R.I.P Johan Cruyff

[Templeton Peck]

Love that he boycotted 78. What a legend.

 

[Lycan]

2nd greatest

top three teams never to win the world cup

1954 Hungary
1974 Holland
1982 Brazil

Controversial one... Yugoslavia 1994. They would've had some team...

 

[Donegal Wolf]

The Dutch side of the mid seventies was one of the Worlds greatest ever and Cruyff was the superstar in the team. A true footballing great and one with an interesting life story. RIP

Sad sad news

There was a long piece on Irish radio about him last night and how nowadays the magnitude of what he and Rinus Michels did for Dutch Football has been lost, before the two of them came along Holland were considered a poor country for football, they hadn't reached the World Cup Finals since 1938 and the domestic league was on a par with something the League of Ireland, in 1965 Ajax apart from Cryuff only had 1 other fulltime professional player on their books.

10 years later 3 European Cups, a World Cup Final and a foundation for their country's football to prosper

 

[Lord Knows]

Such a sad loss, he showed us all that intelligence is far more important than athletic ability. RIP.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Sad sad news

There was a long piece on Irish radio about him last night and how nowadays the magnitude of what he and Rinus Michels did for Dutch Football has been lost, before the two of them came along Holland were considered a poor country for football, they hadn't reached the World Cup Finals since 1938 and the domestic league was on a par with something the League of Ireland, in 1965 Ajax apart from Cryuff only had 1 other fulltime professional player on their books.

10 years later 3 European Cups, a World Cup Final and a foundation for their country's football to prosper

Don't forget Feyenoord as well. Ajax needed competition.

Michels was an absolute football genius though. I wish Wolves played 1974 Dutch total football.

 

[James]

Probably the greatest footballer to ever live, a sad loss to the footballing world.