Young Ajax in the Jupiler League

[SPL]

Home to Emmen tonight 20.00 CET probably cricfree will have a stream.

Kenny Tete will be making his comeback after injury which is good news. He has played more than the 15 minimum first team games so is not normally allowed to play for Jong but players who have been out long term injured are allowed. Expect he will play 45 mins.

[SPL]

About to start ,cricfree has a stream.

Onana

Tete,V Bruggen,Warmerdam,Owusu

Clement,deJong,Bakker

Muric,Zivkovic,Acolatse


Nouri and Cerny playing for A1 youths tomorrow.Ajax need to win the A1 league to ensure they qualify for the U19 CL next season. (If the first team qualify for the group stages of the CL our U19 automatically qualify)

[SPL]

subs tonight Groothuizen,Mirani,Dankerlui,Vissie,Sanniez,El Mahdioui,Hendriks.

[SPL]

0-0 HT. Good clear picture on cricfree stream 43 . No commentary just the sounds from the ground.We had the most possession ,plenty of quick movement and quick passing but no real chances.

[SPL]

We won 2-0 very comfortable .Zivkovic with a nice finish from a goalie error after 49 and Hendriks on 61 after some good attacking play.Emmen were down to 10 men after 64 so the game was over at that stage.

Muric went off with an injury on 53 ,Hendriks replaced him.Tete played 59 mins ,Dankerlui his sub. I believe Tete can only play the 1Jong game so expect to see him in the first team squad next week v Utrecht.

A much tougher game on Monday ,away to run away leaders Sparta Rotterdam

[SPL]

Away to Sparta tonight 20.00 CET and its on tv so streams . Expect Sinkgraven,v d Beek and Fischer to play.

[Cruijff]

Yes it's for sure on tv as Sparta Rotterdam can win the title and return to Eredivisie after many years tonight.

Interesting game with a lot of young and talented players on the pitch in both teams.

[SPL]

Yes I have read Dumfries and v Drongelen are highly rated for them.

[SPL]

Our team tonight

Onana

Owusu,V Bruggen,Warmerdam,Dankerlui

v d Beek,de Jong,Sinkgraven

Hendriks,Zivkovic,Fischer

subs Groothuizen,Sanniez,Mirani,El Madioui,Clement,Bakker,Acolatse

A strong midfield and attack but ordinary defence. My mate Sanniez clearly not rated still on the bench.

[SPL]

1-0 to Sparta at Ht. Plenty of passing and possession from Ajax but no end result no real chances. Sparta will be promoted if they win this and I dont see us stopping them from celebrating tonight.

[Orange14]

I got back home for the final 15 minutes and saw some midfield possession but not much else. Let's hope for some pressure in the 2nd half and at least one goal.

[Orange14]

Wonder goal by Sinkgraven, all even at 1-1

[SPL]

Sparta won 3-1 and are champs and promoted.The only acceptable club from Rotterdam.

Wonderful goal by Sinkgraven and we did hold them until about 84 mins.Free kick hit the cross bar rebounded Onana saved the rebound shot but a Sparta player got to the ball for 2-1. The lad who scored their 3rd Sherjill MacDonald is from our academy , remember he left us for Anderlecht as a 16 year old many years ago.

Plenty of passing but not enough chances by us but they are a very good team . Subs Fischer played 60 mins ,Acolatse replaced him and on 70 Clement for deJong.

[Cruijff]

Did you also continue to watch the celebrations at the Sparta ground after the game, SPL?

Indeed a spectacular final 20 minutes of the game and a great long distance shot scored by Sinkgraven and at the end a well deserved promotion from Sparta.

Some Sparta fans I spoke after the match said Viktor Fischer played really bad. How would you guys rate his performance?

[Orange14]

Some Sparta fans I spoke after the match said Viktor Fischer played really bad. How would you guys rate his performance?

Acolatse did more in his 20 or so minutes than Fischer did in 70. He was awful. I think he has totally lost interest in Ajax since being overtaken by Younes. I'm not sure what we can get for him in terms of a transfer fee but I cannot see him regaining a starting spot any time soon. I had high hopes for him prior to his leg injury but don't see the same kind of passion and his selfishness when on the ball is disturbing.

[SPL]

Home to RKC tonight 20.00 CET ,even if its not on tv all our home games seem to be shown on cricfreetv.Tete has been allowed to play again by the Dutch FA .

[Cruijff]

Yes cricfreetv is doing great with providing all these streams but a ticket for Jong Ajax - RKC Waalwijk only costs 5 euros so I would say just make the ride from England to De Toekomst.

[SPL]

cricfree has a stream ,will be the usual one for games ie no commentary but a near perfect picture.

Tete has not been given permision to play but Nouri and Cerny are and my mate Sanniez,well Ithink he is better than most.

Groothuizen

Owusu, Sanniez,v Bruggen,Warmerdam

El Mahdioui,de Jong ,Nouri

Cerny,Hendriks,Acolatse

susb Alblas,Vissie,Dankerlui,Bakker,Clement ,Zivkovic.

Murci out for the season with a hamstring.

[SPL]

Finished 0-0 ,a very unexciting game to watch.Nouri should be playing a lot higher standard, so much quality wasted at this level.

Warmerdam went off injured after 6 mins so Clement came on as RB with Owusu then LB. Dankerlui replaced Cerny for the last 20 mins the other sub.

[Orange14]

Only saw the last 15 minutes. Groothuizen made a very difficult save at the 80th minute off a wicked deflection and though he spilled the ball he saved it from going over the line. I've seen him play several times and it looks like he has good quality as a keeper.

[SPL]

Agree Groothuizen looks a decent goalie, Onana is ahead of him but if Cillessen left this summer we would still need to buy a goalie.

[SPL]

I am not sure how many of this squad will make it. There are too many making up the numbers. I like the 2 goalies as said in the above post. Of the defenders Owusu is good going forward and when he plays Sanniez always looks decent to me. The others dont impress. Midfield is easy de Jong looks very good and I am a fan of Nouri.Both need to play with better players at a higher standard.Up front Muric and Cerny are similar in style although since Christmas Muric has progressed and sadly Cerny seems to have stalled a bit.

No one else impresses me and last night Hendriks and Acolaste could have played another 90 mins and would not have scored .Sadly Zivkovic looks a poor buy but its more a case he should have been left on loan at Groningen for a couple of seasons.He is still 19 and has time.

[Orange14]

I haven't watched as many Jong matches as SPL but those I have lead me to pretty much the same conclusions. I think what has harmed some of the development is the shuffling between Jong and A1 in the case of Nouri & Cerni. I know that Ajax wanted to do well in the CL Youth competition but these players need a higher level of play than that. Acolatse has had a couple of good moments but I don't see that he's exceptional in any way. Hendricks just doesn't look quick enough. Zivkovic is a total cipher; I think he has some fundamental talent and is likely more of a counter striker than a traditional #9. the fact that he flopped on his loan to Willem II is problematic in my mind.

[Ayman]

Poor Zivkovic, Frank de Boer screwed up his career, now he will end up at Utrecht most likely, assuming that they will sell Halle.

[Cruijff]

I am not sure how many of this squad will make it. There are too many making up the numbers. I like the 2 goalies as said in the above post. Of the defenders Owusu is good going forward and when he plays Sanniez always looks decent to me. The others dont impress. Midfield is easy de Jong looks very good and I am a fan of Nouri.Both need to play with better players at a higher standard.

True but at the other hand it's also good that these very young and 'light' lads learn how to fight hard in games because they are surrounded by sh*t players.

No one else impresses me and last night Hendriks and Acolaste could have played another 90 mins and would not have scored

Yes Sam Hendriks will never become a regular starter for Ajax. He's De Graafschap level and not by coincidence De Graafschap is the team we've bought him from.