My bigger concern is that they do not have a quality poacher or striker anymore Falkenburg is a bum from what I have seen--3 games--unfortunately he scored so he will stay there Benschop looked good in the half he played against IFK--but he's injured Holman is support but not the numero uno Johnathas is a giant but-is too young--too crude and too far away--reminds me of Ari a couple of years ago-talent wise--still in over his head--all based on last year's play they need to get Schaars in there to replace Ortiz Marcellis is a little wild a little sloppy but I like him so far--the defence is better than last year as both Moreno and Poulson are feeling good from the WC--and generally more sound- -keeper is about the same--so ship Romero out fast Again we need a striker and we will be fine this year
As much as I loved those Riddler costumes of last week with the question mark--we managed to get a sponsor AFAS software--now I'm no expert but wasn't there a team last year or the year before who had them as their sponsor?
I guess you refer to the old Vitesse sponsor Afab a money lending company. Afas is a business software company. Well it doesn't matter which sponsor they take, the incoming funds are more important. With the selling of Moussa Dembele (to Fulham, 6/7 million euros) I think AZ is close to financial independence. Rumours earlier this week also linked Graziano Pellè to a move (to Chievo Verona or even Lazio). It is only a little quiet about Sergio Romero. I hope AZ will sign a decent striker, the rest of team is not bad at all. Actually I think with a little luck they can be an outsider for the championship.
There was a dodgy financial service company sponsor of Vitesse if I remember correctly that has (almost?) the same acronym. edit: whoops, I didnot see the post before this one.
Dembele to Fulham For my money he still does not show up for every game--some games he is just brilliant and others you start wondering where he is he has excellent power and control when he has the ball but isn't great around the net--misses more than he should I wish him well--he really improved the last year Van Gaal was there but last year was a write off--and for a 22 year old that's a bad sign
Actually not so good, as it should have been 6 or 7 nill. Unbelievable how many chances were missed. But at least we have the UEFA points.
I think 5-0 would have made more sense I'll say it again--in case Verbeek is reading this GET A STRIKER--PLEEEEASE the build up is great and we are controling very well--we are definitely better than last year until we decide to try to put it into the net but yesterday was the same in the second half against Gronigen- -Holman must have missed 3 easy one timers --Falkenberg is a at least a year away from being effective we cannot count on Martens to be our top scorer and go anywhere---but that is what it looks like to me--he's the only one that looks dangerous and he misses his share as well big test against PSV Sunday--should be fun--but again we need to get some goals from the front line
ESPND has the Netherlands game on at 1PM LA time. Live? No names listed on my guide. I hope it is the AZ-PSV game.
For U.S viewers, ESPND has: PSV-AZ, Live on Aug 22, 10.30 AM (EDT) Fyi, this is where I usually check for scheduling: http://www.livesoccertv.com/channels/espn-deportes/ Pretty reliable and up-to-date ... though you might want to check it often as some channels, like ESPND, do not unveil their lineup until one or two days prior.
naturally i check for the first 20 minutes if anyone has it--I missed your post well they move on- -still a week to go before the transfer deadline Romero still has to find a home and if they are serious--they need another striker I just read they made $16 mil euros for CL last year--even though they ended 25th of 32 clubs that's a lot of money if your budget is only 25 mil Ajax just walked into this kind of cash with yesterday's game--although they should give Stk about 33% for getting them there--he was the difference I wonder how much of this money appeared before the bankruptcy--it would make a difference this year
I love our draw at the Europa today Other than Dynamo Kiev the other 2 should not be any major problem as long as we remember to score a goal once in a while we should progress still a week before all transfers end--let's hope they make a move for a certain strker in Utrecht- -o.k-o.k--just dreaming
holy cow 2 goal--and a win--that hasn't happened in a month for any AZ fans out there--its time for them to start Johnatas at striker--he cannot be as inept as Falkenberg and we will see when Benschopp gets back the rest of the squad is solid but the back line is doing more scoring than the midfielder and strikers so something has to happen upfront
the only dutch team to get UEFA points --come on gang--we are rebuilding- -PSV choked Twente looked good Ajax looked like school kids against RM--very glad DeZeeuw left AZ I did not see Utrecht but an away tie is probably a good result