Comments on: The Game according to the Dutch Media http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-game-according-to-the-dutch-media.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa, Oranje, Nederlands Elftal, Eredivisie, Marco van Basten, Dutch football, The Netherlands Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:30:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-game-according-to-the-dutch-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-1916 Jan Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:00:11 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-game-according-to-the-dutch-media.html#comment-1916 All good points Stuart, good analysing! Let's hope these points can all be improved on, then we'll be sensational... All good points Stuart, good analysing! Let’s hope these points can all be improved on, then we’ll be sensational…

]]> By: Stuart http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-game-according-to-the-dutch-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-1895 Stuart Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:39:33 +0000 http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-game-according-to-the-dutch-media.html#comment-1895 Interesting...I watched that match, and I wouldn't describe the Dutch backline as "strong". While they enjoyed the better control of play, they let a few excellent changes occur simply by not engaging the attack farther from the box. Robben clearly came to play, but the others looked slow and hesitant to pass quickly on attack. I saw many occations where I think they'd have created beautiful chances, and possibly a few goals, if they'd passed a step sooner. I don't think Netherlands showed their best stuff yesterday, but they need to start bringing it to the for if they intend to hang around for any amount of time. I don't see the side I saw yesterday beating Argentina at this point. Interesting…I watched that match, and I wouldn’t describe the Dutch backline as “strong”. While they enjoyed the better control of play, they let a few excellent changes occur simply by not engaging the attack farther from the box.

Robben clearly came to play, but the others looked slow and hesitant to pass quickly on attack. I saw many occations where I think they’d have created beautiful chances, and possibly a few goals, if they’d passed a step sooner.

I don’t think Netherlands showed their best stuff yesterday, but they need to start bringing it to the for if they intend to hang around for any amount of time. I don’t see the side I saw yesterday beating Argentina at this point.

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