Review: Dutch players at home and abroad worthy to be tracked in connection with the Dutch NT - Part 3

I stand by my words. Krul once he concedes a goal or two is horrible. In those cases I would rather have a Vorm who sucks even more at distribution than him. He is one of the most panicky keepers as is Vermeer. Its not just the NewCastle defense.

Krul in general is horrible once he concedes a couple of goals. He rushes un-necessarily & gets caught out of position time & again. I have seen him play this season. He is either Great or Bad. He is too big a risk & not reliable IMO.

And I want a Video that in the last 2-3 years when has a Counter Attack initiated by a GK resulted in a goal. I cant remember one,atleast in a major tournament. But since you follow Oranje way more than me,post a video to show how GK's have contributed heavily due to counters under Bert.

 

This has nothing to do with mental grit or strength. Krul panicks when his team lets in goals & I have seen. What he does apart from football is his issue. Standing up for himself or Whatever Bullshit I dont care. In the goal he does not give much security after conceding a goal that is my problem.

And I dont think there exists any VIDEO whatsoever where a Counter Attack initiated by a GK resulted in a goal in any sort of meaningful match under BVM.

 

Did I miss something? When did Schaars become a proficient left fullback?

 

Unfortunately, I still think the fullback positions, as weak and thin they are looking right now, will be a major contributor to our attacking game. The last time we had two natural/fast paced attacking fullbacks was in 98 (M. Reiziger and A. Numan). The difference that makes, in terms of allowing more space and taking attention away from the wingers is monumental. Dangerous/accurate crosses could come in from any of the 4 players (de Boer, Reiziger, Overmars, Numan). Combination plays amongst the 4 always create trouble and opposition are always wary of committing too many players forward. Imagine having a player of the caliber of Dani Alves, for example, attacking the right wing with Robben.

Last WC, VDW was still rather young and showed a bit of inconsistency and Gio was reaching the end of his career. I hope VDW's game has picked up in the last 2 years and he doesn't get suspended/injured, since I guess his cover is Boulahrouz . For the leftback position, in the upcoming friendlies, I would throw all the following players in the fold (Kuijt, Affellay, Anita, Willems, N. de Jong (if Strootman is good enough to start, although I prefer de Jong in midfield)) and see who works out best. As other posters said, speed and workrate are as important as defending here.

 

Seedorf to Botafogo? Bit of a shame IMO that he won't retire w/ Milan. Ah well, he can do whatever he wants, and if going to Brazil is what he wants, then more power to him. Probably one of his most impressive stats is 21 seasons, 0 red cards and only 15 yellow

 

Sporting CP signed Shaars for less then a mill what a steal

 

and what you guys think about de guzman in segunda

 

Stupendous

Dunno....BvM never considered him for the NT....what do you think?

 

Actually, he was called up once.
But we have much better options.. even in his age groupe.

 

yes, i think van wolfswinkel, not for now, but for the world cup needs to be tracked, and roel brouwers has been awesome, i'm new to these forums, but i feel he should have gotten called up.
and who has seen Gouweleeuw i think he's the center back of the future.

if anyone wants to see schaars play in the portugal cup, he's playing today, it's a final 12:00pm NEW York Eastern Standard time USA, which Holland is like 6 hours ahead, So around 6 pm, So many live streaming sites to watch it from. So something to possibly watch for, i'm watching it after the vitesse vs rkc game ends, or vitesse score a lot of goals, then it's academic and i will just watch the start of the game, Watch Schaars and Van Wolfswinkel

 

according to onzie's (who I'm assuming is the same as onzie77 here) comment on the latest netherlands.worldcupblog.org article, Schaars played LB in the second half of Sporting's game today and played well

 

yes thats me, and he did, although there was one worrying thing, he was beaten by a guy dribbling past him and he fouled him. offensively he did awesome, and he intercepted every ball in the air. and he would link up with diego capel, and unleash crosses, but there was nobody there, and van wolfswinkel was wasteful.

 

Any team with good wingers. IMO Tottenham could use a finisher like him, but I dont think he'd be given time there. Or maybe he should stay with Heerenveen and get us some coefficient points in the EL

 

Van Marwijk has that effect on players, Same thing with Elia, he kept saying, you have to play regularly for your team, Now Elia wants to move to a different team. Which he should, He should be on the wings with Robben. He's like a master of convincing players. But where would maher end up? I think he should stay in Holland till he's 22, then leave for some big team.

 

Elia is a ridiculous talent. His crossing,passing or goal scoring maybe not brilliant but his speed & dribbling ability are just insane. I would have picked Elia over Narsingh or Ola with my eyes close. If you want a new burst of energy with searing pace down a flank I would choose Elia over Afellay.

He made a bad move to go to Juventus & is now paying for it.

 

Lets see how glad they are when he dribbles past their defenders.

 

good thing Schweinsteiger, Kroos, Muller, and Gomez all play for Germany because they choked a lot harder than Robben did. I can't wait for Robben to destroy them