Bert: “Elbows are sooo 2009… Why don’t you bitch slap your opponent, like this!”

Unless they bump into a major injury or something else silly…
Van Marwijk felt that Spain, Brazil and England are among the favorites, but Holland is be too.
“We might not have the word class players at all spots, but like Feyenoord in 2002 [...]

Louis seems to take out this linesman with a karate kick!
Louis van Gaal is a bit like Johan Cruyff. He has an opinion about everything. I may have been that character trait which motivated the Ajax managers of the 1970s to appoint Van Gaal – the playmaker of Ajax C – as the successor to [...]

Well good people… I will not keep on whining how it’s not good to watch Dutch matches after having seen Bayern, Manchester United or Barca play football.
Sure, the Ajax-PSV match was laden with tension and Dutch football has slipped a bit, etc etc… It’s so easy to be negative and I will try to be [...]

Late on Sunday, the Eredivisie number 3 hosts the game against the number 2. Winning for both clubs is crucial to have a chance to put some strain on leaders FC Twente. Most people will say that Twente – despite of their qualities – won’t win the title. “The stress will get to them”.
I’m not [...]

Watching Bayern play Fiorentina, I noticed that this was the first time ever I wanted Bayern to score and to win. In all honesty, I hope Bayern wins the Champions League…

They were the arch-enemy for a long long time. They took over the crown of Ajax in the early 1970s, winning the Europa Cup 1 [...]

I’m a bit late with this post. I’m a tad busy you see… But nevertheless. We had some interesting action in the Dutch Eredivisie last weekend. PSV dropping points. Ajax taking care of business. Feyenoord winning in style (ok, against ten men) and Makaay scoring again and Twente winning thanks to a brilliant Ken Perez.

Luigi [...]

Bumped into this article recently. Bobby Haarms, unsung hero of Ajax.
Some memories…
Bobby Haarms ends his active career as a player in 1959. Too early, due to injuries. From that moment on, Haarms is full time supporter. His team, his mates, would win the title in 1960, the Intertoto in 1962 and later on even Europa [...]

Stuart Holden, the USA player who got kicked out of the game by Nigel de Jong is out for six week. The Bolton Wanderers midfielder broke his leg.
De Jong’s challenge gave fuel to an old debate. Everyone knows that players like Van Bommel and De Jong ( and before them Davids, Neeskens, Wouters) are [...]

Well, without having seen the game I can simply repeat what I said earlier: I don’t like friendlies ( sing on the tune of the Boomtown Rats’ “I don’t like Mondays”)
It’s a waste of time. For me, that is. Not for Bert van Marwijk. But I can’t get excited for those types of games. What [...]

Spring is in the air and two smiling new faces… What better way to start the preparation for the friendly fixture against the USA. Oranje uses the Quick Boys complex in Katwijk for training, witnessed by a number of Japanese journalists.

The night before, Twente goalie Sander Boschker and Feyenoord defender Ron Vlaar were welcomed by [...]