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Euro 2012-Group B; GER,POR,NED,DEN
Topic Started: Jun 5 2012, 06:23 PM (677 Views)
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Don Balon,Jun 18 2012
02:59 PM
I think the same could be said Winslow for much of the Dutch backline.  There were no Krols, Stams, DeBoers or Rijkaards in this bunch.  But Winslow's question still stands, how did a defense adequate enough to help its team reach the World Cuo Final end up looking so inadequate only 2 years later?

It would not have solved all of their problems but the injury to left back Erik Pieters really hurt the Netherlands. Instead of using the solid Pieters the young and untested Jetro Willems was at left back and the 18 year old was clearly not ready for this evel of play.

An injury to Mathijssen and the decline of Heitinga also contributed to the defencive problems. Finally the aging of van Bommel, formerly such a key component of the Oranje's functioning on both sides of the pitch, also contributed to this breakdown. And van Maarwijk did not have the courage to drop his son in law van Bommel.

But questions must also be asked about the attack. How does an attack with players like van Persie, Huntellar, Afellay, Robben, Sneijder and van der Vaart only produce 2 goals in 3 matches?

Van Maarwijk has 4 years remaining on his contract but expect the KNVB, the Dutch FA, to negotiate a payoff his remaining years. It is time for the Netherlands to rebuild from this fiasco.
P-I-T-H-E-R ...as in Brotherhood, but with PI instead of the BRO and no HOOD
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