Just fyi, Boy Waterman was a total catastrophy in goal. I can't remember the last time I saw a goally who looked that terrified. Can't say I'm surprised. I was never too impressed with him in the Ajax youth. Then he moved to Heerenveen and made his Eredivisie début in their home game against Ajax. ...

Interesting. Does that mean you think Zappa wasn't a perfectionist or that he didn't have the skills? Or you don't agree with me that the Zappa concerts in ahoy had a lousy sound? I think the crucial factor are the developments in the technical quality of P.A. systems, amplifiers and speakers. The ...

I am a music journalist and I see a concert in Ahoy' at least once a month. In most cases the sound is just fine and it all depends on the quality of the equipment and the skill of the sound engineers. The Bowie concert mentioned above is a great example: the sound was a million times better than at...

I hope this is not off topic. Nothing is off topic in this topic... (except, in a way, Ajax stuff). I saw R.E.M. play at the Ahoy in Rotterdam last week - and I had a slightly different experience than you. I adored their last tour, and thought it was pretty dull this time. I don't like the last al...

Young Oranje (the Holland U-21 team coached by Foppe de Haan) have won their friendly away game against Young England: 1-2. The name of Fulham's Collins John may sound English, but the kid is Dutch. He gave Holland the lead in the first half at Derby County's home ground. Vitesse's Eldridge Rojer ma...

But will he ever really return is the question I'm affraid. If I remember well John was given a contract for one season last year..they gave him the benfit of the doubt. I don't think Ajax will give him a contract for next season...unless of course he will play all the games from now on (and plays ...

This is an appropriate moment for the 'launch' of the new John O'Brien thread: our man has now played a couple of games with Young Ajax and he was on the bench of the first team for the first time last Sunday! (unfortunately, Ajax went 2-1 down, so a defensive type wasn't what they needed...) But he...

Will Koeman get axed if Ghana beats Ajax? Go Ghana!!! :D I guess everything helps... Seriously though: the board backed him up when he was at war with Van Gaal. If they fire Koeman during the season, they basically admit that they've been wrong. If you drop your TD first, and then sack your head-co...

New report on AT5: Sneijder might miss NAC away... That sounds slightly more positive... :nooo: Would be a bad thing to play without him on Sunday. I don't care as much about Raffy being suspended. But Sneijder can crack a defense with a cutting thru-pass. Steven Pienaar (who's most likely to replac...

It seems to me that just wait and see what happens is best in this situation. The 'locals' are a big group and so are the former ajaxusa-posters. Inevitably those groups will be influenced by each other, since they're not completely seperated from each other.. It seems to me that it's impossible ri...

The Ajax-USA regulars accept that ATs english section is not a carbon copy of the former Ajax-USA discussion board. Absolutely. 100% accepted. Once again: this thread is the designated place for off-topic discussions - and I have no intention whatsoever to delete any of the postings in this thread ...

I don't see the problem, to be honest. This thread was created especially for everything that's got nothing to with football in general (we have a General Football thread for that) or Ajax in particular (all other threads are for that). The Doc can post whatever he wants in this one. No problem. No ...

Why we created AT had also a lot to do with the way things were run on AM and I really hope posting dont get deleted here. Who ever talked about deleting posts...? Not me. As one of the "founding fathers" [that sounds great, doesnt it] of this site I hope peeps can go off topic without being yelled...

So why don't you leave them alone for a while, so that they can find their way on this forum? There's no reason for us to chat in English and disturb them. :eusa_pray: Seriously - that's a very good point. I am not annoyed by your 'drivel' at all. It's perfectly fine with me. I'm not interested in ...

Dr. Living Stoned schreef:Or may we go off topic in here? Well in that case... :worshippy: I :loveboard AjaxUSA!!!

This is the only place where everything off-topic is actually on-topic...

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There is one record that I think Koeman’s Ajax broke this season : losing by 0 – 4 in an European competition. Ha! No! In 1979 beat Omonia Nicosia from Cyprus by 10-0 in Amsterdam. They did f#ck all in the return leg - and humiliated themselves by losing 4-0 in Cyprus. One year later (in 1980) we l...

Things will remain quiet for now (even if we lose to NAC this weekend). But if the Auxerre home game goes badly wrong, he'll be f#cked.

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Eric schreef:After bagging 'Harry' Koeman was confident enough to speak out the ambition of competing for 3 prizes.

Yeah - and Charisteas isn't even eligible for the UEFA Cup.

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Question to the locals: will anyone take the afternoon off to go to this fixture? I kind of feel like it (haven't seen a game at De Toekomst yet this season - and it sure is a nice one), but on the other hand: Ajax already are a complete waste of time on Sundays, let alone on weekdays! Also: it's re...

I guess it's time to start thinking (worrying...) about this one.

On a positive note: Auxerre are in a sort of crisis also. They can't win and have dropped to the 5th slot in the French league. We'll see what happens.

But first: NAC!

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Lucas schreef:Obodai has been put back to the youth team for disciplinairy reasons..

I know. Time to lift that ban!

Coaches must be hypocrites in emergency situations!

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Noooo... AT5 reports that Sneijder has left the Holland training camp due to a hanstring injury sustained during the first training session with Oranje. According to AT5 he is out for England vs Holland and also for NAC vs Ajax. That would be bad , as we're already missing Van der Vaart for that one...

did Ajax ever get 3 goals against (or more) in the last 10 minutes ? Yes, they did. Very recently, actually: http://www.ajax-usa.com/matches/m04-05/cruijff-shield-to-utrecht-after-weak-ajax-display-2-4.html Well, okay, so one of them was in the 4th minute of extra time. But then again: taking a 2-1...

Eight points made - and I agree ith you for 87.5%, the remaining 12.5% being your point about Charisteas. Quite clearly he had his worst game so far for Ajax, but even yesterday I thought he was one of our best (whatever that means in such a game), probably right after the three you mentioned. I thi...

Three years ago we won the game by just one goal, and that game we were 0-2 down. Later that week Adriaanse was axed. I hope history repeats itself. And I got a good feeling about this. Jan Wouters was also sacked after a home game versus Twente... But seriously: forget it. The board chose Koeman's...