Van Basten

[Ombudsam]

Didn't realise when he was only 27 when he had to quit. Never saw him play but if he was as good as everyone says then that's pretty upsetting

[Falconhoof]

Remember watching that goal from a tight angle at the European championships. Him, gullit, Koeman. What a side.

[Shirohana]

Remember watching that goal from a tight angle at the European championships. Him, gullit, Koeman. What a side.

 

And Rijkaard.

[Falconhoof]

And Rijkaard.

 

yes indeed, great side throughout. Fair to say that Gullit was the stand out player. Probably as good as Barnes in his pomp.

[Murphman]

And Rijkaard.

 

 

The triumvirate, Koeman was a journeyman in comparison. That TLM is such a knob.....

[Stevie H]

koeman was underrated because that holy trinity was so good. he scored more than a goal every three games throughout his career. from centre back the vast majority of his career too. amazing player.

[Falconhoof]

The triumvirate, Koeman was a journeyman in comparison. That TLM is such a knob.....

 

get fecked you scrote, and have a merry christmas

 

Jan Molby says Koeman was the best passer of the ball from deep positions and the one he tried to be like.

[Benzo-13]

Didn't realise when he was only 27 when he had to quit. Never saw him play but if he was as good as everyone says then that's pretty upsetting

Italian hatchet defenders. Did the same to Maradona.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

I only remember 1 player from Holland's Euro 88 team - Wim bloody Kieft, that and a dirty horrible volley from Koeman that he smashed into the ground as an assist.

[Ombudsam]

Italian hatchet defenders. Did the same to Maradona.

 

Did they genuinely kick him out of football or was it a different type of injury

[Gerrardrules]

Van Bastens farewell at San Siro and Capello's tears is a moment in football I will never forget.

 

San Marco's career was ruined by loads of unnecessary operations on his ankle. Ironic part of it was that the problems started coz of a stupid and unnecessary tackle by himself.

Best natural striker Holland ever had. Him and Bergkamp were a dream duo who only played together at one major tournament in Sweden in 1992.

[doug_mac]

a killer in front of goal, buried everything that came his way

 

his hat trick against england at euro 88 was class

[surf]

my favourite van basten goal, against germany in '88. 2 minutes before FT to send us to the final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL1KVRLFjQ0

[Nerik]

Didn't realise when he was only 27 when he had to quit. Never saw him play but if he was as good as everyone says then that's pretty upsetting

 

He played his last game (the 1993 CL final) aged 28. He was born in October 1964. Still a very early retirement for such a talent. Never scored a goal in the WC finals.

 

His farewell here

 

[Rimbeux]

Did they genuinely kick him out of football or was it a different type of injury

 

A thousand cutting kicks to the achillies, they brought in the tackle from behind rule as a direct response

[Ombudsam]

A thousand cutting kicks to the achillies, they brought in the tackle from behind rule as a direct response

 

So Van Basten directly stripped English football of it's best weapon. Well he and this thread can f*ck off then

[surf]

scholes still gets away with it

[Rimbeux]

scholes still gets away with it

Can't believe that even after he confessed in retirement to doing people deliberately he still gets any license.

[John am Rhein]

Didn't realise when he was only 27 when he had to quit. Never saw him play but if he was as good as everyone says then that's pretty upsetting

 

he was good but he had to be stopped

[Earl Hafler]

Can't believe that even after he confessed in retirement to doing people deliberately he still gets any license.

 

‘Of course I can tackle,’ he said. ‘There’s plenty of evidence of me being able to tackle.

 

‘I was just getting people back. If someone got me early in the game, it was always in the back of my mind that I needed to get them back. I didn’t always do it on purpose. Some of it was just bad timing.’

 

Scholes claimed he received more bookings towards the end of his playing days because of his reputation and insisted his record was nothing out of the ordinary.

 

 

His record might have have been nothing out of the ordinary because he was cautioned far less than he should have been

[fred milne]

my favourite van basten goal, against germany in '88. 2 minutes before FT to send us to the final

He had some great battles with Kohler over the years.