Ajax Coaches

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » di okt 09, 2007 10:35 am

first : De overgang van Henk ten Cate van Ajax naar Chelsea is definitief.

second : 'Alleen allerbeste coach naar Ajax' : that was a good laugh

however, a slightly disturbing idea : if Chelsea, which I believe know a few things about football, hire HTC, it means that they think the current disaster with Ajax is not his fault ... food for thought

ZoefdeHaas · Bericht door **ZoefdeHaas** » di okt 09, 2007 11:12 am

philippe schreef:however, a slightly disturbing idea : if Chelsea, which I believe know a few things about football, hire HTC, it means that they think the current disaster with Ajax is not his fault ... food for thought

HTC is more of the "second" man anyways so,

Cedric · Bericht door **Cedric** » di okt 09, 2007 12:25 pm

Maybe they also consider that Jaakke is the man to blame....

Some news now reports that Rijkaard will follow Ten Cate at season ends, as KJH this winter. Indeed, it wouldn't be surprising to see Chelski trying to lure some of our players soon...

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » di okt 09, 2007 12:59 pm

Cedric_AeF schreef:Maybe they also consider that Jaakke is the man to blame....

good guess

ajaxperu · Bericht door **ajaxperu** » di okt 09, 2007 1:11 pm

Well now that we know that he is out, I'm interested in who apparently will be our coach for the time being, Adrie Koster. What do you guys know about him? He was coach of RKC right?

LucaS · Bericht door **LucaS** » di okt 09, 2007 1:18 pm

He was coach of RKC until januari of this year, then he got sacked. Didn't do them any good though

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » di okt 09, 2007 2:10 pm

the unpleasant thing is that it seems clear that HTC wanted to leave for Chelsea more and earlier than we wanted to get rid of him,

a smart guy :

obviously London was already on his mind and he took advantage of us, glad he's gone

our best option would be van Gaal at the end of the season

Over Pasanens Head · Bericht door **Over Pasanens Head** » di okt 09, 2007 2:12 pm

philippe schreef: our best option would be van Gaal at the end of the season

Oh No It Isn't

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » di okt 09, 2007 2:22 pm

who else ?

SPL · Bericht door **SPL** » di okt 09, 2007 2:39 pm

Apart from KJH who else from our squad would Chelsea want? Urby possibly but not on current form!!

Chelsea are well aware of what is coming through our system without HTC needing to tell them.They are not going to come and buy De Jong Donald Blind and Danilo Sousa Campos, who appear to be our most promising kids
as they are all under contract and would not get near Chelsea first team.

Back in late 2005 Chelsea tried to sign Sarpong and Goossens before we had given these 2 contracts.Both said no to Chelsea money.

Back on subject Marco seems to be the favourite.

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » di okt 09, 2007 2:50 pm

current possibilities according to Dutch media : Adrie Koster (currently training our second team), Marco van Basten en John van 't Schip, both said no, and from our technical staff Hennie Spijkerman/Alfons Groenendijk, and finally the unlikely option with Frank de Boer (currently training our youth team)

Bericht door **peter** » di okt 09, 2007 3:52 pm

Marco van Basten and van 't Schip did not say no. It was Kessler who stated that both lads cannot join Ajax at this moment, because Oranje is in need of full attention.

K.J. Huntelaar · Bericht door **K.J. Huntelaar** » di okt 09, 2007 6:28 pm

It's official now:

Ajax have appointed Adrie Koster as interim head coach of the first team. Alfons Groenendijk and Hennie Spijkerman remain active as assistant coaches.
Adrie Koster has been coach of Young Ajax since the beginning of this season. Koster began his coaching career at FC Eindhoven in 1985, then he worked as head coach for amongst others Willem II, Roda JC, Excelsior, VVV-Venlo and RKC Waalwijk.

Officialy on ajax.nl!

gordonvandekamp · Bericht door **gordonvandekamp** » di okt 09, 2007 8:46 pm

K.J. Huntelaar schreef:It's official now:

Ajax have appointed Adrie Koster as interim head coach of the first team. Alfons Groenendijk and Hennie Spijkerman remain active as assistant coaches.
Adrie Koster has been coach of Young Ajax since the beginning of this season. Koster began his coaching career at FC Eindhoven in 1985, then he worked as head coach for amongst others Willem II, Roda JC, Excelsior, VVV-Venlo and RKC Waalwijk.

Officialy on ajax.nl!

Don't know much about him, but pretty much all I want for a coach now is someone who's going to win the Eredivise. I hope he can do that. There will be more options after the season's over and I suspect there will be another change then.

Thafunk · Bericht door **Thafunk** » di okt 09, 2007 9:40 pm

He reached the semi-finals with Roda once... That was the highlight of his carreer I guess. He makes his teams play football in an attacking style, which is not unimportant at Ajax.
Read somewhere that he assumes to be head coach until the end of the season, but has no problem to step back whenever a new head coach will be signed. His aim is to go become league champions and to win the cup.
I wish him good luck with that! Go Adrie!

aveslacker · Bericht door **aveslacker** » di okt 09, 2007 10:48 pm

For all the crap that has gone on, at least the players know who their coach will be for the remainder of the season.

Give 'em hell, Adrie!

Dubbel · Bericht door **Dubbel** » wo okt 10, 2007 3:31 am

philippe schreef:however, a slightly disturbing idea : if Chelsea, which I believe know a few things about football, hire HTC, it means that they think the current disaster with Ajax is not his fault ... food for thought

Van Basten was seen in the Chelsea owners box recently. My, hopeful, guess is that he convinced them to take HTC so that he can opt for the job at Ajax following this summer.

LucaS · Bericht door **LucaS** » wo okt 10, 2007 6:44 am

Adriaanse told the dutch television he wants to be Ajax next coach

Bericht door **Kowalczyk** » wo okt 10, 2007 8:18 am

Just wanted to say: good luck, Adrie.

Do it your way. You have our support.

K.

ZoefdeHaas · Bericht door **ZoefdeHaas** » wo okt 10, 2007 10:38 am

I don't so much about how he is as a coach, but he sounds confident: he wants to win, and he's got the idea.

Works for me, good luck

kraz11 · Bericht door **kraz11** » wo okt 10, 2007 11:03 am

Good luck and finally a new spirit in the club (i hope a good one)

and hope that he turns out to be the dutch Del bosque

Over Pasanens Head · Bericht door **Over Pasanens Head** » wo okt 10, 2007 11:11 am

Haven't a clue about this guy, and I wish him all the best.

Bericht door **Kowalczyk** » wo okt 10, 2007 12:29 pm

LucaS schreef:Adriaanse told the dutch television he wants to be Ajax next coach

Come on Ajax, ignore that rancorous old fart J.C. and bring Co back.

We need Louis van Gaal, Co Adriaanse, Foppe de Haan or otherwise a foreigner like Michael Laudrup!

Who gives a f*ck about what J.C. has to say about them?

Great footballer, great coach, great Ajacied, but now it's time to say goodbye.

K.

Ayman · Bericht door **Ayman** » wo okt 10, 2007 12:48 pm

Kowalczyk said:

LucaS wrote:
Adriaanse told the dutch television he wants to be Ajax next coach

Come on Ajax, ignore that rancorous old fart J.C. and bring Co back.

We need Louis van Gaal, Co Adriaanse, Foppe de Haan or otherwise a foreigner like Michael Laudrup!

Who gives a f*ck about what J.C. has to say about them?

Great footballer, great coach, great Ajacied, but now it's time to say goodbye.

K.

I have to stop you there. Firstly What major trophy did M.Laudrup win in his short career? Nothing exactly! Secondly as for Co....well he did well for AZ only until the end of the 2nd half of the season, so no thanks to that one. As for Louis Van Gaal, Virtually all managers who go back to their respective clubs, hardly ever repeat the success they enjoyed in their first spell. Here is a list of examples:
1. Hiddink at PSV
2. Cappello at R.Madrid and AC Milan
3. Trappatoni at Juventus
4. B.Robson at PSV
5. Most notably Louis Van Gaal at Barcelona

Azeri · Bericht door **Azeri** » wo okt 10, 2007 1:03 pm

Capello... Capello... Capello... I will repeat it like mantra