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October 29th, 2008

Johan Cruyff never won the lotto: AZ leads!

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Feyenoord fans demand a pay rise for coach Verbeek!
Someone once said: Maybe JC knows a lot about football, but he never won the Toto, did he?
(Toto: betting game where you predict the scores of the football matches in a certain weekend. If you have them all good, you win a massive amount of money).
This mid-week [...]



October 29th, 2008

Dennis Bergkamp: take it slow…

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Dennis and Marco… What a pic
Marco van Basten would like to stampede up the Mount Olympus with his Ajax, but the former Oranje manager starts to realize the best way forward is one step at a time.
Winning is a process and his former striking partners and assistant Dennis Bergkamp made it very clear [...]

October 26th, 2008

Ajax best top club on 5th position

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Former Ajax star Van Basten hamming it up, with former Feyenoord star (and NEC coach) Mario Been admiring him…
We see it in England, in Italy and we still see it in Holland. The top clubs are struggling…
Ajax was the only one of the three winning their game this weekend. Marco van Basten’s men defeated Mario [...]

October 24th, 2008

Gertjan Verbeek: I won’t give up!

By: Jan | Comments 8 Comments

Coach Gertjan Verbeek calls himself a winner. But the former boxer and current Feyenoord coach couldn’t ignore the harsh reality after Feyenoord’s loss against Nancy (3-0).
“I know. I played eleven games with Feyenoord and lost seven. It’s a huge disappointment and I don’t enjoy it. But I won’t give up. That word is not in [...]

October 19th, 2008

Dutch Eredivisie like the financial markets…

By: Jan | Comments 4 Comments

Gold goes down, inflation soars, US$ goes up… All that illogical stuff is happening in the fiancial markets and now it seems the Dutch Eredivisie clubs are following that erratic behaviour…
We have a top 3 from Groningen, Breda and Nijmegen if I’m not mistaken.
We have “no-name” coaches like Ron Jans, Mario Been and Robert Maaskant [...]



October 18th, 2008

Luis Suarez: annoying but brilliant!

By: Jan | Comments 1 Comment

Suarez played a super game for Ajax against FC Utrecht. He ran from left to right an back. He created chances for his team mates, created a penalty and scored the first goal for Ajax.
And a typical goal it was. He had the ball glued to his foot on the right in the box. Than [...]

October 9th, 2008

Peter Bosz doesn’t commit his future to Gertjan Verbeek

By: Jan | Comments 3 Comments

Feyenoord sponsor Fortis has the image of a loser. Brand expert Paul Moers said so. He advised Feyenoord to dump this sponsor as fast as possible, since “I wouldn’t want to be seen in that jersey”.
Well, that’s something. You don’t have a cent to spend, you have one of the worst starts in the Eredivisie [...]

October 7th, 2008

UEFA Draw for Dutch clubs…

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This week the UEFA cup draw was held and these are the results:
Heerenveen gets Ronaldinho and Co. AC Milan is in Heerenveen’s group, as are Wolfsburg, Sporting Praga and Portsmouth. A very tough group, both AC Milan and Portsmouth are bigger than Heerenveen and even Wolfsburg should be regarded to be stronger.
Ajax is in the [...]

October 7th, 2008

Roy Makaay: Gotta stay cool…

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Roy Makaay is following the crisis in Munich with old club Bayern with interest. Just like with Feyenoord, Bayern didn’t start to swell this season.
“Still the pressure is totally different in Germany. Bayern is always expected to win the title. And when they’re number 14, well…you know… The tabloids will sharpen their pencils.”
But, isn’t [...]

October 5th, 2008

NEC beats Feyenoord in De Kuip

By: Jan | Comments 1 Comment

Mario Been yelled: “This feels like doping!!” after beating Dinamo Bukarest last Thursday.
Been’s NEC came to his old homegrounds, to play Feyenoord. As a NEC coach, the former Feyenoord playmaker never lost in De Kuip and his team would again take the three points home to Nijmegen.
Gertjan Verbeek spoke about a very expensive lesson. “We [...]






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