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Titbits…

October 31st, 2008 | By: Jan | 33 Comments »

Just to let you know, the http://eredivisie.theoffside.com has wonderful articles on the past games in the Dutch competition, focusing on AZ as the new leader!!
Come out and play!
David Beckham will move to AC Milan for a spell, on loan from LA Galaxy. Ronaldinho, Seedorf, Kaka, Beckham, Gattuso… Not bad, eh?
Feyenoord coach Gertjan Verbeek has given [...]

Players’ names in Bohemian Rhapsody: brilliant!

October 30th, 2008 | By: Jan | 37 Comments »

The world is going mad! Financial meltdowns, whale sandwich, killing for oil, Maradona as team manager and Van der Sar left out of the Top 23… (Sar’s birthday yesterday; Fergie sent him to the stands as a present) and now this…
Some English bloke re-wrote Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody using football players’ names. Among the elite, one [...]

Oranje warms up against Sweden and Tunisia

October 28th, 2008 | By: Jan | 25 Comments »

The Dutch team plays a friendly against Tunisia on February 11 in Tunis. This game will be used as a warm up for the home games against Scotland (March 28) and Macedonia (April 1). Bert van Marwijk will also play a friendly against Sweden this year, on November 19, in the Amsterdam Arena.
Oranje played twice [...]

Emotions in football

October 25th, 2008 | By: Jan | 46 Comments »

Finally, a good column by Hugo Borst again. He may not know a lot about the game, but he can write. And sometimes, he puts his finger on the right spot.
Ok, football is emotion. We know that. But why would Danny Koevermans explode when someone on the stands told him he is not a [...]

Bergkamp, Neeskens, Numan, Lodewijks…goosebumps!

October 25th, 2008 | By: Jan | 2 Comments »

Dennis Bergkamp will combine his apprenticeship at Ajax with a job at the KNVB. He will be part of the staff presiding over the new Oranje B, a talent team, that will temporarily take over Young Oranje. Johan Neeskens will be the head coach, Bergkamp one of his assistants.
Young Oranje hasn’t qualified for the EC [...]

Gio not desperate; Guzman out; Verbeek loses sleep

October 24th, 2008 | By: Jan | 7 Comments »

Gio’s face looks desperate. His eyes lost that shine. Has the crisis arrived? The sharemarket is down again, hedge funds are struggling, fuel… oops…wrong blog…
Gio’s face looks desperate. His eyes lost that shine. Has the crisis arrived? He looked like a player who doesn’t know what to do anymore. “This is sooo frustrating,” the Feyenoord [...]

Koevermans saves PSV!

October 23rd, 2008 | By: Jan | 8 Comments »

Danny Koevermans scored twice for PSV and directs his frustration and anger at a “certain person on the stands”… Mr Jan Reker maybe?
While PSV is looking in every nook and cranny for a new striker in Europe, Danny Koevermans gave his calling card against Olympique Marseille. The former Sparta striker scored twice, securing PSV’s first [...]

Everybody loves NEC!

October 22nd, 2008 | By: Jan | 4 Comments »

General Manager Jacco Swart has to think about their trip to Bukarest some weeks ago when NEC had to play Dinamo.
“It was crowded with press and camera’s. But Steau Bukarest had just landed who played a CL game in Florence and in another hall Hamburger SV was waiting to leave the country. And we were [...]

The KNVB speaks! Dutch….

October 22nd, 2008 | By: Jan | 29 Comments »

Kesler studying English on his iPhone before he’ll start translating the site…
I sent another email to the KNVB on their “planned” English version of the website. Here’s there response:
“We realize that there is a huge group of non-Dutch speaking fans in the world whom we don’t service at the moment. A first step in the [...]

Dutchies in action

October 21st, 2008 | By: Jan | 10 Comments »

Del Pierro does his Pete Sampras impersonation…
Well, it was a short night and an early morning… My first course was Van der Sar vs Loovens.
Or ManU against Celtic. The Scots suffered quite some injuries, Dutch striker Vennegoor and former Heerenveen striker Samaras weren’t fit to play, but even if they did… Who can outsmart Manchester [...]


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