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By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:15:24 +0000

You may be asking the wrong person Goose. My club team Arsenal are a cosmopolitan side with a foreign manager, Arsene Wenger for the last ten years. Cosmopolitan supporters too. In terms of England I think that Sven Goran Erikson was as good a manager as the previous English managers. But he was cold and lacked passion. We enjoy our football and we need our players to have the same passion as the fans, maybe that can only come from an English manager. One big problem in England though is the press…they very quickly turn against the manager whether English or foreign. Foreign managers may find that aspect more difficult. At the end of the day Goose, I don’t think the fans care about the manager so long as we are winning.

By: ferenc

ferenc — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:30:17 +0000

the hungarian national team doesn’t count,but they had lothar matthaus for 2 years
- language problems
- the hungarian coach lobby against him (from the back)
- usually doesn’t know the culture of the country,its football tradition

etc,etc – but i’m not against foreigner coaches. still i can’t imagine oranje with a foreigner coach. maybe sacchi or lippi would do a good job.

By: goose

goose — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:59:27 +0000

i see all english games..we have bbc here..watch football focus and match of the day

one little question; we were talking on this blog of how it would be to have a foreign manager for the national team..i wanted to ask it to someone who has had the experience so heres my change;

it what way is it different to have a foreign manager?? more credit/less credit etc.?
,,just wondering

grtz

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:21:32 +0000

Cheers Goose

WE don’t get the qualifying Holland games live over here (London). Although we can catch up with Eurosport after the event. England v Russia at the new Wembley should be interesting. From an Arsenal perspective two results please…Holland beat Albania..nothing pretty just a win, and RvP comes back uninjured so that he can play for us against Tottenham on Saturday. By the way we also have Vincent van den Berg and Nacer Barazite. I will keep you posted on their progress. Take care, Frank

By: goose

goose — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:43:07 +0000

@Frank; thanx for the support..same goes the other way.. all in Holland have a special place for the Arsenal cause of Dennis (and a bit cause of vPersie, hope we can keep this ‘connection’alive)

btw; think english are actually our fav. neighbours (and yes there is little competition but alas, haha)

grzt

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:19:29 +0000

A lot of English Arsenal fans support Holland, principally becuase Dennis Bergkamp was such an influential player for us. His testimonial at the Emirates was fantastic. A great player…the mantle has now been taken by Robin…a great player in the making. Good luck Oranje against Albania.

By: goose

goose — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:01:32 +0000

@lerkot; hahahha…

yes we need vanBommel back, im not saying hes the solution to all our problems but i think it will help coordinate things at the back..remember that he plays libero (or Ausputzer as our german friends call it) right in nfront of defensiv with possibilitys to get at midfield positions

i know that it was vanBommel himself who called it a day but as it was vanBasten who drove him away, it should be vanBasten who takes the first step

get down on your knees Marco, and ask vanBommel if he wants to play for Oranje again!

we need players like vanBommel!!!!

grz

By: Lerkot

Lerkot — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:54:19 +0000

And now I read it all. Yes we need van Bommel in that position. Good thinking.

By: Lerkot

Lerkot — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:53:08 +0000

We definitely dont need van Bommel. He wouldnt fit anyway.

By: Oranje.cn

Oranje.cn — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:13:42 +0000

Oranje has a lot of fans in China. One of the most famous fan site is http://www.oranje.cn and its corresponding BBS is http://www.oranje.cn/bbs
Many Chinese fans there can say English.
Welcome, Jan!!