Pre-match: Oranje vs. Bulgaria & Italy

If you want the best out of strootman, you need to play him with a defensive minded midfielder who can break down play and dictate play from the back. Unfortunately NT don't have either Di Rossi or Nainggalon calibre of players and also don't think clasie is any where near to these players.strootman thrives at Roma jus because of them as they complement each other all around. Compared this to in NT,Klaassen and Wijnaldum are end up putting all the workload on him.what do you expect will happen.

I have seen enough of Nathan Ake and I think he is the best option for that DM. He has played at LB,LCB,Wing back and I don't think he will be any different at DM. Dont think he should play there to prove himself,which he is finding it hard to do.he is the type if player whom danny should have taken the risk with,but unforuntely as usually he always opted for Ajax players in most case scenarios.

Van Ginkel- Strootman

Ake

 

Is de Ligt still with the selection?

 

Which team is better Roma or the Dutch National Team? Roma can be extremely inconsistent as well. What do you all think?

 

Under Hiddink/Blind the Dutch NT is not inconsistent at all, we are very consistantly truely terrible.

 

Impossible to compare. Club squads have far more synergy so should be a stronger collective.

Since Euro 2012 Van Marwijk and his successors have not been able to built a half decent midfield with the available players. Van Gaal worked around the problem with a counter attacking 5-3-2, but it was just a temporary fix.

 

Apparently the starting line-up is this:



Aside from missing Robben and the imbalance in midfield I'm a big fan of playing Memphis at striker. I've always thought that would be his best position. I guess we'll see.

 

Selecting that midfield again is the definition of insanity.

 

Even though the Dutch are down at the half, I thought that was a pretty positive 45 minutes. They actually tried attacking for once and had some decent chances.

Hoedt basically gifted the Italians both goals. Lens is awful and just hate watching him suit up for the Dutch.

Memphis is still so intriguing. So much skill

 

Memphis is destined to be a striker. All of his best attributes fit so well there, IMO. Not that he will be bad on the wing but for me he would really fully realize his potential as a striker.

 

This is the first time I've watched a game in a long time and actually smiled

Some beautiful football

 

If he plays smart, he can be a great asset.

Add him to Van Dijk, Karsdorp, De Vrij, Blind, Janmaat, etc and the back line looks pretty good moving forward.

They look so much better today attacking as well. This team just needs a good manager and they will have success. It is one of the weakest teams the Dutch has had in terms of talent, but they should still be much better than their results.

If they played like this against Bulgaria, it would have been a win

 

Player Ratings please !