Huntelaar scored TWICE today in the 4-0 win against Ireland. Brilliant.

Was this his first ever appearance for the full oranje squad? If so, man, what a way to start your international career.

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Cool idea. I'm in!

Kowalczyk schreef:Looks like Hatem Trabelsi is about to join Manchester City...

K.

On face value, seems like a great signing for Man City. I mean, Trabelsi has been in talks with much bigger clubs than Man City over the past year, after all.

Could be worse Ko, at least we haven't been taken over by red bull... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Salzburg . man what a disgrace is that?!? If they ever want me to stop supporting Ajax, this is the best way. What about Burger King AFC? Or maybe once and for all Ajax can be owned by AJAX t...

Carrying this over from the chat in the Emmen match-day thread... Grygera and the team are now even talking about position roles for him this season... after we were all convinced he would be gone by now (granted, most of the interest in him was coming from Italian clubs, and they've had some, shall...

Ajax America/Orlando recently finished a very disappointing season (8 points from 16 matches), and unfortunately, the rumors are circulating that they have played their last match. Apparently, the season degenerated into some turbulence, some coaches were released, and now that the season is over, t...

Rumor is that Mascherano might be having talks with Man Utd. As their 173rd choice option as a Roy Keane replacement, presumably, because the other 172 players all turned them down. I find it interesting that Grygera is still in Amsterdam and talking about position roles for the season. A month or t...

The board is back. Yay! :eusa_dance: X'C Now I'm really glad I'm going to SF, Portland, and George, Washington ( the town not the dead guy) starting tomorrow. .Gorge Amphitheatre is in George. Glad my cellphone gets Ajax Netwerk. With the site being down, I just read this message. If you're still in...

Meterazzi didn't say anything racial. Zidane's mom and sister are in the hospital, and Meterazzi spent the game telling Zidane that they deserved to be in the hospital, that we hopes they die, etc. Nobody doubts that. It's what Zidane said, and it's what Meterazzi has stated (and presumably, wrote i...

Ko, Ajax America isn't exactly, shall we say, doing the business right now... 14 games played, 1 win, 11 losses, 2 draws, 5 points from 14 games, and a -16 goal differential.

Remarkable: Young Ajax will test a young American guy this week. He's on a try-out and his name is Jonathan Villanueva. Anyone heard of this bloke? Bluedaddy, perhaps? K. I've never seen him play, but here are a couple articles about him: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/...

1. Italy. Juve are appealing the ruling. Not surprising. It wouldn't be surprising to see the others do the same. It will be interesting to see whether the punishment that was handed out today is really the same punishment implemented after the appeals. 2. U.S. In reading about the vacant U.S. coach...

The Italian league trial verdict is now official:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... 82&cc=5739

The US Federation announced today that they will NOT renew coach Bruce Arena's contract when it expires at the end of the year, and will begin searching for a new coach immediately. A new coach beginning on January 1. Klinsmann wants six months off to spend time with his family. Hmmm... Coincidence?...

Did Ajax really score 18 today?!

If so, I presume that means players spent more time taking the ball out of the back of the net than actually playing the game. Yikes.

Personally I think the best way to decide games is to reduce the numbers of players (say one every five minutes?) after full time, until a goal is scored (let's say minimum 5-a-Side) . This will (through increased open space) create more chances, and although not pure 11 v. 11 football, requires mo...

Silly season continues...

In England, it's rumored that Portsmouth will offer 13 million pounds for Jefferson Farfan. Pounds... not euros. What is that, about 20 million euros? Woah! Is he even worth half that amount??

ZoefdeHaas schreef:I dont think wingers are the biggest priority atm, i think Mascherano should be bought as a fulcrum

I've been thinking the same thing for about a year. He would be perfect for the central holding midfield Galasek role. And he's, what, only about 21 years old?

I don't mean to laugh, seriously I don't (okay, maybe I do a little), but this Italian league thing is just getting WAY too ridiculous! Did he jump, or was he pushed? Maybe only the Corleone family knows.

;)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 27,00.html

It was all very simple. The defender was lying on the ground and the Italian guy thought: "Ah, cool. Thanks for that. I'm gonna lie down." And there you go. The weird thing is: technically it might actually have been a correct call... The Italian bloke had the ball and he stumbled over the Oz guy's...

The worst foul of the match was late in the first half when the Portugal defender went into Robben with his leg at shoulder height and went studs first straight into Robben's chest inside the box. Not only did the referee not call a penalty, but he called the foul on Robben. If you were to point to ...

The last 15 minutes of the Australia-Croatia match as I saw it... 1. Blatant handball in the box by Croatia that should have been an Oz penalty. I mean, the guy's arm was straight up over his head when the ball hit it. Straight up. The best part... Poll saw the deflection and actually called a corne...

Agreed, and all the grousing about referees... ech. USA just didn't have enough venom. I'll be very disappointed if anyone tries to blame the U.S. elimination on the referees. The refs have been questionable to bad across the board in this tournament, not just for the U.S. At the end of the day... ...

Ayman schreef: Shit man.....Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio stand trial involved in a scandal, it starts next wednesday and concluded in early January...

I think you mean July. They want it concluded in a couple weeks, so they can deal with scheduling and arrangements for the upcoming season.

I'm with the Frenchies on this one :D Me, too. I'm not a hugely patriotic guy though. I cheer for a particular team because of, umm, well, the actual team and its players, and not the flag on their kit. I do cheer for the U.S., and I'd definitely like to see the U.S. do well, simply because it make...