Comments on: Dennis Bergkamp; for the love of the game http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa, Oranje, Nederlands Elftal, Eredivisie, Marco van Basten, Dutch football, The Netherlands Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:09:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-91392 Jan Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:27:04 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-91392 I do believe the one thing had to do with the other. As one sees with a successful team, they can grow "over" it... Ajax 1973 had it, Real Madrid, AC Milan... Some boys think they're too good to be the workers, others are focused on big contracts elsewhere... Hiddink had the bad luck that the dynamics in the Ajax core was not so pleasant at that time, plus the big leaders (Wouters, Koeman, Rijkaard) had stopped playing so there was a leadership battle being fought between De Boer/Blind at one side and Davids/Kluivert/Seedorf at the other. Poor Dennis should have stepped up and do something but he preferred to go out with his paint-brushes and paint and dedicate time to paint the English countryside while listening to Verdi... Sigh... I do believe the one thing had to do with the other. As one sees with a successful team, they can grow “over” it… Ajax 1973 had it, Real Madrid, AC Milan… Some boys think they’re too good to be the workers, others are focused on big contracts elsewhere… Hiddink had the bad luck that the dynamics in the Ajax core was not so pleasant at that time, plus the big leaders (Wouters, Koeman, Rijkaard) had stopped playing so there was a leadership battle being fought between De Boer/Blind at one side and Davids/Kluivert/Seedorf at the other. Poor Dennis should have stepped up and do something but he preferred to go out with his paint-brushes and paint and dedicate time to paint the English countryside while listening to Verdi… Sigh…

]]> By: Prabal Rakshit http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-91112 Prabal Rakshit Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:01:47 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-91112 Thanks for the correction Goose. What was surprising about Euro 96 was that the nucleus of the team was made of van Gaal's 1995 invincibles. What a huge difference in the game in Ajax of 95 and Oraanje of 96 Thanks for the correction Goose. What was surprising about Euro 96 was that the nucleus of the team was made of van Gaal’s 1995 invincibles. What a huge difference in the game in Ajax of 95 and Oraanje of 96

]]> By: goose http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-91016 goose Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:31:15 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-91016 @prabal; he did play at the EC96, he even scored a gooal against the swiss after a long kick by vdSar.. dennis was never much of a penalty taker, esp. since his miss in the FA Cup semis v Man.United when he missed in the last minutes of the game wich would have taken Arsenal to the final.. the EC96 was terrible, the biggest trashing i have ever seen Oranje recieve (and hope to never see it again) the trouble with mr. Davids who tought he was a mean, ghetto, basketball player and needed to talk tough..( i know a lot of you like Davids but i never liked him after this incident) the cementing of our penalty trauma, wich was started by our friend San Marco and finished by Clarence (whom we all have forgivven btw!) what a sad tournemant it was.. this shit gernman team with Moller and Bierhof (whos actually quit a nice guy), they had this blond, unknown defender..anybody remember his name..he was an asshole, this i remember!! @prabal; he did play at the EC96, he even scored a gooal against the swiss after a long kick by vdSar..

dennis was never much of a penalty taker, esp. since his miss in the FA Cup semis v Man.United when he missed in the last minutes of the game wich would have taken Arsenal to the final..

the EC96 was terrible, the biggest trashing i have ever seen Oranje recieve (and hope to never see it again)
the trouble with mr. Davids who tought he was a mean, ghetto, basketball player and needed to talk tough..( i know a lot of you like Davids but i never liked him after this incident)
the cementing of our penalty trauma, wich was started by our friend San Marco and finished by Clarence (whom we all have forgivven btw!)

what a sad tournemant it was.. this shit gernman team with Moller and Bierhof (whos actually quit a nice guy), they had this blond, unknown defender..anybody remember his name..he was an asshole, this i remember!!

]]> By: Prabal Rakshit http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-91014 Prabal Rakshit Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:21:52 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-91014 One for old times' sake: When Dennis finally decided to hang his boots, Ernst Bouwes came up with this one in ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=374050&root=europe&cc=5901 I found this pretty interesting. No disrespect at all to San Marco's goal scoring abilities, but I completely agree with Bouwes on the follwing: However, where only a couple of Van Basten´s 200 league goals in a ten-year career will be remembered, almost every single one of Bergkamp's stands out. It is unfortunate that a player of such class and demeanor has an empty international cupboard in spite of him contributing handsomely in almost all the eliminations that the Dutch played. Euro-92: He scores a field goal as well as a penalty but Denmark goes through thanks to Schmeichel's save off MvB. WC-94: In spite of the stunning comeback from 0-2 down, with him scoring a peach of a goal, Branco takes Brazil through. WC-98: "That' goal against Argentina...plus a penalty shot against Brazil could not prevent the heartbreaking dismissal. The ones which I am not so sure: Euro-96, I am not sure if he played. Can someone correct me? Anyway that was not a tournament a lot of us would hold close to our hearts (that 1-4 loss in Wembley, Seedorf missing the penalty against France etc.) EC-00, lesser said the better. Sometimes I feel that the Dutch lost to themselves and not Francesco Toldo. But I am not sure why Dennis did not take a penalty against Italy. One for old times’ sake:

When Dennis finally decided to hang his boots, Ernst Bouwes came up with this one in ESPN Soccernet.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=374050&root=europe&cc=5901

I found this pretty interesting. No disrespect at all to San Marco’s goal scoring abilities, but I completely agree with Bouwes on the follwing:

However, where only a couple of Van Basten´s 200 league goals in a ten-year career will be remembered, almost every single one of Bergkamp’s stands out.

It is unfortunate that a player of such class and demeanor has an empty international cupboard in spite of him contributing handsomely in almost all the eliminations that the Dutch played.

Euro-92: He scores a field goal as well as a penalty but Denmark goes through thanks to Schmeichel’s save off MvB.

WC-94: In spite of the stunning comeback from 0-2 down, with him scoring a peach of a goal, Branco takes Brazil through.

WC-98: “That’ goal against Argentina…plus a penalty shot against Brazil could not prevent the heartbreaking dismissal.

The ones which I am not so sure:

Euro-96, I am not sure if he played. Can someone correct me? Anyway that was not a tournament a lot of us would hold close to our hearts (that 1-4 loss in Wembley, Seedorf missing the penalty against France etc.)
EC-00, lesser said the better. Sometimes I feel that the Dutch lost to themselves and not Francesco Toldo. But I am not sure why Dennis did not take a penalty against Italy.

]]> By: goose http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-90954 goose Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:18:30 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-90954 btw; heres the WC94 game v Brazil with the beautiful Bergkamp goal...too bad we lost that game http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xwy3ZEBRcU grtz btw; heres the WC94 game v Brazil with the beautiful Bergkamp goal…too bad we lost that game

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xwy3ZEBRcU

grtz

]]> By: goose http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-90947 goose Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:45:52 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-90947 @dr., hahahaha, i actually had the very same 'problem'!! but we have another coming up and Dennis will be his (we know its a boy) second name...after Dennis Bergkamp and also after Dennis Law cause Bergkamp was named after Dennis Law!! cool that you now have a nefew(?) named after Dennis... Dennis God @dr., hahahaha, i actually had the very same ‘problem’!! but we have another coming up and Dennis will be his (we know its a boy) second name…after Dennis Bergkamp and also after Dennis Law cause Bergkamp was named after Dennis Law!!
cool that you now have a nefew(?) named after Dennis…

Dennis God

]]> By: Caleb http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-90942 Caleb Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:55:10 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-90942 Makes outrageous skill look easy. I'd say that's probably the best way to describe him. What a great player. Congrats to him. Makes outrageous skill look easy. I’d say that’s probably the best way to describe him. What a great player. Congrats to him.

]]> By: Dr.Mansur http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-90930 Dr.Mansur Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:08:48 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-90930 Bergkamp is my alltime favourite player.He symbolises all Dutch round the globe-friendly,sober,polite,true gentleman.Everyone remembers his goals against N'Castle and Argentina, but the one he scored against Brasil in WC94 was also brilliant,out of nowhere.He used to play football of another world.I wanted to name my son after him,but my wife gave birth to a daughter.So I provoked my brother to name his son "Dennis".Congrats to him. Bergkamp is my alltime favourite player.He symbolises all Dutch round the globe-friendly,sober,polite,true gentleman.Everyone remembers his goals against N’Castle and Argentina, but the one he scored against Brasil in WC94 was also brilliant,out of nowhere.He used to play football of another world.I wanted to name my son after him,but my wife gave birth to a daughter.So I provoked my brother to name his son “Dennis”.Congrats to him.

]]> By: JVB21 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-90802 JVB21 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:20:01 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-90802 Humble, and mesmerizing-ly brilliant. The only professional footballer that I have hero's jersey of. Congratulations Dennis, well earned, well earned indeed. Humble, and mesmerizing-ly brilliant. The only professional footballer that I have hero’s jersey of. Congratulations Dennis, well earned, well earned indeed.

]]> By: Miguel Rosado http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-90706 Miguel Rosado Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:07:58 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dennis-bergkamp-for-the-love-of-the-game.html#comment-90706 HE DESERVES IT!!!!!!!!!! He should have been best player of the world after the World Cup 1998. HE DESERVES IT!!!!!!!!!!

He should have been best player of the world after the World Cup 1998.

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