Also, what can be done to fix the broken squad? I would be happy to keep Hato, Vos and Brobbey as starters. Bergwijn is the captain so he’ll stay and Gorter is a reasonable goalie. Maybe Hlynssen will be good too. Otherwise I don’t think any of the players suit a passing game… because they can’t pas...

Jans made a really good move when he switched the entire attack on about the 65th minute so they could keep pressing. Utrecht got a bunch of chances and you can’t say they didn’t deserve to score.

Steijn is gone, but it won’t make any difference. Utrecht had only scored 4 goals before today.

This is hopeless. Utrecht’s goal was a fluke but they have only been pressing with 2 or 3 players, and that has been enough to stop Ajax even getting the ball to the half way line. I honestly think this Ajax team should be playing with at least one more defensive player and looking to counter attack...

This is a must win! I’m assuming they will lose to PSV, so if they don’t beat Utrecht they could actually hit bottom of the table.

4th has to be the target. Playoffs would be so embarrassing.

By they way I think they will sack him. Just not expecting it to make much difference.

Haha. They *have* to beat Utrecht and Volendam but surely they will lose to PSV. You never know I guess. Personally I don’t care if Steijn stays or goes. The real problem was two disastrous summer transfer windows in a row, where we lost good players and brought in unproven replacements who are tota...

Ajax’s goal was their only shot on goal as far as I remember, and that was on its way to the corner flag before it got deflected.

SPL schreef:My prediction 2 or 3-1 to AZ which would see the coach sacked but I hope to be proved wrong and we win.

Looking very likely based on the game so far

There doesn’t seem to be any way for this team to create chances. The closest they have come is Forbs being released on the wing a few times but he just gets pushed wide. Can’t get the ball to Brobbey, because they can’t get the ball through the middle of the pitch, because neither Taylor or Begwijn...

I haven’t seen any improvement in the way Ajax is playing so I don’t have much hope for a good result in this match.

I saw on VI that Ajax the the highest number of shots against in the Europa League. A lot of this comes from turnovers in the buildup and Vos does seem to help with that.

I would say Bergwijn, Taylor and Berghuis are less than OK :)

I do think Hato, Vos and Brobbey could be good enough to make the backbone of a really good team.

What a dreadful game. They were lucky to come up against an equally crap opponent but even so they could easily have conceded more goals. Only positive thing for me was Brobbey, who I thought did really well, but if the ref decides he is going to call soft fouls against him he’s of limited use. Avil...

I agree, it seems silly. Does it need to be such a big deal? The players can manage ten minutes of football on the same weekend as another match, they are professional athletes!

It’s very hard to watch right now. In the 30 minutes yesterday they just played long balls at Brobbey and lost possession pretty much every time. Steijn doesn’t seem to rate the new signings either and I’m hoping we will end up playing basically last year’s first team plus some youth players and Sut...

What do you all think about mixed seating? Someone told me it had been brought in at the club they follow and they found it worked well. It might even have been Brighton. Dutch clubs never really tried to deal with fan behaviour as far as I know, and I reckon the eredivisie is a bit of an outlier no...

I would be happy to avoid conceding another three!

SPL schreef: First time since 1969 I am ashamed to be a fan of this club.

I don’t really think this is Ajax. The players they brought in are so generic we could be watching any team.

The funny thing is they were doing better than I expected apart from the two clangers each from Gaaei and Sosa. Having Vos in MF makes an obvious difference to the buildup. I wonder if they’d ever play with 3 central defenders and an extra midfielder. There doesn’t seem to be any point playing the f...

A draw seems optimistic. I would settle for a not-too-heavy defeat. The way Ajax has been defending, we could be in for something really embarrassing.

The first half was really bad and we were lucky to be in it at half time. Two goals from nowhere made it look better than it was.

Vos made a huge difference in the second and I expect him to start against Feyenoord. Ajax might’ve won it if Taylor or Bergwijn could finish.

I reckon they are obviously planning to sack him.

I assume “unofficial” arrangements between agents and technical staff is common in professional football, but the fact it’s coming out in the media in this case suggests to me someone at the club wants him gone.

Wonder what Tadic is thinking. He made the right call to abandon ship.

Schreuder was sacked wasn’t he? It’s a similar situation really with a new manager coming in and being stuck with a poor squad. I don’t think they’ll sack Steijn straight away, but if they don’t beat Feyenoord they will be on 5 or 6 points from five games. There’s no coming back from there and the m...