Articles tagged with "the-netherlands"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2007
Peter Wekking's column in VI:
Real Madrid had just beaten Werder Bremen. Ruud van Nistelrooy had just scored his 50est goal in the CL and Johan ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 1st, 2007
PSV Eindhoven was already with their heads at the upcoming clash with Inter Milan. The Italian champs are on a roll at the moment with ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 30th, 2007
AZ is kicked out of the national cup and lost three games in a row! Louis van Gaal can't be a happy trooper. And the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 30th, 2007
Or low-lights?? We' ve got some interesting Eredivisie stuff, European goals and some nasty little injuries...
PSV Eindhoven seemed on top of things after winning their ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 30th, 2007
Guus Hiddink's column in De Telegraaf:
Since people always assciate me with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich I thought it would be good to explain a bit ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 27th, 2007
This article was placed on the blog through a link, but I thought it would be nice to post it separately. Thanks, Stephen...
Fabio Capello claims ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 26th, 2007
I think Goose and his new team member deserve a post of their own, right :-)?
Good work, buddy... Hope the missus is doing well too? ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 25th, 2007
The actual interview was longer on the site. I took the liberty to skip questions on womens football (sorry gals), the future of professional football ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 25th, 2007
Van Basten's visit to the VIP box of Chelsea for the Man United cracker didn't go unnoticed in Holland.
Why would San Marco be a guest ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 25th, 2007
Marco van Basten and John van 't Schip released the names for the preliminary group for the EC qualifiers against Rumania and Slovenia.
Both Denny Landzaat ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 23rd, 2007
A new concept in Holland: Super Sunday!
Today, AZ plays Ajax and Feyenoord plays PSV.
And with that, Ronald Koeman plays Louis van Gaal :-). ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 22nd, 2007
I don't know... I mean I just finished writing the pun on JC being diagnosted with dementia and read some more stuff in the Dutch ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 21st, 2007
At last!!! It's in the media. Seedorf, maybe very smart and slick or maybe a bit naive, started the campaign... Well, someone had to do ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 21st, 2007
Ajax won the tough away game against Dynamo Bucarest with 0-1. The best man at the side of the Sons of Gods was Gregory van ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 20th, 2007
We did ok... It's only the UEFA Cup but that's a level where our clubs maybe belong. I have a hard time seeing Ajax, PSV ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 20th, 2007
Just kiddin'... But the Chosen One or whatever he thinks of himself has thrown in the towel. In mutual agreement, according to the official press ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 19th, 2007
It's funny how totally different Foppe and Marco are... Both employed by the KNVB, both team managers for Orange, but that's it.
Foppe won two prices, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 19th, 2007
It's great to see our fellow country men do so well in Europe. As you can see in my earlier post, we do have some ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 19th, 2007
Nine out of ten times if there's a problem, whatever the problem is, one can find the cause in "a difference of expectations".
We, the Dutch, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2007
Trainer Ronald Koeman of PSV can't use Otman Bakkal - one of the Dutch U21 stars - and Mike Zonneveld. Bakkal has a knee injury ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2007
Frank Rijkaard is losing credits in Barcelona, according to Spanish papers Marca. Last season, Rijkaard didn't win any price and this season the competition start ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2007
Column by Van Nijnatten in the AD paper.
"It was a beauty of a goal, that didn't belong in this terrible game," said Emanuelson.
But he didn't ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2007
I wanted to give it a go. It's just a post. Don't shoot me.
Here are my musings...
1. Qualification matches are always tough. Here's why...
Players are ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2007
Real Madrid-striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is on the threshold of a fine milestone in the Champions League. The Barbant born player only needs one goal ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2007
This photo lends itself for a funny caption...
How'bout:
Ruud: "Okay Marco, you're laughing now, but how'bout I'll punch your teeth from your face!"
Doesn't it look like ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2007
For your local trivia night...
Edwin van der Sar came at 121 matches against Albania. The tall goalie showed in that match that he's still ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2007
Rinus Michels won another price. The late great Dutch coach is pronounced the Best Coach of the World (post WW2) by The Times.
No discussion, according ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2007
This Hugo Borst's column in the AD. Borst is/was (?) a personal friend of Marco van Basten. Borst is - in my view - a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2007
After four match days, Feyenoord is the lone leader in the Eredivisie. Feyenoord won 1-3 against Roda JC and didn't lose any points. The difference ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2007
When asked whether Feyenoord midfielder Jonathan de Guzman should decide to play for Holland or Canada, Feyenoord coach Bert van Marwijk said De Guzman would ...
