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My God, what is wrong with NAC...? Okay, they're poor, but they should still beat TOP Oss, shouldn't they? That team is paralyzed. Totally stunned. They really are on their way down now...Kowalczyk schreef:'Decisive games on 28 April:
E: Helmond Sport - FC Volendam 0-1
F: TOP Oss - NAC Breda 1-0
To be quite honest with you: no, I don't get that feeling at all...bluedaddy19 schreef:anybody else get the feeling AJAX is going to plunder through the playoffs again, leaving us all to wonder where that sort of fire was on the last day of the season?
Yes, I do - and it would beautifully prove my point. AZ have been mentally focused on the title until the bitter end. It all ended in tears and instead of a good party and an early vacation, they suddenly have to flick the switch, re-charge the batteries and focus on four extra games, in which they can't really win anything: they can only repair some of the damage.GangstaRiB schreef:Ko, you think that Twente will beat AZ? I don't think so...
Cultural idiom explanation: “soap-box” is an American term used to describe the public voicing of opinions to people who may or may not want to hear it. Early in American history, political or cultural speakers or dissidents would often find a public street corner and bring a soap-box, literally a wooden box about a half-meter high, and stand up on it to speak. This shouting on the streets sometimes had an audience, and sometimes did not, but it was an interesting phenomenon none the less. So, nowadays, to say that someone is “on his soap-box” refers to a person who is publicly sharing his opinions for his own satisfaction, with or without listeners.Kowalczyk schreef: I hope Ajax will prove me blatantly wrong, if only because (if my scenario comes true) Philippe will climb on his soap box for another anti-Ten Cate rant, which I think is short-sighted and a simplification of the steps forward this club has structurally made this season. But oh well, we'll see what happens.
K.
Kowalczyk schreef: Yes, I do - and it would beautifully prove my point. AZ have been mentally focused on the title until the bitter end. It all ended in tears and instead of a good party and an early vacation, they suddenly have to flick the switch, re-charge the batteries and focus on four extra games, in which they can't really win anything: they can only repair some of the damage.
In the last two months Twente never even thought about the title. They don't have to swallow any frustration or disappointment, they haven't battled until the bitter end. They are mentally much more ready for this job than AZ.
Same thing goes for Ajax (frustrated, tired and under pressure) and Heerenveen (mentally relaxed and totally free of pressure). Mark my words: #2 and #3 blowing it in the play-offs will become a pattern.
K.
I wouldn't have put it like that, as I live by the Gospel of Ko, but I agree, I don't see any team but Ajax or AZ (much less likely) win the playoffs. TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LADS!!!!philippe schreef:
As more and more people seek psychotherapy online, experts worry that charlatans may take advantage of them.
Mark my words, only Ajax or AZ can win the play-offs.
Oh well, what's French for "humble pie"? (carcajou schreef:I wouldn't have put it like that, as I live by the Gospel of Ko, but I agree, I don't see any team but Ajax or AZ (much less likely) win the playoffs. TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LADS!!!!philippe schreef:
As more and more people seek psychotherapy online, experts worry that charlatans may take advantage of them.
Mark my words, only Ajax or AZ can win the play-offs.
do I need another Cultural Idiom Explanation?). I seriously thing either Heerenveen or Twente will win the play-offs, if nothing else based on the English league experience where we've had promotion play-offs for the last 20 years or so. The cynic in me also thinks that the KNVB will re-think the whole CL play-off system once this hapens a few times.....
Kowalczyk schreef:For Twente and Heerenveen it's a different story: they're over the moon already, because they'll play in Europe next season, for the first time in a few years.
Kowalczyk schreef:Yes, I do - and it would beautifully prove my point. AZ have been mentally focused on the title until the bitter end. It all ended in tears and instead of a good party and an early vacation, they suddenly have to flick the switch, re-charge the batteries and focus on four extra games, in which they can't really win anything: they can only repair some of the damage.GangstaRiB schreef:Ko, you think that Twente will beat AZ? I don't think so...
In the last two months Twente never even thought about the title. They don't have to swallow any frustration or disappointment, they haven't battled until the bitter end. They are mentally much more ready for this job than AZ.
Same thing goes for Ajax (frustrated, tired and under pressure) and Heerenveen (mentally relaxed and totally free of pressure). Mark my words: #2 and #3 blowing it in the play-offs will become a pattern.
K.
I agree. I think Heerenveen is the scariest opponent in the group and the one (IIRC) that has given us the hardest time this season. It's too bad PSV and F*&%*%#$&$ aren't in the playoffs this time around.Venezuelan Ajacied schreef:I for one am scared sick of the heerenveen match, ajax always struggle at the Abe Lenstra and in the play-off its one bad game and you`re almost out. I would worry more on that game than on the next (be it twente or AZ).
PD: Groningen gave us one hell of a scare last season so i would expect more of the same this time around.
I agree with you that they could cause us problems. However, I am optimistic of getting another good result there this week, as away at their place earlier on in the season it was a very easy 3 points for us.aveslacker schreef:I agree. I think Heerenveen is the scariest opponent in the group and the one (IIRC) that has given us the hardest time this season.
interesting set of stats that MP. I looked at it once and wondered how I was so wrong re the top-placed team when they get the greatest percentage of promotions but then I looked at it again and I was right really........59.3% of times, the highest placed team misses out.Manneken Pis schreef:
Overall: No1 seed: 22 promotions (40.7%); No2 seed: nine promotions (16.7%); No3 seed: 12 promotions (22.2%); No4 seed: 11 promotions (20.4%).
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