I think Stam and Vermalaen should play in central defense and that's what it looks like from the shirt numbers. With Heitinga and Emanuelson on the flanks it can be a very good defense.

I like Vermalaen a lot. He is still very young and made a great improvement last season.

Can someone give me an idea about Ajax's starting line up for next season cause with all these players coming and going I'm confused or maybe we can start a new topic on next season's team ??

Very disappointing but we all know that this WC was too early for this team. It's a young team with a young coach and there are other young players who can fit in. Let us not forget that we're Champions of Europe U21. So I think this team with Van Basten will give us some joys in the next 2 or 3 int...

I don't understand this talk about Holland not playing offensive football. It's not that you choose to defend, it's the case that Ivory Coast played better in 2nd half and we were forced to defend. We all know that Van Basten will never sacrifice the game to good play. In the first half we took all ...

Very good analysis Menno. We tend to expect a lot from our team. But then when you look at it objectively it was a great win. Even back at work, most colleagues, surprisingly said that the Dutch were very good, some even said that they were impressive ! As for the team I agree that Van Nistelrooy an...

I think S-M had the best backline in the group.Better than Argentina with a Gabriel Heinze short on match fitness, Sorin, Burdisso,etc.. Cote` d'Ivoire has offensive horses but i think the Dutch can exploit their defense. That said, the midfield should plan to bring their lunch pails.They will have...

Good match and very important win againt a tough opponent. I think we were quite poor in attack (except Robben of course). Too many chances were wasted. Tactically a very good match. I liked the way the midfielders followed the play and defended throughout the pitch. Let's wait for the other two eng...

Julius schreef:hi guys. Im an Ajacied from a little country in Europe - Albania. I dont know if this is the right section for a presentation but im not so familiar with dutch language (not as much as with dutch football may i say).
So to make it brief i wish good luck to Holland in this WC!

Welcome Julius.

Steef schreef:Yup, it's all about teamspirit. That's why Malta keeps racking up trophies...

You know what I mean ...

Teamspirit will make the difference between the big teams.

I think the greatest mistake you can do in football is giving too much weight to the list of players - it's all about the teamwork and the teamspirit. If it was for the players, Brazil would win every world cup, hands down. England under Sven have grossly underachieved in terms of results and more s...

There will be surprises in this tournament. England are overrated. They have a mediocre coach, their forward line is weak and they're just a bunch of good playes (not stars) with weak team work. Argentina are overrated again and Brazil are good but I have a feeling they will not win it. The real for...

First of all, I send my greetings to the moderator, Manneken Pis and the other 'old' members. Welcome Manila, nice to see you. I think you'll find most of the 'old' members here, it's just that they changed names, and I haven't the imagination to do that... Now that you mention it, "old members" is...

NOS Teletext is saying that Van Der Vaart joined the group for training today. Van Bronckhorst and Jaliens are also training with the group as normal.

There are still some problems for Cocu and Sneijder however. At least that's what I understood cause my Dutch is not that good !

First of all, I send my greetings to the moderator, Manneken Pis and the other 'old' members. It's been a long time since I logged but I think they remember Manila from the old Ajax forums. Is Menno still around ? As for the first match i think Germany will win. We're under-rating Germany. They are ...

De Jong and Schaars are now on standby. This does not augur well. This morning I read that Sneijder, Cocu and Van Bronckhorst will be fit for the first match !

I think that Ten Cate is the best option. We can carry on with Krol and Bruins Slot and Ten Cate moves in at end of season. I do not agree on Adriaanse and Jol will not come to Ajax. Blind and Laudrup are not among my best options neither. I want Krol to remain involved since I think he is respected...

Hi Menno and everyone. It's been months since I last posted coz I was busy but yesterday I was unlucky enough to watch the game against Auxerre and I felt I had to come here and say KOEMAN ERA HAS ENDED. I used to defend him in the past but now he is undefendable. With these players he is expected t...

Thank you guys for your help...

By the way do you know if it possible to buy the card online through the Internet ?

Thanks

Hey there I am a new user although I am involved in other Ajax forums around. I would like to ask Dutch residents if it is possible to buy the Dutch TV decoder card from abroad and how. I am refering to the card having the following channels: NED 1, NED 2, NED 3, RTL 5, SBS 6 and C+Blue and C+Red. I...