Cesc wrote:Typo.
Its really strange how Sneijder is so good for Ajax, I can think of numerous games where I have seen him run midfields and ping in 30 yarders with either foot, but yet he is so poor for the National team. I suppose this is why everyone will point the finger at van Basten because he can't get the best out of a leading player.
De Jong looked really promising too, I was at the game at Highbury where he scored a good goal from leftback. I think he was just 18 then. Now he has been linked with Aston Villa.
I hope the same fate doesn't happen to Urby and Maduro. Is it a mentality thing with youngsters at the club?
Feyenoords Vlaar and Drenthe shone yesterday, even though I have been told that they have not been great this season.
Sneijder is good for Oranje, but not great is he is for Ajax. In Oranje he doesn't really play at #10, plus he has to share some space (mainly) with VDV.
Both are #10 players: Sneijder is more the Deco type and VDV is a more explosive Bergkamp. We're lucky to have both. Yet neither are utilised properly. VDV is put on RW by Van Basten and Sneijder is often playing RM.
Sneijder is less acurate with his set pieces for Oranje too, it has to be said. I want RVP to take those from the left side.
Anyway, players stagnated at Ajax during the 2003-2005 period because the club was in turmoil, Koeman was lashing out at everyone and (the already unpersonal harsh boarding school type Ajax environment) wasn't fun anymore for no-one. Mido left, Zlatan left, VDV fucked off to anywhere. And Sneijder and co remained.
Maduro is good but needs to get mental strength. De Jong is talented buut time and opportunities are running out for him. Both show glimpses of their talent but not consistantly enough.
Ajax proudly rely on the youth products, but sometimes as talented as some of the gems they find are, they are thrown in the deep end much too soon. Urby is talented but is hyped by the Ajax media and made out to be the finished article while he's not. He shouldn't be in the big Oranje squad. Maduro needs a good season and a run of games, because Ten Cate benched him a lot. He needs games.
Feyenoord. Well... its like that club is run by the Three Stooges. No-one could possibly have a good season playing for Feyenoord last year.
De Guzman, Drenthe, Bruins and Vlaar are three very obvious feyenoord youth players. All could go on to bigger things. Drenthe always looked promising, but no one can shine playing the Feyenoord defense last year - they conceded the second most amount of goals in the league!
As for Vlaar, I'm glad he's making a comeback. he use dto play for AZ at 18/19 and was really promising. Then Van Basten (wuith his myopic view) decided to ignore other defenders and only selected and started Vlaar (much too soon). Against Italy, Vlaar was completey humiliated and at fault for all three goals as Luca Toni ran rings around the 19 year old. He was wrecked didn't play well anymore, and wanted to leave AZ too. Van Basten singlehandedly wrecked his promising career, with his foolish decisions, agenda, and throwing the kid into the deep like that. To be honest he was written off by everyone after thatgame and the subsequent meltdown. Now he's at feyenoord for 1,5 season and is gradually rebuilding to the level and confidence had back then. Glad he turned out OK and bounced back like that. Very talented.
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