Comments on: Preview: Holland vs Scotland

By: Mario

Mario — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:25:48 +0000

Alex, I think that Kuyt will be in the bench too and the front line will be a Madrid´s one with Robben , Hunter and Sneijder. Van Persie the only creative midfielder that doesn´t play for Madrid.

About Gio, Bert knows Gio is not going to be the left back in the WC but he is using him now as a regular starter because experiencie is very important in these kind of games. Then we consolidate our qualification then van Marwijk will use other players in the left back position such as Braafheid, Bouma, De Cler.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:05:09 +0000

I do think Kuyt is going to become victim to the return of form of Sneijder, regular V.Persie, and in form Huntelaar, Robben.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:03:06 +0000

If this is it, im surprised V.Bronckhorst still regularly receives a spot on leftback, doesn’t play there for Feyenoord, he does join up in attack so you have a numeral advantage in midfield/upfront, but defensivaly getting more and more vulnerable. I might have chosen more defensive stability against Scotland, like sturdy Braafheid, who does have join upfront regularly as well, but not as much given Gio is naturally a midfielder. Ooijer and Mathijsen are the physically “strongest” centerbacks, V.Marwijk obviously takes that in his consideration as we are talking about a physically very strong Scotland. I predict they’ll receive a lot of credit for that if we beat the scots with a clean sheet.

As for rightback, V.d.Wiel is the most natural, attacking right-back in this squad, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he plays.

By: dirk v.d.Berg

dirk v.d.Berg — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:53:11 +0000

Huntelaar will get 2, and Sneijder 1. That’s the least I think will happen. McGregor’s good, not as good as Craig Gordon, but he does have big game experience (UEFA cup final last year). I call 4-0, 2 Huntelaar, 1 Sneijder, 1 Defender.

By: alaa

alaa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:31:56 +0000

even though I am super busy with pharmacy school and have many assignments to do, but you know what i wanna watch this game soooooooooooooo bad:), I am ready for some orange action.

By: Ilham

Ilham — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:57:28 +0000

Holland will win, just 1 goal. Yeah, 1-0 for oranje.

By: sonneveld

sonneveld — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:55:46 +0000

I think we payed tunisia in a friendly to toughen us up. Everything Ive read from scotland is that they got to turn this into a rugby match to have a hope.

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:50:59 +0000

Laurent Duhamel is banned from reffing French top league games by the French FA. He got suspended after making some very strange decisions and can only do second division games in France plus internationals…

Having him in charge of such an important match is a big mistake by FIFA.