08 APR 2017 NEC - Ajax Match Day 30

[Orange14]

No rest for the weary as Ajax travel to Nijmegen to take on NEC who lie just three points above relegation playoff position. Five matches left and four points off the pace. Feyenoord's GD now stands at 15 so Ajax need to make up 4.5 points to win it. Ajax have to win out and hope for a collapse similar to what happened to our team last season!!

Will Bosz do any squad rotation? there's a mid-week EL match against Schalke coming up and certainly Schöne looks tired. Klaassen suffered a couple of leg bruises and is questionable. Ziyech has been very poor. Dolberg just returned to training.

[SPL]

Fword 3 points clear but GD so great they need to drop 4 points and we need to win all 5 remaining games. Never going to happen .

Klaassen is doubtful but with Schone banned for next Thursday v Schalke I would play v d Beek for 90 mins and rest Klaassen . Donny can then take Schone's place v Schalke and will have had a full game behind him.

Dolberg should not be rushed back in this game and Kluivert needs to be rested. Maybe start Neres.

[Ayman]

Meanwhile Twente Enschede have held PSV Eindhoven to a 2-2 draw. Finally we have some breathing space of 4 points between them and us.

[souras84]

Fword 3 points clear but GD so great they need to drop 4 points and we need to win all 5 remaining games. Never going to happen .

Klaassen is doubtful but with Schone banned for next Thursday v Schalke I would play v d Beek for 90 mins and rest Klaassen . Donny can then take Schone's place v Schalke and will have had a full game behind him.

Dolberg should not be rushed back in this game and Kluivert needs to be rested. Maybe start Neres.

Such a great and logical analysis... Too bad Bosz won't make anything like that at all!!!

[Amol]

Lineup for today -
Onana
Veltman, Sánchez, The Lies, Viergever
Schöne, Klaassen, Ziyech
Neres, Traoré, Younes

[SPL]

Good that de Ligt gets a game and Kluivert needed a rest.(Back to sky live again tonight)

[souras84]

Why do I get the feeling Nijhuis will fuck it up again tonight?

[Ayman]

Traore 0-1

[SPL]

Good start it was an OG

[SPL]

and now 2-0 Neres good finish

[Ayman]

It's 0-2 to Ajax!

[souras84]

Finally a winger that does what is expected from him in modern football. Get in the area when the ball is in the area opposite of him!

[Ayman]

NEC player making a meal out of his 'injury' in an attempt to stop the momentum. Ajax are on fire

[souras84]

And De Ligt is injured

[Ayman]

And De Ligt is injured

He is back on the pitch, NEC are playing dirty, first Viergever then de Ligt

[SPL]

quality football for no 3

[Ayman]

All we need is the fourth goal, and then we can sub players for a rest for the big game

[Tom_]

Looks like an easy win, although strangely shaky defending at times. It's making for an amusing game. Think maybe de Ligt should come off at HT

[SPL]

complete control although Onana lost the plot again by coming out to the left wing. We should be about 6 up but will settle for 5-0 like the home game

[Orange14]

A somewhat flattering scoreline as NEC are very poor and Ajax, other than Neres, are playing slightly above average. Klaassen had a rocket off a nice pass from Younes that was well saved and I'm totally baffled how Younes missed the really nice cross from Neres. Onana is proving to be a very adventurous keeper.

[souras84]

Where the hell was the defence?

[Tom_]

What the hell was vd Beek doing? ;)

[souras84]

At least we continue to score

[SPL]

Dreadful defending for their goal but Traore is on fire tonight

[SPL]

A comfortable win but in effect we should have scored 10 against a woeful team.Traore my MOM . Dont rate Veltman not sure how he stays at RB. Onana came out too far for the goal , making a few mistakes at the moment.

Anyway pressure on Fword but still dont see us getting the title