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November 1st, 2007 | By: Jan | 10 Comments »

Koeman wants Van der Vaart… The former Ajax coach and former Ajax star clashed the last time they worked together. It was one of the reasons why the hugely talented Son of Gods moved to Hamburg for a less than impressive transfer fee. But, time (and money) heal all wounds, I guess.
Koeman likes to sign Raf for Valencia: “Rafael is a brilliant player. I’d love to have him at Valencia. We did have our spats in the past, but that’s life. We’ve moved on from that and learned our lessons.”

Alves, the exciting Brazilian striker of SC Heerenveen, is linked to Manchester City, who are willing to pay 20 Million for the neo-international. I’d say: hold your horses and Chelsea or Tottenham will come round with even more money…

Daniel de Ridder at last played a full match for Birmingham City. Manager Steve Bruce couldn’t find words to describe his new protege. “He is a brilliant player with the ball. The fans love him and he reminds everybody of Ryan Giggs. We need players like this. Let’s hope and pray he can play every game as good as this one.” De Ridder was one of the stars against Wigan and received a applause replacement (what’s the term in English??) in the dying seconds.
Marco, are you watching???

Ajax aggressively beat SC Heerenveen for the National Cup, 3-1. Feyenoord won with similar figures against FC Groningen, three goals by Roy Makaay.

17 Year old Nasser Barazite made his debut in Arsenal 1, in the League Cup match against Sheffield United. In the 86th minute the fast and skilled right winger came on, but didn’t add anything to the 3-0 victory. Barazite was developed at NEC Nijmegen and is part of the Oranje youth plan.

Real Madrid beat Valencia 5-1, with two Ruud van Gol goals. Barcelona couldn’t beat the low ranked Valladolid. The home team scored 1-0 and Ronaldinho equalized. In the second half Barca had the upper hand but the post and bad luck stopped Barca from seizing the victory. Real Madrid is now 4 points “loose” from Barcelona.

Tags: Daniel de Ridder, Group C, Oranje, Ronaldinho, Roy Makaay, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, The Netherlands

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By netherlandfanboy | November 1st, 2007 at 9:25 pm

No man, leave De Ridder alone, he’s still so young. We have overrated so many players like Maduro, Babel, Drenthe and Rigters and they also think they’re that good but it’s sad to see their situation right now.

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By Jan | November 1st, 2007 at 9:49 pm

True…but De Ridder has had a second life in Spain already, after Ajax and experienced the tough side of being a talent. He fought his way back in Oranje U21 and is apparently doing well in the EPL (which is not going to happen if you “only” rely on your skills). So, I agree, Marco should just monitor him for now, but he could be our actual right winger…

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By Abby | November 1st, 2007 at 9:59 pm

Weren’t Valencia going to buy van der Vaart ayway?

Also, I don’t think there’s really an English phrase for it. I’ve always just seen mention of a player being applauded as he comes off, without a special phrase of its own.

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By Bart | November 1st, 2007 at 10:15 pm

Standing Ovation?

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By netherlandfanboy | November 1st, 2007 at 11:42 pm

@Jan: Right, Jan. De Ridder’s the man for the future. Good crossing, good dribble and doens’t get injury as easily as Robben and Van Persie. I still remember that he played so good in the U-23 final.

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By zandvoort blue | November 2nd, 2007 at 2:54 am

Would that be the Spuds team in turmoil who are sat near the bottom of the Premiership, or Sven`s Man City that are sat proudly in 3rd place. City are a team on the up with a rich owner and only a couple of signings away from challenging the monopoly of the top 4. Alves could be the man.

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By goose | November 2nd, 2007 at 5:00 am

Why would Chelsea want Alves?? they have great strikers already… think Man. City is overrated at the moment…Sven has done a great job but the first real test they had they got slaughtered by Chelsea!! think they will end at mid table at the end of the ride, dont think they have any change of challanging the big 4… i heared that maybe Alves is going to Man.city and that as part of the deal Samaras (who already played for Heerenveen) will return to Holland (not so sure about that story btw but thats what i heared)

Alves played terrible against Ajax btw.

Dont think deRidder is any good (and i dont like pretty boys!)…think the best change we have of a decent winger in the future is Bruins… but eh; i could be wrong

think vdVaart will stay at Hsv till the end of this season and then hell move to Spain

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By Lerkot | November 2nd, 2007 at 7:02 am

goose: First real test? Isnt games against Man United and Arsenal decent tests?

By goose | November 2nd, 2007 at 9:50 am

Lerkot; yes point taken altough they lost v Arsenal and both those games were in August at the very beginning of the season but ok not their first real test

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By Caleb | November 2nd, 2007 at 10:36 am

@zandvoort blue: your words ring with the optimism only a die hard supporter can have.. you are a big Man City fan, aren’t you?
@Jan: I believe the words you were looking for are “standing ovation”, as Bart said, or perhaps just “ovation” (if the fans weren’t standing to do it). So you would say something like, “he received an ovation from the fans when he was subbed off”, or “he was substituted to an ovation from the fans”. (There we go with the English teacher in me again).

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