08 Aug 2010: FC Groningen - Ajax

[Kowalczyk]

First league game of the new season!

Last season matchday 1 was also Groningen away. 14:30 CET kick-off time at the Green Cathedral. Luis Suárez suspended against his former club.

K.

[Venezuelan Ajacied]

Not an easy start to the season but its going to be interesting to see el hamdoui from the start

[souras84]

if we learned anything from last year then we must be sure to grab 3 points from these games. cause the top teams dont spill points easily

[orange goblin]

without suarez, without sulejmani, i read also without vertonghen, maybe lindgren and/or enoh, and pretty sure without new signings. hard enough.

[orange goblin]

there are some surprises in tomorrow squad. a few names? jozefzoon, kappelhof and bodul! I would never expected this.
donald and sarpong not called.
bonevacia and aissati confirmed.
as we all now, no suarez and vertonghen (suspended), lindgren, enoh, lodeiro and obviously atouba (injured)


Maarten Stekelenburg
Kenneth Vermeer
Vurnon Anita
Demy de Zeeuw
Christian Eriksen
Daley Blind
Siem de Jong
Ismail Aissati
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Urby Emanuelson
Gregory van der Wiel
Toby Alderweireld
Oleguer
Marvin Zeegelaar
Roly Bonevacia
Johan Kappelhof
Florian Jozefzoon
Hyun Jun Suk
Darko Bodul

[SPL]

Well Bonevacia Kappelhof and Josefzoon and no Sarpong Donald a big surprise.

No future for Donald or Sarpong they must feel really pissed off giving way to 2 kids.

[ajaxusa]

Anybody got a SOPcast URL suggestion?

- jim

[Orange14]

Anybody got a SOPcast URL suggestion?

- jim

You may have to check back tomorrow. Last year all the matches were on NVS1, but I forget which channel number that is. One other point, I hope this team learns from the bonehead actions of Suarez and Vertonghen. It's inexcusable for two of our starters to miss the first league matches because of stupidity!!! I'll gladly settle for a 1-0 win tomorrow.

[aveslacker]

Opstelling FC Groningen: Da Silva, Kieftenbeld, Ivens, Stenman, Granqvist, Sparv, Tadic, Bacuna, Van de Laak, Pedersen, Ajilore.
Wissels: Nienhuis, Matavz, Garcia, Metaj, Veldmate, Enevoldsen, Hiariej.

Opstelling Ajax: Stekelenburg, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Oleguer, Anita, De Zeeuw, De Jong, Aissati, Emanuelson, El Hamdaoui, Eriksen.
Wissels: Vermeer, Blind, Zeegelaar, Bodul, Bonevacia, Kappelhof, Jozefzoon.

Per Ajax.nl.

[Kowalczyk]

This is it:

Stekelenburg; Van der Wiel, Oleguer, Alderweireld, Anita; De Zeeuw, De Jong, Eriksen; Aissati, El Hamdaoui, Emanuelson.

So: Oleguer replacing Vertonghen (who is suspended). That makes sense.

Siem de Jong will play a bit more defensively than he normally would. A bit more 'control' in midfield is what Jol wants. That makes sense, too.

Aissati on the right: that doesn't really make sense to me, but apparently he's done well on the right for Young Ajax in pre-season and we don't really have options, now that Rommedahl and Kennedy are gone. So, let's see what happens.

Given the circumstances (Vertonghen and Suárez suspended, Enoh and Lindgren injured) this is the best thing we can do.

The bench is very 'De Toekomst': Vermeer, Blind, Zeegelaar, Bonevacia, Kappelhof, Jozefzoon, Bodul. Oh dear.

K.

[saddlerian]

Anybody got a SOPcast URL suggestion?

- jim

Open an account with bet365.com Jim. They're showing the match live on their site...doesn't cost anything to register...

[Cedric]

The bench is very 'De Toekomst':

Groningen's trainer too.

[bluedaddy19]

Anybody got a SOPcast URL suggestion?

- jim

from lowest to highest kb/sec

sop://sop.rojadirecta.com:3912/74178

sop://sop.rojadirecta.com:3912/94910

sop://sop.rojadirecta.com:3912/99369

[Tom_]

I'm trying the 1 Mb/sec one, I'll let you know how it goes...

[ajaxcolombia]

Good chance, De Zeuuw on the free kick.

[bluedaddy19]

I'm trying the 1 Mb/sec one, I'll let you know how it goes...

the middle one works best for me

[Orange14]

Gronigen will be down to 10 men soon. Too much grabbing and tripping.

[Tom_]

Yep I switched too, not enough peers on the highest one I guess.

Groningen are quite hard to break down with their two defensive midfielders... they're just sitting back and trying to hit on the counter.

[ajaxcolombia]

best man on the pitch so far, Urby.

[Orange14]

Not a bad 1st half. We had some decent chances and are creating some space. So far no defensive lapses.

[Orange14]

Our new striker!!!! 1-0

[Ajaxfanuk]

Wahey the new boy scores! clinical finish, just what we needed!

[ajaxcolombia]

GOAAAAL EL HAMDAOUI WELCOME TO AJAX!!!

[Tom_]

As Partridge would say: Striker!!!

[NE_Ajax_Fan]

Not that this new lad is he!

Almost a mirror image of first one.