Comments on: Arjen Robben wants to please the fans… http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa, Oranje, Nederlands Elftal, Eredivisie, Marco van Basten, Dutch football, The Netherlands Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164312 Jan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:22:08 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164312 True. Wasn't a great goal scorer. Started at the half way line, would stop at the corner flag and cross it in :-) True. Wasn’t a great goal scorer. Started at the half way line, would stop at the corner flag and cross it in :-)

]]> By: Bruce http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164311 Bruce Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:34:52 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164311 Yeah, you're right. He was more of a dribbler, but he wasn't a prolific goal scorer by any means, correct? I haven't seen a whole lot of him, but what I have seen him do is dribble past 3 guys, before dishing it off. Yeah, you’re right. He was more of a dribbler, but he wasn’t a prolific goal scorer by any means, correct? I haven’t seen a whole lot of him, but what I have seen him do is dribble past 3 guys, before dishing it off.

]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164289 Jan Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:10:00 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164289 @Bruce...don't agree about the playmaker moniker for Coen. He was a dribbler. Much like Robben. Only a left foot to play with. Small, a big balding like Robben. He'd crouch down, pull his head in and take on opponents. There's a famous clip (maybe on Youtube) where some South American (?) opponent kicks Coen Moulijn. Mayhem ensues. The whole Feyenoord team starts to chase that particular player and the ref is totally at wit's end :-). Classic stuff. In those days, Oranje had Piet Keizer, the Ajax magician (step over king and wonderful crosses) and Coen Moulijn. They said about Moulijn (probably based on the French word Moulin, meaning "mill") that even if he'd go to De Kuip to play cards, 1000s of people would buy a ticket to watch him do just that. There will be a statue for the man in Rotterdam soon. But he was a true winger. Always glued to the touch line. Moulijn was Oranje's left winger before Piet Keizer. After Keizer, it was Rensenbrink. Overmars was the first real left winger of any real impact. In between, we had players like John van 't Schip playing there (actually a right winger) and players like Bryan Roy and Rob Witschge who were too light. In the 1980s, Oranje played 4-4-2 and typical 4-4-2 strikers like Pier Tol or Rene van der Gijp or Pierre Vermeulen were tested but never really set the world on fire... Goose, am I missing someone? @Bruce…don’t agree about the playmaker moniker for Coen. He was a dribbler. Much like Robben. Only a left foot to play with. Small, a big balding like Robben. He’d crouch down, pull his head in and take on opponents. There’s a famous clip (maybe on Youtube) where some South American (?) opponent kicks Coen Moulijn. Mayhem ensues. The whole Feyenoord team starts to chase that particular player and the ref is totally at wit’s end :-) . Classic stuff.

In those days, Oranje had Piet Keizer, the Ajax magician (step over king and wonderful crosses) and Coen Moulijn. They said about Moulijn (probably based on the French word Moulin, meaning “mill”) that even if he’d go to De Kuip to play cards, 1000s of people would buy a ticket to watch him do just that.

There will be a statue for the man in Rotterdam soon.

But he was a true winger. Always glued to the touch line. Moulijn was Oranje’s left winger before Piet Keizer. After Keizer, it was Rensenbrink. Overmars was the first real left winger of any real impact. In between, we had players like John van ‘t Schip playing there (actually a right winger) and players like Bryan Roy and Rob Witschge who were too light. In the 1980s, Oranje played 4-4-2 and typical 4-4-2 strikers like Pier Tol or Rene van der Gijp or Pierre Vermeulen were tested but never really set the world on fire…

Goose, am I missing someone?

]]> By: Bruce http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164274 Bruce Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:04:23 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164274 @ Carlos Moulijn was even still a bit of a different player. He was more of a playmaker, whereas Robben is more of a goal scorer. From what I've seen of him in clips, he was quite amazing, and Cruijff had a lot to say about him... Some clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTQwNb3Q9jc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQRQN4YR7nw&feature=related @ Carlos

Moulijn was even still a bit of a different player. He was more of a playmaker, whereas Robben is more of a goal scorer. From what I’ve seen of him in clips, he was quite amazing, and Cruijff had a lot to say about him…

Some clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTQwNb3Q9jc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQRQN4YR7nw&feature=related

]]> By: Miguel Rosado http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164270 Miguel Rosado Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:30:53 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164270 Robben has matured a lot, I remember him whining much more 1 or 2 years ago but in Spain he has grown a lot as a footballer and besides I really don't care if he cries too much as long as he keeps playing the way he's playing now. Robben has matured a lot, I remember him whining much more 1 or 2 years ago but in Spain he has grown a lot as a footballer and besides I really don’t care if he cries too much as long as he keeps playing the way he’s playing now.

]]> By: Carlos http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164269 Carlos Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:18:09 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164269 Jan ? There was a certain Coen Molijn my uncle (Feyenoord Man) use to rave about ??? Any clips on him ? Overmars was just quick and 2 footed. Arjen has that ONE foot problem...but then so did Maradona right ? maybe that should be "left". Jan ? There was a certain Coen Molijn my uncle (Feyenoord Man) use to rave about ??? Any clips on him ? Overmars was just quick and 2 footed. Arjen has that ONE foot problem…but then so did Maradona right ? maybe that should be “left”.

]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164265 Jan Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:56:30 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164265 Did we ever have a more skilled player on the left flank? I think you need to go back all the way to Mr Rob Rensenbrink in 1974. Even Marc Overmars wasn't as skilled as Arjen... Did we ever have a more skilled player on the left flank? I think you need to go back all the way to Mr Rob Rensenbrink in 1974. Even Marc Overmars wasn’t as skilled as Arjen…

]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164264 Jan Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:46:51 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164264 hear hear bobo :-) hear hear bobo :-)

]]> By: bobotoh http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164263 bobotoh Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:54:03 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164263 My formation is almost the same as when Holland faced Scotland. Only replace De Jong with Sneijder, and van persie with Van Der Vaart. My formation is almost the same as when Holland faced Scotland. Only replace De Jong with Sneijder, and van persie with Van Der Vaart.

]]> By: Bruce http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html/comment-page-1#comment-164262 Bruce Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:27:02 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-wants-to-please-the-fans.html#comment-164262 You can pick your starting eleven against Macedonie at VI.nl.... see how close you can get! http://www.vi.nl/Competities/WKKwalificatie2010/KiesDeElfTegenMacedoni.htm You can pick your starting eleven against Macedonie at VI.nl…. see how close you can get!

http://www.vi.nl/Competities/WKKwalificatie2010/KiesDeElfTegenMacedoni.htm

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