Sustain the Excellence: Ajax, 2019-20

this is good news for schuurs.

 

Looks like a deal is real close for Ziyech to join Chelsea next season for 45m euro

 

Yeah it's a done deal now. Wish he would have gone to a better club. Bummed he is going but it was time. He's been so much better than everyone else in the Netherlands this year.

 

Ajax sign Antony, a 19-year old winger, from Sao Paolo... most expensive signing in Eredivisie history.

 

Spending Ziyech money already?

 

Babel's hair is pink now

 

Amsterdam paper Parool rating

 

Siem off to MLS:

https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/693902599/siem-de-jong-op-weg-naar-fc-cincinnati

 

AD Sportwereld rating

Ajax – RKC 3-0
Ajax: Onana 7; Dest 6, Alvárez 7, Martinez 6,5, Tagliafico 6,5; Van de Beek 7 (79. Ekkelenkamp), Eiting 6,5, Ziyech 6,5 (46. Blind 7); Tadic 6, Babel 5,5, Traoré 6 (61. Huntelaar)
RKC: Vaessen 5,5; Gaari 5, Mulder 5,5 (46. Meulensteen 5,5), Delcroix 6,5, Quasten 5,5; Van der Venne 5 (73. Reijnders -), Rienstra 5,5, Leemans 5; Sow 5,5 (83. Elbers -), Bilate 5, Hansson 5
Scheidsrechter: Higler 5,5
Man of the match: Donny van de Beek versierde in de eerste helft een strafschop en was in de tweede helft belangrij via een assist. De aanvallende middenvelder was de beste man aan Ajax-zijde.

 

Looks like I will miss todays game

 

If we manage to get something from this game with this line up we'll be the luckiest team around. Whatever, good luck.

 

Getafe is disgraceful. What a joke of a match.

 

Man... Getafe is like the worse version of Valencia. Its just endless fouls and diving to break up this game. What has happned to the Spanish teams?

Its working though... we have no answer to it with or broken attack. We need a goal, even just 1 would be huge.

 

Man it seems like Ziyech and Tadic are misplacing every attempted ball in the final third. Just so many passes to the keeper with too much power.

And WOW what a mess up by Babel on that header! So much space for two ajax players!

 

Tadic has been so wasteful tonight (and lots of the season).

He's not great as a RW. Much better as a 10, 9, LW. Ten Hag didn't put the team in a position to do well tonight.

 

******** you Schuurs, you're kidding me. What kind of idiotic pass was that? Can't even complete a simple pass allowing that counter to happen? Jesus our whole team was SO SHIT. Tadic so wasteful, Babel so wasteful (although at least he tried), Ziyech couldn't do anything.

Man, Getafe is the anti-Ajax in every way. Imagine being a Getafe fan and having to watch this shit every game? Just diving and feigning injury non stop since the first moment.

We were still in an ok position, but that gifted goal by Schuurs really ********ed us.

 

ten Hag's decisions tonight were absolutely terrible. Why the hell didn't he change the midfield? Why bring on Shuurs at CB late in a tight match? Bizarre.

 

Babel is just done. He is so slow and makes so many dumb decisions. Ziyech looked like he could care less and his head is already with Chelsea. Tadic has been poor all year imo. Had an incredible year last year but just hasn't been able to come close to that.

Schuurs with such a stupid decision at the end there. No idea what he was doing, but no one wanted to move and try and create lanes out there. Just a really lazy performance.

Just not enough creativity in this team. Can't build up from the back with guys like Martinez and Alvarez.

Really missed Promes pace down the wings tonight

 

This year Schuurs has played the total of 60 minutes in competitive games for Ajax and tonight he had to play in a high stake ECT game. Of course he is prone to mistakes. This isn't the way to develop a player. How Alvarez, Martinez, Babel end up being Ajax players really beats me. Ziyech and Tadic didn't have a useful move the entire game. Well this pretty much sums it up. On another note teams like Getafe are disgrace to football.

 

Martinez is not good enough technically to play MF for Ajax. Alvarez isn't good enough period.

I have no clue why ten Hag did 2 like for like subs. Ajax didn't have a shot until late in the match and he at not point changed the tactics. Absolute insanity.

 

Only saw the last ten minutes in which Dest backpassed a ball into the Ajax box to two Getafe players around 87th minute iirc and was saved by Varela who dived on the ball before those two could get a hold on it. Schuurs with a pass with too little speed intercepted and in the counter Dest unlucky directing the ball the other way Varela was diving to.

 

Don't worry, ten Hag didn't have either.