Friendly: Holland v Cameroon quick pre-match thoughts

Just some quick thoughts from a Dutch perspective:

I t's hard to do well against an opponent like Cameroon, who are in disarray and already eliminated:
- if Holland wins: it doesn't mean anything because of the current state of the opponent
- if Holland draws: "pfff, you can only draw against Cameroon?"
- if Holland loses: all kinds of alarm bells will go off in this scenario

I am looking for an improved performance by Oranje, after their solid but, in my honest opinion, horrible games against Denmark and Japan it's important to get a more positive outing. Especially going forward you would like to see some better teamwork, and for Robin van Persie to get some more confidence.

Arjen Robben is a tricky case for coach Bert van Marwijk; Robben could use a game to improve his match-fitness but with his injury history, should he be risked? Robben won't start against Cameroon but I think van Marwijk will bring him on in the second half. I don't think Bert reads my blog, but I would like to say to him, the last 2 games where Robben came on in the second half (against Frankfurt with Bayern Munich and against Hungary) he got injured. This might just be a coincidence but would you really like to risk it in a game that in essence doesn't mean anything? I would say no.

So no (Robben) injuries, no suspensions and a better performance; that would be a perfect friendly match at the Worldcup.

Projected Dutch line up (4-2-3-1) Stekelenburg; Bouhlarouz, Heitinga, Mathijsen, van Bronkhorst; van Bommel, de Zeeuw; Kuyt, Sneijder, van der Vaart; van Persie

Fearless prediction: 3-1 to Holland. Will be more open in comparison with Denmark and Japan games with chances on both ends.