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Top Premier League Oranje ?

Lincsaddick
Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
edited March 2019 in Other Football and Sports
Your vote please for top P L Dutchman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47443053

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    Was going to ask, where is Cruyff?

    Then realised it was Premiership players only ... oops
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    stonemuse said:
    Was going to ask, where is Cruyff?

    Then realised it was Premiership players only ... oops
    It's clearly Cruyff and I refuse to vote on that basis alone. Football did not start with the Premier League.

    Grrr...
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    stonemuse said:
    Was going to ask, where is Cruyff?

    Then realised it was Premiership players only ... oops
    good point .. I'll change the text
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    Bergkamp, no contest. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Talal said:
    Bergkamp, no contest. 
    got my vote as well
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Overmars not contest

    Most underated player in the prem IMO
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Bergkamp first, the rest nowhere.
  • Addick in SW16
    Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
    Came across the BBC poll earlier. Would have voted Bergkamp without checking the list.
  • IanJRO
    IanJRO Posts: 691
    JFH during his Charlton spell surely?!
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,671
    Ruud van Nistelrooy for me
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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Can’t believe Marco Boogers isn’t on the list.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Van Dyke.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102

    Sad that Netherlands are such big country in the footballing world and our only contribution to this list is Jimmy Floyd


    So for that reason, I vote Matt Holland

  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    bobmunro said:
    Bergkamp first, the rest nowhere.
    bobmunro said:
    Bergkamp first, the rest nowhere.
    Agree....Van Dyke 2nd.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,838
    In the days before football was invented by Sky, Frans Thijssen at Ipswich was superb.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    Bergkamp surely? 
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    bergkamp - no contest, van dyke is v good but its a couple of good seasons
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,944
    edited March 2019
    Bergkamp by a mile.

    Though Van Persie was incredible for a couple of years when not injured, and Van Nistelrooy was the best pure finisher I think I've seen in the Premier League.
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,410
    Bergy instant, class above the rest
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Big William said:
    In the days before football was invented by Sky, Frans Thijssen at Ipswich was superb.
    Arnold Muhren wasn't bad either.
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Big William said:
    In the days before football was invented by Sky, Frans Thijssen at Ipswich was superb.
    Big William said:
    In the days before football was invented by Sky, Frans Thijssen at Ipswich was superb.

    Muhren and Thijssen, amongst two of the very first foreigners to play in England .. brought a  whole new dimension to the Tractor Boys under Bobby Robson 
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Jaap Stam for me, three seasons, three league titles a FA cup and a Champions League

    Berkamp played when he wanted to
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    edited March 2019
    Bergkamp was just brilliant.  Full stop.  Will never forget the goals against Newcastle and his hattrick against Leicester for the scum.  oh and the goal for the Dutchies against Argentina.

    One closest to my heart was Van der Vaart though.  Was an absolute pleasure to watch him in his season and a half or whatever it was at Spurs.  4 goals in 4 NLDs against Arsenal, including the pen in our first win on enemy territory for what felt like 150 bloody years.  His legs has pretty much gone by then and he rarely lasted 90 mins but against Arsenal he was bloody everywhere and his quality shone above everyone.  One of the best players I've seen at Spurs in the last 30 years unquestionably.


  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,671
    I'd happily concede that Bergkamp is the best natural footballer of the lot and was a magician, but to say there is no contest is not fair to many on that list. His goal scoring record isn't fantastic, Van Nistelrooy & Van Persie were far better 'strikers' than Bergkamp, if Bergkamp didn't have the best player in premier league history alongside him scoring for fun then his strikerate of 1 in 3.5 wouldn't look too clever
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    edited March 2019
    Bergkamp wasn't a 'striker' as such though was he. He'd chip in with goals but his game was about laying it on a plate for his strike partner which he did countless times. Can't really compare him with Van Nistelrooy or Van Persie as they were different types of players. 
    For me he's in the top 5 best players to play in the premier league. 
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    Bergkamp is one of the footballers that made me fall in love with the game, which makes it a no contest.

    Stam, van der Sar and RVP are all equally justifiable (not Ruud for me, given how much of a poacher he was), but... man, with the ball at his feet, Bergkamp just played the game like you wanted to see it played.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Talal said:
    Bergkamp wasn't a 'striker' as such though was he. He'd chip in with goals but his game was about laying it on a plate for his strike partner which he did countless times. Can't really compare him with Van Nistelrooy or Van Persie as they were different types of players. 
    For me he's in the top 5 best players to play in the premier league. 
    was he the prototype, the original 'Number 10' ? (NOT Mrs Maybeyes Mightbeno)
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    Without wanting to look like a fanboy, here's a good old YouTube montage.
    Genius. 

    https://youtu.be/YtLzBlkDZds
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    is it still common knowledge that Bergkamp's father named his son after the (almost) incomparable Dennis Law ? 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Really I can see only four real options Bergkamp, Van Persie, Staam and Van der Sar.  The others don't have the longevity or over all effect yet.

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