Ajaxtalk

After the win against Besiktas, let's start a run in the League!!!

Hoping that Farioli rotates 2 or 3 players in. But I realize that we also have had only 1 point from 2 away games in the Eredivisie thus far.

I would start with the same 11 and if we get a couple of goals up by HT then bring on subs. Other than Berghuis,when fit, the 11 starters yesterday are the best available.

RKC don’t have a point yet. We need a good win otherwise our away performances will definitely become A Problem.

Football vagabond and sad sack, Mo Ihateran, signed for RKC earlier this month. I don't know what his schedule is for returning but he has not had a competitive match since his contract was terminated by Ajax in 2022.

Ihateran is in the match day team for RKC.

Rotated squad today
Pasveer; Rensch, Sutalo, Baas, Hato; van den Boomen, Taylor, Klaassen; Rassmussen, Brobbey, Banel

Another dreadful away match and Ajax leave it until late. Traore with the match winner in the 76th minute and then sets up Godts just before the final whistle to make it 0-2. Pasveer had little to do as RKC are really a very poor side that cannot attack or defend. By all rights, this one should have been 0-5. Only when Fitz-Jim came on did the MF look like creating something. Klaassen hit the post but otherwise was laboring in the 2nd half. van den Boomen had a couple of free kick opportunities but was wide each time.

Player Ratings

Pasveer (6.5) - played balls at his feet very well and had maybe two easy saves to make
Rensch (6.5) - decent game defending when he had to and trying to take the inside channel on offense
Sutalo (6.5) - one poorly played ball letting an RKC player get to the end line but no shot came of it
Baas (7) - very steady
Hato (7) - good movement into the offensive zone but the final passes were not there
van den Boomen (6) - too static and other than some free kicks not a contributor
Taylor (6) - above average and tried to cut the ball back when he beat his man in the box but could not
Klaassen (5.5) - had the armband today and that was the highlight of his game other than the clanger off the post
Rassmussen (5.5) - back to earth as an average right winger
Brobbey (6) - had good ball control and layed the ball off in the box but his teammates could not convert
Banel (4.5) - mediocre
Godts (6.5) - very good with the ball and was dangerous all 2nd half
Akpom (6) - had a couple good runs into open spaces but that was it
Traore (6.5) - nice shot to win the match and a very nice pass to Godts for the clincher
Fitz-Jim (6) - night and day difference in the MF when he came in
Henderson (NR) - on late

Away to Slavia Prague on Thursday and home to Groningen next weekend.

Last day of cricket today so missed the game.Luckily our subs got us the points.Traore,Godts and Fitz-Jim cannot start every game but their replacements are simply not good enough.

I 100% support Farioili's move to rotate in 4 players. We all know that 11 main players are not going to get us till the end of the season.

We ideally need a group of 16-18 'regulars'. If you can't rotate and get experience against teams like RKC, then you won't be able to make any difference when needed against better opposition.

I did give out a huuuge sigh of relief once we got the first goal of course

Not a great watch but any away win will do this season. The pitch was really slow in the second half which didn’t help.