Comments on: Forgot the Line-up (thanks Goose!) http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.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: goose http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-70332 goose Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:36:44 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html#comment-70332 think most interesting thing about the line-up was ofcourse vanBronckhorst... a lot of us (esp. Jan) has pointed to the fact that we lack footballing abbilities (?) at the back... been reading this comment by Ferenc who put deZeeuw at the back...read in one of Jan's posts that vanHanegem was thinking of Sneijder at the back....at least we know now that vanbasten spots the problem aswel.... grzt think most interesting thing about the line-up was ofcourse vanBronckhorst… a lot of us (esp. Jan) has pointed to the fact that we lack footballing abbilities (?) at the back…
been reading this comment by Ferenc who put deZeeuw at the back…read in one of Jan’s posts that vanHanegem was thinking of Sneijder at the back….at least we know now that vanbasten spots the problem aswel….
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]]> By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-70307 Jan Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:19:47 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html#comment-70307 Agree with all your points. As Cruyff always says: you can't score if you never shoot at goal. The law of the big numbers says if you try it 5 times, you may never score. If you try 10 times, you may. If you try 20 times, you will get that lucky deflection. Agree with all your points. As Cruyff always says: you can’t score if you never shoot at goal. The law of the big numbers says if you try it 5 times, you may never score. If you try 10 times, you may. If you try 20 times, you will get that lucky deflection.

]]> By: Samuel Knight (Oudegeest) http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-70302 Samuel Knight (Oudegeest) Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:28:52 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html#comment-70302 Would be nice to have Van Nisterloy do his stuff, in the packed boxes that defences are showing Oranje right now, wouldn't it? Be awfully nice to have Van Bommel pumping people up. Would be nice too to have Makaay work with Van Bommel as they do at Bayern. Anyway, good to have these young players coming up, but ignoring strong veterans is just a waste. One thing that I did think made sense is to switch players when you have two games back-to-back. The number of games is really tough at the top levels. National teams, champions league, domestic leagues add up to a lot of games. One other note: Gio fired away from afar and got lucky. But it was a good strategic choice. When a defence packs the box you arent' going to get a lot of gorgeous goals. What you have to do it take shots and let that ball bounce around. Set up shots outside, let them foul you, but shoot. And once you start looking dangerous from outside, it really pulls the defenders out. And BTW - that's part of the reason I think Van Persie helps Oranje so much. He can fire from a long way away. That forces defenders to step up a meter or two, which opens up room for those speedy wingers to slip in. Would be nice to have Van Nisterloy do his stuff, in the packed boxes that defences are showing Oranje right now, wouldn’t it?

Be awfully nice to have Van Bommel pumping people up.

Would be nice too to have Makaay work with Van Bommel as they do at Bayern.

Anyway, good to have these young players coming up, but ignoring strong veterans is just a waste.

One thing that I did think made sense is to switch players when you have two games back-to-back. The number of games is really tough at the top levels. National teams, champions league, domestic leagues add up to a lot of games.

One other note: Gio fired away from afar and got lucky. But it was a good strategic choice. When a defence packs the box you arent’ going to get a lot of gorgeous goals. What you have to do it take shots and let that ball bounce around. Set up shots outside, let them foul you, but shoot. And once you start looking dangerous from outside, it really pulls the defenders out.

And BTW – that’s part of the reason I think Van Persie helps Oranje so much. He can fire from a long way away. That forces defenders to step up a meter or two, which opens up room for those speedy wingers to slip in.

]]> By: Bruce http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-70300 Bruce Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:55:05 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/forgot-the-line-up-thanks-goose.html#comment-70300 Agreed. Affelay is going to be huge. Emanualson was an asset. Personally I think the big problem with Oranje currently is the wingers up front. Robben and Babel were purely useless, and Kuyt suffered as a result. I also think Kuyt would work better on the wing, because he is way more of a team player and much more supportive. Agreed. Affelay is going to be huge. Emanualson was an asset.

Personally I think the big problem with Oranje currently is the wingers up front. Robben and Babel were purely useless, and Kuyt suffered as a result. I also think Kuyt would work better on the wing, because he is way more of a team player and much more supportive.

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