Articles tagged with "nec"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 1st, 2009
When Mario Been discusses his craft, he often ends a monologue with "But they don't teach you that on the coaching course". The Feyenoord coach ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 10th, 2009
Mario Been and new signing Sekou Cisse
"No sorry, you're speaking to the burglar" was what I heard when I asked the person on the phone ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 17th, 2009
NEC's penalty specialist El-Akchaoui
It appears to be so simple. The penalty kick. You, the ball, eleven meters and that goal. Oh, and somewhere there is ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 5th, 2009
And the excitement builds up. NEC seemed to have lost it with Mario Been announcing his move to Feyenoord, but they kept no. 2 Twente ...
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 26th, 2009
Former Barca man Gabri, important for the balance....
Ajax coach Marco van Basten will confront Fiorentina the Italian way. "We don't want to be vulnerable."
Defending the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 18th, 2009
A day at the office of Jhon van Beukering, NEC-striker
The European euro-ball is starting again, next week. Champions League football! What a posters to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 2nd, 2009
The man does something right. In the same season inwhich his team plays tremendous football and gathers the points, the three main rivals stumble.
Ajax may ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 3rd, 2009
Arsenal has renewed Nacer Bazarite's contract, the Gunners announced this week. Arsenal refers to a "long-term" deal.
The 18 year old Dutchman plays on loan for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 2nd, 2009
Christmas and NYE drinks in Nijmegen have a dubious status since 2004. Two NEC coaches were sacked right before the festivities. Both Johan Neeskens and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 29th, 2008
NEC developed Willem II player Frank Demouge
Mounir El Hamdaoui (24) off AZ and Frank Demouge (26) of Willem II were the stars of the first ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 18th, 2008
Heerenveen and Feyenoord are out! And even worse, Feyenoord even lost the last game in an empty De Kuip, 0-1. It seemed the fans silently ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 16th, 2008
Mario Been had a bit of a laugh. Again, the press made the connection between the success coach and "his" beloved Feyenoord. The 45 year ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 8th, 2008
On the night Mario Been and NEC won in Moscow, Roy Keane decided to quit as manager of Sunderland.
One Chris Woerts is part of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 4th, 2008
Mario cheers....
With all that KJH humbug happening and our top teams performing so poorly, it's easy to oversee that a couple of teams are actually ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 28th, 2008
Some of the worst players in the world...
"The boys lost to the men..."
"The worst team ever..."
"Spectacular win in Hamburg..."
Some of the headlines in the post ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 27th, 2008
"There was some rumour in the dug out, suddenly... Some message was handed down from the stands and Thijs Libregts said: Mario, go warm up. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 25th, 2008
Finally, a good column by Hugo Borst again. He may not know a lot about the game, but he can write. And sometimes, he puts ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 22nd, 2008
General Manager Jacco Swart has to think about their trip to Bukarest some weeks ago when NEC had to play Dinamo.
"It was crowded with press ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 19th, 2008
The problems our players, coaches and clubs face year in year out are felt by yours truly as well:
The calender is sooo full!
Players start the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 7th, 2008
This week the UEFA cup draw was held and these are the results:
Heerenveen gets Ronaldinho and Co. AC Milan is in Heerenveen's group, as are ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 5th, 2008
At the
www.eredivisie.theoffside.com
blog...
Come and see me there!
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2008
"Wijnaldo" scored the first for Feyenoord....
I told you so, Dutch clubs belong in the UEFA Cup. I've never seen Feyenoord players be so happy after ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 1st, 2008
The master and his apprentice...
PSV demonstrated yesterday that we probably feel most comfortable in the UEFA Cup these days. A sad but realistic statement.
For now, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 30th, 2008
PSV, Feyenoord, Ajax and the other usual suspects are at it again, this week...
PSV will have to travel to Anfield Road to battle Kuyt and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 19th, 2008
Hunter scores again after 6 dry matches.
Hard to say, really.
Feyenoord lost at home against Sweden's number one. Feyenoord had to play without Slory, Makaay, Landzaat ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2008
NEC coach Mario Been
Well, I'd almost say: the interesting European Cup for us Dutchies is starting soon... As if I accept the fact that we ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2008
PSV won, Feyenoord won.... AZ lost again.
Louis van Gaal had the worst season last year with his team, but decided to stay on because he ...
