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<blockquote data-quote="Fladian" data-source="post: 124071" data-attributes="member: 5833">Of course I&#039;d mention van Basten during the World Cup. He&#039;s the coach, after all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Bergkamp recently retired from football but is not (yet) able to become a coach. Wilkes is old and retired (80+ I think) and Abe Lenstra passed away, so it&#039;s hard to make them coaches, no? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Cruijff is a different story.Both Abe and Cruijff are supposed to better than Van Basten, though it is hard to compare Abe to him. Considering Abe played on a different position.Oh yes, and I have a habit of calling all players who&#039;ve played for Heerenveen at their first name. =) Van Nistelrooy is one of the only exceptions who I still call them by their last name.What exactly do you mean with that?&quot;Von&quot; isn&#039;t Dutch. &#039;Van&#039; is the Dutch word for &#039;of.&#039; (&quot;He is a man of steel,&quot; is translated to: &quot;Hij is een man van staal,&quot; literally translated: &quot;Hij (He) is een (is a) man (man) van (of) staal (steel).&quot;) &quot;Of&quot; in Dutch, means &#039;or.&#039; Holland&#039;s sub striker, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has a strange name because of that, (Change the &#039;of&#039; in his name to &#039;or,&#039; then you have the Dutch translation) and resulted in several puns. Some I never get tired of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fladian, post: 124071, member: 5833"] Of course I'd mention van Basten during the World Cup. He's the coach, after all. :P Bergkamp recently retired from football but is not (yet) able to become a coach. Wilkes is old and retired (80+ I think) and Abe Lenstra passed away, so it's hard to make them coaches, no? :P Cruijff is a different story. Both Abe and Cruijff are supposed to better than Van Basten, though it is hard to compare Abe to him. Considering Abe played on a different position. Oh yes, and I have a habit of calling all players who've played for Heerenveen at their first name. =) Van Nistelrooy is one of the only exceptions who I still call them by their last name. What exactly do you mean with that? "Von" isn't Dutch. 'Van' is the Dutch word for 'of.' ("He is a man of steel," is translated to: "Hij is een man van staal," literally translated: "Hij (He) is een (is a) man (man) van (of) staal (steel).") "Of" in Dutch, means 'or.' Holland's sub striker, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has a strange name because of that, (Change the 'of' in his name to 'or,' then you have the Dutch translation) and resulted in several puns. Some I never get tired of. [/QUOTE]

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