Comments on: Wondergoal: Rene van der Gijp

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:45:20 +0000

Well done again Goose… We have to raise the bar for you!!

Can you find us (this is a test, of course) a great goal by…let’s see….Robbie de Wit? Nooo…too easy… Peter van Vossen? Nah…

Can you find us a cracker by Faas Wilkes???

Hahahahaa!!

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:48:47 +0000

@goose; Excellent research mate!! That was pretty sloppy and if that is the best we have on the owngoal front, we should be very happy. Superb Haan goal. Real cracker.

I love the hairstyle though. Classic seventies.

By: goose

goose — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:16:08 +0000

@finnster; Found it! its the first incident (better watch the rest as well, classic Haan goal)

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=NR27qbP9A08

By: goose

goose — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:46:14 +0000

@finnster; the one i remember is the own goal v Italy at WC78..some defender sliding in the ball and given an injury to the goalie..i tried to find the vid but somethings wrong with my YT

think its very telling that only the online shop is in english…true dutch style (we sold guns to our enemies in any war we have fought, no morals just money)
one of the reasons why we dutch speak english that well is cause our tv programms are subtitled and not dubt in dutch (not sure thats the right word) so every child hears english from a very young age

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:49:30 +0000

Finnster – the KNVB has the shop up, isn’t that the most important part? Dutch mercantile mentality again

And wait a minute… they speak English in Scotland??

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:01:14 +0000

@Jan & Goose: No kidding. Just went to KNVB’s site again and the only English stuff is the shop and a page referring you to contact the PR departement if you want tickets.

Excellent work. Now there were supposed to be an English version up and running prior to EC2008. We are just about to start WC2010 qual and it is the same sad old story.

Now I have visited Holland a million times, do not speak a word of Dutch and never had a problem. In fact I think the Dutch are probably the best English speakers outside of GB&Ireland in Europe.

Jan just let me know whenever you are ready because this KNVB effort is simply hilarious. Dutch for the Dutch, just like the olden days. There is clearly an opportunity here to make an impact by attacking the global market which is underserved in a big way. This blogs proves it.

I find it very funny that in this day and age, KNVB has yet to figure it out.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:42:30 +0000

Well done Goose!! If we ever turn this thing into an incorporated, you’ll be my VP of research. Finn probably wants to do VP of finance?

Best own goal… I can’t remember a “big” own goal for the life of me by an Oranje player…

Not one.

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:28:58 +0000

@Goose and Jan;

This has my mind racing, which is the most spectacular own goal? In my book has to be the injury time fantastic diving header from Riise to give Chelsea life in the CL semifinal.

However, the most dramatic own goal for a National Team has to be that Columbian central defender against the US (was it 1996? not sure) that ended up him unfortunately getting executed a day after the team came back home.

Obviously Oranje has never had anything like that, but I am sure there has been some own goals, I just can’t remember any on top of my head. Closest thing I can think of is the clumsy tackle in the WC1974 final that lead to the penalty.

By: goose

goose — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:09:21 +0000

here another classic in dutch football history (ill save you some time Jan! haha)

Willi Garbo and his scorpion-kick

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=SVEaxLaPqCM

btw; think vdGijp is a very anoying person