Ajax 2015-16: What Will Frank Do?

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  1. Antario2

    Antario2 Member

    Jan 29, 2012
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Yes, it is.

    A1 = U19
    A2 = U18
    B1 = U17
    etc.

    This season the KNVB has renamed the age categories along the lines of the international Uxx system.
     
  2. Sybe Pals

    Sybe Pals Member

    Oct 13, 2015
    Comox, BC
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Aha ~ thanks!
     
  3. JC-14

    JC-14 Member+

    Jan 28, 2010
    Amsterdam
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    A2 will be discontinued next year.
     
  4. Antario2

    Antario2 Member

    Jan 29, 2012
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Decision time for the league today. The absolute need to win for both Ajax and PSV might affect both games today in unexpected ways.
     
  5. Yeah, remember when AZ had the advantage on the last matchday facing the relegation team and Ajax in second with a better goal difference than PSV:p
     
  6. Orange14

    Orange14 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Bethesda, MD
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    I remember that like a bad dream!!!
     
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  7. Brilliant Dutch

    Brilliant Dutch Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Oct 14, 2013
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    #857 Brilliant Dutch, May 8, 2016
    Last edited: May 8, 2016
    1-0 Younes. A nice curler :)

    Cocu baalt als een stier :ROFLMAO:
     
  8. Persona

    Persona Member

    Feb 24, 2014
    1-0, beautiful strike by Younes.
     
  9. Persona

    Persona Member

    Feb 24, 2014
    1-1........
     
  10. Brilliant Dutch

    Brilliant Dutch Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Oct 14, 2013
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    I got a bad feeling about this one :(
     
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  11. Persona

    Persona Member

    Feb 24, 2014
    Gave away the title.
     
  12. timh19

    timh19 Member+

    Jul 26, 2011
    Devastating. Why the fck did he take Milik off when the team needed a goal?? What a disgrace !
     
  13. Brilliant Dutch

    Brilliant Dutch Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Oct 14, 2013
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    CHOKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
     
  14. Persona

    Persona Member

    Feb 24, 2014
    Those subs were unreal. No creativity at all, against a team second to the bottom with absolutely nothing to play for and big playoff game coming up.
     
  15. wilson00

    wilson00 Member

    Oct 14, 2015
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    How come cerny started????
     
  16. timh19

    timh19 Member+

    Jul 26, 2011
    Yeah, Cerny was terrible. He should have been replaced instead of Milik.
     
  17. wilson00

    wilson00 Member

    Oct 14, 2015
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Either way congrats to Cocu and PSV. They deserved the title and direct qualification to CL.
     
  18. wilson00

    wilson00 Member

    Oct 14, 2015
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Will be interesting though what happens to FDB now????
     
  19. DRB300

    DRB300 Member+

    Sep 21, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    That was a proper choke job.
     
  20. Orange14

    Orange14 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Bethesda, MD
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    A meltdown of epic proportions led by a manager who other than a couple of matches never had his team tactically prepared for matches. We cannot complain about points dropped in earlier matches because today everything was on the table and there was an across the board failure. I'm sure that FdB will cast blame at everyone but himself but if he was honorable he would submit his resignation tomorrow morning and move on. He's never going to do this team justice going forward. Other than the one goal, they really never threatened to score. Lots of players wanted to be a hero taking wild shots that never came close to the frame.

    I don't know which of the midfielders was at fault for not tracking the Graafschap runner who scored the goal, either Serero or Gudelj should have marked him but it was a cool and clinical finish. Graafschap did all they had to do defending to secure the tie. Why oh why was van der Hoorn up front for the last 20 minutes. He was totally out of gas and can't handle the ball as an attacker should. Maybe for the last five minutes in desperation but not longer than that.

    Player Ratings (and manager):

    FdB (0) - needed to have the team ready to play and score some goals; total failure

    Cillessen (5) - one really nice save at the end but lost his head when he had a player behind him and tried rolling the ball to Gudlej only to have it deflected; kicking mediocre at best
    Dijks (5) - had a couple of crosses that were decent never had to worry about defending and then off because of an injury
    Viergever (5) - defended OK
    van der Hoorn (5) - defended OK and totally out of place up front for the last 20 minutes
    Veltman (5) - OK but not enough pace to play RB when someone needed to rampage forward to deliver a cross
    Mr. Irreplaceable (4) - most of his free kicks were poor and had some wild shots on goal when a pass would have been better
    Serero (4) - no impact on the match at all and the €6M man might have done better today
    el Capitan (3.5) - absolutely awful game other than he probably ran more than any other Ajax player
    Younes (5) - nice goal but then he wanted to be a hero and try to score rather than pass
    Milik (4) - had a couple of half chances and one right at the keeper
    Cerny (4) - not good enough today
    Riedewald (?) - did he even touch the ball? I can't remember his name being called but I guess I'll give him a 5 for being on the pitch
    el Ghazi (5) - nothing good or bad about his play coming on in the middle and I think having van der Hoorn up front interferred with what he might have been able to do
    Fischer (4) - looks like he has lost speed as he couldn't even beat the Graafschap LB 1 v 1

    Would have, could have, should have - the team laid a big egg today. Here's hoping we have a new manager next season as we now have to go through the CL qualification rounds and we know how that has turned out under FdB.
     
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  21. timh19

    timh19 Member+

    Jul 26, 2011
    Why did the players leave De Graafschap so much space for their goal when they were leading 1-0 ? Unbelievable naiveté.
     
  22. Laurent75

    Laurent75 Member

    Aug 2, 2014
    I don't think Cerny was terrible, except for that big missing the first half, he had some interesting percussions with the ball. Younes did his job pretty well.

    The problem was the midfield. No engagement and no control. Guldej was the one who tried the most but he failed, and had some garbage free kicks. Serero did nothing special.

    The worst player was Klaassen by far, terrible passing, as long as Ajax will be associated and leaded by that crap player, they will continue to lose against Rapid Wien, Molde etc.
     
  23. 2nd_striker

    2nd_striker Member

    May 21, 2008
    London
    Cant believe it! Awesome bottle job from Ajax
     
  24. Orange14

    Orange14 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Bethesda, MD
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    He will blame everyone but himself as he has all season long. Unless he resigns, there is no future for Ajax football.
     
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  25. Orange14

    Orange14 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Bethesda, MD
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    The midfield has been awful all season long. Klaassen should move to Napoli if he still has any value as he is not good enough (there is a good reason that Blind left him off the list of call ups for the NT). Nouri, van de Beek and Bazoer should start next year but that won't happen as long as FdB remains. He loves static MFs like Klaassen and S. de Jong; I don't know why but he does.
     

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