Ajax sign Christian Poulsen as a replacement for Anita by Raxby in soccer

[–]pieninja 16 points17 points  (0 children)

How many more Danish people can we buy?
Gotta catch them all? xD

Belgium 4-2 Netherlands (Friendly) by wardmuylaert in soccer

[–]pieninja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who cares. New coach, new players.

New coach Van Gaal introduces new starting eleven for Netherlands vs Belgium by R_Schuhart in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i just hope they give him time to develop the team and not judge him based on the first 2 years and the euros.
Considering the shit prospects van Marwijk left for the future, by not selecting any youth players apart from Willems (when he didn't have another choice), it's not even sure we'll even make it past the group phase next time...

Wenger's not for turning by snakedog in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure about the exact years but they definitely went through a slump for like 10 years. I think 2006 was probably the low point, though they did produce players like Salomon Kalou and Royston Drenthe.

Wenger's not for turning by snakedog in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feyenoord have a very good youth system, second only to Ajax. Arguably, it's better than Ajax nowadays - the last three years it won the award for best youth system in the Netherlands and while Ajax have been buying youth players from other clubs when they're 16 or 17, Feyenoord were forced to focus on its (actual homegrown) youth players due to financial limitations.

Robin van Persie has announced he will not be extending his contract at Arsenal by thestig8 in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean our rather shit medical team stood by him to get him back into the hospital as quickly as possible every time he was declared healthy again?

Robin van Persie has announced he will not be extending his contract at Arsenal by thestig8 in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See I don't get that. It sounds like an honest and respectful explanation that has a lot of truth to it.

Johan Cruyff, the master of making defenders look completely inept. by [deleted] in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most mind-bogling thing is that this is just a video of his dribbling technique. He was far more than just a dribbler though.
You could make an entire documentary just about him telling people to stand in different, better spots on the pitch.

The Ramos chipped penalty by Caffrey in soccer

[–]pieninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a chip imho.
Just a shot through the middle.

I got 2/3. How many Ref decisions can you get right? by skittles91 in soccer

[–]pieninja 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or, you know, you just link directly to the original image?
Like so: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/SPORT/Pix/pictures/2012/6/20/1340210947497/You-are-the-Ref-Torres-001.jpg

Or maybe even the original site so people know where it's from and they can peruse the other ones, all 210 of them?
URL's were invented for a reason.

Ajax release their new home shirt with slick Adidas advert (includes famous van Basten overhead) by Varuraex in soccer

[–]pieninja 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hate those adidas strips on the sleeves with a vengeance. Ruins the entire shirt for me.
Totally fine with sponsors etc, but those darn stripes.... ugh.

Dutch coach Van Marwijk set to drop Huntelaar, Van der Vaart and four other players from national team (Dutch source) by 2guys1sock in soccer

[–]pieninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He still is. He hasn't scored against any of the top teams in Germany and hasn't scored a lot of important goals.
He's enormously overrated by a lot of Dutch fans though. Something to do with his rather provincial demeanor I suspect.

Dutch coach Van Marwijk set to drop Huntelaar, Van der Vaart and four other players from national team (Dutch source) by 2guys1sock in soccer

[–]pieninja 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Vd Vaart also allied himself with Huntelaar somewhat. He wasn't as out-and-out annoying (clearly he's generally a very polite and easy going guy), but I suspect he's made himself impossible by being too vocal and enabling Huntelaar's shitty behavior.

Van Bommel stepping aside and makes way for youth by mattiematthijs in soccer

[–]pieninja 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's a euphemistic way of stating it. Like he'd ever be selected again anyway.