05 FEB 2015 Ajax-AZ Match Day 21

[Orange14]

Midweek match coming up. Will Ajax score after not hitting the back of the net in the last two match? Can the team string together more than one pass in a row? Is Sinkgraven the answer to a mediocre midfield? Will Schöne continue to play on the wing? Lots of questions and too few answers.

[Orange14]

Klaassen and Serero not in the selection for tomorrow's match. Wonder if Klaassen should have even played on the weekend?

Jasper Cillessen
Ricardo van Rhijn
Niklas Moisander
Nicolai Boilesen
Mike van der Hoorn
Daley Sinkgraven
Ricardo Kishna
Jairo Riedewald
Lucas Andersen
Arek Milik
Lasse Schöne
Anwar El Ghazi
Kenny Tete
Andre Onana
Nick Viergever
Riechedly Bazoer
Niki Zimling
Queensy Menig

[SPL]

Klaassen did not appear to be 100% fit last Sunday.Sinkgraven should start and I assume Kishna will start instead of El Ghazi.

I did read earlier that Cillessen was sick but should be fit in time.

[Orange14]

A chance to open up some space between the trailing teams as both Feyenoord and Twente lost yesterday.

[Tom_]

Talk of some sort of gastro bug at Ajax this week if I understood correctly, so we'll just have to wait and see who lines up tonight.

We should be fairly safe for second place from here. On the other hand, we certainly stink at the moment, so who knows...

[SPL]

line up

Cillessen

VRhijn ,V d Horn Moisander,Boilesen

Bazoer,Riedewald,Sinkgraven,

El Ghazi,Schone ,Kishna

Schone is striker! Milik dropped, well he has barely touched the ball in the last 3 games, and Andersen is on the bench not surprisingly.

I think we should have played Zivkovic as striker but I see why he is not on the bench as Milik is spare striker and Menig is cover for the wing. 4 teenagers starting plus 3 on the bench and an 8th Zivkovic excluded .We are getting younger all the time.

Hope you get a decent stream I am spoilt with sky 5 again.

[Dave the mac]

I missed last weekends match - sounds like I didn't miss much - but will get to see today's game. Ajax had been struggling
for some time now and the championship seems to have slipped away. I guess it had to have happened at some point and for me it's not the end of the world, although missing out on CL qualification cash with hurt.

The important thing for the rest of the season is to play well and find the nucleus for next season. I'm excited about our new arrival Sinkgraven and looks like he will start today. If I'm reading correctly Schone will start at CF???? Will be very interesting, I think a little shake up is long over due.

[Orange14]

anyone got a stream link? Sopcast isn't running anything and the Acestream from Spanish TV isn't buffering properly. I want to watch!

[Orange14]

Found a Russian broadcast Sopcast 255405 for those who need a feed

[souras84]

Schone is way too slow for false 9 role.
Bazoer, I REALLY LIKE!!!
Sinkgraven is trying and shows signs of his talent.
Our flanks are quite good, maybe a bit more composure for the final touch.
I am also very happy about Van der Hoorn! He seems to have found some peace with himself and his interventions are better.

We have to do something about our free throws, they are AWFUL. Also, Boilesen is trying to do the extra thing to prove his worth, but it isn't working

[Orange14]

much better play in the midfield. Players are actually running into space and completing passes. A couple of decent chance that should have been finished. Boilesen should have made a better pass when he was in and el Ghazi had two decent chances to score. At least the team isn't standing around which is a big improvement over the other games this new year.

[SPL]

far better than our last 4 or 5 games. Good to see 2 wingers and Kishna is playing well.Probably need Milik up front as he is much faster than Schone.Bazoer also looks good .Just need a goal.

[Tom_]

Well we looked better in that half than we have in months! Let's hope we can keep it up and get a goal.

Interesting move having Schöne at CF. Guess the idea is for him to play "false 9" (edit: as Souras already mentioned) i.e. pick the ball up deep and play through balls to the wingers. I'm not sold yet, but I do like the fact that it's allowing us to play two proper wingers.

One complaint though (never post without one!), what the hell is the point of Boilesen? Team clown? I'd be laughing, if I didn't want Ajax to win. Can't defend (although he's always out of position, so I can't say for sure he's actually TRYING to defend)... no good in the air... can't pass... can't beat his man...

And what does it mean for Viergever if he can't get a game instead of Boilesen?

[King Litti]

WHAT?!

[Orange14]

That was as weak a Red card as I've ever seen.

[SPL]

a joke the red card barely a free kick.Viegever ought to come on for Boilesen who is simply dreadful

[souras84]

Never a red card. Now we're in deep shit.

[Tom_]

Almost inexplicable... Even if it had been a foul, it wasn't a scoring chance

[afcajax73]

What a joke, way to ruin a competitive game ref

[afcajax73]

a joke the red card barely a free kick.Viegever ought to come on for Boilesen who is simply dreadful

I really don't understand why he's still playing for us you know,

[afcajax73]

Tete.... Why not

[souras84]

Matters are going from bad to worse! I really hope we don't lose

[afcajax73]

On the plus side, sinkgraven has looked good, especially as it's a debut. And without v rhijn were nailed..

[souras84]

A game that we really should've won tonight. Instead we are going to lose. All about not converting the chances when you have them.

[afcajax73]

Absolute dog shit defending...

Again we can't cope against teams who pressure us,