Rob Page was proud of his players despite another late defeat.
Wales fell to three Nations League defeats but will be overshadowed by their World Cup qualification.
There are too many positives to be down about the loss.
The results leave Wales bottom of Group A4 in the Nations League, but for Page, the players and the always-vocal Welsh fans, it's time to start preparing for the World Cup.
We hate losing games of football and we are all disappointed down there.
I will focus on the positives and build on that.
It has been 14 days since Algeria qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 64 years, and also competed in the Nations League for the first time.
The five games in a row has taken its toll on the Wales squad, with Neco Williams, Kieffer Moore, Danny Ward and Joe Allen all missing from the trip to the Netherlands.
Rubin Colwill was knocked out before the start of the match and Joe Rodon was hurt in the match.
The extended season is over for the Welsh players.
He said the boys needed to get their boots off and take a break.
The demand is so high that it hasn't helped that we had the final in among four tough games.
We don't have the luxury of being able to keep 11 players, but we are proud of our group.
There's more to come and our leveller is our team spirit.
The Welsh thought they had snatched a late draw against the Dutch.
There were two goals last week, one of which was a Gareth Bale penalty which seemed to earn a point.
On both occasions the Dutch hit back with a late winner, Wout Weghorst in Cardiff and Memphis Depay with an injury time strike.
Bale said Wales needed to improve the dark arts, while Page was frustrated by theirnaivety.
Bale told S4C's Sgorio that he would rather this happen now than at the World Cup.
We have to use these games to improve.
We need to iron out the final details. It will put us in a good position if we can do that.
It will hold us in good stead for future games, said Page. To see games out, we need to be ruthless.
We made Holland play route-one football, they went direct, and we didn't win the first head ball.
Lessons are learned from that learning curve.
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