The World Has Never Seen.
And it’s Suuurrriiiname……
Slow day at work and on the boards, so here is a fairly one dimensional article of little or no interest to anyone
Suriname could’ve put together a useful squad of players for the 1998 World Cup. Had they not all been given Dutch Citizenship, and ended up featuring for the Oranje, they would’ve had a hell of a team.
GK: Stanley Menzo
RB: Michael Reiziger
CB: Ulrich van Gobbel
CB: Ken Monkou
LB: Winston Bogarde
MF: Edgar Davids
MF: Clarence Seedorf
MF: Aron Winter
FW: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
FW: Patrick Kluivert
FW: Regi Blinker.
On the Bench would be Gullit and Rijkaard as they were in their early/mid 30s and getting on a bit. But maybe Gullit as a sweeper.
Impressive for a country with the population of Sheffield.
They're by far the greatest team...
posted on 8/6/17
comment by Dean Sturridge's Nephü (Formerly LGT... (U13718)
posted 23 minutes ago
Isn't wifefrombelmonty from Suriname?
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No no. He said Wifefrombelmonte is her surname.
Easy mistake to make.
posted on 8/6/17
posted on 8/6/17
comment by Dean Sturridge's Nephü (Formerly LGT) (U13718)
posted 21 minutes ago
Isn't wifefrombelmonty from Suriname?
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Indo.
Which is also a former dutch colony. Michael Mols, Giovanni Van Bronkhost, Nigel De jong etc
Being a dutch colony they also shipped a load of indo's over to Suriname back in the day to help with the raping and the purging of the lands
posted on 8/6/17
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dean Sturridge's Nephü (Formerly LGT) (U13718)
posted 21 minutes ago
Isn't wifefrombelmonty from Suriname?
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Indo.
Which is also a former dutch colony. Michael Mols, Giovanni Van Bronkhost, Nigel De jong etc
Being a dutch colony they also shipped a load of indo's over to Suriname back in the day to help with the raping and the purging of the lands
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Very generous of them.
posted on 8/6/17
comment by There'sOnlyOneReds (U1721)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dean Sturridge's Nephü (Formerly LGT) (U13718)
posted 21 minutes ago
Isn't wifefrombelmonty from Suriname?
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Indo.
Which is also a former dutch colony. Michael Mols, Giovanni Van Bronkhost, Nigel De jong etc
Being a dutch colony they also shipped a load of indo's over to Suriname back in the day to help with the raping and the purging of the lands
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Very generous of them.
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oh the Indo's never got to keep any of it. And i am not even sure if their ride on the big boats included return tickets.
posted on 8/6/17
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
comment by There'sOnlyOneReds (U1721)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dean Sturridge's Nephü (Formerly LGT) (U13718)
posted 21 minutes ago
Isn't wifefrombelmonty from Suriname?
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Indo.
Which is also a former dutch colony. Michael Mols, Giovanni Van Bronkhost, Nigel De jong etc
Being a dutch colony they also shipped a load of indo's over to Suriname back in the day to help with the raping and the purging of the lands
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Very generous of them.
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oh the Indo's never got to keep any of it. And i am not even sure if their ride on the big boats included return tickets.
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They probably went on to help rape and pillage in South Africa after that.
posted on 9/6/17
comment by McCannStoleMaLadyfinger (U21454)
posted 8 hours, 42 minutes ago
That's pants, monopolizing the talent, but now that the Dutch are not the force they once were, I wonder if there are being pressur d to reverse this?
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It's not the Dutch monopolizing the talent it's the Surinamese government not allowing their citizins taking another nationality, without giving up the Surinamese.
The same goes for me as a Dutchman. Living in the UK, I could get the English nationality. But the Dutch government doesn't allow me to have another nationality, so I would have to give up my Dutch one. Which sucks, because of Brexit, I think I better hold on to my Dutch nationality a bit longer.
What really sucks is that the Dutch government does allow other nationalities to also get the Dutch nationalities and keep their own, if their home governments allow it.
My wife, who's English, could have become a Dutch citizen, and keep her English nationality as well.
Lots of Turks, Moroccans in the Netherlands, all have dual nationality.
posted on 9/6/17
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 8 hours, 47 minutes ago
Aron Winter - blast from the past.
Crazy that though, most of the Dutch's best players. However the lack of infrastructure and coaching probably means they wouldn't have been a success anyway.
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Woho, hold on there buddy, let's not get carried away.
Yes, Gullit, Rijkaard and Seedorf are amongst our best players. But the rest, not even close.
Many many better goal keepers and defenders than the ones mentioned here. Rijkaard and Seedorf were great midfielders, but our best ever by far were the likes of van Hanegem, Neeskens, Bergkamp (as no. 10). Davids was good, but we have had many better then him.
Gullit, great, beautiful player, my favourite of all the Surinamese. But not as good as Cruijff and van Basten.
Kluivert, good striker, but not near our best squad ever.
All the Surinamese players whose name not mentioned, we have had many far better players for their positions.
posted on 9/6/17
Woho, hold on there buddy, let's not get carried away.
Yes, Gullit, Rijkaard and Seedorf are amongst our best players. But the rest, not even close.
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Keep it in context.
We are talking about a single point in time. Players who represented holland who could have formed a Suriname team in 1998.
Not talking about the greatest Dutch players ever. Rather the players who could have represented at WC98.
At that point in time, these were quite a few top Dutch players who could've played for Suriname.
posted on 9/6/17
comment by There are some who call me.........Tim (U7708)
posted 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 8 hours, 47 minutes ago
Aron Winter - blast from the past.
Crazy that though, most of the Dutch's best players. However the lack of infrastructure and coaching probably means they wouldn't have been a success anyway.
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Woho, hold on there buddy, let's not get carried away.
Yes, Gullit, Rijkaard and Seedorf are amongst our best players. But the rest, not even close.
Many many better goal keepers and defenders than the ones mentioned here. Rijkaard and Seedorf were great midfielders, but our best ever by far were the likes of van Hanegem, Neeskens, Bergkamp (as no. 10). Davids was good, but we have had many better then him.
Gullit, great, beautiful player, my favourite of all the Surinamese. But not as good as Cruijff and van Basten.
Kluivert, good striker, but not near our best squad ever.
All the Surinamese players whose name not mentioned, we have had many far better players for their positions.
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Yeah...on another note, I was in the Netherlands last month and decided I would go for a coffee and a sandwich. I went bankrupt and had to sell my house.
What's the deal with the prices there?