18 Mar 2012: ADO Den Haag - Ajax

[Kowalczyk]

Eredivisie 2011-2012, matchday 26. Kick-off time in The Hague is 12:30 CET.

The push for the title is very much on now.

Here's the top of the table after 25 games:

1. AZ: 25-52 (53-25)
2. Ajax: 25-49 (66-33)
3. FC Twente: 24-48 (66-28)
4. PSV: 25-48 (63-37)
5. Heerenveen: 25-48 (56-36)
6. Feyenoord: 25-45 (49-32)

Believe it or not, we once again have some promising fixtures for next weekend, all on Sunday:

PSV vs Heerenveen
Twente vs Feyenoord
AZ vs NAC Breda

Just keep winning, Ajax. Just keep winning...

K.

[Philippe]

On top of that, the Cup semifinals are to be played next week :
21/3 SC Heerenveen - PSV
22/3 AZ - Heracles Almelo

And Twente, AZ and Philips still are in the Europa league.

Keep on wasting your energy, guys, while Ajax keep winning !

[ajaxcolombia]

ado away is a tricky fixture, if we can win this, I can really say we have the guts and attitude to be champions again.

[Van basten]

On top of that, the Cup semifinals are to be played next week :
21/3 SC Heerenveen - PSV
22/3 AZ - Heracles Almelo

And Twente, AZ and Philips still are in the Europa league.

Keep on wasting your energy, guys, while Ajax keep winning !

Don't forget postponed game De Graafschap-Twente on 21/3. Az, psv and twente have very very busy schedule

[Kowalczyk]

On top of that, the Cup semifinals are to be played next week :
21/3 SC Heerenveen - PSV
22/3 AZ - Heracles Almelo

And Twente, AZ and Philips still are in the Europa league.

Keep on wasting your energy, guys, while Ajax keep winning !

Don't forget postponed game De Graafschap-Twente on 21/3. Az, psv and twente have very very busy schedule

Yeah, I'd forgotten about that one, but you're right.

PSV, AZ and Twente play in in the Europa League this week (and they all have something to battle for). Then they have rough Eredivisie fixtures this upcoming weekend (except for AZ, who play NAC at home; NAC are only dangerous at home) - and then they all have midweek fixtures again. Cup final at stake (for PSV, Heerenveen and AZ) or a must-win league game (Twente).

Meanwhile, the Ajax players can order Chinese food and watch it all on TV, in a horizontal position on the couch. Luxury, man.

It really starts to look promising for Ajax. It really does. But it's gonna be a bumpy ride: PSV at home, Heerenveen away, Twente away... No mistakes in this phase, no mistakes at ADO; that's absolutely crucial.

K.

[souras84]

We're playing ADO on the clubs BIRTHDAY?? We better turn in an excellent performance

[SPL]

in the next 2or 3weeks Siggy, Boerrigter and V d Wiel will likely be fit which can only be positive

[ajaxcolombia]

I'd rather have van rhijn stay in at right back than having van der wiel back, and if he is back it is obvious de boer will pick him

[Orange14]

Team desperately needs a new physical training staff! Ebecilio out of tomorrow's match with a groin strain. Lukoki may be in as a starter on the wing.

[SPL]

I too would rather have V Rhijn than V d Wiel . I see Valencia wont pay more than 6m for him . Still think if he is the best right back in Holland does not say much for the rest !!

I read that AZ and Fword are the main 2 teams waiting to take V Rhijn if Ajax are not going to have faith in him by playing him next season.

We may well see Lukoki in action as de Sa did not play for the A1 today as he is playing for Jong Ajax on Monday.

[Orange14]

I too would rather have V Rhijn than V d Wiel .

I agree and think that right now Van Rhijn is a better all around player. I hope FdB realizes this and keeps him on the pitch.

[Amol]

Selection for the game:

Kenneth Vermeer
Jasper Cillessen
Toby Alderweireld
Jan Vertonghen
Vurnon Anita
Eyong Enoh
Christian Eriksen
Siem de Jong
Andre Ooijer
Theo Janssen
Daley Blind
Nicolás Lodeiro
Dmitry Bulykin
Aras Özbiliz
Ismail Aissati
Ricardo van Rhijn
Jody Lukoki
Dico Koppers

[Tom_]

I'm nervous about this one. We often seem to struggle in den Haag...

[SPL]

Happy 112 th Birthday to the worlds greatest football club . Lets get 3points today


Vermeer

V Rhijn , Alderweireld,Vertoghen Koppers

Eriksen Anita Janssen

Ozbiliz, de Jong Aissati

Would rather see Bulykin as striker and play Lukoki as winger ,Aissati is not a winger.


Hope we get a decent stream today

[SPL]

rojadirect shows sopcast with 13th stream , MM6 and DS2. 13th stream is usually the best .

[rjf1]

We just have to bear down, work harder than they do and not take the game for granted.

[SPL]

13 th steam on and ok . fingers crossed

[Orange14]

Card could have been yellow but I guess the studs were showing on the replay. a bit of good fortune for Ajax.

[Tom_]

Boussaboun off for a studs-up challenge on Anita. We haven't been looking too bad, but I guess they're really going to park the bus now...

[rjf1]

They have to stop pitty patting the ball and put in some meaningful crosses.

[Tom_]

Yeah, I've seen worse get yellow, but I can see the argument for red as well.

[Van basten]

We actually played better before that red card.

[rjf1]

Well it wasn't easy, but we managed to kill off the first 45 minutes -- if we can keep it up we can get away with a 0-0 tie and a point.

[Orange14]

I saw better play from the NexGen Ajax junior team than I'm seeing today. We maybe had 10 minutes of decent play and then just started making aimless passes and defending poorly. Vermeer is the only decent player on the pitch at this point in time. Ozbiliz needs to remember that he is NOT Messi and has trouble beating one many much less two. I still don't pretend to understand FdB's infatuation with Janssen; he just stands around doing very little. Fortunately we are a bit lucking on the sending off as in the English league that would have only been a yellow, so now we are even at 10 against 10 unless de Boer puts somebody out there instead of Janssen. Aisatti should have put the ball in the net on the chance he had. Koppers was lucky that Ado didn't score when he got beaten on a school yard play.

Chances are another Ado player will be sent off and we might even get a goal in the second half. With this quality of play we're not going to win this match.

[Van basten]

Great pass, great finish!