Ajax and Feyenoord main suppliers for U18 Oranje

wesley sniejder said his brother rodney has better technique then himself, he may have a very bright future

Apparently in a poll Sneijder got named best Dutch free-kick taker, getting 70% of the votes, van Persie got 21%, and Huntelaar was third with 3%, it really surprises me that van der Vaart didn’t make it onto the list, because he has really accurate free-kicks, and in the game against Russia, could’ve had 2 or 3 assists if someone could put their body onto one of the kicks, which ended up going just inches wide. It’s the best way to take an indirect freekick, because the keeper doesn’t want to come out, and any touch will have him beat.

Posted from  Canada

Castilion and Rodney Sneijder are the ones that caught my attention when I saw U-18 some time ago. But van La Parra made his debute for french Caen, but don’t really know him..

Posted from  Netherlands

i agree castilion and sneijder are the players to watch. castilion style of play is similar to adebayor and crouch. rodney is more technically gifted than wesley, he is more like kaka.

Posted from  United States

@dirk – I agree with you about Van der Vaart – he’s a good free kick taker. Not the best at taking direct free kick shots (still not bad though), but he does very well at putting in dangerous balls into the box for team mates to get on to.

Posted from  Canada

Off topic; Huntelaar out for at least 6 weeks!

Posted from  Netherlands

ya robben, van nistelrooy and huntelaar injured, dutch are dropping like flys

and oranje B is anounced

Nederland B

Doel: Erwin Mulder, Kenneth Vermeer, Piet Velthuizen

Verdediging: Edson Braafheid, Ryan Donk, Urby Emanuelson, Kevin Hofland, Glenn Loovens, Paul Verhaegh, Gregory van der Wiel, Robbie Wielaert, Gianni Zuiverloon

Middenveld: Otman Bakkal, Wout Brama, Royston Drenthe, Leroy Fer, Siem de Jong, Marcel Meeuwis, David Mendes da Silva, Georginio Wijnaldum

Aanval: Danny Koevermans, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Roy Beerens, Eljero Elia, Nordin Amrabat

Posted from  United States

i’m going to watch the B side instead of A.

Posted from  United States

Apparently van Bommel is set to leave Bayern Munchen at the end of the year.

http://www.vi.nl/NieuwsItem/BayernMnchenLaatPodolskiEnVanBommelGaan.htm

Posted from  Canada

I read that Schalke 04 is talking to Van Bommel

Ideally Herr Bommel should go to Hamburg and match up with de Jong. Jan give your pal Maarten a call pls…..

Posted from  Singapore

The ones to watch from the list above are Castillion, the Dutch very own Adebayor and Van La Parra (why Feyenoord let him go is beyond comprehension).

Oranje B won’t be all that impressive if PSV, Feyenoord, Ajax and Heerenveen manage to keep their players from going, you would miss Vermeer, Emanuelson, V.d.Wiel, De jong, Hofland, Wijnaldum, Fer, Amrabat, Bakkal, Koevermans and Beerens. Who would you call up then, Castelen, Maduro, Janse, Koenders, Luijckx, Jenner, Hiariej, Krul, Kum, George, Emnes, Kivuvu? That would mean a reasonable step down for some positions.
But I’m pleased to see Braafheid, Loovens and Verhaegi in this.
I suspect that he would want to start with 4-2-3-1 to make them get used to it. and something like
Vermeer
Zuiverloon-Hofland-Loovens-Braafheid
Bakkal-Schaars
Beerens-Emanuelson-Elia
Koevermans

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i’m surprise diego biseswar did not make the b team

Posted from  United States

Nicky Hofs should’ve been picked up, he’s good.

My B-team formation would be

—————-vermeer——————
van der wiel–donk–zuiverloon–emanuelson
——-someone—de jong—wijnaldum—–
amrabat———koevermans——–drenthe

didn’t really know who to put in that extra spot, but I’m sure someone would fit.

Posted from  Canada

————————-vermeer—————–————
zuiverloon–hofland–vanderwiel–braafheid
—————da Silva————–
beerens-—–wijnaldum—de jong–amrabat
—————koevermans————-

Posted from  United States