Dutch Eredivisie
Moestafa El Kabir Will Slide Tackle Anything. Even a Camera.
By: Daryl |
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Got to love 101GreatGoals. They don’t find just goals, they also find random stuff like the video you see above.
The man you see slide tackling the camera at pace is 20 year old Moroccan born striker Moestafa El Kabir, while playing for Dutch Eredivisie team NEC Nijmegen against Utrecht last Wednesday.
It seems El Kabir was [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieNathan Rutjes: The Best Hair in World Football.
By: chris | 7 Comments
And by best we mean, of course, worst. Nathan’s a 25 year old midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam with questionable decision making abilities. And with that severe lack, Nathan has managed to concoct what has to be one of the world’s first* shaved, spiked mullets.
Fortunately for the Eredivisie viewing public, Nathan doesn’t play much – just [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieJonathan de Guzman Continues Torturing Canadians
By: chris | 10 Comments
As Giuseppe Rossi became, officially, Giuseppe Rossi this summer – you know, finally fulfilled that enormous hype on the international scene – Jonathan de Guzman is officially becoming Jonathan de Guzman, man hated by Canadians – though for a better reason than Americans hate Beppe.
PSV 4-3 Ajax: Eredivisie = Goals, Goals, Goals
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
The ever-high scoring Dutch Eredivisie provided another goalfest this weekend, with PSV beating Ajax 4-3 at Philips Stadion.
Things couldn’t have started much worse for PSV, as keeper Andreas Isaksson gifted Luis Suarez the opening goal by taking a first touch that went further than many players passes.
But six goals later (including two excellent free [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieThe Forgotten Woodwork
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The corner flag is the underappreciated woodwork of the modern game. While the goalposts get all the glory – and the occasional kiss – corner flags just sit around idly and only joining the action on rare occasion. But Sparta Rotterdam appreciate the corner flag’s work. With the ball on the line (yes, [...]
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Tags: Antonio Cassano, Corner Flag, Dutch Eredivisie, Sampdoria, Sparta Rotterdam, Steve McClaren, Tim Bakens, TwentePuma Bows to the Power of the People
By: chris | 17 Comments
Have you ever seen your team’s new kit and felt the inexplicable sudden urge to go shopping at Abercrombie & Fitch, or some other less-than-stylish retail outlet? Chances are you have, and despite you being the one who’ll shell out the big bucks for the kit and will be staring at it for the next [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieEredivise Goals of the Season & The Poor Man’s Messi.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Strictly by percentages, the Eredivisie must have some top class goals. What with their defenses resembling Haarlem’s leaky dike and the uber-technical Dutch taking part. So the goals of the season are, predictably, quite good.
But let’s talk Andreas Granqvist – he the guy zig-zagging through the labyrinth of defenders. You’d expect that out of a [...]
Coaching Carousel: It’s All About Money & Self-Belief
By: chris | 5 Comments
As much as we may criticize making career decisions simply for the sake of money, it is refreshing when someone calls a spade a spade and says “yes, it was all about the money” whilst showering themselves in barrels of money and cackling uncontrollably.
Enter Felix Magath, who will be joining Schalke 04 next season [...]
AZ Tempt The Fates And Win A Bittersweet Title.
By: chris | 1 Comment
One title down: AZ, with nine fingers firmly on the trophy since roughly November, expectedly won their second Dutch Eredivisie championship this weekend – becoming only the second squad outside of the Dutch Big Three (Ajax, PSV & Feyenoord) to win a title since 1963. A monumental accomplishment crowning a magical season, one which saw [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieRon Jans Becomes The 10th Man & Who Knew Marijuana Was A Banned Substance?
By: chris | 2 Comments
Ron Jans is quickly becoming The Offside’s favorite Eredivisie gaffer – yes, even more than Steve McClaren and his Dutch accent. The last time his Groningen team took on Heerenveen, he showed the ref a one finger salute.
This weekend, once more against Heerenveen, Jans felt similarly regarding the referees performance levels. His team had [...]
Category: Dutch Eredivisie Tags: 2-1, De Graafschap, Dutch Eredivisie, Groningen, Heerenveen, Marijuana, Purrel Frankel, Ron Jans, Viktor Elm, WADADutch Fans Are Mean. Funny, But Mean.
By: chris | 8 Comments
That’s FC Volendam goalkeeper Jeroen Verhoeven. He is, to put it nicely, plump. Quite plump. In fact he might just be the only player in the Eredivisie over 100kg, and he’s almost certainly the only footballer in a European top flight who makes Andy Reid look svelte.
So when bottom – very bottom – Volendam traveled [...]
The Odd Tumble of the Eredivisie
By: chris | 2 Comments
It has been a strange, strange year in Dutch football. The clubs currently partaking in the Dutch top flight have won a combined 49 Eredivisie titles, with Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord having won a modest 48 of those. Hegemony might be a start, but it’s still some way from an apt and thorough description. But [...]
Ron Jans Gives Ref A Cheeky Bird
By: chris | 4 Comments
The simple fact that Groningen boss Ron Jans decided to flip off the ref is nice, but the manner in which he did it is simply brilliant. He so stealthily gave the ref his one-fingered salute, seizing the moment like a recently punished little kid whose parent had just turned their back before adding the [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieJoost Volmer Shows Emmanuel Adebayor How To Throw A Proper Elbow
By: chris | 1 Comment
Big controversy in the weekend’s big Prem game. Emmanuel Adebayor, sitting on a yellow, lazily flailed his arm (6:40 above), which graced Alvaro Arebloa, who then reacted as though he’d been kicked in the face by Jet Li – or knifed, as is Emmanuel’s interpretation. Cue second yellow/red card and thus a bit of controversy. [...]
Welcome to the Luis Suarez Show
By: chris | 3 Comments
Last week was nice. Got to see the Ajax boy hit a cheeky spoon over the keeper, putting another notch in his highlight reel. But now Luis is hitting hyper drive, taking over, and marking himself as one of the premier players on the continent outside the big leagues; not to mention someone who will [...]
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