Comments on: Wonderful tribute to Jaap Stam

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:41:24 +0000

Thanks Goose! And after watching that first one I found a link to more highlights:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5gzJzAPV8&feature=related

By: goose

goose — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:59:17 +0000

@Caleb; you ask, we deliver!! haha

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Oflo6l8oQms
(poor quality btw, think its filmed with a phone)

riots after the match
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=krHT25cefxY

grtz

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:36:33 +0000

It was interesting to see those couple of pictures in the video where Stam still had his hair… very different!
Also, I’d love to see some highlights from his fairwell match, anyone know any links?

By: goose

goose — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:38:54 +0000

agree with Jan and finnster; although Jaap was a great defender i always thought he was overrated… guess he ‘ grew’ into his imago (is that english??) like Davids did

i guess its interesting to know that Stam is a very quiet, down to earth person, maybe he needed his ‘ hooligan look’ like a popsinger needs an alter ego on stage?
btw; people always tell me i look like Stam so he cant look that dangerous!! haha

but eh; he was a great defender (esp. for a dutchamn) and is still missed in Oranje

Carlos; very true on Koeman, Rijkaard etc.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:25:58 +0000

I think as a player he should only be judged on his playing, not whether he stuttered or what kind of car (?) he drove or whatever.
I rate him (like SAF) one of the best defenders we have had. Him and van Tiggelen were absolute NAILS and tree trunks! Both had a lot of speed too. Koeman,Rijkaard, Haan,de Boer etc were footballers not defenders per se. Right now we could do with another Stam. The only one who I think comes cose in speed n guts is Boulah. But there is still no comparison.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:49:00 +0000

Finn, I’m with you there buddy. I agree. I think I posted something along the same lines some months back and copped some flak. He “acted” the tough defender, but in all honesty, he actually was a very good and solid defender of course… But, as Goose will remember, he was a shy and timid and stuttering farmer boy when he just made it into PSV .

But, I’m a fan anyway

Go Jaap!

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:25:05 +0000

“He always thought he was awkward and a penalty waiting to happen. Maybe being a Liverpool & Ajax fan didn’t help either”

That should read: “I always thought he was awkward and a penalty waiting to happen. Maybe being a Liverpool & Ajax fan didn’t help either”

Sorry.

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:15:11 +0000

I guess most of you will all hate me after this, but I have to say that I always thought Jaap Stam was a good and decent player, but never a great one.

I know from reading previous posts a lot of you rate him very highly. Personally, just never saw it. The tatoo thing, shaved head, all of a sudden the “hooligan” look, I don’t know. He always thought he was awkward and a penalty waiting to happen. Maybe being a Liverpool & Ajax fan didn’t help either.

Actually, in a way he is a bit of what we need at Oranje today. Can KNVB please sponsor some Barber no.1’s and tattoos for the team or at the very least let Van Bommel back in to the team so we can scare the opposition a bit for a change. Van Persie and Robben swapping stamps with the other team after the game is hardly “it” at the moment…

Where is the “terminator”?

But he achieved great things on the pitch which is what counts. I salute him on his retirement and wish him and his family the best for the future, but he is not in my book in my all time starting 11 by a long shot.

He would however clearly be in the Dutch all-time tractor driving starting eleven though.