Comparing Simons and Sneijder is laughable. Sneijder was playing CL football for Ajax at the age of 18 and his overall game was so much better than Simons. Simons's passing is mediocre and he's really not all that strong compared to Sneijder. He is definitely not the future of Dutch football as there is no single player who can carry an NT on his shoulders. Even if you go back and look at the great Cruyff team of 1974, there were a lot of outstanding supporting players!! Those three players are not very good. Simons ball handling is subpar compared to any of the MFs on the Spain team. He would not even be called up
Right now Maatsen is a terrible defender. At Dortmund, he always need help from either Schlotterbach or the winer on his side. When he was isolated, problems happened.
You guys might like this, though I don't guess it's new 'news' to you. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3gg9lyn7q9o I follow the 'Oranje' during international tourneys and enjoy reading these threads, but have never posted before this (and likely won't in the future as I know so little). And this article was informative to me for no other reason than it helped me remember the name of Wilson00's avatar...it was about too drive me nuts! Go Oranje!
You're probably right, but I have my orange-coloured glasses on and they prevent me from thinking objectively I predict Oranje will break loose and beat Austria 3-0
The objective is to advance so a draw is also acceptable. The main thing for me is if the team can play well, organized, better defensive and make adjustments/change style of play if needed. France did a good job to pack the middle that I did not see much attack or through ball in the middle. Koeman seems not very good at making adjustment in the last game. France had too much possession and losing the midfield battle to France would do that. Playing like this vs stronger team like Portugal, Spain or Germany will be suicidal. Hope for a better performance vs Austria.
60714 Boy, does Taylor and his VAR buddy get the whip in England/UK: Seriously @FA_PGMOL why are our refs the worst in the World, well, worst in Europe at least? Spent ages to get to the wrong decision, just like week in week out in the Premier League #NEDFRA #VAR — Fletcher Rooney (@fletcherootac) June 21, 2024 Man of the match for France… #NedFra #EURo2024 #Taylor pic.twitter.com/uFVUlgxn64 — JeremyS (@JeremyS_010) June 21, 2024 Van Dijk explaining Anthony Taylor & Stuart Atwell to the other Dutch players #NEDFRA pic.twitter.com/aZyzgNuQUX — Peter Handley (@TheBerts) June 21, 2024 #Netherlands put the ball in the net! But VAR & English Referee. #Anthony_Taylor & #Simons, the linesman rules it offside! It is clear that #Netherland has been robbed that was a hard earned goal that deserved to count.#NEDFRA pic.twitter.com/eCfuHmqRaC — ✳️ Rwakoojo Sam✳️ (@S_Rwakoojo) June 21, 2024 5 mins looking at VAR to come up with the wrong decision…can only be that pair of ********wits Antony Taylor and Stuart Attwell. Cheer up Netherlands at least its only 1 game, we have to put up with these clowns every week #NEDFRA #EURo2024 #nffc — Arnie ⚪️ (@ArnieFox) June 21, 2024 Ah Anthony Taylor and the Premier League VAR team making an error that drastically impacts the outcome of a game… Sounds horribly familiar Premier League "best league in the world" continuing to be the worst when it comes to officiating #NEDFRA pic.twitter.com/JTvV4v5Hf9 — Matt Fozzii (@FozziiFPS) June 21, 2024
Dutch fans are f*cking crazy i forgot how good we were — Justin (@Whu_Justin) June 21, 2024 Wow, Leipzig has been taken over by the Dutch! https://t.co/qaKtgWaW6H — Fergal Lenehan (@FergalLenehan) June 21, 2024 The dancing Dutch bring the party to Leipzig ahead of main-event match vs. France. Total Vibes. pic.twitter.com/KDUf8VdsVu — Men in Blazers (@MeninBlazers) June 21, 2024 Hollandalılar bildiğiniz gibi. #EURO2024 #Dutch pic.twitter.com/AXSdkxMyqL — Club Regista (@ClubRegista) June 21, 2024 Bro wtf Netherlands might have the Best fans Best of luck the Dutch https://t.co/e9YfMVf15L — Josh_CFC (@Joshua_Cfc) June 21, 2024 Love the Dutch fans ⚽️ https://t.co/A70z57IMlu — CONNOR JONES (@conjon101__) June 21, 2024 ******** it I’m no Spanish anymore I’m Dutch and that’s it https://t.co/rIxCVUNczb — Lochsong (@Lochsong6) June 21, 2024 I love the Dutch fans they are better than any other teams support https://t.co/72CNUyQf5g — Markbhafc (@markbhafc777) June 21, 2024 ! Add some Dutch to your life! #Netherlands #EURO2024pic.twitter.com/NBVYukeO5y — Football Mad ⭐️ (@FootballMadPod) June 21, 2024 Wow, the Dutch fans are crazy pic.twitter.com/PMqR7ktcp5 — Stompey (@stompey__) June 21, 2024 THANK YOU Dutch fans are the highlight of the Euros https://t.co/yapkX1bCwl — Adam Wylde (@AdamWylde) June 21, 2024
Welcome! Thanks for the article, great read. Please keep posting. It doesn't matter how little you know, you can still comment on the games and your thoughts on our performance. Cheers!
Bad injury for Varga. I hope he's okay, but it doesnt look good Life is way bigger than football when it comes to it, let’s all pray that varga is alright https://t.co/sLnO7BWXB9— BigRed (@BigRedDevils) June 23, 2024
I suppose this is where we miss Frenkie and Koopmeiners the most. However, it doesn't help that Depay can't hold possession to save his life making it impossible to do anything through the middle. Zirkzee pls.
I think if Depay completely sucks first 45 minutes against Austria Zirkzee/Malen/Brobbey will get their chance in the 2nd half. Weghorst should be saved for the last 15 minutes IMO. Thats his strength
Agreed! Weghorst is the consummate pinch-hitter. I hope we keep using him for that role. I think Zirkzee offers more as a starter. He's strong, pretty fast for his stature, creative, skillful, great at link-up plays, is tall enough to be an aerial threat, and is a good finisher. Weghorst is a great finisher, especially under pressure, ideal for a late sub. I'm just an armchair coach though. For all I know Zirkzee can get the start and fold under pressure. Lol.
Although it will be difficult match vs Austria, Koeman should prepare the team to win to get 1st place as much as possible. The top bracket consists of Winner of group A, B and F will be tough with Germany, Spain and Portugal. The bottom bracket will have winner of group C, D and E (likely England and any of Belgium, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine). I hope NT can win group D.
Zirkzee has an illness and is questionable for Austria match https://www.ad.nl/ek-voetbal/oranje...ua-zirkzee-voor-duel-met-oostenrijk~ad413edc/
Christ. We really have nothing going for us do we? I guess it'll be good old Depay again. SMH. Not that Koeman would have started Zirkzee anyway... Let's hope that all of the criticisms have woken Depay up. We need him to have only outliers from this point on.
Truly unbelievable the amount of injuries that have occurred for Dutch players in the last 2 years. Depay better be moving as if his body is on fire. Putrid display by him the other night.
That never gets old. I especially love the large busts of Oranje legends (the only one I could make out was Gullit).
Is there a side that finds more luck than the Italians? And now they get Switzerland in the knockout and then probably England. Gonna cruise into the semis (probably at least one of the times on pk’s), yet they’ve been junk.
Wow, heartbreaking for Croatia. Going home on the last kick of the match after defending so bravely against Italy. Oranje will qualify to the knockout stage regardless of result tomorrow!
Shattered into pieces. Just wanna say thougj about the build up leading to zaccagni's Equalizer.How Calafiori playing CB broke through the middle channel. That is something that is what's missing in NT compared to lateral and back pass syndrome.even with the midfielders