Ajax 2015-16: What Will Frank Do?

nicely taken goal by Cerny to seal the points but it may be too little too late with Fenerbahce winning against Molde. Will need Celtic to beat Fenerbahce and a win over Molde to stay alive and I cannot see that happening. Need to go finish cooking Thanksgiving dinner so I'll be brief with the player ratings.

Cillessen (9) - stopped everything that he could get to
Dijks (7) - OK, but he's had better crosses
Riedewald (6.5) - a couple of bad positions but generally above average
van der Hoorn (4) - responsible for the goal and almost cost another in the 2nd half
Tete (5.5) - poorest game in a while, too many last ditch tackles for me
Gudelj (5.5) - generally just above average and nothing more
Klaassen (5.5) - some really bad touches that cost the team
Schöne (5) - poor match
Younes (7) - good until the last 10 minutes when he tried to do way too much
Milik (6) - nice goal but little else
Fischer (5.5) - should have had a goal but bad call by the linesman
Cerny (7.5) - really good speed and movement, nice goal
van de Beek (6.5) - played decently coming on for Schöne
Sanogo (5.5) - had a nice chance to do something with the ball on a couple of occasions

That's it, for all the American Ajax fans, Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

^^Tete was poor in the 2nd half which is why I didn't score him high this match. He got beat twice pretty badly and the 2nd time went in with a lunging tackle that drew a yellow card and a free kick from just outside the box. While I agree with you that he will be a top notch right back, he did not distinguish himself in this match.

Cerny was really fine, showing some very nice speed and finesse. van de Beek is better than any of the substitute midfielders currently on the squad.

 

He "might" be fit for the match but if so, likely would not start.

 

Zivkovic, "Denk dat ik beter ben dan Sanogo"

Truth comes out!!!

 

0-2 win on a wind swept day in Zwolle. Ajax kept their poise on defense thanks to some very good play from Veltman and Riedewald in the middle to keep a clean sheet. 2nd goal from the most unlikely player on the pitch, Serero who might want to give Fischer some lessons in how to finish. The team was definitely a step too slow because of the trip to Glasgow for the Thursday night Europa League match.

Player Ratings:

Cillessen (6) - only one semi-tough save on the free kick but otherwise untroubled though he did have to do too much kicking into the wind during the 2nd half
Dijks (5) - nice first half but teetered on the edge when Becker came on for Zwolle in the 2nd and Dijks could not defend him at all
Riedewald (7) - some silly fouls but tough in the center when he needed to be
Veltman (8) - not a single bad play all match long and cleared any ball that came near him in the box
Tete (6) - again some poor positioning at times during the match
Gudelj (7) - pretty solid match as the holding midfielder
van de Beek (6.5) - needs to be a little stronger on the ball but not too shabby in his league debut
Klaassen (6) - much better 2nd half after some very poor touches in the first
Fischer (3.5) - forwards get paid to finish, Fischer did not earn his paycheck today
Milik (5) - average and no better
Younes (6) - kept his eye on the ball on the cross from Dijks to get the first goal but missed the easy chance earlier
Cerny (6) - lively coming on for Younes and tracked back on defense well unlike Younes
Schöne (6.5) - some wonderful touches coming on late
Serero (6) - put away the goal that sealed the deal

Home to Herenveen next weekend.

 

Bazoer and el Ghazi both back in training today. Not sure if they will be ready for the Heerenveen match.

 

Yes, he's played striker on a couple of occasions when there were injuries. I think he would be quite effective as a #9.

 

Yes but he's not playing on the first team yet. He's been a starter on the Ajax team that is progressing in the Youth CL and just defeated Spartak Moscow. I'm hoping he gets some first team action later in the season.