Sneijder: Golden feet…

Wonderful for Sneijder, wonderful for Oranje…of course if vBasten doesn’t completely misuse him and start him at right back, haha.

Will these youngsters ever learn? Drenthe begged to leave and now he is at the biggest club in the world that needs results now and he has to compete with better, more experienced players for a spot. Should have stayed in the Eredivisie and played. What a waste.

Posted from  United States

Stephen. I don´t agree with you on this subjetc. Drenthe is a very gifted player who will grow big time at Real. It is true that he could have less pressure at Feyenoord but at Madrid he will play with the best players around and will have many chances to show his skills that I think he eventually will do it. This past sunday he made some mistakes while defending because due to his youth he is desperate to show his value and sometimes he plays too fast and needs to learn more how to read the game. He will learn that for sure with a great coach like Schuster and the players he has around him…Cannavaro, Metzelder, Robben, Ruud, Diarra, Guti, Raúl, Sneijder, etc.
About Sneijder, he will be untouchable for Madrid and Robben too, Drenthe will be rotated a lot this year so he gains more and more experience. I think that the player who will have to go to the bench will be Robinho because he does many tricks but he is not very productive. Sneijder will move to the right replacing Robinho and Arjen will be placed on the left or could even play on the right letting Wesley stay at the left. Other change will be bench Guti and put Sneijder behind the strikers and with Robben and Robinho in the team. I am pretty sure Calderon and Schuster want Robben in the team, hopefully Robben is fit enough because in the last two years his injuries have been very often, but if he stays for large periods without being injured he will surely be a hit at Madrid because at his best everybody knows that Arjen Robben is the best left winger in the world nowadays.

I hope you are right Mario. I just think these young players are soo tempted to make it big too fast and really miss out on their development in ‘lower leagues’ or mid-table teams, ala Sneijder. He developed as much as he could at Ajax, and then moved on to make immediate impact. I think a guy Drenthe’s age needs to play week in and week out and really gain the pitch-time he needs for development/experience. I think too many move too soon and find themselves in less than ideal situations and get lost in the shuffle. Anyway, its all under the bridge now, he is at Real, and I obviously hope he does very well.

Posted from  United States

I agree with Stephen tat nowadays our young players move too soon but in my opinion our youth system is not good for defenders. Look at the weak spots of our teams, they’re defenders and defend midfielder. From the time of Jaap Stam, De Boer and Davids, we didn’t have a new world class player playing in the back. So I hope Drenthe can develop his skill at Real although the youth system at Real is suck too, their young player never make way to the starting XI.

Posted from  United States

Isn’t Sniejder playing centre left? I think Robinho was playing on the left wing…. Might be wrong….

In any case, Robben and Sneijder will start every game (when healthy) if the money Real spent on each of them says any thing.

Posted from  Republic Of Korea

Re: Mario, if you saw the way Guti and Sneijder worked together last game you wouldn’t want to bench Guti. He is a quality player and works very well with Wesley.

Robinho is definately despensable, and could act as a decent option (along with Baptista) as a sub for the strikers, and even a sub for Robben when he plays.

Any word on when Robben will play?

Posted from  Republic Of Korea

Robinho played on the right and insiders say he will be the first to be benched. His trickery is awesome but his efficiency poor. Sneijder can play on all positions in midfield (holding midfielder, attacking, left and right). Robben can play left and right. I’d say Robben and Sneijder and Guti are starters. Guti has a great raport with Ruud and is an awesome and smart player. Undervalued, being a youth system player. That always seems to be the case. Robben won’t play all matches so Robinho and Drenthe will get their play time. Not sure when Robben will be fit. Might take a couple of weeks.

Posted from  Australia

don’t forget that in real’s midfield diarra is a worldclass player too – drenthe should become a holding midfielder,a new davids. he’s got the talent for that.

i think guti will be benched too. at the moment i only see two “untouchable”: sneijder and diarra. the actual opponents will always define who else will be the other two starters.

i’m agree with the barcelona press: wesley should have ended up at camp nou. but the competition is even tougher there. for a dutch pow is better that all these young guys play at madrid. for my pow: sneijder and drenthe should play at barca,or at least sneijder. unfortunately and being realistic,drenthe wouldn’t have too much chance to play regularly.

Posted from  Hungary

agree with Stephen (in the Drenthe case), hes move has been too soon..he played less then 30 pro games in Holland!!
if anything hell be a defencive midfielder..no back.. but it most be imposible as a player to turn down the biggest club in the world..i understand that you then take your change while its there.

nice one Jan on the underrated players that arrive from the own youth system…its always easier to cheer for a guy that has costed millions, and also; Guti really seem to have some special understanding with Ruud..

i know nothing of Madrid, actually always hated them..but now with all these dutch players theyre my fav. team in Spain..hahah

heres the Sneijder action from last week, enjoy

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=tRbEPFyi0Jk

Posted from  Netherlands

I agree with what some of you said above, and I don’t think that sneijder and robben will be competing with each other for a spot in the lineup. They are different players. I think that robinho and robben are similar and will therefore be competing with each other for a place in the starting eleven. i also don’t think that we’ll see both robinho and robben playing together if it means benching guti. he may be underappreciated by the broader real fan base, but last year when real was struggling the local fans and media were calling for his return to the lineup, which in the end coincided with real’s change of fortunes.

Posted from  Canada

thanks for the link goose. seems ajax should have kept sneijder as jan alluded with the
hsv-vandervaart analogy.

frank rijkaard on wesley sneijder: http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=404163

Posted from  Hungary

seen castelen play against bayern he had a great game really
he is a good option for right wing
i watched bouma against chelsea
he did a good job
anyone here playing FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE
good site for football manager related to the EPL
if there r then lets have a league of all the dutch football fans
fantasy.premierleague.com

Posted from  Nepal

@ill check it out sandesh

we should watch Castelen..he is a real winger

I always had confidence i nBouma..even when he was at Psv…does he play centre back or left/right back??

Posted from  Netherlands

he plays as a left back at villa

Posted from  Nepal