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Player Focus: Maher Settling in to Life at PSV

by Mohamed Moallim at Thursday, Nov 21 2013 16:20
Player Focus: Maher Settling in to Life at PSV This summer saw no fewer than 54 players leave the Eredivisie. Someone who remained, albeit changing sides, was the mercurial 20-year-old Adam Maher. His rapid ascent over the last eighteen months attracted attention from a host of clubs across Europe, but he consciously made the decision to remain ...
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Team Focus: Explaining Ajax's Style Under De Boer

by Mohamed Moallim at Thursday, Nov 14 2013 10:09
Team Focus: Explaining Ajax's Style Under De Boer The secret of long-term success lies in cultivating a distinctive set of values, as Jim Collins put forward in his bestseller Good to Great. This usually means promoting from within and laying down deep local roots. It’s advice that has been followed in Amsterdam; next month Frank de Boer will...
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Player Focus: Remember the Name - Jeffrey Gouweleeuw

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Nov 5 2013 17:27
Player Focus: Remember the Name - Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Defending, according to former midfielder-turned-analyst Jan van Halst, is almost a dirty word in the Netherlands. It's not surprising when the underlying coaching philosophy is attack-oriented, that when it comes to defenders they're expected to combine the art of defending with playmaking. A conte...
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Player Focus: Jordy the Clasie Controller Netherlands Need

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Oct 28 2013 15:02
Player Focus: Jordy the Clasie Controller Netherlands Need After the Netherlands’ victory in Istanbul earlier this month a statistic was published on Voetbal International's website highlighting the number of debutants in Louis van Gaal's second tenure as manager of Oranje. The total was nineteen. But importantly, with emphasis on restructuring, twelv...
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Player Focus: Piazón Benefitting from Eredivisie Education

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Oct 21 2013 17:38
Player Focus: Piazón Benefitting from Eredivisie Education Dutch top-flight football has seen its fair share of change; a new economic reality more than a decade ago hit home, a simple case of evolution – adapt to survive – was needed. Those who are not wealthy must be creative, as Johan Cruyff put it. Subsequently clubs increased emphasis on yo...
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Player Focus: Luc Castaignos - A Striker Reborn

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Oct 14 2013 12:46
Player Focus: Luc Castaignos - A Striker Reborn Not long ago Luc Castaignos was one of the hottest prospects in the Netherlands; a prodigious talent they said, with limitless potential. However, like so many, he left too early. It was feared that he would never be heard from again. Fortunately that never came to fruition and he won't be remembere...
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Team Focus: Cocu Hoping to Prove You Can Win With Kids

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Oct 7 2013 16:13
Team Focus: Cocu Hoping to Prove You Can Win With Kids It's fitting in the year PSV celebrate their centenary that one of their great icons was appointed manager. This Wednesday Phillip Cocu will have presided over the Eindhoven giants for 100 days and the atmosphere at the club is in contrast to the past five seasons. PSV's workmanlike ethic has always...
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Player Focus: Finnbogason Made in His Manager's Image

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Sep 30 2013 17:29
Player Focus: Finnbogason Made in His Manager's Image Marco van Basten's return to management last season posed more challenges than King Eurystheus. Heerenveen, who he joined after three years in managerial exile, managed one win from their first eight games. It looked like another doomed tenure; he would eventually turn things around finishing eighth...
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Player Focus: Vermeer's Position as Ajax Sweeper Keeper Under Threat

by Mohamed Moallim at Friday, Sep 27 2013 13:55
Player Focus: Vermeer's Position as Ajax Sweeper Keeper Under Threat Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling, the celebrated author, recently penned the first biography of Johan Cruyff in German: Der König und sein Spiel (The King and his game). He concluded that the Dutchman has been the single most influential figure in football history: no one made a bigger impact as a pl...
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Team Focus: Verbeek Ready to Lead AZ to Europe

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Sep 16 2013 15:45
Team Focus: Verbeek Ready to Lead AZ to Europe It takes a lot to dampen the spirits of Gertjan Verbeek. His AZ side finished 10th – 37 points behind the champions – last season. A poor start, with three wins from 16 games, sealed their fate. It would have driven a lesser manager to insanity and closer to the exit, but not Verbeek. He...
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