The Dutch reputation for technical excellence and tactical innovation,
built in the era of Ajax, Johan Cruyff and Total Football, may have
been diminished by the brutishness of Van Bommel, De Jong et al in the
World Cup final — but when it was put to Nigel Clough that a Kris
Commons-inspired success at Leeds had a Dutch flavour, the Derby
manager took it as a compliment.
County's senior coach Johnny Metgod wore the Oranje shirt 21 times in an age when the defining characteristic was fluidity rather than thuggery. His influence, allied to the core pass-and-move values Clough absorbed from his father at Nottingham Forest, was stamped all over a deserved victory in a pulsating season-opener at Elland Road. Read More
County's senior coach Johnny Metgod wore the Oranje shirt 21 times in an age when the defining characteristic was fluidity rather than thuggery. His influence, allied to the core pass-and-move values Clough absorbed from his father at Nottingham Forest, was stamped all over a deserved victory in a pulsating season-opener at Elland Road. Read More
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