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You can erase that 'if anything'; his subsituting has lost us points on numerous occasions.If anything, his substituting has been poor.
It had very little to do with the adjustment of Vitesse. It was Ajax that came out on to the pitch, sleepwalking. And they never woke up.ajax-erie schreef:I know Stam is injured but I seen enough matches where Vermaelen and
Emanuelson were exposed in defending -Vitesse made adjustments and
blew away Ajax in the 2nd half-Merry F*cking Christmas-even my Grolsch beer stinks......
Stam isn't injured, he just has a flu. I hope he and heitinga will play against roda and maybe our defense will not look so miserable. But because of gabri suspension HTC can bring Heitinga in midfield, like he did against Zulte and AZ. He is good defender but realy not the best midfielder. We need to buy a solid midfielder in in january!ajax-erie schreef:I know Stam is injured but I seen enough matches where Vermaelen and
Emanuelson were exposed in defending -Vitesse made adjustments and
blew away Ajax in the 2nd half-Merry F*cking Christmas-even my Grolsch beer stinks......
something tells me that we only do well in one of 2 situations:"This was a matter of poor mentality. This team has an attitude problem," said Henk ten Cate after the game. "Perhaps it's a chronic problem. I mean: my predecessors couldn't find a solution, either."
It was quite well known that Sikora didn't fit in at the Arena. We're not sure what happens in the dressing room but I am under the impression that he didn't get along with most people there.The Purple Cow schreef:Victor Sikora said it best after he left Ajax, when he said that Ajax isn’t a team, but rather eleven little companies all out for their own profit.
This happens everywhere. At the big clubs you mentioned below like the Barcelona, Milan and Man United, you still need a supporting cast to do well enough to get out of the reserves or youth teams. The most recent group we can point to is Man United's Golden Generation of P&G Neville, Scholes, Butt, Beckham and Savage disproves your hypothesis. Savage didn't make it with United but went on to build a career still in the Premiership (so still if you have sufficient talent you'll make it). Butt, Scholes and Beckham since they all played in the same midfield should have eliminated each other if your hypothesis holds true.The Purple Cow schreef:I think the problem lies at the Toekomst. The system at the academy breeds individualism at the cost of team spirit and fighting spirit. For players to survive from year into the next they need to do so at the expense of other players. In the future they need to spend more time emphasising team building, and less on individual achievement.
Here's a thought then, if our most outstanding youngsters now like Vertongen, Sneijder, Babel and Urby want a move to such big teams, how should they go about achieving that? By playing unmotivatedly and tossing a 2-0 lead away to Vitesse? Ajax don't keep. I think they understand what market they're in, they merely develop and sell but in the time they're at Ajax, these youngsters must excel. At the moment this generation: Steklenberg, Heitinga, DeMul, Babel, Sneijder, Urby and the imports like Grygera, Gabri and Rosales aren't even meeting the minimum requirements.The Purple Cow schreef:The other problem of course lies with the Eredivisie. It’s just too small and too uncompetitive. This means Ajax will never have the revenue to pay the higher salaries, and that they will always have a problem retaining quality players. The best players want to test themselves against the best. how can you motivate players for an away game against a sell-out 3.500 crowd at Excelsior, when those players know that they could be playing at Camp Nou, San Siro or Old Trafford?
My opinion, Lucas, my opinion... I think I've had the Blind discussion about six million times - and I'm not gonna have it again.Lucas schreef:Why is sacking ten Cate more stupid than sacking Blind, Koeman, Adriaanse, Wouters or Olsen?
Whether he fitted in or not is completely irrelevant to the validity of his comments. Did it not occur to you that the reason he didn't fit is was because he was disilusioned with the attitude of his teammates?It was quite well known that Sikora didn't fit in at the Arena. We're not sure what happens in the dressing room but I am under the impression that he didn't get along with most people there."
This happens everywhere. At the big clubs you mentioned below like the Barcelona, Milan and Man United, you still need a supporting cast to do well enough to get out of the reserves or youth teams. The most recent group we can point to is Man United's Golden Generation of P&G Neville, Scholes, Butt, Beckham and Savage disproves your hypothesis. Savage didn't make it with United but went on to build a career still in the Premiership (so still if you have sufficient talent you'll make it). Butt, Scholes and Beckham since they all played in the same midfield should have eliminated each other if your hypothesis holds true.
I couldn't give a kipper's dick if you think my thoughts 'hold water' or not, you haven't actually managed to deal with any of them. The last paragraph is even more incomprehensible than it's predicessor.Here's a thought then, if our most outstanding youngsters now like Vertongen, Sneijder, Babel and Urby want a move to such big teams, how should they go about achieving that? By playing unmotivatedly and tossing a 2-0 lead away to Vitesse? Ajax don't keep. I think they understand what market they're in, they merely develop and sell but in the time they're at Ajax, these youngsters must excel. At the moment this generation: Steklenberg, Heitinga, DeMul, Babel, Sneijder, Urby and the imports like Grygera, Gabri and Rosales aren't even meeting the minimum requirements.
Sorry but I don't think your thoughts "hold water".
