Articles tagged with "persie"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 10th, 2009
This is the picture that was promised to the Oranje fans in 1990 and 1994... Obviously, with a naranjita jersey, but hey...
It's 2009 now... 19 ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 7th, 2009
The last qualification game for Oranje against Scotland in Glasgow will not have any serious implications. After an impressive qualification series, Holland doesn't need to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 5th, 2009
Van Persie scores the 1-0
Oranje tested the patience of the fans in De Veste in Enschede against Japan. In the final phase of the game, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 2nd, 2009
The Dutch national team wants to win the World Cup next year in South Africa. There you have it!
But the shenanigans in the transfer world ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 9th, 2009
Arsenal wasn't deaf to the unprecedented interest in the man who came five seasons ago to London for a fee from Feyenoord. Chelsea, Man City, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 5th, 2009
While stumblin' out of bed early in the morning to watch a CL game, you sort of go over the scenarios.
You'd definitely expect a match. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 4th, 2009
Wenger: And this is how you use your right foot!
London is a city of football (and football clubs) but also the show-bizz hot spots with ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 28th, 2009
All the excitement propped up in one month, it seems... All those big games.
Tomorrow it's leg 1 of the CL! Barca vs Chelsea. Cruyff vs ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2009
Robin scores the 2-0...
How this team has grown... And I'm not referring to the victory over Scotland per se. I mean, they weren't that good, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 18th, 2009
A picture says more than a thousand words right? Well, a YouTube clip says more than a WC and an EC as a far as ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 10th, 2009
Probable line up for Oranje...
Oranje only misses one steady selection player when it takes on Tunisia. Ibrahim Afellay got injured last Sunday and decided to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 22nd, 2008
Glenn Hoddle was more of an artist than an athlete. He painted masterpieces on the pitch when active as a player and when watching a ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 25th, 2008
Drenthe in his typical style...
It's deep in November... Players are getting tired, coaches face injured key-players, the pitches turn hard, the weather gets worse... November ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 19th, 2008
So much for the rumors about a rift between these two...
The few fans that did show up in the Arena saw four wonderful goals and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 18th, 2008
Dirk Kuyt's goal last Saturday for Liverpool against Bolton was more than just a goal.
Kuyt has scored in the last three months in all possible ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 18th, 2008
Bert van Marwijk used his experience as club trainer Monday night, when he told the press he'd allow his players rest in the warm up ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 6th, 2008
I was so looking forward to seeing Real - Juve only to find out that EPSN broadcasts it...well...now.
Which is the reason why you didn't see ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 21st, 2008
Del Pierro does his Pete Sampras impersonation...
Well, it was a short night and an early morning... My first course was Van der Sar vs Loovens.
Or ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 18th, 2008
As we discussed earlier on the blog, the second best thing about Oranje being so many points up towards the WC is the fact that ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 17th, 2008
When I watched the Norway - Holland game I realized we could lose and I also realized it may even be a good thing to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 15th, 2008
Kaboom! That's the sound of a shot of Afellay's right foot, hitting the ball into the net at training. Like a canonball the leather is ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 9th, 2008
If all goes well for Sneijder, he will be part of the Iceland selection this Saturday, but he will start from the bench.
It's a common ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 21st, 2008
The Feyenoord fans had a great day against Volendam (5-0 win) and didn't mind the draw against Ajax, yesterday. And the player who gave his ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 11th, 2008
This post was ready to go, but I got sick and forgot to post it. So, here it is. Old news, for a bit, but ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 8th, 2008
I heard the Dutch team didn't do too well against Australia. Although I heard the goal was pretty impressive.
Still, if I were team manager, I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2008
Straight after Holland's defeat against Russia at the EC, Johan Cruyff expressed his confidence in Oranje's future. But, he also had a warning. He said: ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2008
He visited Tcheu La Ling in 2005 and he suddenly saw the light. "I wouldn't make it on my talent alone. The tests I did ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 5th, 2008
Since the last EC, Maarten Stekelenburg is Oranje's new goal keeper. But he'd rather you didn't call him the successor to Edwin van der Sar. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 4th, 2008
source: goal.com
The Dutch FA has appointed former Feyenoord manager Bert van Marwijk as Marco Van Basten’s successor. San Marco was Holland’s boss for the past ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 4th, 2008
By JONATHAN NORTHCROFT
As humble inhabitant of a nation of football players wearing slippers instead of football shoes, I was eagerly awaiting the birth of a ...
