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zo mar 31, 2024 1:59 pm

Only caught the last 10 mins ,Kovacs a big strong striker and mainly plays as a sub because Unuvar is first choice .

HIs volley off the cross was worthy of any outstanding senior player.

Only caught the 2nd half, but Ajax scored three to beat Pachuca and win the group. They will play PSG tomorrow in the semi-final. Partizan finished 2nd in the group.

Nothing is ever easy with this team! In the end, it looked like a convincing win by the score line but Ajax just sat back too often after going up 0-2 in the first 26 minutes. Akpom had two good goals and Hlynsson one but just maybe Tahirovic was the best man on the pitch today (wow, thought I would...

Good 20 minutes at the start with two nice goals and then things began to fall apart. Obviously, this team will only be favored with a four goal lead. According to van't Schip Bergwijn and Godts won't be able to play much more than 60 minutes if that. We'll see who comes in.

Pressure clearly on Ajax now as NEC defeated PSV 3-1. Cillessen even saved a PK!!! NEC are one point above Ajax now.

2nd match against FC Partizan ends up 1-1. Ajax were so much better than Partizan but just could not convert. there was some great play by the Partizan GK to keep a couple of Unuvar shots out. Ajax conceded a cheap goal early on when they turned the ball over at MF but still had players back. Howeve...

Just watched the first match of the Future Cup and Ajax U-17 defeated Man City 3-1. the game was closer than the score line indicates as Man City went up early with a goal off a cross that could not be cleared. Ajax finally equalized with a header by Bouwman off a GK deflection that came right to hi...

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vr mar 29, 2024 6:40 am

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

From my old football (American) coach, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going!"

The Ajax Ladies were knocked out of the Champions League last night as they managed a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge to Chelsea. They played a much better match than the home game and had some very good chances on goal that just missed. They are four points behind Twente in second place and can lock up...

V'ant Schip confirmed at today's press conference that he will not be managing Ajax next season.

Things are going from bad to worse on the injury front. Jordan Henderson appears to be out for the next three matches. Brobbey and Sutalo will also miss Sunday's away game. Berghuis is questionable and Kaplan is suspended.

Ajax has a tenuous hold on fifth place and badly needs a road win.

Ajax legends were at Anfield today to play Liverpool in a charity match. Replay is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6JlF51ETPc and it's an interesting watch. Edgar Davids looks better than any other MF of the current Ajax first team. Dirk Boerrigter had a nice goal in the first half and Kiki M...

Ajax fought hard but were clearly missing Spitse who might have brough a bit of order to the back line. Some critical turnovers deep in their half gave Chelsea plenty of opportunities and on the other end, Ajax could not trouble the Chelsea goal at all. Hard to see them coming back from 0-3 in Londo...

Kroes said today that he will not bring in a Technical Director right now but will handle the duties through he summer. It's hard to say how many new players will transfer in, that will depend on the financial situation and how many of the poor players bought this summer can be sold. Wijndal comes b...

Over 34,000 tickets have been sold for Tuesday's game between the Ajax and Chelsea ladies' teams in the Cruyff Arena. Ajax will be underdogs, but they have played good football this season and I will be watching for an upset!! Match should be televised in both Holland and England.

As I suspected, Kaplan is only suspended for one match because of the obstruction of a goal scoring opportunity yesterday.

Speaking of Klaassen, I was stunned when I watched the Inter CL match last week. He came on with a full head of hair!!!! Turns out he had a hair transplant: https://www.thickaccent.com/2023/12/19/ ... ess-story/

Here is a summary of my thoughts. the major difficulty, IMO, is that young players who transfer in from outside the Eredivisie do not acclimate to Dutch football right away. It's one thing to bring in 16 year olds such as Eriksen, Dolberg, and a few others and give them 3-4 years in the youth system...

Could ask why Fitz-Jim never gets any minutes and with zero creativity in MF it is very sad Misehouy is leaving as he is better than Hlynsson. Fitz-Jim does not defend at all and is a real liability in that regard. I don't see him staying at Ajax and I think he really is only good for a mid-table D...

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zo mar 17, 2024 6:50 pm

Kaplan will now get 2 games out and Hato probably needs some rest . Still hope for 5th but no confidence in this team or coach.

I'll have to look at the rule book but I think a DOGSO is only a one game penalty. Same as a deliberate hand ball in the box. In the EPL it's a one game ban.

The standard approach of playing against this year's Ajax club is to keep everyone behind the ball and wait for Ajax to self-destruct. I'll need to look at the replay of both goals to see who was at fault but on the second it looked like the goal scorer was Brobbey's man. Two second half goals spoil...

Here is one to really ponder!!!! Conceicao has been called up to the Portugal NT and Lucca has been called up for Italy. Both are better than the expensive players that replaced them: Forbs and Akpom. Ajax would have been over €20M wealthier had they not made those purchases.

I watched most of the U-18 game against PSV. Ajax were dominant in possession but conceded two really cheap goals (just like the senior team) and end up losing 2-3. Lots of quickness on the team and generally they kept PSV bottled up in their half. Janse conceded a weak PK in added time at the end o...

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vr mar 15, 2024 10:16 am

If Sparta (or any other club) manages to contain Brobbey, then Ajax will not score.. so how will Ajax win?

Rijkoff gets the start and a hat trick!!!

So far no word on any of the injuries from last night's game.

Well, it was pretty much even for about 55 minutes before Ajax continued on their self-destructive ways. Mannswer with a cheap give away gets Villa the 2nd goal and a few minutes later he has the mildest of shirt tugs but the Villa player milks it the way you would expect an Italian striker to do; s...