Netherlands - Japan [R]
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From: Mart van de Wege on 19 Jun 2010 09:44 "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <mavigozler(a)yahoo.com> writes: > On Jun 19, 4:26 pm, Mart van de Wege <mvdw...(a)mail.com> wrote: >> "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <mavigoz...(a)yahoo.com> writes: >> >> >> >> > Now Holland has the luxury of getting minutes for spare players next >> > week while Japan must get the win. >> >> God I hope not. That was what killed us last time: van Basten playing >> the second stringers, killing the rhythm of the first-string lineup. >> >> Mart > > I would not expect van Marwuk to start the 2nd string and only play > them, giving a complete one game break to the main players. Neither do I. Bert is a canny coach, and has shown himself fairly good at judging the morale of his team (his only failure was as a club coach in Germany). > I expect he will start or bring in at times the primary attack to play > at least at total number of minutes equaling a half. I think he also > wants to know what sort of arrangements he can experiment with. > > Group F has hardly sorted itself out. I'd be guessing that NED is > looking at Paraguay or Slovakia in the R16. I'd be guessing that > Paraguayans would test the Dutch defense slightly more. If Italy > finished 2nd in the group, how would van Marwuk take them on? Same way he did this game I think. Just watched an interview with van Bommel after the match, and it is fairly clear that patience is the game plan. May not make for exciting games, but so far it's served the Netherlands well. Kudos to van Bommel though. He openly admitted that the first half mess was partly or mostly his fault for playing too deep and leaving too much space between defense and forward line. Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
From: Winston Smith, American Patriot on 19 Jun 2010 09:53 On Jun 19, 4:44 pm, Mart van de Wege <mvdw...(a)mail.com> wrote: > "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <mavigoz...(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > > On Jun 19, 4:26 pm, Mart van de Wege <mvdw...(a)mail.com> wrote: > >> "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <mavigoz...(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > >> > Now Holland has the luxury of getting minutes for spare players next > >> > week while Japan must get the win. > > >> God I hope not. That was what killed us last time: van Basten playing > >> the second stringers, killing the rhythm of the first-string lineup. > > >> Mart > > > I would not expect van Marwuk to start the 2nd string and only play > > them, giving a complete one game break to the main players. > > Neither do I. Bert is a canny coach, and has shown himself fairly good > at judging the morale of his team (his only failure was as a club coach > in Germany). > > > I expect he will start or bring in at times the primary attack to play > > at least at total number of minutes equaling a half. I think he also > > wants to know what sort of arrangements he can experiment with. > > > Group F has hardly sorted itself out. I'd be guessing that NED is > > looking at Paraguay or Slovakia in the R16. I'd be guessing that > > Paraguayans would test the Dutch defense slightly more. If Italy > > finished 2nd in the group, how would van Marwuk take them on? > > Same way he did this game I think. Just watched an interview with van > Bommel after the match, and it is fairly clear that patience is the game > plan. May not make for exciting games, but so far it's served the > Netherlands well. I am huge admirer of Dutch football, the discipline, the desire to dominate the midfield and use 10 min or so just to put on a midfield show for the opponent (lull him to sleep?). Watching Robert Kouman, de Boer play was like witnessing a masterpiece being made. It's not pretty or flashy, like Pele tangoing to the goal. It's about possession and control, which wins 4 times in 5. > Kudos to van Bommel though. He openly admitted that the first half mess > was partly or mostly his fault for playing too deep and leaving too much > space between defense and forward line. But they clearly corrected for the next period while never letting go of the priority of establishing the back wall. You still have not offered an opinion about whom you would like to see in R16 or how to play them. You waiting for this 2nd set to sort things out in Group F first?
From: Winston Smith, American Patriot on 19 Jun 2010 10:01 On Jun 19, 4:57 pm, nmp <addr...(a)is.invalid> wrote: > Winston Smith, American Patriot wrote: > > > I would not expect van Marwuk [..] > > Van Marwijk. Approximate prononciation for native English speakers: Vahn > Mahrwike. Capital V if not preceeded by first name. Yes, sorry about that. I thought I saw FIFA put a "Marwuk" spelling, but they are using yours in other parts of their website.
From: Mart van de Wege on 19 Jun 2010 10:19 "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <mavigozler(a)yahoo.com> writes: > You still have not offered an opinion about whom you would like to see > in R16 or how to play them. You waiting for this 2nd set to sort > things out in Group F first? Yeah. I don't do predictions that far ahead. Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
From: Mart van de Wege on 19 Jun 2010 10:21
nmp <address(a)is.invalid> writes: > Winston Smith, American Patriot wrote: > >> I would not expect van Marwuk [..] > > Van Marwijk. Approximate prononciation for native English speakers: Vahn > Mahrwike. Capital V if not preceeded by first name. Erm. No. Dutch rules say that the words in the middle part of the name are not capitalised, except at the start of sentences. Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source. |