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...

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do mar 14, 2024 9:20 pm

Should have been a red card for Watkins! Only aimed for Ramaj’s legs.

Quite right and I'm surprised that VAR didn't call for a review.

Same old, same old. Another cheap goal conceded off a corner kick. Ajax almost equalized in added time. Must say that I continue to be unimpressed with Aston Villa. Looks like Kaplan just picked up a muscle injury and hope it won't be to serious. It's going to be tough for Ajax to score with not eno...

Goojier is suspended for the match. Bergwijn and Berghuis are still out injured. Vos and Gods are back from their injuries and have played for Jong Ajax for the last couple of weeks and make the match day travelling team. Of course, we all know that Godts is a much better player than Forbs.

What's amazing is that there are some exceptional GKs in the youth system right now. de Graaff was outstanding yesterday and is giving Setford solid competition. Dies Janse is also solid as a left footed CB.

I watched the last 20 minutes of the match and there was a lot of last ditch defending against a team that was physically much stronger. They managed to see out the game with lots of long kicks and some great saves by de Graff to keep the clean sheet. The 2nd goal was in the 8 minutes of added time ...

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ma mar 11, 2024 2:37 pm

Big problem is appointing the wrong coach 2 seasons in a row. However not getting a replacement for Overmars is the biggest mistake. We should have appointed an experienced Dutch TD who knows the needs of Ajax.

I think that can directly be attributed to van der Sar!!!!

I'm getting a lot of pleasure watching the Ajax ladies play this season. They split the pair of matches with top of table FC Twente but are in second place because of three draws against lesser competition (sounds familiar, doesn't it?). Ajax are nine points ahead of PSV with a favorable schedule th...

Everyone running this club should resign and that includes V Gaal and Blind. The fans should start protesting and force the whole Board out, they have reduced our club to a shambolic mess. Most of them have already resigned. I'm puzzled by your statement about van Gaal (only an advisor) and Blind (...

Ajax travel to Sparta for another ho hum league match

Have at it.

I had a great afternoon of choral singing as we had a world premiere of a very nice piece by the British composer Judith Silver. Watching the replay of the match after dinner was not a pleasant experience at all as Ajax again drop points despite outplaying the opposition. It seems that this season, ...

Good first 15 minutes and then Ajax stopped pressing. I have a choral performance this afternoon and we went on daylight savings time today so i'm going to miss the 2nd half in real time. Ratings won't come out until much later today. Hope for some goals and a clean sheet in the 2nd half.

Sutalo is healthy and needed because Rensch is suspended. Berghuis is still doubtful and I have not seen an update on Bergwijn.

It took a real fine save from the World Cup winning GK to prevent Taylor from getting the match winner. I was surprised at how poor Villa looked throughout the match, but we know how tough the Eredivisie is; perhaps Ajax is in the wrong league this season. Ajax looked very comfortable in the new for...

Decent enough first half. Ajax are looking more comfortable in the formation but Villa are not doing any pressing at all. Ajax had a couple of half chances but couldn't really create any danger. Brobbey has to hold up his runs and be more aware of where the back line is.

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. Dutch league is the most aggressive at using VAR to review possible RCs. Tom is ...

Just win baby!!! (Famous American football quote from then Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis; equally applicable here). Unfortunately, the two teams right above Ajax have very winnable matches this weekend.

Finally a clean sheet!!! Rensch added some drama to what should have been an easy win by recklessly stomping on Lammer's ankle. VAR signaled down for a look and a RC was rightfully given. Another strong match from Brobbey who was MOTM with the match winner and then a nice asssist to a breaking Taylo...

Where do you think we’d be on the table this season without Brian Brobbey? Fighting against relegation. Anyway, great pass by Kaplan upfield to Sosa who gets it to Brobbey who left foots it into the goal for 10. Ajax look more stable at the back with this formation and only had one troubling moment...

Henderson captains the team and pairs with Mannswerk as the deep MFs. Five in the back agains.