re: How loaded was that late 90s dutch team?

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Speaking of loaded teams, the mid-noughties Juventus teams were absolutely stacked. I mean, just look at this roster. LINK

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Another good one from the same year

I really wish they could have gotten Ronaldo a champions league title.

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If it's just about the system, is there any way we could model ours after theirs?

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this could be done. i suppose jergey will have a german model to emulate. problem is, what do we do with gulati (jergey's a director, not a coach/manager/trainer).

Whats with the horse laugh?

Don't forget Ronald Koeman and Frank Rijkaard at the back. Rijkaard was an attack-minded half.

One of the best games I ever saw, was in Dallas, 1994, quarter-final match against Brazil. , Brazil 3-2 Netherlands, Brazil was up 2-0, then the Dutch answered, Tremendous match.

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July 9th 1994 (14:30) Dallas, Cotton Bowl BRAZIL - NETHERLANDS 3-2 (0-0) GOALS
52' 1-0 Romario (assist - Bebeto)
62' 2-0 Bebeto (assist - Branco)
64' 2-1 Dennis Bergkamp (assist - Rob Witschge)
76' 2-2 Aron Winter (assist - Marc Overmars)
81' 3-2 Branco (free-kick)

REFEREE Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)
LINESMEN Yousif Abdullah Al-Ghattan (Bahrain)
Davoud Fanaei (Iran)
4TH OFFICIAL Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)

YELLOW CARDS
40' Aron Winter (NED) 74' Dunga (BRA)
89' Jan Wouters (NED)

RED CARDS -
ATTENDANCE 63,500 BRAZIL AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK Claudio TAFFAREL 28 08 May 1966 Reggiana (ITA)
2 DF Jorge Campos JORGINHO 29 17 Aug 1964 Bayern Munich (GER)
6 DF Claudio Leal BRANCO (-89) 30 04 Apr 1964 Fluminense
13 DF ALDAIR Santos 28 30 Nov 1965 AS Roma (ITA)
15 DF MARCIO SANTOS 24 15 Sep 1969 Girondins Bordeaux (FRA)
17 DF MAZINHO do Nascimento (-81) 28 08 Apr 1966 Palmeiras
5 MD MAURO SILVA 26 12 Jan 1968 Dep. La Coruña (SPA)
8 MD Carlos Verri DUNGA (c) 30 31 Oct 1963 VfB Stuttgart (GER)
9 MD Crizam de Oliveira ZINHO 27 17 Jun 1967 Palmeiras
7 FW Jose Oliveira BEBETO 30 16 Feb 1964 Dep. La Coruña (SPA)
11 FW ROMARIO de Souza Faria 28 29 Jan 1966 Barcelona (SPA)

Substitutes
14 DF Marcos de Moraes CAFU (+89) 24 07 Jun 1970 Sao Paulo
10 MD RAI de Oliveira (+81) 29 15 May 1965 Paris St Germain (FRA)

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira 51 27 Feb 1943

NETHERLANDS AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK Ed de Goey 27 20 Dec 1966 Feyenoord
4 DF Ronald Koeman (c) 31 21 Mar 1963 Barcelona (SPA)
18 DF Stan Valckx 30 20 Oct 1963 Sporting Lisbon (POR)
3 MD Frank Rijkaard (-65) 31 30 Sep 1962 Ajax
5 MD Rob Witschge 27 22 Aug 1966 Feyenoord
6 MD Jan Wouters 33 17 Jul 1960 PSV Eindhoven
8 MD Wim Jonk 27 12 Oct 1966 Internazionale (ITA)
20 MD Aron Winter 27 01 Mar 1967 Lazio (ITA)
7 FW Marc Overmars 21 29 Mar 1973 Ajax
10 FW Dennis Bergkamp 25 10 May 1969 Internazionale (ITA)
19 FW Peter van Vossen (-53) 26 21 Apr 1968 Ajax

Substitutes
9 FW Ronald de Boer (+65) 24 15 May 1970 Ajax
11 FW Bryan Roy (+53) 24 12 Feb 1970 Foggia (ITA)

Coach: Dick Advocaat 46 27 Sep 1947 1994 Menu

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I link to my photos, maybe post one or two here, in a little while.

I think the most interesting man in the world photobombed #76

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Whats with the horse laugh?

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shoe now on other foot. trying it out. kind of dickweed thing to do. will stop now.

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Speaking of loaded teams, the mid-noughties Juventus teams were absolutely stacked. I mean, just look at this roster. LINK

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I raise you this LINK

You have to wonder what they could have been if Ruud Gullit had been a member of that team. He was still one of the best players in the world, but he had personal differences with the Dutch team manager.