Comments on: Top 11 Dutch tough players

By: sexyman

sexyman — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:29:24 +0000

and DAVIDS???

By: alaa

alaa — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:40:04 +0000

@jan

where is davids, are you kidding:)? davids is number one!

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:59:19 +0000

It’s a good thing… When people think about Nees, Israel, De Wolf or even van Bommel they think about the tough challenges, the meanness, the annyoing behaviour (Bommel)… With Davids, they remember his rushes, his assists, his tackling and his goggles

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:12:20 +0000

@dirk…you beat me to it No Davids ? He is a legendary Hard Man ! Never saw Koeman nor Rijkaard do knee high hard body and all tackles like Krol/Neeskens/Davids….those 2 were more finesse defenders.

By: dirk v.d.berg

dirk v.d.berg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:39:37 +0000

no edgar davids?

By: goose

goose — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:09:42 +0000

finnster; guess its a fine line between beeing hard and beeing insane (like Vinnie Jones was)

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:28:17 +0000

I think the Rijkaard spitting incident made him look ‘arder than he really was.

Koeman on the other hand, was a real tough guy and I am surprised to not see him on the list also. But I guess everone is entitled to their opinion.

Krol was a monster though. Actually saw him play several times on my Ajax trips to Amsterdam. Hard as nails. They don’t make them like that anymore. Closest thing these days in my book is John Terry. Team captain with what looked like a chip on his shoulder every game. Nasty hard man. I am not sure about the “elegant” part in the article, but I am pretty sure he wouldn’t like to be called that to his face. If there ever was a Dutch Vinnie Jones, I’d say Krol gets the title.

By: princedesparcs

princedesparcs — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:30:20 +0000

As a stopper/defensive mid (whose skills are fading fast), I like the idea for the list. But though I didn’t get the chance to see a lot of these guys play, I’m surprised at the ommission of Koeman certainly, and maybe even that of Rijkaard

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:18:49 +0000

khalid the cannibal and bommel the beast

By: goose

goose — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:28:23 +0000

nah, Boula is just big and strong…vBommel is a real nasty person!

brilliant story on Rinus and his buddy….. think the rest of that Feyenoord team was pretty ‘hard’ too