http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33544119What happened to the Dutch? 3rd in World Cup but 4th in their Euro Group.
Their last game a must win against the Czechs and they get beaten at home by 10 men.
Can you imagine if that was England, what the press reaction would be! Makes McClaren's 'wally with the brolly'
team look good.
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Still a mystery how a team that was 3rd in the WC, can fail to qualify from a group that wasn't that hard in reality.
Robben and Vlaar a huge miss for the Dutch - IMHO.
Utterly inept for 40 minutes until they went to 442 (the left back was terrible and putting blind there and going with wijnaldum and sneijder and rvp and huntelaar should've happened much earlier). They then couldn't build on that 5 or so minutes before half time where they looked dominant, including a hamer-at-Sheffield-Wednesday-fa-cup-esque save from cech.
The comedic own goal after the unexpectedly lacklustre start to the second half just destroyed them.
Didn't feel as though they had any chance even after their first and second went in, even though they had 3 strikers on and were playing long ball football to Bas Dost.
If England showed that lack of urgency then there would be hell to pay with the public. To think some people are downplaying our 10/10 record?
Disappointed to not see the Dutch at the next euros. Players such as robben, vlaar, Martins indi, van der wiel, and de vrij not in the team from the world cup but they still should have qualified from this group.
Nice stadium and despite the happy clappy stuff (with the clappers we had from the prem relegation season) and a few people near me trying to start a Mexican wave (no thanks) the atmosphere was better than I've experienced at Wembley.
I'll miss the Dutch at the Euro's, always offer something a bit different, even if it is sometimes a monumental falling out amongst the coaching and playing staff (WC 90, Euro 96 and Euro 2004) if I remember correctly.
I think that the natural Dutch instinct for plain speaking, can often lead them into dangerous territory.
Saw a stat on Twitter that only two of the team that demolished Spain in Brazil, started last night.
Even so...
I can't imagine what the press would be like over here if we had performed like that
Coaching around the world has also improved hugely in the last 2 decades amd a lot of Dutch coaches have been responsible for that. Very few national sides now don't at least try and play on the floor so Holland aren't as unique in their total football style as they once were. In fact if you were 20 years old you'd think total football was a Spanish thing.
Where is he now?
Think he's going to be a very good player.
Doesn't have the pace to go on the outside, and looks to come infield at every given opportunity.
Think he may have a career similar to that other your Dutch lad, who went to Liverpool with a big reputation Ryan Babel.
A few flashes of talent, but on the whole struggled to impose himself on a better league than the Dutch PL, and then drifted off to a variety of continental mid range clubs.
Young guy and new to the league, he's still got a lot to learn but he's got plenty to build on.
We'll see, but I reckon in a couple of years time (and possibly under the next manager who plays quicker football than Van Gaal seems to) he'll be a very good player.
Depends on Depay's attitude and willingness to work hard and learn but he has all the assets to succeed.