Articles tagged with "oranje"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Dec 4th, 2007
News that undoubtedly will be cheered upon by many... Marco and Johnny call it quits after the EC...
Although earlier soundbites suggested Marco wanted to go ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Dec 3rd, 2007
PSV talent Ibrahim Afellay is being followed by Arsenal. Reps of the Gunners watched the 21 year old left footer play a good game last ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Dec 3rd, 2007
Marco van Basten announced to the press last week, that as far as he is concerned it is clear what will happen after the EC. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Dec 2nd, 2007
Goose, our roving reporter, already posted some soundbites by San Marco. This is one I particularly like:
Marco: "They called our WC2006 group the Group of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 27th, 2007
PSV is still alive. They beat CSKA Moscow in the away game 0-1 by a Jefferson Farfan goal in a dreadful game. The circumstances ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 27th, 2007
Spanish newspapers report Royston Drenthe may well be on his way out this winter. According to reports, he sat in his casual clothes on the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 25th, 2007
Looking at the results of Oranje against the WC opponents, it seems that Group 9 is a group Holland should be able to win. With ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 20th, 2007
Orange Tiroler suits, wigs with tails, cows and a lot of orange... According to insiders there will be a lot of Orange Heidi's in June.
Orange ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 19th, 2007
Willem van Hanegem's column in www.ad.nl
I would be highly surprised if the KNVB and Marco van Basten discontinued their relationship. Or even stronger: I would ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 19th, 2007
In the next weeks the decision on Van Basten's future with Oranje will be made.
In the beginning of December the KNVB and Van Basten will ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 19th, 2007
Per next season, Huub Stevens will finally return to Eindhoven. The former player and youth coach of PSV was courted by PSV for a long ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 17th, 2007
This week it's exactly four years ago when Wesley Sneijder helped Oranje qualify for the EC2004 with one goal and three assists against Scotland.
Asked what ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 16th, 2007
Danny Koevermans will make his starting debut in Oranje against Luxembourg. The 29 year old PSV striker will form the strikers' duo with Ruud van ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 16th, 2007
"Sleep baby sleep, outside there are some sheep," is what the Oranje legion sang. March 13 1992... Oranje played Malta. Marco van Basten tried again ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2007
After two fixtures with Liverpool without any playing minutes, Dirk Kuyt is anxious to get a real chance with the Dutch team. Against Luxembourg, there ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2007
In football terms, Oranje is a force. The Orange army. Total Football. The fans, the weird clothes, the hats and caps... But sometimes, Oranje isn't ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2007
With the search for a fitting alternative for Koeman (and Jol, and Rutten, and Stevens) the chance is big that PSV will ask Jan Wouters ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2007
Canadian super talent Jonathan de Guzman, the dynamic Feyenoord midfielder, has decided he wants a Dutch passport. The youngster is 5 years in Holland now ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2007
Ok, a question to keep everyone awake and keep the blog dynamic :-)....
If we'd make a 15 minute collection of the best Oranje moments of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2007
When Marco van Basten at long last made his way back into football, it was only logical that he'd start his new career at Ajax. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 1st, 2007
Koeman wants Van der Vaart... The former Ajax coach and former Ajax star clashed the last time they worked together. It was one of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 29th, 2007
Edwin van der Sar has said he'll retire from Oranje after the EC 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.
Sar made his debut in 1995 and is ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 29th, 2007
Willem's column in the AD
"Jaap Stam was a great defender, but more importantly, he was a great guy. A sensitive guy to, but it's hard ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 25th, 2007
Martin Jol is not longer manager of Tottenham Hotspur. The troubled coach, who was fighting allegations that his board wanted to get rid of him, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 24th, 2007
Taco van der Velde's column in VI
It's hard to be Dutch these days. First, all but one of all Dutch clubs were swept from the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 18th, 2007
Arjen Robben: (on injuries)
"It's frustrating. You're out with injury, you work hard to come back, and once you are, you are as happy as a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 17th, 2007
Wesley Sneijder could really emphasize with the fans. "Yeah, we did start well, but the second half was a disaster. We made it hard for ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 16th, 2007
Oranje plays Slovenia tomorrow and Robin van Persie will be back in the starting line up. The Arsenal striker gives Oranje more class. He is ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 13th, 2007
The KNVB hopes Holland will win the match against Rumania tonight, of course, but also that Oranje will be able to improve the public image ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 13th, 2007
The Dutch football team has always been admired across the border. But in Holland itself, the criticism has been growing over the last ten years. ...
