AFC Ajax Thread[2005/2006]

[Hopeunited]

Well I was there and we had a ball
What a fantastic win, the 2nd goal from Angelos was a beauty, slides in at the right time and outplays the defender as well as the goalkeeper. Finally he showed what he is made of and that he can make a difference for Ajax and it was about time too
4-1 win over Roda although the goal that was scored by Roda was a pity, Ajax dominated the whole game and played some outstanding football today.
Arsenal had a draw today against West Ham, if there is any time we could beat Arsenal it's NOW! Many injured players like Henry and Bergkamp and not to mention Pires but........ even though I'm very happy with the win we got a few more injuries including Sneijder!! I think it's his hamstring, also Maduro was grabbing his ankles at the end of the game, Rosales got injured tonight as well so that is bad news for Tuesday. I really hope that Sneijder will make it for the Arsenalgame cause he's so important at the moment. Good thing that Lindenbergh and Heitinga can play on tuesday.

Did you see Thomas Vermaelen play?? He was very good at the back, Roda wants him when Filipovic could go to PSV but Ajax says that this will not happen end of discussion. A new player came on the pitch, he plays for Young Ajax but this was his debut for Ajax 1. Emmanuel Boakye is his name, originally from Ghana and a hell of a player. Of course he is from the Ajax school, nr 1 in Europe and that's why they received an award this summer for being the BEST footballschool in Europe :amika:
Another debut was from Juanfran, yes he finally made his first minutes for the team and he played well.

It's great to know that new faces are establishing themselves in Ajax 1. Injuries aren't cool tho I really want Ajax to beat Arse on tuesday.

PS: there's no need to say. Whether we win an award or not, it's common sense that our Toekomst is the best youth academy in the world. So many legends grew up here. :Bow:

 

[Vagegast]

Good game, it's always good to beat Roda, considering we often find ourselves in trouble against them. But let's remind ourselves that this is a Roda without the player that they build this team around--Aroune Kone. This team is falling apart and is in terrible form. Cisse is crap, Cristiano is coming off a 6-month injury and it looks like Huub has lost the plot.

The biggest up-side is of course Charisteas scoring. A lot of people were quick to judge him but like I said back in January: a player like Angel (or Rosenberg for that matter) needs half a year to adjust, at the very least. We're playing some really decent football of late (Prague Away, Ado home, AZ away first half) so we should be happy.

Debut for Juanfran and Boyake Boyake has a temper but he's incredibly passionate. I want to see more of him so I can judge him as a player.

 

[Vagegast]

More random observations:

--more crazy de Jong/Pienaar celebrations please! I loved how the Versatel commentator said "merkwaardige vreugde"
--Boukhari deserved a penalty the first time, and he only got it the 2nd time because of he didn't get it the first time around. This proves that Luinge is only human. At the time of Boukhari's dive, Kujovic's arms were raised
--Sneijder is carrying this damn team.
--Charisteas was really good. He's doing more of the "meevoetballen" that's required of an Ajax spits
--Pienaar on the right wing, glad that period is over. Rosales should start every game.
--Emanuelson should not lose his spot to Juanfran until he loses form
--What the hell was Babel doing replacing Rosales on the right wing?
--Who was supposed to be covering Sonko? I couldn't recognize it who it was...
--Hey, is the announcer/music thing something new this season? It's gay.

 

[Zlatan]

Yeah Pienaar was a bit like his best season so far 2002/2003. He played excellent scoring and giving an assist is always great ofcourse.

Good thing Charisteas is finally off the mark although I do feel pity for Markus. I think he won't get the chance to prove that he's a potential topscorer of the Eredivisie.

 

[Silencer]

Of course he will I have no worries about that, many times it's been said that Markus needs time to grow and he just started here remember..
He will get his chance believe me
The injuries are a reason for concern at the moment although it seems that Sneijder's injury is not looking that serious thankgod cause we need him against Arsenal tuesday.
Check out this link guys, pics of the opening of the new supportershome with the players
Btw Babel is looking more and more like Shaft from the movie :amika:

http://www.ajaxfotoside.nl/openinghome/openinghome.html

 

[Zlatan]

Kenneth Vermeer has extended his contract till 2008. Great news, the man has the future and quite some hands...

 

[Silencer]

Lost against Arsenal in the 2nd minute damnnnnnnnn what a mistake by Boukhari and Emanuelson to give the goal away!
We played well, sometimes very good but we got too little tonight. The 2nd half was ours 100%. Arse were playing like bleeding cowards in the last half, stalling for time and subbing players at keymoments
Good goal for Markus and well deserved anyway on his birthday, too bad on the other hand for Angelos but he will be back next weekend against Sparta..
Better next time lads, btw FC Thun won against Sparta Prague so they are in 2nd place now and our next opponents on october the 18th..
Such a shame, we deserved more tonight but that's football

 

[Hopeunited]

always seems to be that 1 goal difference and some unlucky spell...

 

[Silencer]

Yeah the best team lost
Arse played like cowards like I said

 

[Zlatan]

Even if that goal wasn't made in the first minute(s) Ajax wouldn't have won and probably have lost. When I was watching the game I felt we were a small child trying to hit a big giant with all our power but no succes whatsoever and the giant hits back two times to get us knocked out.

 

[Zlatan]

Oh BTW Maxwell is back in Holland for the rest of his recovery

Anyone know when he'll be back?

 

[Hopeunited]

^^^^^ hahaha that's a funny training drill.

 

[Dreath]

Here's some memories for you Dutch...

http://bergkamp.ytmnd.com/

 

[Zlatan]

Thanks for the link.

Oh I can't forget the commentary of Carlos van Gelder after Bergkamp scored against Argentina.

 

[Vagegast]

AT5 is linking Anthony Vanden Borre and Christian Wilhelmsson to Ajax. Ajax is apparently offering 8 million and a player in exchange.

Never seen Van den Borre play, I've seen a few highlights of Wilhelmsson.

 

[Zlatan]

Vanden Borre is a big talent in FM. And FM always has been right so far
Wilhelmsson, why would we need him?

 

[Vagegast]

With Pienaar leaving, de Mul being crap and Rosales being injured a lot lately... it wouldn't exactly hurt.

 

[Hopeunited]

looks like Chelski are taking a dig at our 2 young stars Goosens and Sarpong... London bastards are said to be trying to sign them as they haven't received professional contracts from Ajax yet. I hope the 2 young ones will make the smart decision and stay.

 

[Hopeunited]

With Pienaar leaving, de Mul being crap and Rosales being injured a lot lately... it wouldn't exactly hurt.

Where is Pienaar going to?

 

[Siawash]

Reports are saying to Liverpool, but i'd doubt it.