Comments on: EC2008: Russia plays more Dutch than the Dutch

By: Mario Rosado (Dutch admirer)

Mario Rosado (Dutch admirer) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:06:20 +0000

@goose: I completely agree with you. I have no good memories of Marco’s legacy, 2 knock-out games and 2 lost.
He is not the one to blame because he had no experience at all and the KNVB sholdn’t have appointed him as the national coach.

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:39:41 +0000

i rate drenthe and aissati higher than afellay. not a big fan of afellay, his overrated like ooijer.

bert should call amrabat(dutch benzema) against russia, if bert decide to play 4-4-2 he will be the perfect partner for hunter/V.of.H.

if the dutch make it to 2010 and ooijer, gio, de cler, mathijsen… is in the 2010 squad, the team will not go far.

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:52:12 +0000

Off topic; LA Galaxy announces Gullit has quit has headcoach for personal reasons and Alexi Lalas has been let go as GM.

Sounds like two firings to me. Shows also once again that one single player (Beckham) will never make it a team.

I am sure Gullit will have another job real soon. Not so sure about Lalas.

By: goose

goose — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:52:38 +0000

btw2; the ‘BUT’in my first comment should be ‘BECAUSE’… sorry for that

By: goose

goose — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:51:04 +0000

btw;

is Hiddink trying to read vBastens mind?? does Hiddink have superpowers?

By: goose

goose — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:35:48 +0000

well; you cant blame Holland for playing counter-attacking football…BUT with the lack of quality in defence and defensive midfield its almost impossible to play on possession…. vBasten has tried to play possession football but he just didnt have the material

it may be true that Russia played ‘ dutch’ , i reckon they DID have the material to do so

i still believe that it was NOT tactics wich were the problem (still think that part is overrated)..it was the Boula-saga wich ruined everything…we lost our flow

vBasten legacy; NOTHING!! cant remember anything he brought to the game as a manager, 2 knock-out games – 2 losses