Champions League: what have we learned…

@bobotoh: barca will qualify. they have to beat inter (at camp nou) and need a draw in kiyev. i’m happy with sneijder’s performance and wish him the best but not in next cl game.

Posted from  Hungary

I’m not worried either… All will come good…

Co Adriaanse says no to NEC: “I would like to work there, but I’ll await what’s happening in Munich, Liverpool and Barcelona…”

Franz Beckenbauer opened an attack on Van Bommel. “Why would you want 70% ball possession when you openly and clumsily fumble like Van Bommel did. The only player who was threatening was Robben. Schweinsteiger can be threatening too, but he saves it for Der Mannschaft.”

@Tiju: Could you post 16 a little more positive things about Oranje please? Not a great way to start the day for me. I’m going to have to kick the dog I don’t own.

i’m not worried about oranje. if you followed other teams you would consider that they have the moreless the same problems. striker? as long as van persie is so brilliant we shouldn’t care about huntelaar (in my optimal formation i don’t consider rvn in the starting 11,he would be a supersub as clarence). sneijder is in great form at inter and in oranje he’s always been better than in his clubs. vdv? he will change club in january and will be useful for oranje. kuiyt is not brilliant at the moment,but he’s always working hard and this is the main reason we need him (not his non-existing technic and goalscoring capabilities). babel was great yesterday and i still see some potential in him (more than in huntelaar). Tiju: you shouldn’t compare van bommel to xavi (xavi is a creative midfielder,van bommel is a holding midfielder),he doesn’t need to organize our game. stekelenburg improves,he’s a good goalkeeper – vds wasn’t too convincing against cska moscow. we have a very talented right back,for the left back position we have several candidates (gio,urby – ? -,brafheid,drenthe),same with the central defence. sometimes you don’t need world class full backs,more important that they should play without making any mistakes. de jong is a very good holding midfielders,on the wings we have several possibilities. more important that our players shouldn’t get injured. i’m sure that bert has a good aproach. all in all i cannot see why should we care more than other teams.

Posted from  Hungary

Hehe, second to Finn…I will have to beat somebody in my block…hehe, just kidding guys.

Good facts:

1. Raf, Ryan, Klaas Jan will be superfit for the WC…

2. Raf, Ryan, Klaas Jan et al will be super motivated for WC…

3. Argentina, Brazil, Spain et al will underestimate Oranje…

4. Ooijer and Gio will be given headstarts due to old age…

5. Van Persie will play center striker…

6. Boulah and Heitinga will be totally unpredictable…

7. France, Portugal, Argentina will not make it…

8. Orange Angel will do the draw and gets us in a simple group…

9. Sneijder will win the CL with Inter and ooze confidence…

10. Elia will be the surprise of the WC, with Robben as supersub

11. Van Nistelrooy will be the super sub behind Robin

12. HELP ME OUT GUYS….

13. The day before the final, Boulah’s wife will give birth to triplets! In moments of ecstasy, Boulahrouz will score three goals in the final.

14. Mathijsen will lose his baby fat.

15. v.d. Wiel and Elia will brighten the WC.

Posted from  Netherlands

16. Babel will give a couple of outstanding cameos.

17. Kuyt would don the striker-cum-defender role (everwhere on the field)

18. Van Der Saar would be man of the WC….

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Posted from  India

19. Van persie as striker
20. Van persie as our team’s leader, just like at arsenal

Posted from  United States

inter winning the CL -> good joke

Posted from  United States

19.van der vaart will completely outplay kaka against brazil, then again against ronaldo and portugal, madrid will beg him to stay but he will leave to liverpool

20. we will win a penalty shoot out, van nistelrooy van persie kuyt will score. van der sar will stop the first three.

21. van bommel will score against germany, and run around the pitch doing the f*** you symbol(like he did against real madrid) he will get yellow carded every game he plays but never a red.

23. Netherlands will win the WC
well , i really suffer ( too high fever , and i’m going to the hospital now , hope it’s not a swine flu ) !

I’m not too worried either

Stekelenburg, V.d.Wiel, De Zeeuw, Afellay, Elia, De Jong, Mathijsen, Sneijder, V.Persie, Robben, need I say more, lol.

Then the ones with not optimal positions:
Braafheid, V.Bommel have done really well for oranje last times, maybe not for Bayern but I don’t care about that.
V.d.Vaart remains topclass despite not playing too much, screw Real, just take him to the WC.
Kuyt is still good, but technically will never be world-class, just deal with it.
Heitinga often plays very well as CB
Boulahrouz hardly ever dissapoints in oranje
Loovens is a good, but not spectacular defender, good reserve player
V.Nistelrooij can perform just as well for oranje with just 4 matches in a season as he can with 30, less matches probably even make it more easy for him, only officially he’s not available any more, might change though.
Schaars, still promising, but in a bit of a difficult spot now, he’ll probably move to a different club.
Mendes da Silva, least impressive player, I rated him very highly, but no more, has gotten stuck in development, reached his ceiling.
Engelaar, can’t see why he’s still picked, good for PSV, but I’d rather give talents the chance over this soon to be oldie.

Only troubling things for me are Gio, Ooijer, Huntelaar and Babel. Both attackers in a deadlock, Huntelaar doesn’t play, so can’s score any goals, won’t addapt or succeed this way.
Babel mixes absolute brilliance with dissapointment and really bad performances. I think if he would have regular playing time he’d make much bigger steps.
Gio is getting overrun by amature wingers, and Ooijer looks 90 when playing.

Still secretly hope we’ll be seeing Vlaar in the squad, not too fast but still quicker than Ooijer, and equally strong, and good, besides that Emanuelson is impressive now, but is he a LB, I think not ,but who’ll say. closer to oranje than Drenthe.

But France and Italy cope with about as much issues as we do. Not even mentioning Argentina.

Posted from  Netherlands

Although they do reasonably well, I think Bakkal, Brama, Fer, Drenthe stand no chance, or very little chance of making the WC. Emanuelson,
Vlaar still have a slightly better chance.

Posted from  Netherlands

Maduro scored!!!

24. Sneijder: skills of Maradona plus the brain of a computer (Gazzetta)
25. Van Persie: combination of Henry and Bergkamp (Wenger)
26. Robben: whenever he comes on he switches the team to fifth gear (somebody at Bayern)

Posted from  Canada

Skills of Maradona is totally exagerrated but he’s already become an idol at Inter.

Posted from  Canada

Wow, Maduro had a very good game,

Posted from  Netherlands

27. Berry van aerle, Frank Rijkaard, Ronald Koeman and Adri van Tiggelen have found the fountain of youth! Which is actually Oranje Angels bath tub!
And have all put their hands up for selection.

27 Nigel de Jong takes out Ronaldo in a super hard but fair tackle. CR9 goes off crying for Mummy.

Posted from  Singapore

Thanks guys…that doesnt mean i am negative.My policy is now or never.Coz Tomorrow is not ours.My problem is i dont have faith in some players of orange.Beacause i have never seen such players winning the WC.

Posted from  India

@finn bro i liked your comment a lot.

Posted from  India

Wright…. said Fred….
Current form: Sneijder, van Persie, de Zeeuw, Vorm, vdWiel, Mathijsen unreplaceable backbone.

Waiting for return in (top) form: van Bommel, Robben

Potential in: Elia, Vlaar.

Missing spot: left back.

Author: Baboulas

Posted from  Germany