Thanks SPL, you're right, he *bought* the shares. I misread the Dutch article.

If the board knew about it in advance, that is even more unbelievable.

I had to check the date when I read this but it’s currently April 2nd. Apparently Alex Kroes has now been fired for insider trading, because he sold shares in Ajax before his appointment was made public. What on earth is going on with this club.

It was closer than the score suggests but I reckon it was a deserved win. Godts looks ok, but he needs to pass sooner. I think I like the wingers starting more centrally like they did today. The diagonal runs caused problems for PEC on the right side. Surprisingly solid defending from Tahirovic too....

Ajax put away two of their three chances but otherwise they are *just* defending. The problem with that is that they concede chances anyway. Just hoping PEC don’t have the quality to score twice.

Oh boy. What a bizarre lineup. Just have to hope for the best

I watched it too, seeing the ball move through the midfield is a nice antidote to watching Ajax 1 this season.

PSG look a cut above the other teams I’ve seen so far.

Obviously I’m bringing the party vibes to this thread

Ajax got 57 points in 1998-1999 when they finished 6th and 61 points the following season when they finished 5th. Right now they are on 41 with 8 games to go (i.e. 24 points still to play for). This is a historically bad season no matter how you look at it, but it could end up being the worst in ter...

Three games, PEC, Go Ahead and Feyenoord inside a week, injury problems and NEC are only two points behind. Yikes.

I’m actually not sure whether a lot of new players will be brought in over summer. The squad is large and there are players who have very little prospect of playing time so I’m expecting a net reduction for next season. If they do bring players in I hope they focus on wingers and backs, and possibly...

Also, how is Ajax this bad? Is it partly luck? Sparta didn’t even put them under that much pressure and they still concede two goals. What a season it has been.

I guess that’s it for 4th. Just hope we can hang on to 5th and that Feyenoord win the cup now.

Just looking at the fixtures. AZ are 6 points ahead and we are running out of chances to catch them. They have to play PSV away and Twente at home, but we still have Feyenoord away and Twente at home. Twente aren’t out of the running for 2nd so they won’t roll over. Right now AZ are 2-0 up at HT in ...

Big question is: who’s fit for this? Not sure I can watch if it’s a back 4 of Gooijer, Hato, Medic and Sosa!

I thought they would be eliminated in the previous round, so in that sense they did better than I expected them to.

It’s a bit embarrassing going out 4–0 to Aston Villa though.

I think Rogers should have had a second yellow for the tackle on Rensch too.

Anyway it’s a really bad game from both sides and I think Ajax will concede a couple more goals with only Sutalo and Hato at the back.

Expect Rensch at RB and Sutalo, Kaplan and Hato in the middle. Don’t think Ajax will win this but I said that before the Bodo/Glimt game.

Thanks for the ratings, I always read them.

For Ajax fans it’s a time to be enjoying things other than football.

I don’t know why but whenever Sutalo plays, Ajax leaks goals. Not that I’m blaming him for the goals today

Already 1-0. Hoping for at least 3-0 by half time. A big win with no pressure in the last half hour would really do this team some good.

Definitely a much better game, but you have to take your chances in the home leg and Ajax didn’t do that. At least they have stopped giving away 20 shots per game. One of the stupidest second yellows I’ve ever seen from Gooijer. Villa were down to 10 and Ajax were building pressure and he dives in f...

Not worth getting up before 5 for this Ajax I’m afraid. I’ll watch it on delay. Who knows, if they keep it tight maybe they can sneak something.

One of those ones that look bad in slow mo. Once the ref gets called over to review it it’s always a direct red. Don’t think Rensch can really complain, although it’s another situation where VAR is used inconsistently.

Not very nice to watch but they barely gave away any chances and finally got a clean sheet. I think we will see this setup a lot for the rest of the season or at least while there are no fit wingers.

Kaplan seems solid and he is much more comfortable with the ball than Sutalo.

Where do you think we’d be on the table this season without Brian Brobbey?