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The Dutch Get it Done

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew look back at the European World Cup qualifiers including the Netherlands, Poland, & Denmark. Plus, Julien Laurens joins the guys to talk his top 10 players in Europe this season so far as well the flops. And, the panel discuss the latest on Kylian Mbappe's injury with France. And, more coverage of World Cup qualifiers all over the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas Trump by Craig Burley and Stevie Nicol.

0:39.3

Oh yes, internationals continue around the world. We'll kick things off in Europe.

0:43.3

The Netherlands have looked good and qualifying, haven't they? They were in action against Finland.

0:48.3

And a convincing win for the Dutch to pile on the score sheet once again.

0:52.3

Van Dyke, Gakpo and Marlon making up the three other

0:55.0

goals that puts the Dutch three points clear at the top of Group G.

0:58.7

As a welcome here, Julianne is with us. Jules, the Dutch real deal.

1:06.6

I think it's a little bit early. We saw them having a very good Nations League and Ronald Kuman, as you know, my friend, the Dutch guy. And I think it's a little bit early. We saw them having a very good Nations League and Ronald Kuman, as you know, my friend, the Dutch guy.

1:14.1

And I think the talent is there. It's always been there. The problem has never been the talent because they've had generations after generation of talent.

1:20.8

It's more when it come the big tournament, as we saw in the last year, for example, to make it happen, to be solid defensively, to be efficient. Going forward, is Memphis the pie the answer as a number nine or a false nine? How do you play with the three at the back, with a four three three, which is the legendary system really in Dutch football? And I'm not sure Kuman has sorted everything out. However, they are very good, they are very talented. We see the 4-2-3-1 of today, which is also because of the opposition. I think 4-3 is probably still what Kuman would choose to do, but they've got plenty of options, even when you see that Winders was not starting tonight, that Chavik Simons was not starting. They've got so much talent and potential and yet I've seen not show all the pieces of that jigs of fits,

2:05.6

always especially in big games.

2:06.6

Not bad, how is it?

2:08.6

On paper, yeah, it's talented, but I think we're probably all in the same boat.

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