The Dutch are Taking Over Australian Football

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The International Managerial Carousel
Published 12/7/2007 by chris at The Offside
... year, was seeking a four-year extension so he could coach the team on home soil at the 2012 finals, but Ukrainian FA chief Hrigory Surkis would only offer a two-year deal. Blokhin wanted more security with Ukraine also facing an uphill battle to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals after being drawn in a tough group with Croatia and England.” Seems pretty logical, yeah? Either way, ’twas a good run for Oleh. Australia Hearts The Dutch: We’ll keep this short because Daryl has the full story over on the WorldCupBlog.org . After the huge success in Germany under Dutch master ...

What’s Doing Down Under: Verbeek, Cahill and Viduka
Published 12/10/2007 by Martha at The Offside
... | December 10th, 2007 As Daryl told us last week , after being rejected by Dutch Choice #1 (AKA Dick Advocaat ), and Football Federation Australia settled for Dutch Choice #2, former Korean Republic coach Pim Verbeek . When he accepted the job, Verbeek was criticized for not being a big enough name (hardly his fault), but he’s now being ...