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italian_stallion21
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Yeah, the Dutch look to be done. Still 45 minutes left but their tourney is on the line.
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johnnybluenose
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The Dutch manager has got this all wrong. He's left some real quality on the bench so far.
Their back line is their achilled heel for sure, but in all honesty if he'd put his best players on the park there's not a team in the world that could get the ball off them.
I'd line up like this:
---------------Huntelaar-----------------
RVP-------------------------------Robben
-----------Sneijder--Vandervaart---------
----------------DeJong-------------------
Willems----Mathijsen--Heitinga---Vanderwiel
Leaving Affellay and vanBommell (who is clearly past it) as the first off the bench.
Sneijder is showing his form drop off a lot, and Vandervaart who had a very good season this year is left rotting on the bench.
Germans are very efficient and rarely turn the ball over. Gomez is finishing and Schweinsteiger is probably the best all around player in this tournament.
Their back line is their achilled heel for sure, but in all honesty if he'd put his best players on the park there's not a team in the world that could get the ball off them.
I'd line up like this:
---------------Huntelaar-----------------
RVP-------------------------------Robben
-----------Sneijder--Vandervaart---------
----------------DeJong-------------------
Willems----Mathijsen--Heitinga---Vanderwiel
Leaving Affellay and vanBommell (who is clearly past it) as the first off the bench.
Sneijder is showing his form drop off a lot, and Vandervaart who had a very good season this year is left rotting on the bench.
Germans are very efficient and rarely turn the ball over. Gomez is finishing and Schweinsteiger is probably the best all around player in this tournament.
Captain Shamrock
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FFS, never thought the Dutch would be out before the Irish.........Well done, Ireland.
Hard to watch the Dutch play like this. The only way through is to smash the porkchops and have Germany beat Denmark. Stranger things have happened. I'm sure Ronaldo will have his chances against the porus Dutch defence. Huntlaar must start. Even Kuyt, he is a plummer and on a team full of egomaniacs Bert needs to find a spot for him. The nice thing about the Holland Portugal game is that we are likely to see more than a couple of goals scored. I just hope it's by the right team 
Hard to watch the Dutch play like this. The only way through is to smash the porkchops and have Germany beat Denmark. Stranger things have happened. I'm sure Ronaldo will have his chances against the porus Dutch defence. Huntlaar must start. Even Kuyt, he is a plummer and on a team full of egomaniacs Bert needs to find a spot for him. The nice thing about the Holland Portugal game is that we are likely to see more than a couple of goals scored. I just hope it's by the right team
We beat Portugal by 2 and Germany wins, the Dutch are through. Not where they wanted to be but still very possible.
I personally didn't like Stecklenbergs positioning on the second goal, he needs to get off that line and take away the angle(which was very tight). Perhaps a keeper has a better read on that. I also thought we needed the save against Denmark, hard to get those legs closed I guess. When in doubt blame Luongo I mean Stecklenberg.
The Netherlands backline is so poor, Jaap Staam must be tearing out the few hairs left on his head wherever he is watching.
Stekelenburg with a massive save on a wide-open Badstuber at the backpost in the first half just before the second Gomez goal. Horrible marking!!
Second half, Hummels walks straight up the middle as the oranje sea parts for him, and gets 2 cracks at it, both saved by Stekelenburg.
If it wasn't for the keeper, the Germans would have had plenty more. Although he did almost give one away to Klose on the mishandled backpass.
No I agree the back line is more of a gaping wound then a defense. As well as we played against Denmark, every time they crossed a ball or came in the area the marking was completely pedestrian. How the dutch can't produce a single centerback in this generation makes you think the dutch youth system may need to bring in a few Italians coaches to teach some defensive positioning. We keep creating all this offensive talent but haven't had a world class center back since Jaap Stam.
Or you could be like Portugal and steal one...
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Dancin Bear
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I don't think it's got anything to do with Stekelenberg but he didn't really have a save that was world class. He knew nothing about Badstuder's header. It hit him more than he saved it.....imo it was a terrible miss by ze big German. If Hummels had been anyone else, that would have been a goal...shot the first one at Stekelenberg and the 2nd attempt was a bit soft. Best save of the game was from Neuer on Van Persie.
That said, the Dutch just haven't been good enough.
Yes, their defense is mince, but let's not forget that they have a grand total of 1 goal in 2 games. Not exactly tearing anything up here. I would like them to get past the Portuguese...but the thought of watching Ronaldo continue to be not the best player in the world does make me moist.
Good luck just the same
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