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Articles tagged with "van-nistelrooy"

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Some musings on the beautiful game...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 28th, 2009
One can't just leave for two weeks, it seems... Lots has happened since, not in the least the 250+ comments from my calcio brothers and ...
Dutch classic and English derby: boys vs men...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 21st, 2009
I watched two highly entertaining matches this weekend: Arsenal vs Wigan and Man United vs Manchester City. Top class football. High paced, gritty, tough, intense. ...
Van Hanegem: Van Nistelrooy deserves respect from Madrid!
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 13th, 2009
Willem's column in the AD: I'm glad that Klaas Jan Huntelaar found a good club in AC Milan. Not that I ever worried about him, in ...
Crystal Ball, pt 2: Oranje 2010
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 28th, 2009
Why not? With only eleven months to go and with most of you already putting up your fave names...let's make a crystal ball post on ...
Oranje's future...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 1st, 2009
Oranje Under 17 had to make do with the second spot because the German sub Trings scored in the extra time with a Sunday shot ...
The Specialist: The Through Pass
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 16th, 2009
The Master... The Specialist: The Through Pass Some teams need a lot of work, a lot of passing, a lot of space or a lot of ...
Weekend Action...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 28th, 2009
Dick: "Just tell Roman to pick me for Chelsea... Pick me! Pick me!" After all that boring CL football and high drama, we're in for a ...
Ruud van Gol: open to Oranje...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 22nd, 2009
Ruud van Nistelrooy will be out for another six months... The 32 year old is working on his recovery, discplined and focused. "It's not my ...
Sneijder guides Hunter through Madrid
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 10th, 2008
Klaas Jan Huntelaar has moved to Madrid, to prepare for his debut, against Villareal in January. Wesley Sneijder guided his Oranje mate through the Madrid ...
Fears for Ruud van Nistelrooy's knee!
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 8th, 2008
Ruud van Nistelrooy won't be playing for Real Madrid against Malaga this Saturday. The striker is injured at his infamous right knee. An MRI scan showed ...
If Oranje grows up, it wants to be...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 21st, 2008
A poll! Why not? We have exactly 20 minutes between the last competition match and the next CL game, right? If Oranje could copy the playing style of ...
Champions League starts again!!
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2008
Yeah! That means setting the clock at 4.30 am. Having to watch the fixtures picked by ESPN and mostly not being able to watch the ...
Trouble for Ajax and Feyenoord; PSV wins...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 31st, 2008
Heitinga scores... Well, we're off... and what a start! PSV does what it always does. It wins. 5-1 to be precise. With an Afellay on fire! The ...
Wonder goal: Luc Nilis
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 27th, 2008
Some players score a lot of goals, some players score a lot of beauties and then some players can only score wonder goals. Dennis Bergkamp ...
Kluivert: unremarkable farewell for remarkable striker
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 24th, 2008
He had given himself till the end of July to find a new club. But, he really wanted a top club. Patrick Kluivert (31) didn't ...
A bit of everything
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 14th, 2008
FC Twente played an impressive match against big guns Arsenal for the CL qualifications in Enschede. Although the McLaren team never looked liked they'd whip the ...
Ruud van Gol: enough is enough
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 14th, 2008
Almost ten years after his debut in Oranje Ruud van Nistelrooy decided to stop as international. The 32 year old striker wants to focus fully ...
Wesley Sneijder: new captain of Oranje
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 ...
Holland top scoring nation in EC's
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 13th, 2008
Holland is the top scoring nation ever in EC's. The four goals scored yesterday put Oranje on the top spot with 52 goals. Germany is ...
Ten Reasons why we will beat France!
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 13th, 2008
The infamous Platini free kick which kept Oranje out of the 1982 World Cup. Still sick of that one! 1. France's best striker, David Trezeguet, is ...
Matchday 5. What did we learn?
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 12th, 2008
Deco: a big football brain It's not good being a host of the tournie. Germany in 1988, Sweden in 1992, England in 1996, Holland in 2000, ...
Marco looks ahead to France...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 12th, 2008
"We shouldn't be named favorites after one good match," said Marco van Basten in the run up to the France game. "We are not there ...
Matchday 4: what did we learn?
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 11th, 2008
The World Champs can be beaten and so can the reigning European Champs. Zlatan Ibrahimovic knows how to hit a ball. Fabregas isn't sure of his starting ...
Rafael: I thought, what the f... is happening?
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 11th, 2008
Man of the Match according to the UEFA. The BBC chose Van the Man... With growing surprise Rafael van der Vaart witness Oranje play Italy off ...
Johan Cruyff: Oranje could have scored more!
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2008
He didn't say this to be overly critical. He is just stating the facts. Ruud van Nistelrooy got two more chances and in the second ...
Holland crushes the World Champs: 3-0!
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2008
Mate, where to start??? It's tempting to start with "I told you so" but I won't. It would be directed to our friends at the Italy ...
Ruud van Gol: Italy is a world class nation
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 6th, 2008
Ruud van Nistelrooy struggled with the question why Italy is always so successful on big tournaments. The answer was close to home. His buddy Fabio ...
It's crowded behind Van Nistelrooy
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 5th, 2008
Oranje has six candidates for the position behind the striker. What are the pros and cons of the players who are queuing behind Van Nistelrooy? Rafael ...
Oranje off to Switzerland
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 3rd, 2008
Because you don't want to miss a thing... Oranje will fly to Switzerland this afternoon. The plane will leave Schiphol at 5 pm. The boys will arrive ...
Van Basten, a firm believer
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 29th, 2008
The draw against Denmark was a bit of a setback. Not so much because of the final result, but because of the several details that ...
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