I guess at first sight this really sounds confusing lol.
Let me clarify. Take our beloved Oranje as example. On one hand,we have players like Seedorf, Davids, Stam maybe even Van Nistelrooy who are already well established and epxerienced players. They play world class football in world class teams. Theyre known and their playing is also known. Their performances do not vary much, neither improve nor fluctuate. On the other, we have perhaps younger and less famous players like van persie, sneijder, maduro, mathijsen and maybe even van der vaart who are all constantly in a process of change and improvement. You feel at any time that their performance in a next match can be better than their last, and that they still have something to give to the world of football.

Which group of players do you think is more dangerous ?

I have been avoiding studies for over two hours now, thinking about football . Finally I decided to lay some ideas I thought I would share with you guys..

When Hiddink included Mark Milligan (21 yrs) in his world cup squad many publicly critisised his decision as risky. I do not see it this way, look at Argentina with Messi or Spain with Fabregas or England with Walcott and Lennon, all still in their teens and all on debut. The Oranje have Babel(19) Van Persie (22) Robben (22) Hedwiges (21) and Sneijder (22) (im not 100% sure about these ages but all are within 1 yr) and these payers along with the likes of Kuyt are the future for the Oranje. It must be ensured that the mistakes made in previous years do not contiue.

Because of those mistakes the Dutch team of 2006, though reasonably strong, could have been so much stronger had development plans ben laid in years prior. The Dutch must now work on creatng the team that they have now into a solid support base and build upon that continually through the inclusion of new players, even though this may come at the cost of a few lost friendlies or at worst an earlier than wanted departure from the Euro.

What is a shame is that Ductch clubs such as Ajax have such a reputation for their youth development while the dutch national team does not. But with Van Basten comes a wind of change and i can see big things for Dutch soccer in the years to come. With their improved social cohesion and a fresh balance b/w the experienced and the young (albeit a bit one-sided) i think that the Dutch will make it out of the group stages and hopefully, as the inexperienced players gain some valuable experience their campaign and the team in general will continue to gain momentum throughout the WC 2006 and beyond.

Damn it. was just starting to get conviced we might be ok. Hope the dude gets well soon !!