Among the numerous referee mistakes, the red card to Heitinga seems dubious : I do not think he hit Nedved who presumably learned to dive in his Italian club.

the most important is to notice that things went much better for Holland when they played with wingers, and with Overmars in particular

The Holland-Germany game illustrates perfectly how Dutch football in general (and Ajax inparticular) are linked to the 4 - 3 - 3 system. As soon as the coach brought one more striker in the game, it turned completely in favour of the Holland side. With van der Meyde and Overmars, it would be crazy n...

I don't think France will go further than the 1/4 finals. The defense is weak and the current goal-keeper, Barthez, is blunder-addicted these days.

Bayern München in the group of the first 8 ............... :nooo:

That's a pretty clear answer I would say.

why are Ajax playing so poorly lately ? how is it possible that this 2003/2004 side is much behind last season's whereas we had good results, and got lots of money from the 2002/2003 CL : in such conditions weren't we supposed building a better team ? wrong choices for new players ? failure in keepi...

Yakubu
Maxwell
Pienaar
Heitinga
Van der Vaart
Mitea
Stekelenburg
Galasek
Sneijder
De Ridder

and Litmanen ;)

Anderlecht wil Belgen van Ajax Anderlecht heeft het oog laten vallen op Wesley Sonck en Jelle van Damme . Vandaag zou manager Herman van Holsbeek zich melden in Amsterdam voor de twee Ajacieden. Hoewel de spits en de verdediger niet hoeven te vertrekken bij Ajax, zegt de club niet bij voorbaat nee t...

Litmanen leaving Ajax early Friday, 09 April 2004 AFC Ajax have parted company with Finland striker Jari Litmanen with immediate affect. Starting again The 33-year-old had been told last month that his contract would not be renewed in the summer after a number of injury problems. However, the runawa...

Whereas the previous CL format was especially designed for the benefit of a few too wealthy clubs, the current direct elimination makes victory possible for clubs that do not own 30 international players or so. :redcard: For this reason, I am quite satisfied with the elimination of clubs like Real M...

I would not be surprised if at the end of the countdown the number one european footballer ever is Cruyff.
A sensible choice at last.
:bis: :cheer: :bis:
Bet anyone ?
www.uefa.com

So Ajax decided not to extend Litmanen’s contract. An amazing and disappointing option, since he could at least have provided extra help in difficult circumstances next season. Ajax can be successful in international competitions only with a successful mixture of the many young talents with a few ex...

bottom line

After the early CL elimination, the questionable players choices, the too defensive tactics, it seems that Koeman can not afford not to win the championship.
To reach this target, Ajax will have to play a better football, and not only rely on AZ and others results against our direct competitors.

Trabelsi was no one before he came to Amsterdam. But without Ajax none of these billions wealthy club would know him. So, even if he is a good player, he could have the decency of showing more respect.

I thought that Koeman said in december that he was optimistic because the many injuried players would be back after the winter break.
Is there any hope for Trabelsi and co to be back very soon now ?

It depends on the following : will we have our best players back from injury ?

Well, all right. Ajax-USA is the most informative website for non Dutch fans. :worshippy:
But that does not prevent the official Ajax site to do something better for foreigners, does it ?
(but somehow I never understood your views about Richard Witschge ;) )

van der Sar

maybe you are right : I will try and stay cold blooded my self :D
but it was more than a bad evening for Ajax : months of work were ruined in 90 mn, so we 'd better face it and think it over

A good laugh indeed. Why not Soetaers ?

I am sure that everyone will agree that it takes a reliable goal keeper to win trophies, especially on crucial games. Someone who remains cold blooded under pressure. See what I mean ? ;)

Stekelenburg is better than Lobont, who is responsible of the two goals Brugge scored; that's why I think Lobont should spend some time on the bench !

This is a very questionable choice. In my opinion Pasanen is a much better defender than Grygera for instance.
We should rather sell : Soetaers, Grygera, put Lobont on the bench, and think of hiring new strikers