Maarten Stekelenburg

[souras84]

we are gonna go to russia with Pizza? It's starting to look awfully intriguing!!! I LOVE IT

[Orange14]

Correct . Bizot is next and I do not think you can recall players in Holland on loan so Padt wont come back this season.

Thanks, I know in the EPL they can loan players out with a right to recall but these are usually short term deals. We will see how things work out. Personally I think Verhoeven will do an OK job. He may look funny but he's pretty quick on his first two steps which is all a keeper needs. It will be interesting.

[GangstaRiB]

Correct . Bizot is next and I do not think you can recall players in Holland on loan so Padt wont come back this season.

Thanks, I know in the EPL they can loan players out with a right to recall but these are usually short term deals. We will see how things work out. Personally I think Verhoeven will do an OK job. He may look funny but he's pretty quick on his first two steps which is all a keeper needs. It will be interesting.

And Verhoeven is a BIG man. He may be a little chubby, but he is around 2 meters tall. I agree with you that he will do a good job,

[Tom_]

Same. The whole idea that he's unfit because he's chubby is ridiculous. He's a professional athlete, I have no doubt at all that he would beat anyone on this board in a fitness test.

I guess his size / weight would slow him down in a straight out running race, but that's not so important for a goalie.

[Orange14]

Same. The whole idea that he's unfit because he's chubby is ridiculous. He's a professional athlete, I have no doubt at all that he would beat anyone on this board in a fitness test.

I guess his size / weight would slow him down in a straight out running race, but that's not so important for a goalie.

Nice piece on him here: http://totalfootballnl.blogspot.com/201 ... l?spref=tw Comparison to Piet Schrijvers is probably spot on!

[Philippe]

Nice article. Let's give him his own thread on this forum.

[Kowalczyk]

Stekelenburg underwent surgery yesterday. His thumb has been fixed and we're now looking at 7 to 9 weeks on the sideline (rather than 4 to 6, as it was initially reported). This means Maarten Stekelenburg has almost certainly played his last game for Ajax.

K.

[Philippe]

...we're now looking at 7 to 9 weeks on the sideline (rather than 4 to 6, as it was initially reported). This means Maarten Stekelenburg has almost certainly played his last game for Ajax.
K.

His last game this season anyway. Very bad news.

[souras84]

One more captain will say a silent farewell......

[Orange14]

One more captain will say a silent farewell......

Huntelaar also had a "silent farewell" as I recall. If offered the Captains armband, I'm not sure that I would accept it.

[souras84]

One more captain will say a silent farewell......

Huntelaar also had a "silent farewell" as I recall. If offered the Captains armband, I'm not sure that I would accept it.

hahahahaha

That you should do!

[SPL]

Vertonghen will now have the captains arm band and I think he will go in ther summer. Sad to think Steks may have played his last game for us. He has said he will only join a really big team so we will have to see.

[souras84]

Show me the money!!! And pray Kenneth is as good as he used to be!

[Orange14]

Nice piece by Ernst Bouwes on Steks: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/st ... rg?cc=5901

[ofey]

If our captains don't even last 1 year, how are we ever going to progress?

[Philippe]

The question now is : who will be our next goalie ? Vermeer or someone else ?

[Orange14]

The question now is : who will be our next goalie ? Vermeer or someone else ?

If he is fully healthy, Vermeer; he has proven his worth when Stekelenberg was hurt (and out of favor with van Basten). If not, we may need to go outside the system for a new keeper until one of the youth keepers is ready. I don't fancy Bizot from what I've seen and don't know how Padt has done on loan.

[Philippe]

I don't think Vermeer was very convincing then. Maybe we should have a go with one of the new guys from Young Ajax.

[rjf1]

I think Vermeer did very well -- well enough that they didn't reinstate Steks right away when he came back.

[Philippe]

As you say. I do remember how it ended too. Vermeer is not bad, although I still have a painful memory of the goal conceded in Marseille. But his style is very different from Stekelenburg's.

[Orange14]

I think Vermeer did very well -- well enough that they didn't reinstate Steks right away when he came back.

I think he did as well. It's important to remember that he is a different type of keeper than Stekelenberg. He is shorter and more of reaction keeper in the manner of Iker Casillas. I he is full recovered from the Achilles injury he will be a capable #1.

[Philippe]

I assume his different style would more or less imply a different organization for the defenders.

[Over Pasanens Head]

I assume his different style would more or less imply a different organization for the defenders.

Organization and a reference to our defenders appears to me not to really go together well in the same sentence.

[Orange14]

I assume his different style would more or less imply a different organization for the defenders.

Organization and a reference to our defenders appears to me not to really go together well in the same sentence.

This is not only the quote of the day, but the quote of the season!!! (and probably a lot of other recent seasons)

[Cedric]

Come on, Ajax is still in competition to have the best defense for the second season in a row.