Hans Kraaij junior and Johan Derksen differ in opinion regarding the top qualities of Bryan Linssen. The Feyenoord attacker was accurate twice with a header against Fortuna Sittard (5-0) on Sunday, which resulted in a praise from Kraaij junior in Veronica Inside. Derksen, however, does not think that Linssen would have as much success with headers in a top competition such as the Premier League. René van der Gijp also has his reservations about the top scorer of the Eredivisie.
“The second one is really an insanely good header”, Kraaij junior inserts on Monday evening Veronica Inside the hymn of praise for Linssen. Van der Gijp, however, immediately tempers the euphoria surrounding the attacker in Rotterdam service. “Nobody just jumps with it (from Fortuna, ed.)”, the analyst tells his table companion. Derksen then immediately picks up on this. “We are all talking about how good he can head. I watched Match of the Day again last night (Sunday evening, ed.), Linssen would not score a header in the English competition.”
“There is a statistic of players who have scored with the header in the last five years, at ESPN. There Luuk de Jong, who has been gone for a few years, has scored seventeen header goals in five years,” answers Kraaij junior. “And Linssen has scored twenty goals, and he is half a meter shorter than De Jong.” Nevertheless, Derks stands by his opinion about Linssen. “Hans, being a top scorer in the Netherlands doesn’t mean a thing.” Presenter Wilfred Genee then points out that Linssen is also accurate with headers in the Europa League.
“He is handy with the head, but Wilfred: I have seen keeper Vaessen (from RKC Waalwijk, ed.), I have seen all those keepers, I have seen Sonny Stevens (SC Cambuur, ed.)”, Derksen repeats. clear how he thinks about the level of goalkeepers in the Eredivisie. “But Linssen is a great header, it is no coincidence”, Kraaij junior reinforces his opinion. “It is no coincidence in the Netherlands, Hans. But in England they are upside down. And they just come out on top of him”, Derksen concludes.