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holy sh!t, I just found out that Kluivert is indeed van Gaal's assistant coach!!Xifio;3264487 said:coming from a whole other direction, how about:
time for a second chance, ten years later? if he appoints Kluivert as assistant, I'm in ...
Xifio;3267430 said:Holland always has talent, man ... I mean I don't watch much Dutch football any more, but even I can name a few names ... apart from Strootman, Adam Maher is another name for the midfield ... whatever I've seen of Marco van Ginkel has been really impressive, and I expect him to become a top player ... Georginio Wijnaldum is in that category too, and has had more exposure ... Luciano Narsingh is a speedy winger who was unused at the Euros ... you can also include the excluded Ajacieds like Vurnon Anita, Siem de Jong, and Urby too ... Jeffrey Bruma is developing ... Erik Pieters will be back from injury ... and there are also naturalized options like Douglas ... there are more options than you'd think ...
hah, my Ajax bias clearly blinded me ... but like I also said:nady;3674773 said:2 years later... only 1 of those you mentioned has been picked for the 30-man team for the WC (Wijnaldum). Lot's of young/unknown players though.Xifio;3267430 said:Holland always has talent, man ... I mean I don't watch much Dutch football any more, but even I can name a few names ... apart from Strootman, Adam Maher is another name for the midfield ... whatever I've seen of Marco van Ginkel has been really impressive, and I expect him to become a top player ... Georginio Wijnaldum is in that category too, and has had more exposure ... Luciano Narsingh is a speedy winger who was unused at the Euros ... you can also include the excluded Ajacieds like Vurnon Anita, Siem de Jong, and Urby too ... Jeffrey Bruma is developing ... Erik Pieters will be back from injury ... and there are also naturalized options like Douglas ... there are more options than you'd think ...
no one else, including me ...Xifio;3267418 said:that's the whole point of van Gaal, though: finding youthful solutions that no one else thought were really there ...
he did; it's like a defensive version of his Ajax triple diamond formation, where the wingers have instead been pulled back to play as wingbacks, trying to accommodate for lower defensive quality with higher defensive quantity ... unsurprisingly yielded mixed results ... Janmaat's injury will be a concern ...nady;3674773 said:What formation did van Gaal use against Equador? Did he play 5-3-2 as he said he would for the world cup?
Xifio;3674828 said:hah, my Ajax bias clearly blinded me ... but like I also said:no one else, including me ...
he did; it's like a defensive version of his Ajax triple diamond formation, where the wingers have instead been pulled back to play as wingbacks, trying to accommodate for lower defensive quality with higher defensive quantity ... unsurprisingly yielded mixed results ... Janmaat's injury will be a concern ...