Van Basten's squad: a suicide mission (3 Viewers)

[JCK]

Sneijder indeed is great, but for him to play there should be some rotation.

 

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[Byrone]

Why on earth Klaas Jan Huntelaar is not in the squad is beyond me & the worrying thing is that Van Nistelrooy is on a rather bad patch at the moment.Leaving Davids out of the squad will leave major holes during offensive moves.

oh well hope the dutch do well

 

[JCK]

Van Nistelrooy not playing will make better options IMO.

 

[Byrone]

indeed it would,maybe im crazy but i would have loved to have seen Van Hooijdonk playin

 

[Martin]

That defence is a little...

 

[Byrone]

That defence is a little...

thats why Davids exclusion is a bit mind boggling

 

[Slagathor]

That defence is a little...

...Dutch?

 

[Martin]

...Dutch?

It makes me rethink buying this orange shirt I'm wearing right now.. :biggrin:

 

[JCK]

It makes me rethink buying this orange shirt I'm wearing right now.. :biggrin:

I'll buy it from you, I want a jersey while I'm there.

 

[Martin]

It's not a jersey (those things cost an arm and a leg), it's a stylish t-shirt.

 

[flieeeekke]

the new oranje shirt is beautiful...


i dont know half of the players in the squad. but that was always the case since van basten took over.

 

[ZhiXin]

Of course he will. I am also confident about Wesley if he is used instead of Kuyt. I don't see the need for the typical 4-3-3, I don't know. Is it taboo for Oranje not to play a 4-3-3, Erik?

So I think this is van Basten's choice

-----------------Van Der Sar------------
Kromkamp - Bohlarouz - Cocu - Van Bronckhorst
---van der Vaart - Van Bommel - Sneijder
---------Kurt - van Nistelrooy - Robben

From the games that I saw, I will put Cocu as a defender, he is more realible.
If 1 of the midfielders is injured, Cocu moves up to midfield and Heitinga replaces him. Still as entertaining as ever but the most bizarre thing is still to leave out Davids, Seedorf and Huntelaar :confused2

 

[Ramin]

..

What happened to Makaay?!?

 

[mikhail]

It's not a jersey (those things cost an arm and a leg), it's a stylish t-shirt.

I'm currently wearing one of these:

It's not Dutch, but at least it's luminous orange!

I decided long ago that the Dutch would be my second team for this WC, and given my first one didn't even qualify, I'll be watching closely this summer.

 

[Martin]

showoff

 

[HelterSkelter]

hasnt kluivert done well enough at valencia to get a spot?

 

[Martin]

hasnt kluivert done well enough at valencia to get a spot?

What exactly has he done at Valencia anyway?

One goal all season? http://www.soccerstats.com/team.asp?league=spain&teamid=1

 

[mikhail]

showoff

:wink:

hasnt kluivert done well enough at valencia to get a spot?

There's a hell of a lot of competition. I don't think anyone bar Brazil has as deep a pool of strikers to pick from.

 

[adelove]

I'm looking forward to seeing DeJong and Sneijder,as well as Van der Vaart.I'v heard so much about the trio n was thinking that Moggi would be looking too with a view to revamping our midfield(not anymore though!)

 

[Ramin]

I'm looking forward to seeing DeJong and Sneijder,as well as Van der Vaart.I'v heard so much about the trio n was thinking that Moggi would be looking too with a view to revamping our midfield(not anymore though!)

De Jong didnt make it to the squad..