Dutch Eredivisie
Puma Bows to the Power of the People
By: chris |
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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 [...]
Tags: Ajax, Dutch Eredivisie, FC Utrecht, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, KNVB Cup, Luis Suarez, World FootballThe European Weekend
By: chris | 2 Comments
After kicking off the Champions League & UEFA Cup, Europe goes back home and hasn’t left us wanting, giving us some very big and very interesting games over the next two days. Though it would be nice if they all go together and split the good ones up evenly between Saturday and Sunday…
Category: Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, English Premier League, French Ligue 1, Serie A, Spain La Liga, World Football Tags: AaB, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Dinamo Zagreb, Dutch Eredivisie, English Premier League, FC Kobenhavn, Feyenoord, French Ligue 1, Hajduk Split, Lazio, Manchester United, Marseille, Milan, Monaco, Numancia, Real Betis, Serie A, Sevilla, Spain La Liga, Villarreal, Werder Bremen, World FootballThe Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By: Dave Martinez | 5 Comments
Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning glory for his country where the real world left a bit to be desired. Standing in the finals against a tough Croatian squad, they dispatched their opponents 2-1 for [...]
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By: Daryl | 1 Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkoXehUKcpg
There were a lot of goals in the 2007/8 Eredivisie. About ten billion at last count, so well done to Setanta for sorting thruogh the pile and picking their favourites. And well done to the YouTuber who made the goals available to the whole world. Here are the goal scorers:
Category: Dutch EredivisieDutch FA Swaps Cash For Footballing Integrity
By: chris | 6 Comments
The KNVB has taken the advice of nearly everybody involved with Dutch football and scrapped the playoff system which decides who goes to Europe and to which competition. As it stood, the teams which finished 2nd thru 5th went into a two-tiered playoff of home and away legs, in which the 5th plays the 2nd, [...]
Category: Dutch EredivisieClubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By: Inara | 4 Comments
Though there’s still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though they might be relegated) while in Greece, Olympiakos won their 36th title (thanks in part to a court decision).
This weekend could see a few more clubs step into the [...]
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