Not available in all states.

So that's one side of it.

The players are seeing this as a bit of like a peak season now in the development of the players they have.

It wasn't capitalised upon last season, but like I said, new manager came in, won the Dutch Cup.

They won the Dutch Super Cup, beating PSV 4-0 and won their opening five league games.

They drew against Willem Twee, a newly promoted side on Friday.

I watched it and thought they were there.

What players should Sunderland fans be worried about from an AZ perspective?

I, I guess playing for a giant like Ajax over in Holland, does, did that kind of set him in good stead for what's to come maybe here at Newcastle?

Yeah, they bring players through.

They give them that media training to get them ready for this very quickly.

And as alluded to earlier, playing with that second team they have in the second tier, that is introduced them to senior men's football very quickly.

So even from, like I said, 16, was playing regularly in, in that league in midfield.

Um, and the Dutch second tier's known to be very different in that it's very physical.

Um, sort of against what you might get in England.

And within the time, the same timescale, what is your prediction for Sean Sturridge? What can Newcastle United fans look forward to over the next kind of 12 months or so and, and, and what do you think he can achieve in the short term?

Is, what, what would you say his best position is, his strengths? Any weaknesses that you've observed as well?

Yeah.

Reid is a right back, and we as Netherlands fans think that he will eventually take the place of Denzel Dumfries as that right back or right wing back in the future for the Dutch.

He hasn't had a national team cap yet.

Has featured a lot with the Netherlands under 19s.

Uh, a lot, a lot there.

Um, yeah, I, I think just before I get into those strengths and weaknesses, I still think that he needs another season in the Eredivisie with Feyenoord.

Good.

What's your assessment of Dutch football, both domestically and maybe its, its foreign exports? Do you think it's in a healthy place or a not so healthy place?

So there was a time when the Netherlands didn't qualify for the World Cup, and that was when I was first getting into Dutch football.

They, after the final they got to, it kind of went downhill from there, and there was a, a real low point around 2016 where managers weren't doing well.

There was a lull in player quality.

Players like Sneijder, Robben were, were retiring.

So there was all of that going on.

The domestic league as well was quite, quite weak.

... and Gakpo, and their importance to the national team?