Comments on: True heroes are the penalty shooters: Borst

By: Alexovic

Alexovic — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:27:32 +0000

if youre looking for a strong defensive midfielder, your best options are Stijn Schaars and Demy de Zeeuw, both playing for AZ Alkmaar, although Schaars is just coming back from serious injury.
But there are a few others who i think have less potential:
Nigel de Jong(HSV), David Mendes da Silva(AZ Alkmaar) and possibly Orlando Engelaar from FC Twente(quite old,28 i believe)
Besides that we have some defensive midfield talents like Wout Brama(FC Twente), Geert-Arend Roorda(SC Heerenveen), and Kees Luijckx(was loaned to Excelsior Rotterdam by AZ Alkmaar)

By: Kervin

Kervin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:13:47 +0000

Sorry, i was referring to his goal against juventus; against liverpool, the show certainly was the dancing Dudek show!!

De guzman can play for netherlands!! His brother plays for Canada isn’t it?? The deportivo player? Watched Drenthe play for real against depor, in the 1-0 lost. He was the best player for real… He is quite a talent this guy!

By: goose

goose — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:08:58 +0000

DeGuzman is too ‘light’at the moment to play in Oranjes midfield…the player on his position for the future is Affelay (altough deGuzman is a better finisher)

deGuzman should go to the Olympics with Foppe…much more for him to learn

By: bobby

bobby — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:59:54 +0000

I do not think it is a good idea for Basten to choose De Guzman at this time. The Canadian made a little progress during the last two seasons. He will have his opportunity after this summer.

By: simon

simon — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:01:26 +0000

As I see it, De Guzman is a little bit different than those guys, he’s a bit more of a scorer and a bit less of a playmaker. Could be a useful sub in that way.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:40:03 +0000

Thanks Marc! Cool idea… De Guzman is a creative midfielder if I’m not mistaken. So, Seedorf, Persie, Sneijder, Vaart, Afellay and now also De Guzman… It’s a bit much…

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:31:36 +0000

I think Kervin was referring to Andriy’s goal against Juventus which won them the trophy in 2003, and not his miss against Liverpool a few years later…

By: dirk v.d berg

dirk v.d berg — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:46:31 +0000

@Caleb, I think he was implying that Shevchenko was the hero for Liverpool, I could be wrong though.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:51:09 +0000

Kervin – If I’m not mistaken, didn’t Scheva miss his penalty in the Champions league final three years ago, and thus Liverpool were able to win it?

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:31:26 +0000

hey i know that this is off topic but is De Guzman more of a defencive midfielder or offensive? bcuz i thnk that holland is currently lacking one superstar in the defensive midfielder position to play in the holding role (like van bommel). And u guys shuld check the uefa site out cuz there is a game u can play to predict the scores of games that lets u win tickets to the euro.