02 Aug 2009: FC Groningen - Ajax

[afcajax73]

personally i think micky is one of those players who gives his all when he feels like hes wanted.. and for that he needs regualr playing time, once he gets more time playing i think he will become a good goal scorer for us

[Snyde]

Suarez....Sulejmani!!!

[Ajaxfanuk]

YEAH! MICKY! Fair dues, good goal...some awesome skill on the wing by Enoh leading up to it I might add.

[Kowalczyk]

Yay! 0-1 Sulejmani!

I'm listening to the radio at my hotel room in NYC, but the radio guy says it was a fluent attack. Good field goal.

Cool.

K.

[Tom_]

Ooh bad mistake by Luciano... that was going a long way wide. I guess he didn't know if there was someone behind him for the tap-in though. Still, we'll take it.

[orange goblin]

suarez and dennis in the action also!
well done, we attack pretty well, without a real central striker

[afcajax73]

:) who still doesnt think he should be on

[Snyde]

HT 1-0 to Ajax.

Pretty decent half. I'm pretty pissed that the match is not on my local TV channel. They put it on their schedule...
http://www.zeesports.co.in/sports/TVTimes/TVTimes.aspx

[Tom_]

:) who still doesnt think he should be on

C'mon man, Aissati would've done a triple backflip bicycle kick to put that one in...

Ha

[Jojo]

Pretty good first half. Central defenders doing well today but we should show more in attack. Also think Urby shoul help more in defence as we are getting skinned to often on our left side.

[Snyde]

Pretty good first half. Central defenders doing well today but we should show more in attack. Also think Urby shoul help more in defence as we are getting skinned to often on our left side.

Yeah but Vertonghen is handling it well IMO. Could be better but could be worse...

[afcajax73]

to be fair i dont think our defence is as bad as it seems, atletico are a really good attacking side, as are benfica, we will have a much more slid defence in the eredivisie, im confident we can do it today

[Snyde]

Nice shot by Sulejmani

[Ajaxfanuk]

Yeah I think Vertonghen is playing well, I think we're doing quite well havent had any really scary moments yet, Rommedahl fair play to him is filling his role quite well, and Sulejmani is looking bright, just had a good shot.
Promising signs!
Which of course means it will all fall down around us

[Kowalczyk]

to be fair i dont think our defence is as bad as it seems, atletico are a really good attacking side, as are benfica, we will have a much more slid defence in the eredivisie, im confident we can do it today

And most importantly: it will have to grow. This club is afraid. They're afraid to lose. Afraid to fail again.

Understandable, given the five years we've been through.

What we need is a win in the first game, a first home match that makes people happy, some confidence...

K.

[Ajaxfanuk]

...Im positive Aissati wouldve buried that

[Snyde]

Good attacking move...breaks down for a corner...bad corner...in the hands of the keeper.

Groningen hit with a quick counter but nothing.

[Snyde]

OMG!! Rommedahl! How do you miss that...FFS!

[Ajaxfanuk]

Dennis Rommedahl: The most unlucky footballer ever?

[Kowalczyk]

Strong start in the second half.

Suarez should have scord. Rommedahl, too. We must score that second one now.

Come on Ajax, wrap this one up!

K.

[Amol]

Shit - how did that not go in.

[Snyde]

Totally milked that foul! Yellow for Urby.

Luckily freekick leads nowhere.

[Snyde]

Oooh nice try...Rommedahl did well to get it out of the keeper's hands.

Didn't deserve the yellow...is it me or is the ref too card happy?

[Kowalczyk]

Radio dude says Groningen are very poor. Not a single scoring chance.

It would be so daft if we dropped points here...

Come on, Ajax. Finish them off.

K.

[Ajaxfanuk]

AY! Good on him Rommedahl! 2 - 0