Eredivisie 2025-2026 season Ratings and comments

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Did Ajax contract Owen Goal?

 

Feyenoord - Pec Zwolle fulltime:

 

Ajax hooligans of '5th', notorious for fights and drug trafficking, stopped the match
How could that unprecedented explosion of fireworks chase Ajax out of the Johan Cruijff Arena on Sunday? A reconstruction of the tightly directed operation with which the hooligans of '5th' honored their deceased friend 'Tum'. At the expense of football, of tens of thousands of football fans, of Ajax.
https://www.ad.nl/voetbal/zo-legden...en-en-drugshandel-de-wedstrijd-stil~a8fc40d0/

As I wrote before, these scum are akin to organized crime/terrorism and should be dealt by the government, not football clubs.
Part of the hard core "fans" of FC Twente was a fokking killers for hire gang known as the "tattoo killers".

 

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Full time FC Utrecht - FC Twente:

 

FC Volendam - NEC full time:

 

How on earth can you get this as NEC has 7 vs 5 shots on target and 6 vs 1 blocked, while Volendam has 7 shots not even on target vs NEC 3?
Seems to me only possible if the goalie of NEC is rated with an 8 performance, meaning he stopped certain goals.

 

full time AZ Alkmaar - Go Ahead Eagles:

 

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Takehiro Tomiyasu seems to be Ajax's first winter reinforcement. The club is in general agreement with the 27-year-old Japanese about a short-term contract. For both club and player, this is a construction that suits the circumstances. Due to TT's injury history, there are risks for Ajax in a long-term commitment. Meanwhile, the 42-time international of Japan is well on his way again, but he needs group training and match rhythm to become fully fit. Ajax has been following the situation for some time and sees TT as a unique opportunity anyway, because he would normally be unfeasible. That is precisely why a short-term contract is being worked on. Ajax is hedging itself against risks, while TT will have the opportunity to put itself in the spotlight again towards the upcoming World Cup - where Japan will meet the Netherlands, among others.
At the end of the season, both parties can further evaluate and decide whether the cooperation will be extended by, for example, an extra year. Arsenal paid around twenty million euros in 2021 to pluck Tomiyasu away from Bologna, after which he played 84 games and impressed by being able to play in all positions at the back. However, his development was rudely interrupted by persistent knee injuries. Last season he hardly played and in February an operation followed. A few months later, it was decided in good consultation to terminate his contract, so that he could continue his rehabilitation in Japan. As soon as Ajax and Tomiyasu have cleared the deal, the player will meet a compatriot at Ajax with Ko Itakura.

 

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It's a bit odd, but coming sunday I see a 50/50 chance of win for both Ajax and Feyenoord, something a week or 3 ago would be unthinkable.
The reason isnot Ajax performing better, they arenot, but Feyenoord, despite displaying good football, has the last months shown they only last 70 minutes a match.
I've been banging on about this already, but here are the stunning facts:
Of the eighteen goals that Feyenoord conceded in the Eredivisie this season, almost half came in the last ten minutes of the match: seven.
This is according to figures from FootyStats.
In the Europa League, five of the total of thirteen goals against fell in the last ten minutes. Two more are added if we look at the last fifteen minutes of a match. Seven, more than half of the total number of goals conceded. Thus, numerically speaking, ten months after Priske's dismissal, little progress seems to have been made at Feyenoord. With two more matches in the Europa League to go, the Rotterdammers still have a small chance of qualifying for the intermediate round. Although it remains to be seen whether Van Persie will be able to pull Feyenoord out of the current crisis in a short time.

I already posted the Feyenoord management should have a heavy performance talk/review with the imbecils responsible for the fitness and health of the selection. In my opinion there's only one conclusion: hit the road idiots and don't come back no more.

 

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PSV has won at home with great difficulty against Heracles. The leader only secured the 4-3 win shortly before time. PSV seemed to have the spoils in their pocket quickly: Pepi took advantage of the penalty kick after Mirani had knocked Til over and Saibari hit the goal from eleven meters after an unfortunate hand by Mesik. But after a ball on the arm of Mauro Júnior, Heracles also got a penalty, which Hornkamp cashed in. Kulenovic made it on a pass from the also just substituted Engels 2-2. After they had both missed a great chance to make it 2-3, Veerman scored from distance. Again the Heracles came alongside, via Hornkamp, after which Til signed for the 4-3 after an excellent play by Dest.
Dest who was also responsible for two goals (2-2 and 3-3) by being far out of position to be able to intervene in time. He in the first half alreay was very lucky in minute 34, when he was out of position too and a player could receive the ball with plenty of space and then could dribble into the box, but his aim for the far side upper corner was inprecise, so Dest escaped there.
Pepi had a few good efforts, but for the rest was invisible.

So PSV just escaped point loss.
Boy, was that referee Bos bad

 

NEC also not past tough Telstar
NEC has squandered points after four wins in a row.
The number 3 got stuck at 2-2 at bottom of the table Telstar, which drew for the fifth time in six matches. NEC often popped up in front of Telstar's goal in the first half. Yet the 0-1 did not come. Telstar countered with their only attempt before halftime to 1-0: Hardeveld headed in on a pass from Noslin. With a header by Linssen, it was equalized. Hardeveld also took advantage of his (and Telstars) second chance with a nice shot: 2-1. After Sandler's hands, Telstar received a penalty kick, which Hetli couldn't get past Crettaz. Super sub Shiogai equalized with his fifth goal in five matches.
The 3-2 and the 2-3 were disallowed.
In the very last second, despite a VAR intervention, the 2-3 was cancelled.

 

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Full time Ajax - Feyenoord:

 

FC Twente - Go Ahead Eagles full time:

 

Ultras from Vak-P honour Enschede with the largest banner ever made in Europe With the largest fully painted atmosphere action in Europe, the Ultras of Vak-P paid an impressive tribute to Enschede on Sunday afternoon in De Grolsch Veste. The city that celebrates its 700th anniversary this year.

https://www.ad.nl/enschede/ultras-v...ste-spandoek-ooit-gemaakt-in-europa~a18b3828/
video in link, if it works.

 

Table after matchday 16:

 

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It's quite funny that Heitinga got ordered to play Ajax football with a crew completely unequipped to do so, and get's beaten silly and then sacked.
In comes Grim and it took him two matches to understand the why of Johnny's "failure" and decided to stick his middlefinger up to the board and returned to Farioli football, countering from a low defensive block, and presto....

 

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Important clash for the 3d spot
NEC - Ajax
Grim puts Steur and Gloukh back in the starting line-up, Ajax in Nijmegen on the hunt for fifth win in a row Eredivisie Ajax closes the year with an away match against NEC. Fred Grim's team won four matches in a row and hopes to continue that series in Nijmegen. Will the Amsterdam team manage to distance themselves from the number four of the Eredivisie?

 

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Ajax will start with Youri Baas and Sean Steur in the starting line-up against NEC. The defender, who has a past with the Nijmegen team, had to miss The Classic against Feyenoord due to a suspension. The return of Baas is at the expense of Aaron Bouwman. Bouwman was allowed to start last week against Feyenoord, played an excellent game and celebrated with a contract extension. In De Goffert, the talented defender starts on the bench again. Baas forms a central duo with Ko Itakura. Anton Gaaei and Lucas Rosa are the full-backs, behind them is Vitezslav Jaros in goal. The midfield is formed by Youri Regeer, Sean Steur and Davy Klaassen, and up front, Kasper Dolberg is flanked by Oscar Gloukh and Mika Godts. That means that Rayane Bounida, who excelled in the Eurojackpot KNVB Cup match with Excelsior Maassluis, will disappear from the team again.