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This guy doesn't have his own thread yet...

Jaap Stam will officially be an Ajacied on 01 July.

http://www.ajax-usa.com/news/2005-2006/ ... -july.html

K.

Over here we call him the MUMMY, nice to have somebody as intimadating and respected in our backline.

Oponents strikers better beware of the mummy :yes:

haha yeah, "la momia Stam" :D
He is going to help our defense a lot, not only by intimidating opponents but by helping our other defenders and becoming a sort of "teacher" for them. If we could get Davids in the midfield it would really be a dream team for us.

totally agree.

In your opinion will Jaap be our new skipper?

He doesn't have any other way. He will be the most known and most experienced Ajacied next season (unless we buy Davids). I hope that he'll do his best in defence.

His experience alone is a great addition. Especially considering that THE MUMMY's career experience at top league level(i.e. Eredivisie or Premier League or Serie A or ...you get the point) is probably equal to or more than four players who played significant minutes for Ajax last year; Emanuelson, Vermaelen, Boakye and Heitinga ;combined.

Looking forward to watching Jaap Stam play. I do think he is the most logical choice to wear the Captain's armband. :xyxthumbs: Second choice is Heitinga or Lindenbergh.

I don't think he'll start as our captain but he might end up being it. Personally I would like Sneijder to have the armband but it's not very likely, so my guess would be Heitinga, or Davids :eusa_pray:

orange goblin schreef:In your opinion will Jaap be our new skipper?

In a recent interview Henk ten Cate said something like: "Jaap will be the 'natural leader' of the team. You don't have to give him the captain's armband for that."

He also said that Stam has experience and a natural type of leadership, but that he is not much of a talker on the pitch.

My gut feeling is that he will make Sneijder captain - but that Stam is the man all the youngsters will look up to.

K.

ajaxperu schreef:haha yeah, "la momia Stam" :D
He is going to help our defense a lot, not only by intimidating opponents but by helping our other defenders and becoming a sort of "teacher" for them. If we could get Davids in the midfield it would really be a dream team for us.

I have often wondered why people see players like Stam and Davids somehow able to guide and coach younger players. Just because you are an experienced player does not automatically mean that you can coach your collegues.

Stam is good at neutralizing an attacker but he is not someone who organises the defense. Davids is a useful midfielder but he totally goes up into his own game. Not much coaching to be expected from there either.

Both these players have to focus on their own play in order to be useful. I never saw them showing the ambition to be leaders in any of their teams in the past. If they are forced to take on such a role at Ajax it may prove a big mistake.

I dont think snijder is suited for the armband yet, i would rather go with Heitinga or why not Maduro ??? He's been captain before with the Oranje U-20.

I always thought of Stam as more vocal and fiery. My mistake.If Stam is a more quiet, lead by example and work ethic type as opposed to a vocal Chivu-esque presence(my choice), he'd probably not be the right choice after all. I do remember Johnny Heitinga as captain of Jong Ajax.Don't know how vocal he is,but at least he has led a side and marshalled a defence.

Blind3 schreef:If Stam is a more quiet, lead by example and work ethic type as opposed to a vocal Chivu-esque presence(my choice), he'd probably not be the right choice after all.

Great way to put it.

Heitinga I wouldn't choose since he is not even certain of a spot in the starting line-up. If nobody else joins the team I would go for Sneijder or Huntelaar.

w/e happened to Grygera?

My guess is some people, like me I admit, are presuming Grygera will transfer this summer. I've read rumors about him moving to Italy for several years now.

Re-posting...

MokumMan schreef:Yo Jews accros the Atlantic. I'm from Amsterdam and it's great to see that Ajax also lives in the USA. :xyxthumbs:

Ajax will be champion in 2007, Jaap Stam is a mean machine and will kick some Feyenoord but!

Keep up the work. Cheers

K.

If these man comes on the pitch, you have already scored 1-0:

He looks like Jan van Halst's evil cousin .

You need to be a good player to be able to go through and leave Stam behind, but you also need to have guts. Look at that guy, he is evil man! imagine being fouled by Stam, I'd say at least a couple of months in the hospital ;)
so cool to have a defender like that in our team!

somehow i'm still not used of the image of Stam in an Ajax jersey.

Henk de Gier schreef:somehow i'm still not used of the image of Stam in an Ajax jersey.

Yep Henk its weird alright. A good kind of weird though me thinks :yes:

Henk de Gier schreef:somehow i'm still not used of the image of Stam in an Ajax jersey.

me too but i fuckin' love this boy. now we have to buy only senderos and our defense will be the preattiest in Europe

Jaap Stam has picked up four yellow cards so far. One more and he will be automatically suspended for one game.

It is very important that he does not get his fifth one against Groningen on the 14th. If that happens he will be suspended for Feyenoord away. So take it easy, Yip-Yap.

K.

Kowalczyk schreef:Jaap Stam has picked up four yellow cards so far. One more and he will be automatically suspended for one game.

K.

Yes, he picks a lot of yellow cards, but - in my opinion - other players won't get a card for some of the fouls he commited. He is tall and looks very dangerous, so a few referees gave him a card almost for nothing... Anyway, it's good to have Stam in defensive line :worshippy: .

Hopefully we will have Stam available against Feyenoord, but even without him I think we can win the klassiker. Fingers crossed, this season will be terrible for Feyenoord.

So... what's the extent of Stam's injury? I'm on pins and needles. He's THAT important to Ajax at the moment...