Eredivisie 2010/2011

Why is nobody taking Twente seriously as title candidates? Too tough a run-in? History of choking like Leverkusen?

OrangeSky wrote:We just feel more confident on our ground. Is there really something wrong with feeling confident in your own stadium?

I tend to be nervous, but I'm rather calm about this game. We have to win this game, so we can close the gap. After that we have to also make sure we don't drop points, and rely on other teams to beat them. It's just too much to expect. But what do I know, they always tell me to shut up in the ajax forum and stadium.

Might as well join all the fun, "Martin, we worden kampioen"!

When it is Ajax against angstgägners PSV concerned, yes! Your home record against the brabanders in the Arena is extremely bad....

kas wrote:Why is nobody taking Twente seriously as title candidates? Too tough a run-in? History of choking like Leverkusen?

And cause they didnt deserve to win any of the matches they did in 2010 this cant go on forever.

All three of them are very unlikeble clubs, but there is only one of them I really do not want them to win anything at all. Hence we should NOT win our matches against PSV and Twente!

Ricardo Wetzel wrote:

OrangeSky wrote:We just feel more confident on our ground. Is there really something wrong with feeling confident in your own stadium?

I tend to be nervous, but I'm rather calm about this game. We have to win this game, so we can close the gap. After that we have to also make sure we don't drop points, and rely on other teams to beat them. It's just too much to expect. But what do I know, they always tell me to shut up in the ajax forum and stadium.

Might as well join all the fun, "Martin, we worden kampioen"!

When it is Ajax against angstgägners PSV concerned, yes! Your home record against the brabanders in the Arena is extremely bad....

Records aside. Do you honestly think we don't have a chance against them this upcoming weekend considering current form, tactics etc?

eriksen is looking so good he's got some superb vision

psv is gonna get raped and ajax will win title i think

How fucked up are the brains of this guy ?!

Kargbo: 'Ajacied Groenendijk mocht me niet'

09/03/2010 11:49

Ibrahim Kargbo stuurt aan op een vertrek bij Willem II. De middenvelder uit Sierra Leone zit bij de Tilburgers tegenwoordig vooral op de reservebank en denkt te weten waaraan dat ligt.

'Onder alle trainers bij Willem II heb ik altijd gespeeld', vertelt Karbo aan het AD. 'Totdat Fons Groenendijk (de ruim drie weken geleden ontslagen trainer, red.) hier begon. Natuurlijk ben ik gaan nadenken over wat ik verkeerd deed. Volgens mij is er slechts één optie. Kijk, Fons is een Ajacied. En in 2007 miste Ajax op de laatste speelronde de titel, omdat er met één doelpunt te weinig van Willem II werd gewonnen.'

'Ik stond toen namens Willem II in het veld. Ik denk dat hij me vanwege het verspelen van het kampioenschap nooit mocht', luidt de slotconclusie van Kargbo.

De middenvelder stelt verder dat hij binnenkort met de clubleiding om tafel wil om zijn toekomst te bespreken. 'Ik wil niet meer op de bank zitten. Zoals het nu gaat, trek ik niet langer. Dus kan ik beter in de zomer vertrekken.'

Kargbo heeft in Tilburg nog een doorlopend contract.




And Ajax is (unfortunately) a shoe-in for the title

Game of the week!!!!

Ajax -PSV

PSV' record in Amsterdam is quite remarkable. In the Amsterdam ARENA PSV WON 9 times, drew 2 times and only lost 2 times. PSV scored 28 times and conceded only 15 goals.

Still Ajax are already celebrating their 100% for sure victory because PSV lost last week their first game of this season.

Let's shall see if the, since yesterday, mayorless city can finally beat their Angstgaegners.

Hah, even with our insanely filled sick bay we've easily taken apart the cowardly counteraars from Breda

I don't approve of Granqvist going down that easily against Gorter....but because it's against those zuigende divers, we'll file it under "poetic justice" ;-)

What do you guys make of Eriksen? Had never heard of the guy until recently. People have been raven about him but I know how the danish media get so prefer to get my info from people actually watch regularly.

Nice Panenka from Ruiz


Hadn't seen this before


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXMtoQKAu8

kas wrote:Why is nobody taking Twente seriously as title candidates? Too tough a run-in? History of choking like Leverkusen?

Its because they've got a flame-haired manager.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Nice Panenka from Ruiz


Hadn't seen this before


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXMtoQKAu8

I hadn't seen that before either : thanks for posting it

Ruiz has gathered a lot of fans in Holland in just under a year, it's not just his efficiency....and the importance of his goals (close to 10 winners in the last 10 minutes ?).

....but the class and style : WOW

Unfortunately it's almost certain he'll be leaving for Sevilla in the summer.

That's the fate of the Eredivisie : unable to hold on to the gems we're unearthing :-(


Oh and Pierre, especially because you keep having faith in Emanuelson's skills, Jol has decided to play him against PSV.

....not as LB

....not as LM

....but as left winger !


....and he's repaid the confidence by scoring a stunner....with his RIGHT foot

Seems like your faith in him is justified

Jesus Afellay, should had seen a red twice this game.

Since 1888 wrote:Jesus Afellay, should had seen a red twice this game.

Loads of players should have seen red...

I still think/hope both Enoh and Afellay will be suspended because of video-evidence.

How completely useless were all the PSV-players

Not a single one of them scored a voldoende today !



Next crucial match for the title is next week : PSV - Twente.

If PSV win, Ajax will win the title. If Twente win, they'll win the title. If it's a draw....it'll be very very close

Mclaren has this wrapped up. I reckon a draw v PSV but Ajax will slip up somewhere. When is the last time Twente won the league ffs?

L r dd wrote:Mclaren has this wrapped up. I reckon a draw v PSV but Ajax will slip up somewhere. When is the last time Twente won the league ffs?

Ajax won't slip up, while Twente still have some difficult matches.

Twente hasn't won the league in living memory....

AZ winning it last year was also a miracle, they won it also in '81 the last time a club outside the traditional top3 won it...

Jol out!

Since 1888 wrote:Jesus Afellay, should had seen a red twice this game.

Have to admit I missed two of his FOUR (!!!) sending off offences

No way he's not gonna get punished by video !

Urby single handly responsible for two of my favorite goals this season. AZ and the one today. I think everyone hates it when he plays defense, he doesn't actually know how to defend, so its pointless to make us weak defensively and miss a moment like today. Wonderful performance by him today. He is my favorite.

This was just a very dirty game from both standpoints. Demy came right off the gate and messed Isaksson up with that early tackle, and Suarez was enjoying the field wherever he went as well. They pretty much took turns tackling my boys, and Afellay was just ridic. He always gets like that everytime we play them. He hates us so much, and trust the feeling is mutual, little bastard. It's amazing there were not more red cards and more serious injuries in this game. They had plenty of chances, but we were able to score and break them down. Just glad we won, couldn't be more happy!

Some pictures....











https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5-mdQ3UxjE (highlights)

Brilliant cartoon yesterday :

and this column by Thijs Zonneveld
might be even more brilliant :

Ik word een Duitser, meneer Bert

Beste meneer Bert,

Het is een tijd geleden dat ik u een brief schreef. Ik hoop dat het u goed gaat. Met mij in ieder geval niet. Ik ben bang dat ik Duitser word.

Het gebeurde toen ik thuis op de bank zat. Ik keek naar een samenvatting van Fiorentina tegen Bayern München, achtste finales Champions League. Normaal is het heel simpel: Bayern München is de minst sympathieke club van dit heelal, dus ik ben voor de tegenstander. En helemaal als het Fiorentina is: mooie club, mooi shirt, mooie stad.

Fiorentina trapte een paar ballen achter de Duitse keeper, alles liep op rolletjes. Tot ergens diep in de tweede helft, toen Arjen Robben de knikker in de winkelhaak schilderde. Ik sprong op en juichte heel hard. Toen ik besefte dat ik voor Bayern München stond te juichen, sloeg ik mijn hand voor mijn mond. Het was al te laat.

Pro-Bayern

Het pro-Bayerngevoel sluimerde waarschijnlijk al een tijd in mijn onderbewustzijn. En aangezien Bayern München de meest Duitse club van allemaal is, ben ik tegenwoordig dus ook voor Duitsland.

Ik heb de afgelopen nachten liggen malen over wat er met me aan de hand is. Met heimwee dacht ik terug aan de goede oude tijd. Ik dacht aan Frank Rijkaards fluim in het permanentje van Rudi Völler. Aan Ronald Koeman die het shirt van Thomas Hässler gebruikte als toiletpapier. Aan Adri van Tiggelen die Jürgen Klinsmann in tweeën tackelde. Het hielp niet.

Rare zin

Bayern München speelt tegenwoordig schitterend voetbal. Dat is een hele rare zin als ik hem zo teruglees, maar het is wel waar. Het is zelfs zo mooi dat ik er spontaan van ga juichen. Misschien ligt het wel aan de oranje enclave in München. Mark von Bommel, Arjen Robben, Herr Louis: drie oranje Duitsers tussen de Duitsers.

Ik zie het verschil niet meer, meneer Bert. De krulletjes van Van Bommel zijn precies de krulletjes van Rudi Völler. Von Bommel spreekt beter Duits dan Nederlands. En hij is op het veld minstens zo irritant als Dieter Eilts, Lothar Mattheus en Michael Ballack bij elkaar.

Arjen Robben heeft de Schwalbe verheven tot kunst. Zelfs Klinsi – de uitvinder van de Schwalbe – kwijlt als Robben in het strafschopgebied op z’n über-Duits ter aarde stort.

Herr Louis

En Herr Louis? Ach, Herr Louis. Zijn haar is Duitser dan Duits, zijn rode gezicht is Duitser dan Duits, zijn brulstem is Duitser dan Duits. Het verbaast me niks dat Herr Louis bondscoach van Duitsland wil worden.

Ik zou er zelfs niet van staan te kijken als Herr Louis nog voor het WK van deze zomer tot Bundestrainer wordt benoemd. Linke soep, meneer Bert. Geef Herr Louis een elftal jawohl-knikkers en voor we het weten staat hij ‘Wir sind die besten von der helen Welt!’ te brullen op de Brandenburger Tor.

Mijn maag draait zich om bij de gedachte, maar in mijn hart zou ik het hem nog gunnen ook. Zoals ik al zei: het gaat niet goed met me.

Misschien moet u tegen Robben en uw schoonzoon Mark zeggen dat ze hun schilderachtige doelpunten moeten bewaren voor het Nederlands Elftal. En dat ze onmiddellijk moeten ophouden de scheidslijn tussen Duitsers en Nederlanders weg te gummen.

Ik stuur ze voor de zekerheid nog een verlaat oranje kerstpakketje op. Inhoud: Edammer kaas, hagelslag, klompen en een dvd’tje met het trauma van 1974, de halve finale van 1988 en de schop- en spuugpartij van 1990. Ik denk dat ik dat dvd’tje zelf ook nog maar eens ga kijken. Hopen dat het helpt.

Tschüß,

Thijs (verdammt, ik heb trek in Bratwurst)

OrangeSky wrote:Urby single handly responsible for two of my favorite goals this season. AZ and the one today. I think everyone hates it when he plays defense, he doesn't actually know how to defend, so its pointless to make us weak defensively and miss a moment like today. Wonderful performance by him today. He is my favorite.

This was just a very dirty game from both standpoints. Demy came right off the gate and messed Isaksson up with that early tackle, and Suarez was enjoying the field wherever he went as well. They pretty much took turns tackling my boys, and Afellay was just ridic. He always gets like that everytime we play them. He hates us so much, and trust the feeling is mutual, little bastard. It's amazing there were not more red cards and more serious injuries in this game. They had plenty of chances, but we were able to score and break them down. Just glad we won, couldn't be more happy!

Wonderful... you only see 020-fans when they win...

It was so comfortable silent in Amsterdam last couple of years...

AXe,

Hilarious VI-letter that is.

I also don't know how to behave when for instance robben score a crazy goal for Bayern... Secretly I celebrate it but then my good conscious always say.... " wait a minute, he scored for zeee Germans...."


Herr Louis as bundestrainer:
‘Wir sind die besten von der helen Welt"

Ridiculous PSV didnt won that match yesterday, they pay the price for having lost a couple of strikers the twats.

But what shocked me the most is that Pantelic fingered Swalbuarez in his ass after that 2-0.