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Group E - Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

James

Cricket Web Owner
Discussion around Group E involving Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

Schedule

14 June 2010

Netherlands v Denmark at Soccer City, Johannesburg
Japan v Cameroon at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

19 June 2010

Netherlands v Japan at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Cameroon v Denmark at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

24 June 2010

Denmark v Japan at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Cameroon v Netherlands at Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
 

Kweek

Cricketer Of The Year
Dutch 30 - 7 players to get cut

my guess to get cut:
Ooijer,Vlaar/Anita, Bakkal, Brama, Da Silva, Lens and Elia

Doel Sander Boschker (FC Twente), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht).

Verdediging Vurnon Anita (Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart, Dui), Edson Braafheid (Celtic, Sch), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Everton, Eng), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburger SV, Dui), André Ooijer (PSV), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax).

Middenveld Ibrahim Afellay (PSV), Otman Bakkal (PSV), Mark van Bommel (Bayern München, Dui), Wout Brama (FC Twente), Orlando Engelaar (PSV), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City, Eng), David Mendes da Silva (AZ), Stijn Schaars (AZ), Wesley Sneijder (Internazionale, Ita), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid, Spa), Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax).

Aanval Ryan Babel (Liverpool, Eng), Eljero Elia (Hamburger SV, Dui, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan, Ita), Jeremain Lens (AZ), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool, Eng), Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Eng), Arjen Robben (Bayern München, Dui).
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Babel...? Van Marwijk's has been grossly mislead by his scouts, surely? Bloke's been awful and has the heart of a pea.
 

Steulen

International Regular
Looks quite a weak side TBH, without Schneider it would have no core whatsoever.
DWTA. The quality of this Dutch side is that they have the flair (Snijder, van der Vaart) as well as the stability (van Bommel) in midfield.

I fear they may be too dependant on individual brilliance, though, and both Robben and Van Persie are injury-prone. They don't have a decent goalkeeper either.
 

0RI0N

State 12th Man
Got tickets for
Netherlands vs Denmark and the Cape Town Quarter final.
Tipping the Oranje to go far in the tournament.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
What? GF dissing the bloke who plays for Celtic? Stunned.
He's an absolutely laughable defender. I'm not slating him for playing for Celtic, I'm slating him for being a **** footballer. I can't believe that Holland don't have a better left back available.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Verdediging Vurnon Anita (Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart, Dui), Edson Braafheid (Celtic, Sch), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Everton, Eng), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburger SV, Dui), André Ooijer (PSV), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax)..
Looked at the other names?
 

Kweek

Cricketer Of The Year
disagree with Stools about not having a decent goalkeeper, Stekelenburg is imho in the top 5 goalkeepers in the world at the moment, hugely underrated just because he has so far stayed at Ajax.

imho our whole defense is shambles apart from van Bronckhorst(who is old now anyway) Heitinga and van der Wiel.
Ooijer, Vlaar and Braafheid are very average to crap.
Boulahrouz used to be a killer marker but also old and hardly seems to play.
Matthijsen seems to be popular with the Dutch selectors but he too looks very average.

Must say that Nigel de Jong has showed great promise and is really becomming a killer in the DMC/MC position.
imho a midfield of Sneijder - van Bommel - De Jong is very strong and must not be underrated.
If Sneijder, van Persie and Robben stay fit the whole tournament we have an outside chance.
 

Kweek

Cricketer Of The Year
How good is van der Wiel? Seen a lot of talk linking him to Arsenal lately.
van der Wiel's main ability is that he's an excellent runner with the ball and has a good cross and shot, he's defensive qualities are pretty good although he still has a lot to learn since he is still very young.

Brama, Mendes Da Silva and Bakkal have been dropped.
Which means either Vurnon Anita or Braafheid to get cut for the backup LB position, van Bronckhorst will be our main man for the LB position.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
van der Wiel's main ability is that he's an excellent runner with the ball and has a good cross and shot, he's defensive qualities are pretty good although he still has a lot to learn since he is still very young.

Brama, Mendes Da Silva and Bakkal have been dropped.
Which means either Vurnon Anita or Braafheid to get cut for the backup LB position, van Bronckhorst will be our main man for the LB position.
Really bugs me that such a great midfielder has been wasted at left back by Holland and Barcelona.

Gutted that Gio's retiring, absolute legend (Feyenoord years aside).
 

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