Football players are a bit like clothes. They come in and out of fashion. For a period of time a certain type of player, fulfilling a certain role in a team becomes the main trend. Remember when it was in ...

After watching the rise of Cody Gakpo over the last few years in the Eredivisie, one of the first things you notice is how good his decision-making is. Yes, he is excellent off both feet, a creator as well as ...

For a fan, tournament football can be a complex and conflicting beast. If your team has the potential to go a long way, maybe even all the way, the main priority is surely to just keep progressing forwards, no matter ...

A team’s opening World Cup fixture is rarely easy, no matter how good you are. Just look at the shocks Argentina and Germany experienced at the hands of Saudi Arabia and Japan respectively. That’s why the Netherlands should feel optimistic following ...

There is always at least one selection in a World Cup squad that causes eyebrows to rise into hairlines. Often that player is deemed to reflect a wider weakness with the manager and becomes a lightning rod for criticism.  Representing the ...

Much has rightly been made of Cody Gapko lighting up the Eredivisie this season, with the PSV Eindhoven captain delivering the kind of numbers which underline why so many Premier League clubs were interested in signing him last summer. However, Gapko ...