Jan Wouters loves the pressure-cooker

Jan Wouters will be soooo glad once the new manager arrives!! hes no good as head coach..its just not in his character

still think it will be Jol

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Jan and Goose, how would you rate Wouters as a player at the professional level–average, above average, good, excellent, superstar? I have seen tapes in which he played, and never thought he was much above that of an average pro–I would be interested in what you and others think. Remember my theory, most great players do not make good/great coaches.

Posted from  United States

@Bob; we in Holland actually caal some players a ‘jan Wouters type’ wich means that its a player with great passion, great worker and a player who can give but also recieve (kicks that is)

since it was Wouters who passed the ball to vanBasten for his winning goal in the semis v the germans, he has a special place in my heart

Wouters was a very average player technicly.. his vision (reading of the game) was above average..his mentality was excellent… as a defensive midfielder he was excellent

been looking for the famous Wouters elbow v Gascoin on the tube (a very famous elbow in Holland, it broke the guys cheekbone!) but i cant find it

we could use a Jan Wouters type in Oranje…think vanBommel comes closest.. but alas

grz

Posted from  Netherlands

In my book Wouters was excellent. Van Basten criticized Cruyff when he sold Koeman and Vanenburg to PSV and got Wouters (and Blind) back. KOeman and Vanenburg were also excellent players, great skills etc but also weaknesses. Koeman was slow (as a midfielder he never made it and move a line back) and Vanenburg was an individualist. Wouters in particular is the glue in a team. The link between defense and offense. The one-touch master. Wouters’ biggest strength was reading the game. Understanding tactically what was needed. Speeding up, pacing down, opening left or right, using physical strength (the Gascoigne incident) etc etc. He also was a great passer, not the Koeman/De Boer 40 meters+ passes, but the linking pin 15meter passing was his forte. At FC Utrecht he was the playmaker. At Ajax and Oranje, he was more the holding midfielder, but Jan could battle and slug it out while adding to the passing/positioning game.

Then there was Jan’s mental strength. He would never give up, was always calm. He didn’t have a bad right foot either. Did a lot with the outside left and scored some good goals too. He was a silent leader. Gullit was the big man in Oranje in those days, but I think on the pitch Wouters was the sergeant.

I always thought he’d make a great coach and I still do, but his public downfall at Ajax (they made a documentary about this) as a coach must have hurt him big time. Since then, he chose to be assistant coach.

Wouters is a silent, uncomplicated and humble man outside of the field.

And don’t forget: he did quite well at Bayern Munich too…

To me, De Zeeuw has the potential to become a “new” Wouters. Van Bommel doesn’t match him, I think. Van Bommel is a dynamic runner, going deep etc. Wouters almost had problems running . His legs were crooked and his running was slow. But his thinking was fast… Van Bommel is more in the Neeskens style…

Anyway, that’s me….

Posted from  Australia

Look like PSV in trouble after first half

Posted from  United States

psv looks useless.. theyll never qualify..Barca 2-0 up

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