about Marco: he’s not the optimal solution,but he has changed (rvn,clarence,442) and the list of his potential successors except hiddink doesn’t convince me. wouldn’t say that i’m a pro Marco meanwhile knowing our possibilities i’m no more against him. at least he knows these guys. i appreciate some of his decisions for ex that he doesn’t select drenthe: everyone (including myself) wanted him in oranje and he is a nice chap but doesn’t play at real. (when he plays he’s usually bad.) it would be bad for him to be titularized at this level.

tomorrow i hope we won’t win because if we win we’ll have more chance to be in a death group at the ec.

btw i’m happy that you’re back:-)

i still want him to go… im sure there are many options and im sure theyll work better than vanBasten… just wait till the EC08, if the same thing happens as happened at the WC06 you will be screaming for his departure like you did in the old days! haha

still think we need an asshole player like vanBommel but he wont play till vanBasten is gone..nothing i can do about it

btw; if Hiddink doenst qualify (wich he wont) could he be the new manager of the aussies instead of Advocaat who has choosen the money (like he always does!)?

before the wc i hated marco not selecting edgar,clarence,hunter,etc. the portugal game and his tactics there was a very-very bad decision. but since he has learned a lot: now everyone is there – except van bommel and kromkamp. i’m quite sure that the returno of kromkamp is a matter of time. van bommel? it was not the same case as with rvn or clarence. oranje can live without him. (anyway i don’t like this kind of football player – at barca even edmilson and motta were better than him.)
so right now we have evryone in oranje,we play 442,we have no more landzaat (and hopefully soon kuijt) in the team. marco believes in his guys. if they reach the semi final next year they should stay together until 2010. if hiddink called the knvb i obviously would change my mind. but unfortunately this is not the case. one more thing: we have these players,everyone know their qualities. we don’t have better players. we can dream about solid defence but if we lack the material…

btw; the papers in holland have been brutal…very cynical…one head in a paper was;

Oranje finishes qualification in style!!! hahahaha… very sarcastic!

Sar 1
Clarence 7 or 8
Wesley 6??
Vaart 7 or 8
Persie 10
Ruud 9

It’s anyone’s guess, really… Goose?