Marcelo wasn't even in the Real squad that we faced last year. What a joke 11

I guess we'll see Huntelaar, Donny and Promes as 3 out of 4 front line guys. Not sure if Neres will be the 4th. What about Mazraoui? Is he fit, and if yes, is it time for him to return as the RB to rest Dest?

Let's at least score in Eindhoven, for starters...

This championship should be ours with very little points spilled. We are a team with a huge budget and better players than the others. We can't let a sudden resurgence by PSV threaten us

I agree! We should play extra carefully. Their game is exactly what doesn't suit us. Transition play

As much as I don't want Veltman partnering Blind in Defense, Schuurs doesn't seem able to cope with the task. He is still slow in changing direction when an attacker dribbles. I wouldn't like to see him tested against Lille, Chelsea or Valencia. On the other hand, Veltman? I'm still not sure... Mayb...

Making a mistake in the Eredivisie won't be that big a problem, now that we score 2-4 goals per game. But in the CL level? With fast and tall opponents such as Chelsea or Lille??

I guess ETH will not try and play the same way as last year, considering the Martinez-Alvarez are in no way the Schone-De Jong type... Maybe it's for the best. But who knows? I bet there are more changes coming to the line up. Can't believe Veltman is our starting CB for the rest of the season

I don't think the latin American duo in the MF can help us in the build up...

Do we know the sum agreed to be payed if we want to buy him back?

Out of all the positions Martinez can play, I don't think he'll end up playing LB. Saying that, what the hell will our axis be this year? 2 center backs + 2 holding midfielders?? I believe LB, RB, AMC (#10) positions are filled. So that leaves us with the following 8 players for 4 positions: Blind, ...

Maybe we are trying to figure out the Tagliafico replacement...

Squad rotation you say. As if we have some kind of typical starting 11

At last we made it when it matters!!
De Wit going to AZ for 2 million? Weird, but welcome.
I really hope Veltman as a CB was just to make it through August. I'm not sure about the Alvarez - Martinez duo at MF. And with Mazraoui and Donny returning. There's still a puzzle to be solved in our axis.

Dolberg is still an Ajax player and I'm starting to feel like he's gonna stay till the end of his contract...

We have to win. Simple as that. The only result that will do. Nothing wrong with that, cause that's football. YOU PLAY TO WIN (or go home)

Mazraoui. WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT. It's not the first time he played that bad. Remember last year in Rotterdam. And this year, he seems like he's been hypnotized. When he was placed in the MF, I told my friends who where watching the game with me (none of them Ajax fans) that he'll be getting a red. An...

Nothing less than getting through to the CL group phase is acceptable. Apoel isn't a team that should beat us.

I can't see us not conceding... We'll just have to score at least 1

If/when Alvarez joins the starters, we'll have a 4/5 spanish speaking defense line. ------------------------------ Onana -------------------------------- (non spanish speaking) RB - Alvarez - Martinez - Tagliafico maybe we should consider teaching spanish to our RB :drecul.gif: as for the Blind part...

so this years MF will look something like:

Blind - Donny - ? (Marin/Mazraoui/Eiting/Olmo?)

Maybe sending him on loan in a team that plays the preferable football, might be the best for him. I guess Magallan will be next and Labyad the third in the row...

Sneaking suspicion? I am 100% certain!

Yes we did win, but we were very sloppy in possession. The players knew they were better and played the ball around more than needed. Many chances and little success in the first half at least. Better teams would have punished us. Maybe equalize us in the first 45

If Donny stays this year, I would like to see a prediction of the 20/21 team. Considering that Tagliafico, Neres, Ziyech, Donny and possibly some more will leave