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Player Focus: Versatile Sinkgraven on His Way to the Top with Heerenveen

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Sep 22 2014 15:51
Player Focus: Versatile Sinkgraven on His Way to the Top with Heerenveen When it comes to reinvention Heerenveen are the masters. Across the last decade they've become a model for those in the provinces, whenever it seems that after losing influential figures they are dead certainties to struggle, they defy.Three simple and effective reasons stand out: scouting – a...
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Team Focus: Rutten With Work to Do Following Feyenoord Upheaval

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Sep 9 2014 12:06
Team Focus: Rutten With Work to Do Following Feyenoord Upheaval For some it serves as an inconvenience but in Feyenoord's case theinternational break couldn't have come at a better time.Another summer of upheaval – 14 players leaving and eight joining – has meant rebuilding, for now, is their primary objective. Such is the life of a Dutch club in tod...
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Player Focus: Lasse Schöne Epitomising Team Philosophy at Ajax

by Mohamed Moallim at Wednesday, Aug 27 2014 11:03
Player Focus: Lasse Schöne Epitomising Team Philosophy at Ajax Football is a team sport might be a mundane response, yet it is a wholly accurate one in explaining Frank de Boer's success: four successive championships over the past three-and-a-half years. There's a touch of egalitarianism – our strength is that we are not dependent on one person – w...
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Team Focus: PSV All-Out Attack in Eredivisie Title Bid

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Aug 19 2014 17:45
Team Focus: PSV All-Out Attack in Eredivisie Title Bid A new season brings new opportunities, which couldn't be any truer for Luuk de Jong; a difficult period at Borussia Mönchengladbach (eight goals in 45 games) – where much of his time was spent in the treatment room – stunted his development. Once touted as the next great Dutch strik...

League Focus: Eredivisie 2014/15 Preview - Ajax's Chance to Make History

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Aug 5 2014 11:27
League Focus: Eredivisie 2014/15 Preview - Ajax's Chance to Make History If one word could describe the Eredivisie it is engrossing. Unpredictability borne out of the annual summer upheaval – today's economic reality means Dutch clubs find it difficult to retain the experience and cohesion forged over the past 12-18 months – leading to its competitive nature....
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Team Focus: How Van Gaal's Holland Will Line Up this Summer

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, May 27 2014 15:40
Team Focus: How Van Gaal's Holland Will Line Up this Summer The loss of box-to-box midfielder Kevin Strootman forced Louis van Gaal to confront the orange elephant in the room ahead of this this summer's World Cup; a fragile defence and a squad limited by its youthfulness (inexperience, at the highest level, a by-product). Van Gaal arrived, in July 2012, wit...
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Team Focus: History Maker De Boer Going Nowhere for Now

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Apr 22 2014 15:04
Team Focus: History Maker De Boer Going Nowhere for Now Béla Guttmann, the legendary Hungarian manager, hypothesised the third year for a successful coach would be fatal. Not for Frank de Boer, who is closing in on securing Ajax their 33rd Eredivisie title and the fourth in a row under his tenure.The standard-bearer of Dutch football according to ...
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Player Focus: Van Gaal's Possible Strootman Replacements

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Apr 7 2014 15:41
Player Focus: Van Gaal's Possible Strootman Replacements In a conversation with Algemeen Dagblad earlier this year Louis van Gaal reiterated the importance and growing influence of Kevin Strootman. So, as you could imagine, his absence this summer has left him in a quandary.Some, including Ronald Koeman, have suggested implementing a new formation (either...
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Player Focus: Brit Abroad Michael Higdon Key to NEC's Survival

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Mar 25 2014 14:05
Player Focus: Brit Abroad Michael Higdon Key to NEC's Survival Who is, as of today, the most prolific English top flight goalscorer over the last two seasons? If you've answered Wayne Rooney or Daniel Sturridge then you'd be wrong. The individual in question is Michel Higdon. A household name he may not be in England, but his exploits – 39 goals in 64 gam...
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Player Focus: Cruyff's Klaassen Admiration Speaks Volumes

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Mar 10 2014 17:38
Player Focus: Cruyff's Klaassen Admiration Speaks Volumes When it comes to feuds the one shared between Johan Cruyff and Louis van Gaal – disciples of the 'Ajax school' – is arguably the most philosophical. It boils down to player and team development: individual versus collective. Of course, Louis van Gaal has an understanding of football, Cru...
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