The Schreuder Era Starts and Ends: 2022-23 Ajax Season

Ajax MF needs quality upgrades.
Because of their lack of talent in this area the attack is broken as well.
Apart from Berghuis we don’t see much quality whatsoever.
Another important factor that hurts this current team is the lacking of quality from their outside backs.
Rensch and Wijndal don’t have it.
There is no supply line to the wingers or wide forwards which has been a huge staple of past Ajax sides.
Tadic was poor again too. Pitifully slow on the ball had a great chance in box but stumbled and bumbled himself making stupid faces.
Just so annoying watching this lackluster play continue from him.
For the crazy statistics and analytical guys out there his numbers are deceiving.
That all said second leg in Germany is very winnable as Union are not great.
Ajax will need to function better with their speed of play and movement.

 

No, I'm a member at Los Naranjos.
I'm still aiming to break 90, thats how much I suck at golf

 

Tadic is at the end of his career and needs to be replaced.
For some reason I think he would make a great coach should he ever consider going into coaching

 

Ouch.
https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetba...bar-weinig-klaar-tegen-union-berlin~a4cb8c4a/
Ajax speelt met Frank de Boer-voetbal bar weinig klaar tegen Union Berlin

Met samenvattingAjax heeft bij de Europese hervatting bar weinig klaargespeeld tegen Union Berlin. Tegen de Duitse nummer 2 maakten trainer John Heitinga en zijn opkrabbelende elftal geen aanspraak op de vijfde opeenvolgende zege en daarmee een fraaie uitgangspositie: 0-0.

Johan Inan 16-02-23, 20:38 Laatste update: 07:17

 

German comments on the match are not giving Heitinga a good look.
https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetba...-totale-mislukking-in-de-frontlinie~a65fb042/
"Especially in the first half, Ajax, relegated from the Champions League, had no idea how to deal with the Unioner, but things didn't get much better after half-time," writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

 

What the hell has happened to bergwijn? Someone wanna explain. Has he flopped or???

Cant see him being called up by Koeman.

 

Well, let's hope Heitinga makes it into the next round.

 

I'd like to see what Fitz-Jim or Grillitsch have. They both can actually pass/advance the ball. Especially if you have Alvarez in the MF to help them.

Some of the drops in quality (RW, LCB, RB, CM, ST) are just downright shocking. You throw in Tadic isn't as good as last year and of all the sudden there are very few good footballers on this team.

When Timber/Kudus (IMO best 2 technical players) leave this summer, we're in serious serious trouble. It's really bad.

The brightside is Rulli looks good and that position should be set for a couple years. Elsewhere? Total disaster. Entire roster needs an overhaul.

 

He gets little supply.
Big problem with the lack of combination from Left Midfield and Left back.
Bergwijn is good when he gets on the ball most of the time but again the lack of talent surrounding him and in this entire squad unfortunately is below normal Ajax standards.

 

Watch a so called Ajax talent Kenneth Taylor play and it’s very sobering as he rarely moves the ball forward.
He plays with very little confidence it’s hard

San Diego is good living.
My son just got accepted to San Diego State.
Waiting on the financials which will be difficult.
Beautiful place to live

 

I agree. The 'consistently making CL KO stages' was going to eventually end. But to go from 6 wins in 6 matches to getting absolutely destroyed in the group stages is shocking.

This is a giant drop in quality from just last year. I'm hoping we can make some good buys this summer and promote a couple youth players to be good enough to be respectable in CL/a Quarterfinalist type EL team. Getting rid of players who aren't good enough. I think we're in for a few years of going back to irrelevancy in Europe unless we hit some home runs. We have some giant swings and misses from last summer.

I hope I am wrong-- things can change quickly. People say this Hato-age group has some speical players. We've had a few total dud generations from the academy.

 

Sounds like paradise

 

Pretty strong effort today with quality movement in attack and speed of play.
Brobbey will need to play early on Thursday to put pressure on the Union Berlin backline.
Outside backs will need to play with the same energy getting up and down the flanks and the midfield must be a factor with quality possession between the lines.
Get Bergwijn and Berghuis on the ball as much as possible.

 

LOL @ Driessen. Make up your mind

 

Funny how much we would love Schreuder back. It might still happen if our board is willing to swallow the bitter pill and accept that Parker was a horrendous appointment.

 

MvB thinks Kudus is better than Antony. He has a point

https://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=415238

 

Maybe a swap should have been made

 

First half against Union Berlin down 2 nil. Tadic not a striker.
Outside backs don’t get involved in the attack much.
Bassey awkward handball.
Kudus mindless positional play negated tying up the match.
Rulli with a disgusting howler right after likely kills match against a rather poor Union side.
Bergwijn needs the ball more.
Sad times for this Ajax fan