22 Apr 2012: Ajax - FC Groningen

[Kowalczyk]

Eredivisie 2011-2012, matchday 31. Kick-off time at the ArenA is 16:30 CET.

I won't post the top six of the table anymore. All that is now irrelevant. We don't have to look at the others anymore. All we need is two wins and perhaps one final point.

Another sold out home game, against an opponent that collapsed completely after the winter break: Groningen won only two out of their last twelve matches. Coach is under pressure, fans are grumbling, they really have a stinker this season.

Come on, Ajax. Stay focused and do the job. Almost there.

K.

[souras84]

Even if we lose Twente and win Groningen, will a win against VVV give us the shield at home??

[Van basten]

Even if we lose Twente and win Groningen, will a win against VVV give us the shield at home??

Only if there wil be 4 or more points gap between us and a closest team/s below.

[SPL]

In a word yes.
Win v Groningen lose to Twente and win v VVV will be enough .We will then have 70 points and only AZ and FW can get to 70 but play each other when we play Twente
and have alot worse GD .

[afcajax73]

i see this game as a potential banana skin.. hope im wrong though.

[Orange14]

i see this game as a potential banana skin.. hope im wrong though.

We seem only to have trouble with them at Groningen but one thing above all, focus only on this match and only after it is finished think about the next one.

[aveslacker]

i see this game as a potential banana skin.. hope im wrong though.

I think Frank has been pretty good in his short career at Ajax at getting the club to focus when they've had to. I expect them to do the same on Sunday.

[Orange14]

For those of us across the pond ESPN3 is set to carry Sunday's match .

[ajaxcolombia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwpwQ7dt ... AAAAAAABAA this should bring us hope

[rjf1]

Overconfidence will be our biggest enemy. Our close rivals all have 'easy' games that they should win handily, so we absolutely have to get the job done on this one.

[Amol]

Selection for tomorrow:
Kenneth Vermeer
Jasper Cillessen
Gregory van der Wiel
Toby Alderweireld
Jan Vertonghen
Vurnon Anita
Eyong Enoh
Christian Eriksen
Kolbeinn Sigthórsson
Siem de Jong
Lorenzo Ebecilio
André Ooijer
Theo Janssen
Daley Blind
Derk Boerrigter
Aras Özbiliz
Ismaïl Aissati
Ricardo van Rhijn

[SPL]

same line up that started v de G last week.I am very nervous we have to win this game. Think sopcast 13th stream and MM6 will show our game but those 2 streams are currently showing the lightbulbers..

[SPL]

sod Az and Psv won now we have to win .

[ajaxusa]

WTF? This game just disappeared from espn3's web site. Anyone have a SOPcast feed? Nevermind. It's back on espn3.

[GangstaRiB]

WTF? This game just disappeared from espn3's web site. Anyone have a SOPcast feed?

13th stream is working fine for me.

[rjf1]

Looks like Sig is getting ready. IMO we need to get Ozbiliz on the right wing -- assuming he's healthy.

[Tom_]

Lucky break there at half time but we were on top. We look OK, but not creating many chances. Aissati's passing has been pretty awful.

[Orange14]

70% possession and we only get a garbage goal in stoppage time to go ahead 1-0. We seem to be moving the ball well enough but the crosses for the most part have been a little off. Eriksen had the one good breakaway but was stopped twice by good plays from the Groningen keeper and the player that cleared the ball off the line. Groningen will now have to move away from their 10 behind the ball approach and take some more chances if they want to get on the scoreboard. I'm still not liking Janssen today because he's just standing around not creating any space. I think Anita only made one bad pass all half.

[GangstaRiB]

Lucky break there at half time but we were on top. We look OK, but not creating many chances. Aissati's passing has been pretty awful.

We needed this goal... Ajax started to look desperate and Groningen easily stood tall.

[SPL]

just thinking not a great half then a goal out of nothing . Not many chances created. Sigy needs to come on and Aissati is not effective . de Jong did nothing until the pass for the goal. Now a quick second to finish it !

[Orange14]

Aissati's passing has been pretty awful.

He had one really great cross that just missed de Jong and Boerrigter; don't think you can ignore that one.

[Tom_]

He had one really great cross that just missed de Jong and Boerrigter; don't think you can ignore that one.

Yeah, agreed, and I spose you can't really blame him if there's no one in the box to pass it to. He's lost the ball a few times if I recall correctly, but my internet connection here is ridiculously slow so it's sometimes hard to tell who's who...

[rjf1]

I'd like to see v Rijhn and Ozbiliz come on right about now.

[Orange14]

Why take off Aissati and not useless Janssen? FdB get your head in the match!

[Orange14]

Taking off my MOTM for Enoh? Why not take off Janssen? One good pass does not a game make!