Orange, the rebuild starts now

I think they talk about a five gamelosing streak gainst France.

 

Yup, as I posted the inclusion of de Roon unveiled the capacity of Wijnaldum.
One often sees people/dumm coaches select and field the best individual midfielders.
These people are myopic on the point that soccer is a team sport and key is to field a trio that in combo are more than the sum of individuals.
You can field three individuals that in combo are less than the sum of the individuals in ratings.
Sometimes a lesser player makes another player play better, while the better one makes the same guy play worse.

 

http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/foo...ere-16-11-2018-7945026.php#xtor=AD-1481423553
One comment on the article said if it wasnot for the goalie it would have been 10-0
Varane is a player for Real. If I heared it right the Germans are going to field another Real Madrid defender against us. If we do them harm too Real Madrid will be banging on the door with a ridiculous amount of money to get de Ligt.
I posted in another thread that de Ligt was going to jump over Mbappe by making him look silly in the direct confrontation for the Golden Boy Award. How true was what I said. Just look at the ratings given to Mbappe by these two French publications
Deschamps a surpris en alignant un 4-3-3 avec Nzonzi en sentinelle. Les Français ont été dominés et sont repassés en 4-4-2 en seconde période. Sans résultats.
Alors qu’un match nu aurait suffi à leur bonheur, les Français ont été complètement dépassés par les Pays-Bas ce vendredi soir, s’inclinant 2-0 à Rotterdam.

Lloris, 8. Un gros match avec neuf arrêts de très haut niveau. Mais, abandonné par sa défense, il ne peut rien sur la reprise de Wijnaldum et le penalty de Depay.

Pavard, 2. Il est dans le dur avec son club et ça s’est vu. Le latéral droit est clairement en manque de confiance et a vécu un calvaire face à Babel.

Varane, 4. Le Madrilène a tenu la baraque une bonne partie de la première période, avant lui aussi de commettre des erreurs de relance inhabituelles. Le manque de compétition a pesé.

Kimpembe, 5. Plus solide et vigilant que lors des deux derniers matchs face à l’Islande et l’Allemagne. Quelques sauvetages dans la surface. Surpris par la tête de Nzonzi sur le but néerlandais.

Digne, 3. Souvent en retard dans les duels, il a souffert lui aussi. Ses deux centres de la première période ne sauvent pas une prestation inquiétante.

Kanté, 5. Du déchet inhabituel dans les transmissions, il n’a pas récupéré autant de ballons que d’habitude. Il a haussé son niveau en seconde période, et a été plus tranchant dans ses projections après le changement de système.

Nzonzi, 3. Prudent jusqu’à sa bourde qui trompe Kimpembe et amène le premier but des Pays-Bas. Ensuite, il a été souvent pris par la vitesse et la technique des Hollandais. Remplacé par Ndombele (81e).

Matuidi, 4. Le Turinois a tenté de se projeter sur son côté, mais lui aussi a perdu quelques ballons évitables. Au final, une prestation très quelconque. Remplacé par Sissoko (65e) qui commet la faute sur le penalty de Depay.

Griezmann, 4. Auteur des deux seules frappes cadrées des Bleus. Mais il a péché dans la finition et sa participation aux actions offensives a été limitée.

Giroud, 3. Du jeu dos au but mais il n’a jamais été en position de marquer. Une prestation très terne. Remplacé par Dembélé (65e) décevant.

Mbappé, 3. Une ou deux inspirations en première période, mais il a versé dans l’à peu près et a été souvent pris par la défense. Et n’a jamais participé aux tâches défensives de son équipe.

https://www.francefootball.fr/news/...-mbappe-griezmann-giroud-tres-decevant/959785

France Football hasnot understood what I posted earlier about van Roon, given their rating for him:
Cillessen 6
Dumfries 7
De Ligt 7
Van Dijk 6
Blind 6
De Roon 5
De Jong 8
Wijnaldum 7
Bergwijn 6
Depay 8
Babel 5

 

"Analysis"of the match:

 

From the responses o the analysis:

Foong June Meng 1 dag geleden

Dumfries my MOTM . The midfield of De Roon, Wijnaldum and De Jong were excellent as well as Babel and Depay . VVD and De ligt were solid . I love this new Netherlands team



Go Reds 10 uur geleden

Foong June Meng Wijnaldum has really benifited from playing with De Roon. It has liberated him from acting as a disruptor in midfield, that's De Roon's job now, and allowed him to make more runs toward the goal.

I'm glad there are people who understand what I'm talking about.

 

What difference would that have made? Pogba is the player to manage the counter attack of the French, but Mbappe needs space to run in the counter attack. There was no space and Pogba can't create what isnot there.
And how well are those two playing the last few weeks for their clubs? I donot recall any blistering performance of those two. For what it's worth it could also have been worse for France with those two on the pitch.
Feck the French and focus on the Germans now, as these are fired up to make a statement to their fans.
The French are bygones now and we need to do that to the Germans too. It's a pity we didnot send the clear 5-6-7-Nill message into the world, so we need to eliminate the Germans to put the French in second place. And please Koeman, spent a lot of time on shooting practice as we need to make a statement to the world.
It's time to put the fear of god in the world when they have to go on the pitch with us again.
We should put this on our orange shirt, or would that be unpolite?
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Neither Pogba or Martial made ManUnited play well these weeks, so it's a stretch to think they would do for France.
Pogba cannot do anything without having the ball and that's what the Orange lads did well, keep the ball out of France possession and when they did have the ball, the room to manouvre was too thight. Pogba, like Mbappe needs space.

 

https://www.thelocal.de/20181118/germany-out-to-dent-dutch-dreams-after-slap-in-face-year
Germany out to dent Dutch dreams after 'slap in face' year

Joachim Löw speaking to media on Sunday. Photo: DPA