Netherlands beat Romania with 4-0 tonight, beat Estonia 3-0 last friday. Been surprised at how well Van Gaal has been doing as far as performances and games go. We're easing through qualification so far. Although Van Gaal still has his usual weird sh*t too, every interview with him makes me cringe. We're playing more attractive football again than under Van Marwijk though, that's good. But I don't think we have a team capable of competing for the top spots in 2014. We're in a rebuilding phase, but we have some great talent coming up. I think we'll be able to compete again in a big tournament in 2016 or 2018.
Stefan de Vrij has looked really good these past 2 games, which should be of interest to us. I think Sneijder is done as a top player, didn't even make it to halftime friday and went off injured. Van der Vaart has stepped up as a replacement though, he's looking good at the moment. Strootman and De Guzman look like a solid midfield pairing. And Janmaat, our current right back from Feyenoord, is really stepping up. Not just a technically sound player, but works his ass off too.
But I think if you look at our current team, from the 11 starting, 8 new players compared to last summer at Euro 2012. Alot of changes, very young team, they'll need time. But I'm very excited about the future of the Dutch team, I think in 4 to 8 years we might have one of the strongest teams we've had, and a solid defense this time around too again.
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