Preliminary Dutch Squad

Bold - Players to play, Red - Players to be dropped

Sander Boschker (FC Twente),
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United),
Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Henk Timmer (Feyenoord)

Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa),
Tim de Cler (Feyenoord),
Urby Emanuelson (Ajax),
John Heitinga (Ajax),
Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar),
Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg),
Mario Melchiot (Wigan Athletic),
Andre Ooijer (Blackburn),
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord)

Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven),
Orlando Engelaar (FC Twente),
Nigel de Jong (Hamburg),
Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord),
Hedwiges Maduro (Valencia),
Clarence Seedorf (Milan),
Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid),
Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg),
Demy de Zeeuw (AZ Alkmaar)

Ryan Babel (Liverpool),
Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Ajax),
Danny Koevermans (PSV Eindhoven),
Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool),
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid),
Robin van Persie (Arsenal),
Arjen Robben (Real Madrid)
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic).

Admittedly knowing very little about the defensive side, the potential midfield and strike force look impressive if all fit.

Kew Jaliens and Joris Mathijsen are wank lol, plus i got muddled up, melchiot probably on the right not heitenga, heitenga in the centre instead of mathijsen. theres a few players he should've called up defensively.

as for attack, depends what he wants to do, he tends to go for 442 instead of 433, so you'd have sneijder and van der vaart in the centre, with robben on the left and seedorf on the right, i'd imagine, and van persie and horseface upfront, tho it should be KJH

Andre Ooijer (Blackburn),


Oh jesus.. He cant even get in our first team

he's a quality player is out Ooijer, he prob gets in the squad becuase of his past performances for oranje

To be honest.. When he got in the team last season he had a really good run

Just seems one of them injury plauged players