I'm just saying that HtC did relatively well with he shitty group of players we have. Well... I'd like to point out that HTC had Wesley Sneijder (18 goals) and Kenneth Perez as a stand-in. Koster had none of the two, for most of the time. HTC had Jaap Stam for 25 matches, paired with either John He...

PS Manucharyan is currently fit and playing for the reseves tonight !!! Yeah. He plays a lot for them - and he seems to score quite a lot of goals! K. Yes, but can he play fullback or defensive midfielder? I don't see how he is of much use, unless Suarez, Leonardo, Kennedy, Rommedahl and Luque all ...

Van basten schreef:

SPL schreef: playoffs beckon and I hope we get some luck in them.

We won't win them, believe me. Not this year.. And maybe it's for good..

That's what people thought two years ago, and last year. Nevertheless...

Johnny is on a scoring streak! Heitinga and Huntelaar both scored in tonights 3-0 win away to Croatia. Did anyone see the game. The score sounds very good but how did Oranje play? Ex Ajacieds Van der Sar, Melchiot, De Cler, Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Babel and De Jong also played with Urby also comin...

Well I've got a few thoughts. It's obvious that Koster will see out the season, but it also seems he's added pretty much nothing. He took RKC to relegation last season, so I have no idea why anyone expected much. From what little I can make out in the dutch zones they appear to be critical of his la...

If you wish to compare Jol and Koster, perhaps you can look at their respective stints in charge of RKC.

carcajou schreef:

Frans schreef: Well, they're there... Let's see how they do in the tournament proper.

Exactly, and man I suggest you switch identities when France wins the tournament

I'll put some cash on them. Then they'll never win :P

So, if you're right, France should fail completely in 2008.... Somehow, I doubt it. I'm ready to place a few bets on this one. If they even get there :p I'm game if you are. What are the stakes? According to the schedule, France still has to play : Ukraine, Georgia, Scotland and Lithuania at home a...

Win the league, qualify outright for the CL group stage and then I'm sure some players would be happy to stay.

The referee.... The sore loser's favourite excuse. If I were a kiwi, I'd question the absolute inability of the new zealanders to make their way through the french barbed wire defence, I'd say that Dan Carter's injury surely affected his production, but the referee?? Come on, you know better.... Ah...

Speaking of not being able to predict... I also predicted early exits from the Rugby World Cup for France and England. Looks like I was wrong there. I watched the France - NZ match, and while NZ threw away some chances to win the match, I must say that the last 15 minutes of that match is among the...

Is not true; Dutch clubs are currently nr 8 on the uefa club ranking. Which is about the same position as always Last year Holland was #7. This year 8 (leapfrogged by Romania). Russia is currently in a purple patch and moving up the table (currently 9th). If Holland drops to 9th they will lose 2 UE...

Yeah, but he is our diver :biggrin.gif: :onfire.gif: :onfire.gif: :ajaxscarf.gif: He needs to cut that shit out. and fast. Not if he keeps getting away with it. :1evil.gif: :ajaxscarf.gif: Frans, your from All Black country ... you know the first rule of rugby - learn to cheat. :biggrin.gif: Maybe ...

dws schreef:

Chugger schreef:Suarez is a diver

Yeah, but he is our diver

He needs to cut that shit out. and fast.

I'd say - we should let him go to a midtable Eredivisie side for around 400,000 Euros. He shouldn't be stubborn and since the club doesn't need him and he doesn't have a role in the club he should go, even if he isn't handed a large contract. Why shouldn't he be stubborn? He's only got a couple of ...

Kaká - Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi - Ruud van Nistelrooij

Ruud van Nistelrooij - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Dimitar Berbatov - Cristiano Ronaldo

Kaká - Wesley Sneijder

Lionel Messi - Diego

Francesco Totti - Cristiano Ronaldo

Gabriel Milito - Dimitar Berbatov

Wesleij Sneijder - Ronaldinho

Diego - Roberto Ayala

Rafael van der Vaart - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Ruud van Nistelrooij - Afonso Alves

Lionel Messi - Clarence Seedorf

Florent Malouda - Kaká

Dejan Stankovic - Cristiano Ronaldo Kaká - Didier Drogba Diego - Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa Afonso Alves - Jermaine Defoe Gabriel Milito - Robin van Persie Mario Gomez - Lionel Messi Florent Malouda - Cesc Fabregas Freddy Kanouté - Wesleij Sneijder David Beckham - Zlatan Ibrahimovic Patrick Vieira -...

what happens if Babel, Sneijder, De Mul and maybe Huntelaar all leave, and Ajax again fails to win the eredivisie. Given that he had lost practically his entire attacking line-up of the previous season, would we consider that Ten Cate had been given enough time to build a team, rememering also that ...

The Purple Cow schreef:"We now badly need a midfielder and wingers (left and right) and a backup striker."

..and a goalkeeper, Philippe - let us not forget. It's been a mighty long time since we had a good one of those.

Sure yeah. Stekelenburg has been the architect of so many of Ajax's defeats.

from espnsoccernet.com Babel's agent Winnie Haatrecht issued a note of caution, however, and stated only a move which would benefit his client from a playing point of view would be considered. Haatrecht said: 'The route is very clear. First Liverpool and Ajax need to get an agreement about a transfe...

who said De Ridder was not good enough for Ajax ? :elephantrose.gif: Danny Blind... K. Well, to be fair it looks like he's not rated in Spain either. He made just 3 substitute appearances in the spanish league for a team who got relegated. (also a couple of games in the UEFA cup) I don't know if he...

ZoefdeHaas schreef:And Castelen isn't great. De Ridder, De Mul, and Krohn-Dehli are better.

Sneijder claims he still wants to leave Ajax, and that they know it. Only the financial stuff is the problem.

Castelen is easily better than De Ridder and Krohn-Dehli, and at least as good as De Mul, probably better

Possible clubs: Sparta Praag, Fenerbahce, AEK Athene, Dinamo Boekarest, Rosenborg, Spartak Moskou, Rode Ster Belgrado, Toulouse, FC Kopenhagen, Dinamo Zagreb en Racing Genk. That's actually not an easy lot... Prague, Copenhagen, and Genk strike me as the easier options. Isn't it also possible to pl...