Comments on: Garage Sale per fax: 6 Dutch internationals for sale!

By: dirk v.d.Berg

dirk v.d.Berg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:08:57 +0000

bid*

By: dirk v.d.Berg

dirk v.d.Berg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:07:59 +0000

Fiorentina put in a big for Drenthe.

By: Sol

Sol — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:47:58 +0000

With that goalkeeper leading the suckiness.

By: Sol

Sol — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:25:45 +0000

@Jan

Well, maybe I should watch them some more, but the last few games I saw the U21 (or was it U17?) in the Toulon (France) tournament I was really dissapointed by their play in all of the matches they played.

I particularly paid attention to Biseswar, well, all I can say is, Feyenoord’s position in the eredivisie is justified. If that’s our future….

Considering Affelay, I don’t think he’s good enough for Oranje right now, nor do I think he will improve much more. If he goes to a top team like Real Madrid now (of course not Real) he will fail like Drenthe has failed. I might be wrong, cause he’s slightly better than Drenthe.

vdWiel still has to prove himself to me against tougher teams, right now I wouldn’t rate him on the same level as Heitinga yet, not that Heitinga has ever been one of Oranje’s top players (well maybe in 2006 or before).

Wijnaldum? I think I heard his name drop a couple of times during the Toulon tournament, wasn’t it everytime just before we lost the ball or a chance was wasted?

From that list the only one that seems interesting to me for Oranje is Maduro, I think I’ve seen him play some time ago, didn’t he play for Ajax, he played very good if that’s the same guy, in European matches as well. Just looked him up at ESPN, he’s 24, only 1 year younger than sneijder, why isn’t he playing for Oranje? His position taken by better players? Or are we talking vBommel spot again?

The other players I don’t know that well, but if they were at the Toulon tournament, they suck!

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:19:34 +0000

Ticketek.com.au is where we need to buy tickets. There’s no info on the game yet, but I will follow this….

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:07:52 +0000

Right-o, cool! I’m now gonna check for game tickets Charles…

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:44:35 +0000

Jan – and then we have 3-4 boys from the U/17s who were not too bad.
Just heard our 2 youngsters at Chelsea have been offered to train with the pre season A selection and possibly tour the USA with them. God old Carlo Ancelotti has faith in them (of course Guus may have given it a prod !)

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:28:32 +0000

@Sol, interesting comments but I don’t get the past-glory days remark. With the youth coming along (Afellay, Maduro, De Guzman, Wijnaldum, Biseswar, Daley Blind, Fer, Leerdam, Van der Wiel, etc) I think Oranje will stay on top for a while. Most top players we have now (Sneijder, Robben, Van Persie, De Jong, Schaars) still have a good four years in their engines…

By: JF

JF — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:47:07 +0000

@Dustin

I literally agree with everything u are saying. It does not matter who the Oranje play for as long as they PLAY. It is better for the national team that way. I hope Drenthe and Babel get out of their respective clubs because they are in sharp decline. And for huntelaar, vdv, wesley, ruud, and robben they need to play and get confidence because if those 5 along with van persie are full of confidence going into the World Cup (assuming ruud comes back ) then watch out cause i think Holland has as much talent as the Spanish, or Brazilians, and we will be very dangerous. Hup Holland Hup

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:43:21 +0000

Don’t rule out the Man U move for VanNistel quite yet. The new policy says they don’t want to sign anyone 26 years or older for a “significant” amount of money. It doesn’t say they are not going to sign anyone over 26.

Real has said you can get VanNistelroy for as little as 1.5 million pounds. The only issue for a club will be personal terms and pay his high wages, which is not a problem for Man Utd.

However, stubborn old Sir Alex is very unlikely to signup a player he chased out of the building previously.