Articles tagged with "marco-van-basten"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 25th, 2007
Oh, I forgot...
Should we keep 4-3-3 as the Dutch Housestyle, the Dutch School of Football.
HELL YES!!!
We should. We should integrate it in our youth development ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 25th, 2007
Well, allow me to explain what I meant with "the system is discussion is a load of intellectual masturbation".
See, using the terminology "4-4-2" vs "4-3-3" ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2007
I am a fan of Marco van Basten. I may be the biggest fan he has. He is the most complete player ever on this ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 17th, 2007
The Dutch Federation - the KNVB - has announced that Marco van Basten has expressed his wish to stay on after the EC08, until the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 17th, 2007
At halftime, the Real socios were unhappy, waving their white handkerchiefs. Real was behind 0-1 while rivals Barcelona gave Gimnastic a run for their money. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 13th, 2007
So what did the Oranje trip to Asia amount to? The debut for Engelaar and Slory. Ok. What else? Ah, Gio van Bronckhorst thought South ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 7th, 2007
“Not that bad an option, eh?” That was Marco talking, a bit cynical, about Rafael van der Vaart as a false right winger. Cynical because ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 7th, 2007
Marco van Basten was satisfied with Oranje’s performance against the weak Thailand side. “I’m happy with the way we played, particularly in view of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 6th, 2007
Mario Melchiot’s name is a suprising one during the Asia trip of Oranje. The defender, who played for Ajax and Chelsea among other clubs, made ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 3rd, 2007
It's funny... I am obviously a big Oranje fan, but at the same time fairly critical and sometimes a bit sceptical... But, I must say, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 2nd, 2007
Without playing great football, Oranje won the friendly against South Korea relatively easily with 2-0.
Both teams did their best to make this friendly really matter ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 30th, 2007
Team manager Marco van Basten can look forward to a new start with the 10-day trip through South Korea and Thailand. The much debated return ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 25th, 2007
Today, Marco van Basten announced the group for the Asia trip, in the first week(s) of June. Biggest surprise is the presence of Andwele Slory, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 25th, 2007
Ruud van Nistelrooy will be available for Marco van Basten's Oranje again per next season!!!
Today, the Dutch team manager announced the group names for ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 18th, 2007
Former PSV, Barcelona and Chelsea star Boudewijn "Bolo" Zenden was surfing a cracker wave at Liverpool at last... After being injured at the start ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 15th, 2007
Clarence Seedorf... They called him "Opa" (Granddad) in his younger days at Ajax... Eyes behind flashy sunglasses, brains overcooked by fashionable cap, driving a red ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 15th, 2007
In the summer break - right after this season - Marco van Basten will take his group to a tour around Asia. Oranje will play ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 8th, 2007
Goose mentioned this one too. Let's look at what Ruud said. And start a nice thread about it. After all, it's only a couple of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 8th, 2007
Orange Legend Arie Haan - WC74 and 78 (remember those long distance strikes? Zoff still has nightmare whenever he ate Cock au Vin) - recently ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 25th, 2007
It almost reads like a comic book: The Adventures of Bommel and Basten…
Some weeks ago I posted a transcript of Van Basten’s interview with Jack ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 15th, 2007
Sorry guys, but even moderators need a break every now and then...
I'm off to Sydney and The Blue Mountains tomorrow. Won't take my laptop. So, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 13th, 2007
Louis van Gaal tried to use his magic to trick Werder Bremen with a tactical find, but AZ couldn't peak against one of Germany's best ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 10th, 2007
There’s been a lot of talk about my stance regarding Oranje. I can be very short about this. I don’t care. In Holland, it’s fashionable ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 10th, 2007
On the KNVB website Marco van Basten declared he is following Jonathan De Guzman (Feyenoord) and Leonardo (Ajax, ex-Feyenoord).
"They're both very talented players, who fit ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 10th, 2007
Dutch team manager Marco van Basten was the guest in the discussion program Studio Voetbal, hosted by Jack van Gelder and with analyst (and former ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 7th, 2007
In the Telegraaf newspaper, Ruud van Nistelrooy spoke openly about Oranje and Marco van Basten. The Real Madrid striker thinks he can still be important ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 3rd, 2007
Henk Kesler always reads the remarks on our blog before he goes to work :-). My latest post triggered him to publish this article on ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 3rd, 2007
Most fans are not happy with MvB as team manager. The reasons? They are listed prolificly on this blog... I won't go into that.
Questions were ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
After the Slovenia match there were the compliments and the handshake from Van Basten. Immediately after that, KNVB boss Kesler was ready to hand-over the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
In international football, all that counts is results. And therefore, Oranje did well yesterday evening. It needed a win. Because of history, our standing, statistics ...
