The press have made some comments on Bogarde's retirement. To quote Chelsea fans thought he had retired in August 2000 ie before joining them. Barca fans thought he retired in 1999 as he did crap all in his final season there. This guy will always stand for what is wrong in EPL 4 years at £ 40000 a ...

I read the match report on the Italy game and your comments on Vlaar but this guy is not in the Az team and according to the report I read Marco was advised by other coaches that Vlaar was not ready. The point I am making is that we should not right off this guy after his international debut.He is o...

I made a posting about Blind under the Twente game thread but felt I should continue under this thread. I think we should continue with Blind. He will have to rebuild and should not be judged until next season . I have made my comments on players going but we will, come the end of the season , need ...

I will continue my comments on Blind under the whats wrong with Ajax thread.

Blind should be given to the end of the season. If sacked now who is available to take over?? It cannot be easy when half the team wont be there next season and indeed some will go in Jan. No other big team that I know of have half the team about to go !! It has to be unsettling. Maybe Mourinho woul...

I am not sure he will hack it in England as he cannot score to save his life.A team like Fulham or Man City would be his limit but Liverpool !! Even their strikers cannot score so would they need a NO 10 who cannot score !!

A point I have made before regards De Jong is whether we will get some compensation for him even if he leaves on a Bosman. The rules in Uk are compensation to a club who have had the player since schoolboy and he is 23 or under. Chelsea yesterday were ordered to pay £ 300000 each to 3 small clubs fo...

Cannot understand why Ajax would not sell any of them in Jan to get some money !! Today's press has Liverpool, Man City Celtic Fulham and Arsenal all wanting Pienaar, probably in Jan. As for De Jong the Daily Mirror states he has turned down a new contract and Ajax will sell him for £3 M in Jan. Juv...

I would not pick either man again. They have both been very good players for this club but they do not want to be here. I do not want them in the team any more. Both will miss about 6 league games after New Year due to African nations Cup. Will we do any worse without them ?????? But for the playoff...

Losing Maxwell with no money will be a big blow as he was due to be sold this last summer before his injury. We have now paid his wages and medical expenses and he is likely to leave and we get no money. I doubt we will get any money for Pienaar as he is likely to play in the African Nations Cup and...

Yes I love the Quo I actually went to one of their outdoor concerts last year. Brilliant live even though every song is the same 3 chords. On the subject of old uns my all time favourite female singer is Kate Bush and she is releasing her first album for 12 years on Monday. Nobody else sounds like h...

Great news for Urby. Yet another young local boy to come through from this great Ajax production line.

OPH Nice to see there is something in the papers that does not relate to Moan U . For all of you from outside the Uk we are now saturated by the press with what is wrong with Moan U. Who cares.It is so boring and most of the football fans in this country must be delighted. I do not like Chelsea but ...

I keep an eye on the reserves and who plays for them. In the league it is bad so far 1 win 1 Draw 5 defeats. A few observations from me. This season approx 20 young players have contracts and most of them have had no experience of the reserves before this season. Of those who were in the reserves la...

Stanley Aboraah 18 year old Belgium midfielder of Jong Ajax has gone on loan to Den Bosch for the rest of the season. He did make 2/3 first team appearances last season. Hopefully he will gain from the experience .

Until we have a proper left winger ,and Mitea is out for the season and Boerrigter is only just finding his feet in the Jong Ajax, we should indeed consider 442.!!!

KO.

How did the concert go last night??

I really do hope that Nigel signs but Man U and Spurs fancy him so I am concerned that we will lose him.We need to offer him a proper increase and play him in midfield. One good thing if we lose him next summer when he is out of contract we will get some compensation under UEFA rules.I think this ap...

Really good news signing these 2 on. It will make up for losing De Jong and Pienaar for nothing.

Juanfran has only missed 2 reserve games so he wont be available until after next weeks reserve game.

OPH Never mind the FA Cup the most important item is the 2-0 defeat back in August down here at Worthing !!!!!!! To the rest of you guys all around the world OPH and I have local teams in the Ryman Premier league that is the 7th level of league footy over here. Both teams well up in the top 6. I mig...

I missed the documentary. My wife does not like Dylan and makes me wear headphones if I want to listen to him. I agree he does not have a great voice but he is one of the best songwriters of all time. My alltime favourite group is still The Byrds and yes I still love Mr Tambourine Man , Bob's versio...

Babel is still only 18 and has spent the season on the left wing. I think we need to give him a chance. One thing we have not got a left winger since Mitea's injury and keep playing 4-3-3 with either Babel, Rosales now Pienaar, none are left wingers.Young Boerrigter is a left winger. If we are to pe...

Continuing my thing about us losing players. I note from Ajax Netwerk that Vonk, Anastasiou and Boukhari are unlikely to get new contracts and Trabelsi wont sign another. Come January Lobont Escude and Heitinga will probably leave as they cannot get in the team and unless we get injuries are unlikel...

Big problem is not defence but we cannot score goals. Just as well there are playoffs because on this seasons form we would not finish 2nd. We seem to be going backwards this season and with as many as 10 players likely to leave by the end of the season we will have to start major rebuilding. I keep...