Friendly results mean nothing though, look at Spain they've lost a few friendlies but haven't lost any meaningful International match for about 500 years.

Besides you have to remember, no matter what the tabloid press try to make out about England v Germany being major rivals, the biggest rival grudge matches both the Netherlands and Germany have are with each other.

Hang on, Spain used to be crap not long ago they just have a bit of a golden generation at the moment

The league has been consistently awesome for a long while, but not the national team.

3+ years is more than a flash in the pan although, worryingly, they look to have more good years ahead of them than they have had so far.