ARJEN ROBBEN

Article by David Walker

Manchester United are the 2005/06 Carling Cup winners subsequent a 4- demolition of Wigan Athletic at the Millennium Stadium. United, as short as eight/thirteen on the day, took the lead right after 32 minutes by means of Wayne Rooney but it was a three objectives in six minutes salvo in the 2nd fifty percent that devastated outsiders Wigan. Louis Saha netted after 54 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo on 58 and Rooney yet again on the hour to win the Cup in emphatic fashion.

With United not taking part in in the Premiership this weekend, Chelsea prolonged their lead at the top to 15 factors with an anticipated victory over Portsmouth. The Blues had been overwhelming favourites at 1/six and did not disappoint quick-odds backers with 2nd 50 percent goals from Frank Lampard and Arjen Robben to win the match 2-.

Liverpool drew degree on factors with Manchester United but continue being 3rd following a one- win from Manchester Town on Sunday. Harry Kewell’s target 5 minutes prior to the break was enough to secure all 3 points for the 8/fifteen Reds.

Arsenal’s dire away sort in the Premiership continued as they lost one- at Blackburn Rovers. The 5/four Gunners will have attracted a whole lot of punting curiosity, nonetheless, it was 21/10 Rovers that took the points after Morten Gamst Pedersen’s decisive objective. The consequence saw Blackburn leapfrog Arsenal into fifth location while condemning them to their eighth away defeat of the time.

Birmingham City are inside touching distance of security following a vital win versus Sunderland. Even though prior to the match the Blues had won just 3 video games all period at St. Andrews, lots will have ploughed into the seven/10 odds and Emile Heskey headed in the winner right after 39 minutes.

In yet another crunch relegation battle, Middlesbrough edged on their own nearer to safety but piled on much more stress on West Bromwich Albion soon after winning 2- at the Hawthorns. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s ambitions on 17 and 44 was adequate to seal victory at tasty 9/5 odds.

Caretaker supervisor Glenn Roeder made it 3 wins in four matches for eleven/10 Newcastle with a 2- victory versus Everton. Two ambitions from Nolberto Solano soon after 64 and 76 minutes saw Everton drop their very first match since December 28.

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Outright Odds: 12/1Group C Winners: thirteen/eight

New coach Marco van Basten has proven to be a revelation off the pitch as a lot as he was on it considering that taking about the Dutch national group. Plucked from an obscure youth coaching function at Ajax exactly where he kept his head down and had reduced duties when Dick Advocaat stop after Euro 2004, van Basten has produced this new-search Dutch group his personal.

Out with the old and in with the new seems to be van Basten’s philosophy so even though former properly acknowledged favourites such as Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert have been offered the chop, some of the finest players the Dutch Eredivisie has to offer have appear in to change them.

Gamers these as AZ Alkmaar’s Denny Landzaat, Feyenoord’s Dirk Kuyt and Ajax’s Ryan Babel might not be family names yet but have all won the backing of the manager. Ajax have a robust representation in the squad, with John Heitinga, Nigel de Jong, Hedwiges Maduro and Wesley Sneijder, all underneath the age of 23, vying for a spot in the beginning line-up.

The faith demonstrated in locally-based mostly gamers along with more recognisable faces these kinds of as evergreen trio Edwin van der Sar, Edgar Davids and Philip Cocu and the likes of Arjen Robben and Ruud van Nistelrooy has paid off.

The crew are displaying genuine staff spirit and togetherness, as opposed to the inconsistent squads of the previous and in qualifying notched up 32 factors, the greatest of any European facet. Holland completed 5 factors apparent at the best of their group that also incorporated bogey facet Czech Republic and Romania, the two of whom they beat twice. Astonishingly, the only nation they didn’t defeat was Macedonia who they drew with twice.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was in scintillating form for the duration of qualifying with 7 ambitions in 10 matches and now back in favour at Manchester United, could be a excellent investment for the top goalscorer industry.

The Dutch are usually one particular of the favourites for the tournament but by no means quite control it. They have attained the ultimate twice, the semi finals and quarter ultimate stages but in no way have sufficient to win it outright.

The group entering this year have small Entire world Cup knowledge and it would be a massive consult of this crew to go all the way in Germany.BetBonus.co.uk Recommendation:Holland offer greater worth to win Group C than Argentina but a lack of encounter throughout the squad implies they cannot be backed to win the tournament outright. Ruud van Nistelrooy could be a great each and every-way investment for the top objective scorer berth on his debut at the finals.

Holland to win Group C @ 13/8E/W Ruud van Nistelrooy as leading goalscorer @ sixteen/one

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Article by Damian Nicolaou

Let us start with a comparison of two footballing nations. England’s population is nearly 61 million, whereas the population of the Netherlands is just over 16 million. As in Holland, football is the most popular sport in England; the most widely played and watched, and as the number one sport, the most gifted athletes naturally gravitate to it. England is probably the richest football nation in the world, the cream of the world’s football talent gravitate to clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and North London giants Arsenal and Tottenham. Even legendary names such as Ajax and PSV are considered by players as mere stepping stones on the way to bigger and better things.

And yet, since 1966 the Dutch national team has won the European Championship and twice appeared in the World Cup final. In the same time period England has never got past the semi final stage of a major tournament. So how is that possible?

Arjen Robben’s former mentor, Peter Jeltema thinks he knows. “Dutch soccer is based on technique and tactics,” he says, implying that English football is not, an observation which is borne out by even casual observation of the England team in action. Two other fundamentals of Dutch youth coaching are that children are allowed to have fun and encouraged to express themselves as individuals.

Unfortunately in England self expression and having fun are not high on the priority list, winning is all, and yet this mentality has resulted only in successive generations of technically inferior players and a national team incapable of challenging at a major tournament, even qualifying is an uphill struggle.

Another factor could be the culture of blame seen everywhere in this country. Even technically accomplished young players have fear coached into them. Because of the emphasis on winning at all costs, even naturally gifted youngsters will opt to boot the ball clear rather than play it and risk making mistakes and incurring the wrath of the screaming mob at the sideline. Once this fear and mentality has been coached into a young player it is impossible to remove, they will default to these modes of behaviour every time the pressure is on, as evidenced once again by the habits of the national team.

Perhaps though there is another reason, could it just be that the Dutch clubs put more money into youth coaching than the English, knowing that they can’t afford to import great players and must rely selling to bring in a steady stream of income to keep afloat? No. English clubs pour millions into their academies.

At this point it is interesting to compare England with Africa where financial resources are minimal and conditions poor. But somehow Africa is churning out increasing numbers of confident, skilled footballers with the ability and self belief to think and play their way out of any situation. How can this be? One coach, who has had experience of both African and English football, concludes that the African players, through lack of coaching, have just been allowed to develop naturally: “They’re not as bothered about making mistakes. Maybe we coach them a little too much in this country and don’t allow kids to come up with their own solutions. We don’t let them trust their instincts.”

Hopefully the FA’s long awaited ‘root and branch review’ of football will lead to the long needed restructure of football coaching in this country. There is a lot to be learned from the Dutch and African experiences, and if the English spirit was mixed with the best of these alternative approaches, we might witness a generation of world beaters in the not too distant future.

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