NEW ARTICLE: Johan Cruyff is the greatest Dutch player of all time, but who is the greatest Netherlands player? The best when only taking into account their Oranje career? We crunched the numbers and they have a clear winner: Dennis Bergkamp. www.clockworkoranje.com/p/who-is-the...

Who is the greatest Netherlands player of all time? The numbers produce a clear winner

Johan Cruyff is undoubtedly the greatest Dutch player of all time, but who is the greatest Netherlands player?

For my first piece of the new season I did a deep dive into Joshua Zirkzee, who could be very good in the Prem, could be very bad, but will definitely be very fun www.flashscore.com/news/soccer-...

In Joshua Zirkzee, Manchester United have signed a striker like no other | Flashscore.com

On the back of Joshua Zirkzee's (23) dream Premier League debut following his big-money move from Bologna, Flashscore have taken a closer look at Manchester United's new striker.

Genuinely don't think there has ever been a more underrated Netherlands player. So intelligent and so effective with the ball at his feet. The team was 10 times better in possession whenever he was on the pitch from the moment he made his debut.

COclockworkoranje.bsky.socialAug 14, 2024 1:02pm

Daley Blind for the Netherlands: - Fifth most caps - Fourth most minutes - Ninth most major tournament caps - 12th most assists - Most assists at the World Cup Legend.

Yeah fingers crossed, don't think he'll make it into the squad if everyone is fully fit but could become a good squad player once Van Dijk calls it a day

Could see it being Steijn if he has a good start to the season given we don't have a huge amount of depth at CAM now that Wijnaldum is surely done. Also, pretty wild that Botman still has never played for us.

COclockworkoranje.bsky.socialAug 13, 2024 5:08pm

Who do you think will be the first player to make his Oranje debut this season, if any do? Summerville, Lammers, Botman, Beelen and Steijn are the names that come to mind first for us.

Dreaming of a back four of Ake and Van Dijk at CB with Van de Ven bombing forward at LB and Timber staying deep at RB to form a back three

COclockworkoranje.bsky.socialAug 12, 2024 7:28pm

Would be so great for the national team if Timber can force his way into the Arsenal starting XI this season. It feels like people have kind of forgotten just how talented he is with him being out for a season - would arguably be our best RB if fully fit.

Winning a marathon straight after getting medals in 5000 and 10,000m is OBSCENE, gotta be right up there with the greatest Dutch athletes of all time

DNdutchnewsnl.bsky.socialAug 11, 2024 8:38am

Gold for Sifan Hassan in the marathon and a new Olympic record https://buff.ly/4dfJ6qD

Remember being absolutely convinced he'd be our first-choice striker for years to come when he scored a few when he first joined Atalanta. Was obviously very wrong on that front, but he could become a squad player with Memphis and Weghorst surely being ushered out soon.

Yeah that put me off at first too, it is a lot better now as long as you stick to the "following" tab but the "for you" tab is full of crap so it's hard to stumble across anything good

Ah good to hear! Really hope this or Threads takes off, trying both right now and they're both very preferable to The Bad Place...