. Squad selection for the Dutch team is a little tricky. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 8th, 2006
It looks like van Basten has made a cut of sorts. From 33 + Heitinga down to 28. Vlaar, Bouma, Emanuelson, Meerdink and ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 7th, 2006
While one Dutch striker is in turmoil another flourishes. Klaas Jan Huntelaar's brace, including a 90th minute winner, was enough to hand Ajax the ...
