Willen van Hanegem is completely done with the ‘interesting business’ around the the Dutch keepers. According to the former international, the Netherlands is the only country that does not yet have a permanent goalkeeper and that is a thorn in his side, he writes in his column in the Dutch newspaper. General Newspaper. Louis van Gaal’s statements and the behavior of goalkeeper coach Frans Hoek bother him. In Zeist people also act as if they are ‘missile scientists’ and Van Hanegem finds that cringe-inducing.
“Let’s hope that the whining around our keepers will be over once”, Van Hanegem says straight away in his column. “We’re the only country in the whole world that hasn’t got it right yet with its goalkeepers and we pretend that’s professional. All those countries that do know are conservative. Peter Murphy is dragged in and Hoek pretends it’s higher math. Because that is what probably makes his position more important.” The columnist thinks it is ridiculous that Van Gaal and Hoek follow fifteen keepers. “Fifteen goalkeepers! Or goal players, because Hoek wants to get rid of the word keepers. The fact that in Zeist they act as if they have to look at keepers like rocket scientists, I find that cringe-inducing.”
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The national coach recently let slip that he subjected keepers to penalty tests. Van Hanegem also thinks that is nonsense. “If I understand correctly, they really learn goalkeeping in Zeist. Six keepers were invited last week. There was also Mark Fleks, the previous enormous invention of Hoek and Van Gaal who, on closer inspection, could play better than goalkeeping.” The Curve has a lot of respect for Tim Krul who was not present at the tests because he had recently become a father again. “It can never break with me because he said: ‘Find it out there’. Selected for a test but not for the selection, total madness.”
The fact that Remko Pasveer defended the goal and kept the zero in the last two Nations League matches against Poland (0-2 win) and Belgium (1-0 win) doesn’t mean anything to Van Hanegem. “Now they have discovered Remko Pasveer again in Zeist. He is 38 years old. But Pasveer should not count himself rich despite his basic places against Poland and Belgium, because Hoek also discovered Drommel, Flek and Bijlow, all of whom he also quickly dismissed.”
Furthermore, Van Hanegem also finds the behavior of Van Gaal and Hoek along the line nonsense. “The national coach is then waiting for that player with outstretched hand, but less than half a meter further, Hoek is also impatiently ready for the handshake. If a player has to fill in, Hoek first presents him with fifteen menu cards with an explanation of where he should stand at corners. Believe me, it’s all just an interesting affair.”