10 May 2009: Ajax - FC Twente

[Kowalczyk]

Last match of the 2008-2009 season.

Will this be the decisive battle for second place...? Fair chance...

K.

[Van basten]

I hope Arena will be boing this ''team'' of clouns all game, no matter what the result will be

[Kowalczyk]

I hope Arena will be boing this ''team'' of clouns all game, no matter what the result will be

I hope the ArenA will be f**king empty, that's what I hope. Fuck 'em.

K.

[DanK]

I hope Arena will be boing this ''team'' of clouns all game, no matter what the result will be

I hope the ArenA will be f**king empty, that's what I hope. Fuck 'em.

K.

Well there is a seat in 411 that will be empty.

[Rooie]

The horror, I bought 3 extra tickets for some first-timers.... F*ck, f*ck, f*ck, AZ at home all over again, cheering provincials

[Philippe]

I am glad I eventually cancelled the trip for the last home game of the season. I will not have to stand this bunch of losers during 90 mn. Not to mention the grim atmosphere I expect at the Arena on this occasion.

(Ajax need to win at least one point in the final match of the season, against Twente, to stay in third place. Philips are three points behind, but have a better goal difference.)

[Kowalczyk]

Squad for tomorrow:

Maarten Stekelenburg
Bruno Silva
Thomas Vermaelen
Rasmus Lindgren
Urby Emanuelson
Miralem Sulejmani
Ismaïl Aissati
Gregory van der Wiel
Rob Wielaert
Eyong Enoh
Siem de Jong
Leonardo
Jan-Arie van der Heijden
Vurnon Anita
Javier Martina
Toby Alderweireld
Daley Blind
Sergio Padt

No Suárez, no Oleguer, no Cvitanich, no Vermeer... It's gonna be a tough one.

K.

[Orange14]

Really conflicted about whether to watch this one or not. Given the game day roster, where is the goal (can't see us getting more than one) going to come from. Will this be Stek's last match between the posts (probably but it's also hard to see what his transfer value will be come summertime)?

[Kowalczyk]

Yeah, it's pretty amazing. Suárez suspended, Cvitanich injured and Young Ajax's Darko Bodul also injured. Which means. No strikers. Yeah... Sulejmani.

Twente have some pretty good defenders, true athletes, so I just can't see us score, to be honest...

K.

[Cedric]

Leonardo is still here... That's 2 strikers + Urby. Ajax could play like that:

Stekelenburg
Van der Wiel - Wielaert - Alderweireld - Vermaelen
Enoh - Anita - Aissati
Leonardo - Sulejmani - Emanuelson

Bench : Padt, Silva, Lindgren, De Jong, Martina, Van der Heijden, Blind.

[Kowalczyk]

Yes, that's probably the best idea...

K.

[DanK]

There is still a game on?

[bluedaddy19]

i bet stek has a monster game tomorrow... which we may well need to have a chance

btw, does anyone realize that sno came up as a #9? frankly, 2 of the 3 best games i've ever seen him play came as a center forward (which of course isn't saying too terribly much, but still... )

[Orange14]

i bet stek has a monster game tomorrow... which we may well need to have a chance

btw, does anyone realize that sno came up as a #9? frankly, 2 of the 3 best games i've ever seen him play came as a center forward (which of course isn't saying too terribly much, but still... )

His only quality (at least in so far as he demonstrated one this season) is the ability to control the all. I forget the match and maybe it was one where we were down a man. Sno played very well on the ball controlling it as a center forward (too bad Leonardo doesn't have this same quality; he would be a much better player). Unfortunately, Sno is best remembered for shots on goal that missed by at least 20 meters.

[Mr_Holte]

Has anybody found a stream for this?

Most of them are showing Feyenoord.

[Ajaxfanuk]

http://www.justin.tv/ligci this working for me....must win today guys dont let the fans down again! N way can we let PSV finish above us!

[Orange14]

Lots of empty seats today. I've heard more noise from the crowd today than in the past. Maybe it's the Twente fans. We've had some good chances so far but as usual can't convert

[Cedric]

Has anybody found a stream for this?

Most of them are showing Feyenoord.

Sopcast: channel 74174.

Ajax is clearly better so far, but still no goal. Aissati out injured.

[Mr_Holte]

http://www.justin.tv/ligci this working for me....must win today guys dont let the fans down again! N way can we let PSV finish above us!

Thanks for that.

Respect to the south side for the boycott.

[Ajaxfanuk]

PSV are winning...Alderweireld just hit the post...is a draw enough today for us to finish 3rd?

[Cedric]

Twente is really lucky so far. They escaped an obvious penalty, Douglas should have been sent off and Alderweireld just hit the post...

[Cedric]

PSV are winning...Alderweireld just hit the post...is a draw enough today for us to finish 3rd?

Yes.

[Orange14]

Decent first half but still cannot finish (nothing new here). Can't believe Douglas was not sent off. Two obvious fouls that should have drawn yellow (after his first). I don't know why eveyone raves about him. I think he is a very clumbsy defender. Boscher had a very lucky half and looks to be slightly injured. Twente sure don't look like the 2nd place team (and they have put their top 11 out on the pitch). All the more infuriating.

[Kowalczyk]

0-0 will be just fine.

Ajax, don't do anything daft.

K.

[rjf1]

Yaaawwwnnn.
Well at least the ball is in the Twente half of the pitch and Twente aren't interested in doing anything but defending. Barring some kind of colossal blunder 0-0 looks like the most likely result.