Comments on: De Haan wants to surprise Israel

By: Prabal Rakshit

Prabal Rakshit — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:01:02 +0000

Goose, you are correct. RvN has always thrived on crosses floated by wingers/midfielders. In ManU Beckham used to do that so well. In fact the essence of 4-3-3 (back to the old grind ) is the ability of wingers to generates crosses and/or high-balls for the centre hitman. As pointed by some in this forum Ruud is not one of those artistic & dazzling strikers who dribble all the way from the centre line and create their goals (To be fair he has never pretended to be so either). I guess the last such person in Oraanje was none but the iceman, under whose shadow, Kluivert flourished. Ruud is an out and out goal ‘poacher’ who is frighteningly effective in the goal mouth. All he needs is power from midfield and wingers who do not compete with him to score goals.

By: Prabal Rakshit

Prabal Rakshit — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:58:42 +0000

Goose, you are right. RvN has always thrived on crosses floated by wingers/midfielders. In ManU Beckham used to do that so well. In fact the essence of 4-3-3 (back to the old grind ) is the ability of wingers to generates crosses and/or high-balls for the centre hitman. As pointed by some in this forum Ruud is not one of those artistic & dazzling strikers who dribble all the way from the centre line and create their goals (To be fair he has never pretended to be so either). I guess the last such person in Oraanje was none but the iceman, under whose shadow, Kluivert flourished. Ruud is an out and out goal ‘poacher’ who is frighteningly effective in the goal mouth. All he needs is power from midfield and wingers who do not compete with him to score goals.

By: Ishmael

Ishmael — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:43 +0000

Messi scares me. First he copies Maradona’s run and scores and now he copies hand of God ans scores. Next thing, Messi takes cocaine and headbutts players…

Why not penalty him after the match with video and tv images. And take 1 point from Barca.

By: sphinx

sphinx — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:29:04 +0000

Hey!
Maduro scored 4Orange 11mins

By: sphinx

sphinx — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:30:31 +0000

Thanks goose!
you are very right Jan, all we need for Orange is physical and mentally fitted pitch leaders,
New Gulit, New David….
Robben, Persie, Vaart, Sneijder generation is so doubtful to get into that.
So oldies like Ruud, Seedorf has to be around.

By: goose

goose — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:03:56 +0000

he guys; here a nice tube on vanNistelrooy at Madrid…
if you watch the vid youll see what Ruud needs….crosses….its really obvious after i watched this video…enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35IVSa0W3D8

grtz

By: goose

goose — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:52:51 +0000

@sphinx: its 25…one goal less than Totti if im not mistaken

@Jan; its all a metter of giving confidence..its the same with Kluivert..these are players who need to feel they are an integrate part of the team…vanBasten has made the mistake in to thinking that all top-strikers would be alike (like he was), but theyre different personalities so they need differnt handling..its the old ‘people-manager thing’…

By: sphinx

sphinx — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:32:06 +0000

any of you know recent Ruud’s goal tally?
25 or 26?
i am sure he is top scorer in liga now.
interesting whether he has a parity to Totti’s 26 for golden boot europe

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:29:15 +0000

Mario, I totally agree with you. Ruud is a winner, a fighter. In a team with huge talents but mentally weaker players (Robben, Vaart, Sneijder) you need a player like Ruud. I do wonder a lot about that Portugal game. And I also think MvB made a mistake by first saying that “Ruud was his man” and then benching him while at the WC most players played below their level (except for Robben and Robin).

By: goose

goose — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:29:22 +0000

Btw: heres the first one
of the 2 goals by Ruud, great header..second was a rebound..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vis5Zo6n7Sc

gtrz