24 JAN 2026; Ajax - Volendam; Match Day 20

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Let's hope Ajax can reverse the dreadful 1-1 draw they suffered away to Vollendam.

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Weghorst and Tomiyasu may make the bench tomorrow against Vollendam. Regeer is uncertain.

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Yes so with those 2 fit makes our choice a bit better.Weghorst as a pinch hitter will be a bonus

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A comfortable win and for the 3rd game in a row we are 2-0 up at Ht and should like those games had finished with 4 goals but no threats from Volendam so no problems .

Baas with 2 goals MOM but Bounida was very good and impressed. Gloukh has scored goals but I think Bounida is the better player .Klaassen again invisible and Bounida was playing as a no 10 .Neither he nor Gloukh are wingers. Probably the reason we are looking to sign a right winger. Defence did not have to do much and again Rosa was ok at LB and better than Wijndal.

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Lots of shots but only our CB can score in this one. Two goals off of nice headers by Baas with the assist to Bounida each time give Ajax a 2-0 win. By all rights, Ajax should have had at least two more goals. He final pass or shot was always wanting and again too many soft passes that destroyed the continuity. Why did the club spend a lot of money on a new #10 only to see a creaky old player start every match? Mystifying is the only word for this. Bouwman with another stupid mistake on a very poor header towards his own goal when he was almost at the halfway line. Godts was hot and cold and still tries to do too much when he can easily avoid trouble. Still it is a victory which is a rare thing this season.

Player Ratings:

Jaros (6) - had little to do and did not need to kick long which was a plus
Gaaei (6.5) - when he doesn't have to defend he is very good
Bouwman (6) - other than the one bonehead play late in the match he was decent
Baas (7.5) - defended and passed well and got two nice goals
Rosa (6) - decent enough and like Gaaei had little defending to do
Regeer (6.5) - getting better with each match, don't know if he is a long term solution at #6 but is certainly good enough for this team this year
Steur (6.5) - solid match and clearly knows which player to pass to
Klaassen (5.5) - WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Bounida (7) - solid game with two assists and a lot of quickness on the ball
Dolberg (6) -just didn't get the ball with a clear shot on goal
Godts (6) - still too many dribbles when he should pass though it was a little better than in past games
Itakura (5.5) - on for Regeer and rather silent
Mokio (6) - better today with hardly a give away
Weghorst (NR) - good to see him back but he will have to be content as a sub
Fitz-Jim (NR) - had some nice passes but that is his game
Oscar (NR) - token sub very late and the question is WHY?

Olympiacos coming up for the final Champions League match. Weird that Ajax still have a chance to advance though a lot of other matches will have to break their way if they win. I'm not counting on this but a win would bring in more money. I hope the club doesn't go crazy buying a worthless player or two.

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Agree ratings , Mokio did indeed play better today. As you say why Klaassen he does nothing but has scored the odd goal .No problem as a sub but with Bounida at no 10 Klaassen was completely not needed.
Reeger is playing better each game but we cannot judge him on the 3 league games this month as they are against weaker teams , GAE in bottom 6. If we get a quality experienced no 6 fair enough but if not I would not buy anybody but finish with this squad.