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August 15th, 2007 | By: Jan | 5 Comments »

Oh the horror….the nightmares… Dick Advocaat gets another top job. And why, one wanders…? And why Australia?

Goose reminded me of this news flash. I tried to surpress the information. I’m not a fan of Advocaat at all! And I don’t think Australia needs him.

I see the Socceroos as a passionate team, with flair and attacking prowess. And I see Dickie as a fear-bunny (angsthaas ) with not a lot of tactical smarts nor with the Grandioso personality Guus has, or Louis… Or Co. Or Willem… Or even Ruud Gullit. Hell, even Marco….

Australia should’ve talked to Co, to Martin Jol, to Bert van Marwijk…Sef Vergoossen… Foppe de Haan….

I wonder how long the former PSV and Glasgow Rangers coach will have in this new job (which he’ll start in January 2008)…

There you have it Goose….

Tags: Dick Advocaat, Guus Hiddink, The Netherlands

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Comments

By sandesh | August 16th, 2007 at 2:30 am

i don care wherever he goes
he is a fucking , bad old coach

Posted from Nepal

By Jan | August 16th, 2007 at 5:34 am

I care! I live in Oz… I’m sad. What a bad decision.

Ok, i want arguments. Why is Dickie good or why is he bad?

Posted from Australia

By goose | August 17th, 2007 at 3:28 am

well; im a bit biased on this one cause Advocaat is a real ‘hagenees’(someone from Den Haag)..

plus: hes a real pro who lives and breathes football
plus: he has a lot of experience on international level (WC etc.)
plus: he has shown he can make a team better (in defence)
plus: he acts very funny when on the bench
plus: he has a large network in international football
plus: HES DUTCH

min: hes all about the money
min: hes not much of a daring mananger (the Robben incident)
min: he lacks charisma

who would be on your list Jan..whos free and willing to coach Aus.?

grtz

Posted from Netherlands

By Mario | August 17th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

Well, he is an ok manager who I think can do something important for Australia but I don´t like him. At Euro 2004 he was awful, with another manager we could have been champions but at least he is better than San Marco because he guided us to quarterfinals at USA 1994 at semifinals at Euro 2004. van Basten didn´t reach those levels and rounds!

By Jan | August 17th, 2007 at 7:56 pm

Hard one… Co is free :-). They should’ve picked Johan Neeskens maybe… But they need a manager / coach. Someone who can organise, restructure and build. I don’t think Dickie is interested. Than they need a guy with skills to form and mould the team into the tactical unit they want to be. They want to play the Dutch game. Passing, positioning, dominating… Then you don’t want Dickie. I am not up to speed with who’s available and who’s not. And maybe they shouldn’t necessarely grab a Dutchman. Van Marwijk would be a good choice of course. Too late for that. Leo Beenhakker could even work, if he’d pick an assistant with the tactical skills. GJ Verbeek? Eykelkamp? Jans? Foppe would be ideal actually, Foppe with a young gun like Erwin Koeman… But that’s just me.

I think Dick is unqualified. He is a bounty hunter. A hired gun. Clubteams with a strong organisation and culture can use Dickie well. Like Rangers or PSV. But if he has to create something himself, I don’t see it working…

Posted from Australia

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