21 SEP 2024: Go Ahead Eagles - Ajax; Match Day 4

[Orange14]

Ajax continue the journey in a congested match schedule traveling to Marc Overmars's boyhood club this Saturday. They are sixth now with two games in hand. Europa League coming up with a home game against Besiktas mid week. Former Feynoord manager, Gio van Bronkhorst is there.

[Amol]

In a surprising turn of events (at least for me), Kaplan is starting at LCB instead of Baas. Weghorst starting instread of Akpom.

Everyone else is the same as the mid-week game. Must win game IMO, if we are to keep continuing our upward trend.

[SPL]

Baas is not a sub so must be slightly injured.Though Rugani would have played as Kaplan did not have a great time for Jong during the week and ended up sent off after an indifferent performance.

[SPL]

A fairly boring 45 ,Sutalo nearly put the ball in the net with a poor back pass.

[GangstaRiB]

First Ajax go 1-0 down, which was hardly surprising. And then 2 minutes later Ajax al of a sudden Ajax can make a goal. We are lacking a lot of quality.

[SPL]

A fair result but we lack a quality creative no 10 and 2 decent wingers .Godts is ok as a sub ,Traore is nothing and Gaaei and Rasmussen what can I say not even Jong Ajax level as wings.

Brobbey is our best striker and Akpom is better than Weghorst . Delighted Davy scored ,loads of critics on Showtime but he has done this so many times.

[Orange14]

The ghost of Marc Overmars and two players from our youth system curse Ajax in Deventer. Go Ahead Eagles are a very well organized club defensively and they did qualify for Eruope going ouit in the Conference League playoffs this past summer Only a goal from Klaassen to even things up saved a point. It looks like this team will not be capable of playing two matches a week as there is marginal first team quality and little depth, particularly with Berghuis continuing to miss matches (he is out for at least a month more). Hato's blunder led to the Llhanasa goal to put Ajax behind. It was a well-deserved goal as Ajax were too slow on the night and only showed any promise at all in the final five minutes when they tried to get the match winner. I wonder if Farioli was rotating players because of the fixture congestion.

Player Ratings:

Pasveer (6) - no chance on the goal and had to scramble to save an own goal off a Sutalo back pass
Rensch (5.5) - worked hard going upfield but to little avail
Sutalo (6) - other than the bad back pass decent on thenight
Kaplan (5) - average and no more
Hato (4) - bad ball decisions several times and is turnover on the goal sequence was inexcusable
Henderson (5.5) - mildly above average
Taylor (4.5) - looked slow and could not figure out how to get open
Fitz-Jim (6) - good passing as usual and a late snap shot was too tame to trouble the keeper
Traore (4) - looking more and more like an out of shape football player who just wants to pick up a paycheck
Weghorst (5) - got zero balls in the air for him to do something with
Godts (4.5) - mediocre
Gaaei (5.5) - certainly an upgrade over Traore and whipped in some decent crosses but they were just off the mark
Davy One Goal (6) - got the tying goal and put in his usual active shift
Wyndal (5.5) - back from the depths and a surprise substitution, decent enough going forward in the last quarter of the game
Brobbey (5) - meh
Rassmussen (NR) - on late for Godts

Besiktas up in the Europa League at home followed by an away game against RKC Waalwijk next weekend. I suspect this will be another long season.

[SPL]

Those 2 posp games due to police strikes did us no favours as we now have to play 2 games every week with a weak squad and Berghuis is a big miss for the next month.

[Tom_]

A draw away from home is a good result for this team - we have to get used to that. Basically no chances on goal and we could easily have lost.

[SPL]

Think it is going to take a couple of more years to get Ajax back on top .This seasons squad is worse than last year and 3rd place will be a struggle. Reading on Showtime gloom and doom but letting 2 left wingers go on the last days and not getting anyone else was just poor from Kroes. Looking at Weghorst playing yesterday I think even Akpom is far better and he is not special.

Of course Kroes got rid of Forbs expecting Bergwijn to stay with Godts back up. Alas we got a great offer to get Bergwijn off our payroll but no time to get a replacement. Weghorst as a sub is ok but again Kroes expected Akpom to be sold.Both big mistakes by Kroes but I can see why .

We are now left with a lot of dross and seeing Rasmussen and Gaaei as wingers made me want to cry. What on earth are they doing being employed by Ajax.They are not the only ones.