I'm not Dutch, but I have been on a Cruyff binge of late as the guy is an ceaselessly fascinating individual both as a player and tactical mind.
What I thought with certainty is that Holland will never have a better player; one that is better than Cruyff. This thought quickly mapped to Germany and Beckenbauer and then started to spiral, as these things do when your mind wants to do anything but put you to sleep on the day before an important event -_-.
Anyway, it kind of dawned on me that there's only a smattering of nations who even have the hint of a possibility of toppling their greatest ever player any time soon - Norway, for example, have contenders and so to do Spain (you can figure out who yourself), but if my middle-of-the-night numbers are correct, 90%+ nations have no chance, not with the crop active, at least.
What I want to know is, from your perspective, is it possible for your nation's best to be bettered before you pop your clogs?
I can't draw consensus on every nation - I'm not sure who the Irish actually deem their best player? (Keane? McGrath? Brady? Giles?), or even the Italians (I'm guessing Baresi?) but in nearly every instance, I think their best is basically immortal and untouchable as far as what is there to challenge them. Is this correct?