Comments on: Klaas Jan Huntelaar: his opponents talk!

By: bunchapooha

bunchapooha — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:35:09 +0000

Noooh, not Slory and Hofs.. Especially Slory. The guy can have flashes of brilliance, he’s amazing. I rated him higher than Babel a year ago, he shouldn’t leave Feyenoord so soon, I think he’d get more playing time overhere than in the uk.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:57:44 +0000

Feyenoord’s right winger Andy Slory – former International – will probably also leave for England. The fast Slory couldn’t get a starting position last season due to injuries. When he got fit, Feyenoord started to play well and he was benched. With Jon Dahl Tomasson it seems Feyenoord will go for 4-4-2, leaving not a lot of options for Slory. Feyenoord doesn’t want the player to leave so much, but if there’s an interesting offer from the EPL, Feyenoord will count their beans, I suppose.

It seems Feyenoord will play:

———-Timmer—————–
Lucius Bahia/Vlaar Hofland De Cler
De Guzman Landzaat Gio Bruins
———–Tomasson——————
———–Makaay——————

Interesting…

Sergio Greene (ex-Ajax) and Nicky Hofs are also allowed to leave Feyenoord.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:48:44 +0000

True. Emnes is the most valuable player ever for Sparta. John Schuurhuizen was formerly the most expensive, when he was sold to Ajax years back. Poor old Schuurhuizen was such an amazingly skilled player…. Unbelievable! Never made it though.

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:41:44 +0000

Another Olympic player just signed for the Prem. Middlesboro just announced they have signed Marvin Emnes from Sparta for 3.2 million GBP.

That is two players in two days going to the English Prem for 3.2 million GBP. Who needs an academy to develop top talent when all they have to do is pick up the phone and call Holland and cough up 3.2 milliion pounds?

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:28:12 +0000

It was Foppe I was referring to. That sounds like someone who would actually do exactly that, a little bit of trickery. Don’t think there is a Norwegian equivalent “foppen” word, but we tend to give people nicknames a lot, and just make those up. They don’t mean anything, but sounds real good, and comes out of the box with a bit of respect.

Speaking of names, I went to University in the UK and shared a flat with another Norwegian studying at the same place. He was a pretty good looking chap and did very well with getting a conversation going with the ladies. Not a bad roommate to have in other words. However, all of a sudden everything would turn on him, and this would happen consistently. One day he came back after dancing with this girl that took off again, and he asked me very depressed, what am I doing wrong here? This has never happened to me before. So I asked him is there anything that you can think of that all these situations have in common? He thought about it, and then said, actually there is. It actually happens everytime when I formally inroduce myself, but I still don’t get it.

His real name was Odd Johnny…

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:04:58 +0000

We forgive you Finn! Which name do you think is cool? Foppe? or Van Marwijk? I think Van Marwijk is derived from a village name. He is from Marwijk, so to speak. Foppe is a typical Friese name I think. There’s a Dutch verb ‘foppen” which means to trick some one. I don’t think Foppe was good at “fopping” on the pitch though. Don’t think he was a great player. De Haan is Dutch for “the rooster” by the way and we call really macho blokes “haantjes” (little roosters). I once knew a guy called Geurt Bitter which literally means Smells Foul! True. He wasn’t a football player, so who cares.

I actually expected and hoped for Zuiverloon to return to Feyenoord with Heerenveen coach Verbeek. Would be a good move for all!

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:07:39 +0000

out of 30 players only 1 ajax player, now i want eu to allow 6+5 rule to pass. emanuelson?

@ finnster01
gianni will use brom as a stepping stone.

By: finnster01

finnster01 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:45:10 +0000

@Jan; Clearly had been out too long in the sun, didn’t know what I was thinking. Of course I meant Foppe. Van Marwijk? I must have lost it.I like his name by the way. Does it mean anything in Dutch? It sounds like a real cool nickname you would call one of the kids playing soccer in the park/street in Norway. One of the best ones, that is. You wouldn’t call the guy that get picked next to last anything like that…So now I have had a beer, and look what good that did to me, I am back on the board…

@Michel; Thanks for the date.

In other news, just picked up that West Bromwich has bought Gianni Zuiverloon from Heerenveen for 3.2 million GBP. I wonder if that will actually have any impact on final squad selection for Beijing. They won’t be happy him missing 2 weeks of the season. By the way both Mascherano (argentina) and Lucas Leiva (Brazil) of Liverpool have been called up. That means I am getting real worried about ‘pool’s holding midfielder position for two weeks. Leiva has been Mascherano’s plan B, and now both are out…

In any event, I am a little surprised Gianni didn’t go to a bigger club, but since the Baggies won the Championship and got promoted, at least he gets a shot to start regularly in the English Prem. I like this guy, he is a very talented defender.

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:36 +0000

@ goose
the deadline is july 23

By: goose

goose — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:39:13 +0000

Training has started for the U21 team july 1, Foppe still has a team of 30players left, im not sure when the deadline is. Here are the 30 players

Goal: Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse), Kenneth Vermeer (Willem II).

Defense: Edson Braafheid (FC Twente, 8-4-1983), Ryan Donk (AZ, 30-3-1986), Jeroen Drost (NEC, 21-1-1987), Tom Hiariej (FC Groningen, 25-7-1988), Calvin Jong-A-Pin (Heerenveen, 18-7-1986), Milano Koenders (AZ, 31-7-1986), Christiaan Kum (ADO Den Haag, 13-9-1985), Dirk Marcellis (PSV, 13-4-1988), Erik Pieters (FC Utrecht, 7-8-1988), Rob Wielaert (FC Twente, 29-12-1978), Gianni Zuiverloon (Heerenveen, 30-12-1986).

Midfield: Ismaïl Aissati (PSV, 16-8-1988), Otman Bakkal (PSV, 27-2-1985), Wout Brama (FC Twente, 21-8-1986), Luigi Bruins (Feyenoord, 9-3-1987), Lorenzo Davids (NEC, 4-9-1986), Jonathan De Guzman (Feyenoord, 13-9-1987), Siem De Jong (Ajax, 28-1-1989), Willem Janssen (Roda JC, 4-7-1986), Kees Luijckx (Excelsior, 11-2-1986), Geert-Arend Roorda (Heerenveen, 2-3-1988), Robbert Schilder (Heracles Almelo, 18-4-1986), Ruud Vormer (AZ, 11-5-1988).

Attack: Nordin Amrabat (VVV-Venlo, 31-3-1987), Istvan Bakx (KV Kortrijk, 20-1-1986), Roy Beerens (Heerenveen, 22-12-1987), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid) Marvin Emnes (Sparta Rotterdam, 27-5-1988), Leroy George (FC Utrecht, 21-4-1987), Roy Makaay (Feyenoord, 9-3-1975), Stefan Nijland (FC Groningen, 10-8-1988), Gerald Sibon (Heerenveen, 19-4-1974), Evander Sno (Celtic, 9-4-1987).

this is the group:

this is the group;

Groep B

* 7 augustus 17.00 uur in Tianjin: Japan – Verenigde Staten
* 7 augustus 19.45 uur in Tianjin: NEDERLAND – Nigeria
* 10 augustus 17.00 uur in Tianjin: Nigeria – Japan
* 10 augustus 19.45 uur in Tianjin: Verenigde Staten – NEDERLAND
* 13 augustus 17.00 uur in Shenyang: NEDERLAND – Japan
* 13 augustus 17.00 uur in Beijing: Nigeria – Verenigde Staten

well, enough copy-paste for the day;

grtz