Goal vdHoorn!!! Well, that was easy....

Interesting (if depressing) piece on ESPNFC about Southampton and our old friend Ronald Koeman, perhaps with special relevance for the Eredivisie in general and Ajax in particular: http://www.espnfc.us/blog/espn-fc-united-blog/68/post/1964442/southampton-exodus-simply-and-sadly-shows-submission-to-f...

Luis Suárez to Barca, and I for one can't wait for his first clash with Pepe. What do you suppose the over/under on violent fouls will be?

I watched this one at a local pub here in Austin, where I sat next to and chatted at some length with the owner, a fellow who spent his childhood bouncing between Liverpool (he's a huge Reds fan) and Texas. I told him that I'd been an Ajax/Oranje fan since the Cruijff era, and was still pulling for ...

5-1!?!?!? Iker Casillas looked pretty rusty, but still....

Thought Blind did really well.

My father, who was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, moved to the U.S. in the early '50s, and I used to go down with him every year to visit his parents. They died many years ago, and I haven't been back since, but I've still gotta go with Brazil. (My mother was born in Italy, so I can always fall ...

Nice prank by adidas and Edwin van der Sar on Frank, Siem and Daley. Personally, I kinda like the waffle pattern kit. And I would love to see them play in the tuxedo kit, like on April Fool's Day or something like that. https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/ajax-players-and-manager-...

I see that AC Milan has sacked Clarence Seedorf as manager, less than five months into the 2 1/2-year contract he signed in January, and replaced him with Pippo Inzaghi. His severance is supposedly about €10M, plus he's free of that hideous Silvio Berlusconi, so I guess we shouldn't feel too sorry f...

^^^ Totally agree, afcajax73. (I'm still a big fan of actual collars, as opposed to crew necks.)

I'm a little late to the party, as usual, but am well chuffed to have this site up and running again, and want to add my thanks to all who made it possible. I look forward to many more seasons of celebrating our favorite club, and learning from all you experts - maybe one of these years I'll actuall...

With apologies for the clumsy Google translation, here's the announcement on the official club site: "Yesterday should have been for our club and our supporters. Fantastic day Unfortunately, a group of fans travel companions fit to ruin it. Football feast With reprehensible behavior they have discre...

Now 4-1. This is shite.

3-1! WTF?!?

Kishna with a beauty! 3-0!

Michael Laudrup's been sacked at Swansea City.

Hee hee!

Hey, we're back! Raymon, I'm having the same problem with "automatically log me on next time I visit" not working. Google Chrome on MacOS 10.7.5. Cleared the cache and deleted all the ajaxtalk-related cookies but it didn't help... Same here (using Firefox). Glad to have the site back up and running...

Rory Smith on ESPNFC suggests that Siem could be a target for Manchester United this transfer season?

Happy holidays to all, and many thanks for sharing your expertise about the greatest club in the world. Here's to a healthy and prosperous 2014!

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A pretty depressing display so far - lousy crosses, off-target shots....

Van basten schreef:Red card for montolivo!!!

And richly deserved, too. That was a horrific challenge.

Well done! 4-0, top of the table (at least for now). And we've outscored our opponents 14-0 in the last four league matches - plus, of course, the 2-1 over Barcelona.

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I'm reading and thus far enjoying Russell Shorto's new book, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City. Anybody else out there read it already?

Same old story: lots of possession, no goals. Making me nervous; Milan is packing in, daring us to break them down, and all I can see is Balotelli breaking loose on a counter....