And we move on to the strikers of the Best Oranje Ever!

Most underrated striker in dutch history;

Willy van der Kuylen… all time topscorer in the Eredivisie with 311 goals! Also a great striker; Ruud Geels (Ajax, Feyenoord)

Posted from  Netherlands

I would have picked Gullit for right winger, but since I chose him for right back I decided to go with Overmars – you just can’t beat his pace. I see a lot of people chose him for the left wing… did he play much on the left wing?
I’d love to see Bergkamp, Cruijff and Van Basten all in the same lineup, but I’m afraid it just won’t work out.. not with a 4-3-3 at least. Maybe with a 4-4-2 you could have Bergkamp and Van Basten as your two main strikers and Cruijff behind them in the midfield.

Posted from  Canada

My God Porchetta you racist!! Do you have a swastika tatoo?! Go back to your cave drawings you uneducated little prick.

There is a statue of Willy outside Phillips stadium isn’t there? Does anyone know if ‘Mr PSV’ is still scouting for them??

Overmars better than Keizer or Rensenbrink? Absolute sacrilge.

Posted from  United States

van der saar – suurbier,ronald koeman,rijkaard,krol – neeskens,cruijff,davids – gullit,van basten,rensenbrink. i know that i should have put somewhere van hanegem,bergkamp and frank de boer,but there is only place for eleven players.

Posted from  Hungary

@Ayl; please just ignore this pathetic guy… we all should just ignore him

@Brian; i was actually thinking about Overmars…he was the most economic player i have ever seen or since… ofcourse Keizer and Rensenbrink were much better players but were they as lethal and economic as Overmars?? im not sure

but its so difficult to get to a fav 11… i can hardly make one out of players ive seen in my lifetime…and its almost impossible to compare different periods in football; the football of the 70’s has little to do with the kind of football that is played nowadays

Posted from  Netherlands

btw; can let go;

heres a very good vid on the Hol-Fra match…great quality

enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeI-iwEC6w

Posted from  Netherlands

Ayl – yes, just ignore the prick. Do the same thing that you would do to a bully who wants attention on the playground. We all know how sad and pathetic he is, we don’t need to comment on it. By giving him any attention at all you are just encouraging him.

I’m kind of biased to the player’s I’ve seen more of, since I wasn’t around to see the players in the 70’s. Sometime I should watch the 74 WC to see them in all their glory.

Posted from  Canada

Porchetta needs to move out of his momma’s basement

Posted from  Canada

@Caleb; You have to watch the 1974. It is in my book the finest vintage Orajne ever produced.

Too bad Gerd Muller, Briegel and Sepp Maier was around on a certain Sunday in July, but that Oranje team was awesome (and Ajax

Kluivert was a natural… though Euro 2000, vs Italy, not his best day.

Posted from  United States

I think that my favourite team would be the players who were decisive in important matches, like bergkamp (Argentina, ‘98) and van Basten (Germany, ‘88) and Rensenbrink in ‘78 where he scored most of Oranjes goals (although he hammered the post in the last second of the final against Argentina). I think that the ‘78 performance was even better than that of the ‘74 squad, considering they were playing without JC.

Posted from  Netherlands

my dutch team
——–van der Sar——-
van Tiggelen–Koeman–Stam–F. de Boer
——-Winter—–Rijkaard——-
–Gullit—Cruijff—Overmars–
——–van Basten——
subs
-Kluivert
-Bergkamp
-Neeskens
-Davids
-Cocu
-Krol
-Suurbier
-van Breukelen

Posted from  United States

It’s hard isn’t it…?

Van der Kuylen is still super scout for PSV, yes.

Oh, and Hans Peter Briegel didn’t play the 1974 squad, he was in the 1980s squad I believe.

But it is hard to mix players from 3 decades. How can you actually see Keizer and Van Hanegem play in todays game and compare them to respectively Overmars and Davids???? It’s madness.

I’d go for:

Sar
Gullit Rijkaard De Boer Davids
Neeskens Cruyff Van Hanegem
Bergkamp Van Basten Rensenbrink/Overmars

Subs:
Cocu
Overmars/Rensenbrink
Van Beveren
Krol
Sneijder
Van Persie
Van Nistelrooy

Aaarghh.h….i don’t know….

By the way: Ruud Geels also played for PSV. He was the first to play for all big three Dutch clubs. As far as I know, only one player repeated that after him.

Pop Quiz:

Who was that player?

@ Jan, Is it Ronald Koeman? I know Ajax and PSV for sure. And ended with Feyenoord.

Posted from  United States

Funny how the right winger question get 83 votes and the others a couple less…Why is that?

Hmmm…..

Well done, Dave … That’s it. Ronald started at FC Groningen of course. Went to Ajax as midfielder. Cruyff (!) sold him to PSV and got Wouters instead. And Blind. (Van Basten was furious!!). Koeman played libero for PSV until he left for Barca (under Cruyff!!) and returned to Feyenoord when Van Hanegem lured him back…

Makaay and Hasselbaink was not nominated for any of the spot!!

Posted from  Australia

Oopssss….you’re right. I’m sorry. Don’t think they would have made it though…

Posted from  Australia