This is really not good!!! Vermeer is really pissed at his "defense" which looks to be non existant.

Nice patience shown today. Vitesse clearly playing entirely defensive football with everyone behind the ball when Ajax had it. Once we got the first goal, it was pretty much sealed as there was zero danger from Vitesse. let's build on this moving forward!

Vertonghen moves back and forth between fullback and midfield; after today he should be our primary striker!!

Missed the match because of work. Was anyone injured???

Thanks for the update and please continue to provide more as the season goes on. It's hard over here finding results and I'm interested to see how some of these players progress!

The SopCast feed is up and running right now.

I tried all the links on MyP2P.eu but none of them worked or if they did were showing the Everton match. I guess I will have to do some real work now.

60% of possession. 23 shots, 12 on goal and only one in the net. We'll need to do a better job of finishing chances. Good match overall with only two real problems in the back line. Agree that Sno had a good game in midfield. He is so strong on the ball but please pass don't shoot.

Sno should never be allowed to take a shot on goal!!! Six over the crossbar.

We should have at least 7 by now!!!! Unfortunate lack of luck.

I counted four solid chances that should have been two goals. Defense except for the one real bad play inside the box was pretty good. It looks like Urby is at righ back, deith Vertonghen in midfield; is this correct?

Heitinga made a lazy back pass to Stek that was about to be intercepted by an Aussie. Steck charged out to the top of the box and tried to win the ball. It wasn't clear from the various angles whether he or the Aussie got there first but Stek came in with his studs up which was probably the reason f...

It will be good to monitor the progression of our two young center backs as well. Alderweireld played against Inter during the Amsterdam tournament and looked quite promising. Maybe our defensive problems will be solved as he and Blind mature!

Blind3 schreef:Sorry if this is a dumb question, but, with Ogararu gone, who is RB cover if Silva goes down ? Please don't tell me its Gabri.

van der Wiel came in with about 15 minutes to go on Saturday to replace Silva. I expect he will be the first choice substitute either in the middle or at right fullback.

I have always found Ernst Bouwes to be a very perceptive critic of football. Today's column is quite instructive on the troubles going on with the sales of young talent. See: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=568503&sec=europe&root=europe&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2&cc=5901 for the colum...

At times like these i just thank the lord we have F-word playing in the eredivisie...watching them loose against a team like Heracles makes me feel a bit better....it does look like a trend though...milan lost to bologna and Barca lost to Numancia so we are not alone in the wagon...i guess a lot of...

Kowalczyk said: Blind3 wrote: I'm not going to pile on. Just very disappointed. That's exactly how I feel about it. K. Lets all stay calm....its only the beginning, not the end And at least we didn't lose and look like rubbish at home the way Milan did today losing 1-2 to a newly promoted Bologna t...

This wasn't much to be happy about, but I see no reason for blaming Sno. I would prefer him over any old, second rated Spanish player all the time. And I agree on the red card being a bit too hard from the referee. I think Sarpong and van der Wiel looked quite okey when they came in at least, but t...

they showed more purpose being down a man than with a full team on the field. There is still a major problem in the midfield. Maybe Sarpong belongs on the starting 11. They didn't seem to be able to hook up in transition at all. We know that there is going to be a lot of bumps on the road this seaso...

the goal mouth could be 50 meters wide and Sno still wouldn't hit it. Terrible!

ajaxusa schreef:Happy Birthday to our friend, and my kids' hero, John O'Brien!!!

Cheers,
- jim

Real shame about the persistant injury problem as he could have been one of the top US players. He also set the stage for Michael Bradley and the others who have gone over to Euro teams at a young age.

Mind you their first team squad is a little different with only Walcott and Ramsay British. PS In case this is lost on anyone the big joke in England is that Arsenal do not play english guys.Whether any break into the first team as regulars is another matter!! Isn't Ramsay from Wales? I know that c...

Word going around Belgium is that Ajax may bid for Standard Liege/U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu, but... he has already received offers from a top Spanish, top French and English club. Doesn't sound hopeful to me. Interesting! About a month ago I was thinking that he would be a good pick up for Ajax, ...

It's funny, I was watching an old Milan match on Fox Soccer Channel yesterday evening while I was doing my foot exercises and there was Luque scoring a magnificent goal for Deportivo. Too bad this transfer never worked out and that we are now stuck with him.

Sno has pretty good size. Maybe Marco can turn him into a central defender if the midfield doesn't work out.