Ruud van Nistelrooy joins the EC staff during the EC2020 campaign. Koeman says he wanted Ruud because he noticed Ruud as a coach approaches football in a different way, plus he knows what it is to play tournements, as a targetman, so he could be of value to the attackers that are talents and can learn a lot of him. https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetba...t-op-een-andere-manier-naar-voetbal~af720802/
België is uitgeroepen tot de beste nationale ploeg van Europa in 2019. Italië werd 2e, Portugal 3e, Spanje 4e, Engeland 5e, Nederland en Duitsland 6e.Duitsland en Spanje zijn de beste nationale ploegen van Europa in de jaren '10. Engeland 3e, België 4e, Nederland 8e.— Jurriaan van Wessem (@JurrVanWessem) December 24, 2019 England the 3rd best national team of the decade according to France Football, LOL. Netherlands is #8.
This is going to be the EC2020 Orange shirt! If you can't make out what the print is....it's a lions head.
I personally like a much simpler design (the lion prints made me dizzy). But I can appreciate the creativity... especially, if this is what it takes to bring the trophy home, I am all in!!!!
Assuming Depay and Malen are out of Euro 2020, and that Koeman will take 7 attackers (give or take one), who would be included? I think four are virtually secured... Promes, Bergwijn, Luuk, Stengs. That leaves three spots to be fight for: - The next logical choice would be Boadu, a hungry young lion with scintillating form this season (11 goals, 5 assists). Can cover LW and ST. Also impressed with his Oranje debut. - I would take Berghuis. He brings a ton of versatility. Good at holding on to the ball (also can be his weakness). And he might be Feyenoord’s only chance to be represented in Oranje NT - Babel would get a strong consideration. Experienced. Other outsiders looking in: Vincent Janssen (won a title with Monterrey yesterday), Weghorts (killer at club level, but is he too similar to Luukinho?), Dilrosun, Danjuma, El Ghazi, Kluivert (all have mediocre season so far, and none has featured in Oranje for some time now), Zirkzee (not going to happen... crazy talk).
not really digging this shirt - too many lines make it very overwhelming for my eyes. This sort of reminds me of the ajax shirts in the 90s which has an ajax logo graphic but is achieved with far fewer lines and is way more subtle which I like alot more.... man i miss the 90s...
Depay being injured is such a devastating news. Not that I'm a big fan of him, but he was really the only player I could imagine making differences upfront, scoring goals out of nothing...Malen would have been his logical modest replacer but since he willl miss the EC too, the dutch team is in big troubles. I really don't see the likes of Bergwijn, Babel, Boadu, Luuk, Stengs...being a guarantee to score goals against Ukraine, Austria and probably Romania. Not powerhouses, ok, but good teams for sure. With experienced players in their defence. If they decide to lock the bus, they 'll probably do it better than the Nothern irish team against whom the Netherlands struggled to score during 80 minutes...and finally did thanks to Depay ^^ I think now we should really focus on one question : Whom can I trust to score goals ? The first answer that comes to my mind is : not Bergwijn. With 31 goals in 147 games with PSV and 0 goals in 9 games with the NT, he surely can't be considered to be a good scorer so far. I like the player though, quality player for sure, but has so much to prove yet and I wouldn't give him a starting spot with the NT. He couldn't even make PSV to go through the EL groupe stage against Linz, which is like the third austrian team, so why should we expect him to make differences against Austria ? Babel ? He does score more,yes, but he's still so irregular and nowhere near Depay's level in terms of "guarantee that he will score". Then you got Luuk whos only proved to score in Eredivisie so far. Koeman said he prefers Luuk rather than Weghorst, I do prefer the second personally. He does in Germany what Luuk couldn't do when he was there. Then the Boadu, Stengs, Kluivert...are still too young and have not proved enough yet to be starters in my opinion. So I'll ask my question again : Whom can I trust to score goals ? If I had to make a top 3, I'd say Wijnaldum, Promes and Van de Beek in this order. The first one really has got strong scoring abilities, no doubt. No matter if club or NT, he is just a great at making runs and finishing chances, and is even better at scoring with his head than most of our strikers. Promes has decent scoring abilities. 7 goals in 42 appearances with the NT is not something great, ok, but let's not forget he played most of those games during the dark period, with Klaassen and Narsingh as team mates. His time with Spartak and his current season with Ajax prove he can score goals and be a good threat upfront. Then Van de Beek. Has not scored yet with NT ( did not play much) but proved he can be a great scorer with Ajax. Scoring against Juventus, Tottenham, Valencia and Chelsea within one year...for a rather defensive oriented midfielder is something quite big. It will probably take years for Bergwijn, Stengs...to do something like this. So yes, I'd include these three players in my line up. A 4-3-3 with Babel and Bergwijn on the wings like we often had during the previous qualifiers would be a big mistake for me. I think Koeman should think about something else. I'd try smth like this : ---------------------------Frenkie (Propper)---De Roon(Strootman)----------------------- -----Van de Beek(Stengs/Ihattaren)-----------------------Wijnaldum( Bergwijn/Babel) --------------------------------------Promes(Boadu)------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------Weghorst( Luuk ?)----------------------------- A kind of diamond shaped midfield with 4 players. Frenkie would be free to organize the game without thinking too much about defensive tasks, knowing that De Roon will do the dirty job. Donny and Gio would help defending of course, and especially closing the spaces on the wings in defensive phases, but they will also make a lot of runs in the opponent box as they always do. Promes would play in a kind of 9,5 role, roaming around Weghorst who'd be the pivote. And if this is not enough to have the lead after 60-70 minutes, you add an offensive player and take De Roon off. Van de Beek goes next to Frenkie then. The defence line would be a classical 4 back line, with Van Dijk-De Ligt in the center, Blind on the left side, the right back spot remains open for the moment, Dumfries is not really convincing and I'd just hate going there with Veltman...Let's see what will be with Tete and Karsdorp during the second part of the season.
With so many injuries and players sitting on the bench in the club, must be a tough time for Ronald Koeman. Like it or not but he is probably forced to bring Stengs, Boadu, Ihattaren. Hopefully we will see them in friendly. Perhaps Gini can play just above the MF and behind 2 forwards as false 9? The new look team will not be able to score as many goals so probably tight up defense and win those narrow games by 1 goal...
Not a fan of the new kit hopefully the block style numbers go too. I prefer a clear looking rounded number for whatever its worth.
KNVB adds 2 more friendlies. So thats 4 friendlies in total we play now (Spain/USA/Greece/Wales): https://www.ad.nl/euro-2020/oranje-oefent-ook-tegen-griekenland-en-wales~a839cb27/
I'm glad that there are 4 games to figure out tthe formation/strategy and finalize the starting 11. Hopefully no more injury, please.
Listen to me you guys, like I told you earlier on this forum Depay WILL be ready and fit for the Euro!!! He will barely break a sweat:
I think he will definitely be physically fit to play for the Euro. My only worry is that Depay is a form player if i've ever seen one, and there really isn't much time for him to refind that form. So I think he will definitely be physically fit, but we'll see how that translates to his actual capabilities around that time. I would say even at 75% form he is still better than our other options.
Italy just locked down 10 towns because of coronavirus. I would not be surprised if the entire Euro was cancelled this year: https://www.france24.com/en/20200221-10-italian-towns-in-lockdown-over-coronavirus-fears
Forget about it you guys. Sad to say, but this is only gonna get worse: 🚨 Three Serie A games in Italy on Sunday, including Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria, have been called off by the government after a coronavirus outbreak in Milan 🚨 pic.twitter.com/1f0EMLiItP— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 22, 2020
Get a grip on reality. The yearly influenza virus kills tens of thousands in the US each season. From what we have seen in China and elsewhere is that elderly people with other medical conditions seem to be most at risk. EDIT: I don't want to see any more posts on this topic. they will be deleted.
Koeman tols he's not going to change much in the selection. He told he has confidence in the regular group he played with.
Bergwijn now out as well? What the hell is going on with our attackers? Goodness gracious. I was really hoping that Bergwijn would get the necessary experience in the EPL just in time for the Euros. First Memphis, then Malen, and now Bergwijn. Soon we’ll only have de Jong left, who admittedly is doing fairly well of late at Sevilla. Still, would rather have either of Memphis, Malen or Bergwijn any day over him. Oh well, here’s to hoping Memphis makes it back in time and that he isn’t the type of player who needs a lot of match fitness before teaching top form. One thing’s certain now, Stengs and Boadu are a shoo-in for the Euros. I hope Ihattaren can get back to the unplayable form he was in earlier in the season so he can also he selected. Sigh...