Robben and VdV label Dutch Euro 2012 campaign 'rubbish'

• zocoss

  14 Jun 12, 01:08

  Dutch in disarray

  

  FLOORED ... Wesley Sneijder hits the deck against Denmark

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  THE troubled Dutch are in chaos as a series of explosive rows tears their camp apart.

  Bert van Marwijk’s side were slammed by their national media following last Saturday’s shock 1-0 defeat against Denmark.

  One headline blasted: ‘Legoland beat Egoland’.

  But that only hints at the much bigger problems in and around the Holland squad, which include:

  - Arsenal’s Robin van Persie and Manchester City’s Nigel de Jong refusing to talk to the Press.

  - Klaas Jan Huntelaar being jealous of Van Persie for playing ahead of him and refusing to talk too.

  - Dutch fans bombarding phonelines calling for Van Marwijk’s head.

  - Players claiming their under-fire boss is blinded by family loyalty as he refuses to drop son-in-law Mark van Bommel.

  The situation became too much for Holland playmaker Wesley Sneijder to take ahead of tonight’s crucial Group B clash with Germany.

  Defeat could see the Dutch become the first casualties of the Group of Death.

  Sneijder blasted: “It is time we let these pathetic egos go. If somebody is creating a mess, I will stand up against them now.

  “We don’t need a psychologist with the Dutch team, we are grown-up men. The ones who have a problem with other players or the manager should tell them face-to-face. That is the only psychology we need.

  “We have to stop living on little islands. We must all go for the same goal, be united or face the consequences.”

  One player who is suffering most from Van Marwijk’s loyalty to Van Bommel is Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart — and no one can buy his silence.

  Holland’s most-capped player, 29, said: “I have the right to speak out with 97 caps behind my name. If Holland want to win, the coach has to play me in the starting line-up.

  “I am no longer prepared to deny I am finding this role really tough. Do you know how frustrated I feel?

  “I am in the best form of my life and I train so hard but I get the impression the team selection is not going to change in my favour.

  “I don’t want to cause a mess that would have a big effect on the others but it does not look like my position is going to change.

  “Hardly any changes have been made to this team since the 2010 World Cup and that is great when you are in the starting line-up but it’s crap when you’re on the bench.

  “I feel like a young dog that is dying to get out but is caged in.”

  When asked if he was waiting for an explosion to erupt within the camp, Van der Vaart added: “I hope for that every day.

  “I knew from the first minute how things would go with this Dutch team.

  “My family think I have been crazy for staying silent for so long.”

• Paem

  14 Jun 12, 06:37

  Holland lost again. I think they're out.
• zocoss

  14 Jun 12, 08:37

  Dutch on the brink as they crash

  

  TUMBLING OUT ... Euro future looks bleak for Robin van Persie and Holland

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  BERT VAN MARWIJK tore into his Dutch flops after they were left on the brink of a humiliating Euro 2012 exit.

  Mario Gomez’s double downed Holland and Van Marwijk fumed: “What do you expect? We defended really poorly and the link-up play between the defenders and two holding midfielders was average at best.

  “If you want to beat Germany you have to be top class in all 11 positions and we were far from that.

  "Too many players had average games and there was no threat from the wings. The players have only themselves to blame for this.”

  Robin van Persie got a goal back for Holland but it was too little, too late.

  Star Midfielder Wesley Sneijder said: “What can you say after a display like that?

  “There were great expectations of this side but we’re on the brink of embarrassing elimination.

  "I just feel sorry for the loyal fans who travelled all this way to see this.”

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• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  14 Jun 12, 18:19

  Haiz
  
  i hope they really use hunterlaar full match

• School Skirt Lover

  16 Jun 12, 00:23

  nothing surprising

• charlize

  16 Jun 12, 01:01

  Still got outside chance right?

   

  If Holland thrash Portugal by a huge margin and Germany beat Denmark.

• Rahikalhasan

  16 Jun 12, 21:31

  mod sleeping isit

• zocoss

  18 Jun 12, 09:43

  Robben and Van der Vaart hint at Dutch squad divisions, labelling Euro 2012 campaign 'rubbish'
  

   

  

  Down and out: Arjen Robben

  

  Feeling for the fans: Rafael van der Vaart

   

   

  Arjen Robben and Rafael van der Vaart laid the blame of Holland's disastrous Euro 2012 campaign firmly at the door of the players - and not under-fire boss Bert van Marwijk.
  

  The Dutch, who reached the World Cup final two years ago, lost to Denmark, Germany and Portugal to finish bottom of Group B.

  With allegations of divisions swirling through the Dutch camp, a furious 28-year-old Robben would only say: 'Those problems inside the camp have to stay in the dressing room. I don’t want to really talk about it.

  'I would prefer to get on a bus right now but I am here in front of a camera because it is part of the job.’

  'We have failed with the entire squad. It is time to look in the mirror with all the players. We must all do that. Individually we should look in the mirror and as a team. We have been knocked out in a major tournament with three defeats and that is the stone hard truth. It was a disastrous campaign.'

  And Van der Vaart, who hit the stunning opener in the 2-1 defeat to Portugal added: 'Holland was poor. The conclusion of this tournament has to be hard and we were bad.

  'The players all have to take the blame. We have all been below par. None of us have delivered. But what is the whole point of concluding that, actually.

  'I feel most sorry for the Dutch fans. They turned up in thousands to watch this rubbish.'

  Meanwhile, Van Marwijk responded shirtily to questions surrounding his future.

  'I'm still not concerned with my future,' he said when asked if he would resign. 'It is too soon after the match.'

   

  

  Under pressure: Bert van Marwijk

   

   

  Mark van Bommel, who was left out of the starting line-up by father-in-law Van Marwijk in preference of the more attacking Van der Vaart, told De Telegraaf: 'After the last two years things have changed and the atmosphere was different this time. I'm talking only for myself.'

  
  
• dragg

  18 Jun 12, 11:36

  the current dutch squad isnt that good. they werent even good at the last world cup.