Articles tagged with "van-basten"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 11th, 2008
Hiddink: "Doctor, look what I've got growing on my hand!!"
Let's evaluate the EC a bit more from a distance from it all...
With the Olympics underway ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 31st, 2008
The EC is well behind us and in all evaluations of the performance of the Dutch (more to come!) it's clear that little big man ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 21st, 2008
And I mean literally...
The influence of the coach gets more and more. Marco van Basten, Louis van Gaal and Gertjan Verbeek were also in charge ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 21st, 2008
Dennis back at Ajax on his first day as a coach...
Today, Dennis Bergka,mp started his apprenticeship at Ajax, the club where the Menace started his ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 15th, 2008
We checked out Nordin Amrabat in the first of this series. Now it's time for Heerenveen striker Gerald Sibon.
He is in the autumn of his ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 14th, 2008
Van Basten is back at Ajax!
Ten year of mismanagement and no international prizes to speak of formed the run up to the infamous Coronel report. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 13th, 2008
There's been quite some criticism on Ajax' youth development. Johan Cruyff and Finnster two name just two (Finn, your name in one sentence with JC!!). ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 11th, 2008
If there's one compliment Foppe de Haan deserves it's praise on his ability to gel teams together. He was responsible for winning two European championships ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 8th, 2008
And now it's time to start criticing me (after all the compliments) because I really wanted to make a cool pic with the mugshots of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 7th, 2008
What can you say... We need at least three Best Oranje's Ever: we have Gullit, Bergkamp, Van Basten, Van Vossen, Rep, Rensenbrink, Moulijn, Keizer, Roy, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 3rd, 2008
Football fans could chose the EC's best goal on the UEFA website. Wesley Sneijder's wonderful strike fromm outside the box, the 4-1 against France, received ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 2nd, 2008
He is quite something... Sent away from PSV by none other than Guus Hiddink. Played for AGOVV in the cellar of professional football. Made a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 2nd, 2008
The 2010 World Championship in South Africa is unique to start with. Never before was there a WC in Africa. Holland shares the qualifications group ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2008
Arsahvin: "I'm sorry I never had to chance to play against Stam... NOT!"
Jaap Stam is one of those players who took the long and winding ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2008
Wesley Sneijder and Edwin van der Sar have secured a position in the UEFA star-squad, chosen by "a select team of football experts" (they didn't ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2008
* Playing lousy and copping criticism and playing out-of-this-world football can be sleeping on the same pillow.
* Playing out-of-this-world football and playing crap in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 29th, 2008
It sounds as a cliche already, but it is true. The beautiful game of football won! Spain deserves every gram of this cup. And Germany ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 28th, 2008
On the KNVB site - still no English version!! - a list of Top 11 items are published with regards to Oranje and this EC. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 26th, 2008
I couldn't get myself to write the daily "what have we learned" posts, because what we basically learned was how to play football, thanks to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 23rd, 2008
50% of the Dutch population wanted Marco van Basten out, six months ago. Now, we all feel he has retired from his job a week ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Like a General, Maro van Basten ruled the EC. Oranje, his team, played wonderful football. San Marco would lead Holland to the title. Millions of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
It's more than half an hour after the game. I needed some time to collect my wits, my thoughts and all the coffee cups I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Oranje will start in the same line up as it did against Italy and France. Khalid Boulahrouz will play as right back and Engelaar will ...
Posted on: Russia Euro 2008 Blog by Nick | Jun 21st, 2008
Hello to all. I just wanted to write a small blog on this evening's Netherlands-Russia game.
The most interesting thing about this match is Hiddink facing ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
Peter Wekking wrote this excellent column in the VI, some weeks before the tournament:
Edwin van der Sar. A child of Noordwijk. Hsving spent his youth ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
Sorry guys, it's 5.30 am and Croatia - Turkey is still on. Watching football at this time is only fun when watching quality play...
Turkish goalie ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
When he got back in the Russian hotel, Guus Hiddink enjoyed a late supper and went to bed. But the sleep wouldn't come. He enjoyed ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
Look guys, it's part one, ok? I know there's more to come and the real "best goal ever" will be selected after the finals! We ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Oranje will play Russia in the quarter finals on June 21 and never before did Holland lose on that particular day. We played five games ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Huntelaar is training for the Tour de France: " Imagine, winning the title and the yellow jersey in one year!"
Oranje finished its entrees, but the ...
