Irrelevancy

How is it possible that the Netherlands out of all the nations at the top became the 1st to fall to irrelevancy? Everyone assumed it was gonna be Portugal when Ronaldo aged/retired.

when was Moortugal ever a top nation? They've literally never won anything

I honestly don't know.
I could see what was happening to France since most of the players called to replace the ones getting old where athletes rather than football players, but Netherlands came as a complete surprise.

neither have the dutch desu except 1 euro. Belgium is gonna win a WC before the Netherlands most likely too. Thats just sad.

>Belgium
>Winning a WC
>Believing the Coca Cola Ranking

European teams start to fall when they include more than three players who aren't really from that country I.e. blacks, pakis. This is the exact reason why Holland failed and why France will fail. You can't expect a team to have loyalty and heart when the majority is comprimised of players who originate from former colonies, it shouldn't be allowed.

Portugal was good even before Cristiano desu senpai.

>miss one tournament
>fall to irrelevancy

Fuck this meme. They missed the 2002 WC too. Did that make them fall to irrelevancy?

They'll be back by 2018 with a talented bunch, you'll see.

Hi there, Wondolowski

>Portugal was good before Cristiano desu senpai.

You're welcome for the correction

netherlands reached the last world cup semifinal and the previous world cup final. Portugal is irrelevant ever since Figo retired.

Why are no Dutch posting?

ashamed

totally bandwagoning for belgium this summer

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...Its was better than nowadays team, desu

The 2004 Euro destroyed Portugal forever and they never recovered.

>portugal
>relevant
wew

Dankje vrind.

Only complete casuals think Netherlands are irrelevant for missing a tournament. Sure it's a big shame, but they'll be back.
In 2012 after a weak Euro everyone proclaimed dutch football to be over and then they finished third in 2014.

We haven't been good at Euros for the last 3 if not more times in all honesty

Portugal has never been relevant, not even these days. Eusebio was Brazilian and most people think Cristiano is also Brazilian

Holland literally won the bronze medal in the last WC, they are still relevant

We have great players besides ronaldo. Actually ronaldo makes no difference overall. We are an above average team with him or without him. We have very good midfielders, good defenders', good attack. That's it. Ronaldo just adds drama to our NT and gives newspapers titles like "RONALDO THE SAVIOR".

Apaga esto.

>Eusebio was Brazilian and most people think Cristiano is also Brazilian

I don't understand this meme

>eusebio was brazilian
I know everything thats black to you guys is Brazilian or Argentine but Africa does exist.

>It's an "American has watched football for 3 years and thinks a momentary slump means anything in the long run" episode

Everyone is dude weed lmao i Netherlands and they can't into sports anymore.

It would be funny the moment he retires Portugal wins something.

>literally not qualifying for a tournament where half the fucking continent is in
>northern ireland and iceland qualified but not you
>the city of the netherlands

>or Argentine
cheeky cunt, made me laugh out loud

>retiring during a final

Why would he do that?

I just hope we get a new golden boy so he can be replaced in his own country lmao
It will be funnier if that golden boy ends up being Renato the monkey Sanches

meant he retires and later that year Portugal wins. I can see that happening based on how he basically is nothing more than a liability now on both club and country. Any player can tap in balls, he just is a very expensive choice.

>Renato the monkey Sanches
looked him up and google showed his team mates and this lad showed up. this is what constitutes as white now a days in Portugal. Syrian refugees are whiter.

you didn't qualify either you fat lard

Last euro's we were humiliated and lost all three. Next WC we came third. It doesn't mean shit, we could be GOAT next Euro's, you never know how youngsters will develop.

You guys never qualified for Copa America, we have. LOL talk about pathetic.

>how to spot someone who doesn't have a clue about football

That's a tanned white you fuck

Enlighten me oh dear lord almighty god owner of all the knowledge in the world

fuck

your team isn't bad tbf
just barely any strikers and consistent scoring options aside from TSUUUUU

...

this.
when ronaldo doesnt play we actually play much much better.

By your standards the guy in gif isn't white either.

maybe failure in the EC makes everyone wake up and fix the team for the WC.
Winning the WC is the only thing that would ease the Dutch agony anyways, so that may be good.
When Brazil does well before the WC I know they won't win shit because they start believing everything is great about the team (see confederations cup 2005 and 2013).

>americans
>white
ooga booga my non white brotha.

That wouldnt e a surprise, everyone thought that Spain chanced would fall when they dropped Raul before the 2008 Euro... And BAM! 2 EC and 1 WC without him

We didn't qualify for the '84 EC but won the next one, lel

This, hope they place some big screens in Antwerpen cause i'll be there for the first and second group game with m8s

May he rest in peace, the best coach we all had. Fucking Krusty.

>eusebio
>brazilian

That nigga was from Africa

>most people think Cristiano is also Brazilian

maybe niggers without internet in argentina

Yes because football was invented in the last ten years.
Spain have already fallen into irrelevancy multiple times before 2010

Portugal weren't relevant between Eusebio and Luis Figo
such is football senpai

kek

tbH we were irrelevant between 66 and 00'

You said:
>Actually ronaldo makes no difference overall.

Do you really want me to dissert on this ridiculous statement?

I know the team isn't bad, but saying Ronaldo barely makes any difference is utterly retarded.
Even if he doesn't touch the ball he makes a huge difference.

Wait, you mean NETHERLANDS IS NOT IN THE EUROS????

DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT?

THE DUTCH NOT IN THE EUROOOS???

>Do you really want me to dissert on this ridiculous statement?
Yes, show me the difference.

Pro tip;
You can't.

>Copa America
lol the cup has your fucking name in it and you have to qualify for it and you never even won it, lmao that's pathetic, kill yourself

Ability to score goals.
Ability to pull 2 or 3 defenders to mark him even if he's not on the ball.
Ability to actually land a header after a cross.

I really could go on.

Yes he obviously the ability to do that.
I'm not questioning his skill, he is one of the best in the world. But he doesn't make an ACTUAL difference for our NT.

>neverlands talking about pathetic displays

nigga wat

The only thing Ronaldo has ever done for our NT were those 3 meme goals against Sweden. That's it.

How underaged are you?

Why are you even posting this picture when Holland plays Poland today.

OF ALL THE TOURNMENTS THE GUY PLAYED HE WAS ONLY OUR MVP IN 2012 AND THAT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PEAK FORM DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?

>being so irrelevant that you don't even have pathetic displays, you're happy enough with displays

HENK IS BOOS

>pulls 2 or three defenders with him
>no one else can finish worth shit
>teams still plays for him

no they wont
they won't qualify for the next WC nor the next EC

>wablief.wmv

kill yourself, really

Portugal was the 2nd best team in 2004, 2008 and 2012

It's not about some shitty meme that they didn't qualify , not for the keks
Just look at their squad
Just look at their younger players

Zero talent , just some dumb memepiss fags who think they made it when they make a transfer to a bigger league.

Yeah because in 2010 and 2014 we had such great squads, kek

Meme argument

No, we still had great players but the qualification for the Euros or WCs was a lot harder and everyone knows that we are shit at the qualifiers and we peak at the Euros or WC, unlike the anglos.

Is that Bernie Sanders?

Quaresma master race

But seriously, CR doesn't play for the team, he plays for himself. Portugal needed a player who actually cared about their squad.

Well Greece won it not so long ago...

Me too, but if we don't qualify for the WC, ill do that until the final, we can't have the Lambiks win that prize before us.