22 Feb 2009: Ajax - FC Volendam

Azeri · Bericht door **Azeri** » zo feb 22, 2009 5:54 pm

I wonder how did we manage to get the ONLY Brazilian with such an awful technique

Orange14 · Bericht door **Orange14** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:03 pm

About time they got the goal. Nice set up.

Ajaxfanuk · Bericht door **Ajaxfanuk** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:04 pm

GOAAAAAAL VERMAELEN! THANK GOD!!!

Van basten · Bericht door **Van basten** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:04 pm

2-1..

Azeri · Bericht door **Azeri** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:05 pm

One more please!!!

Ayman · Bericht door **Ayman** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:07 pm

Ajax are just hung over, because of their 0-1 win away to fiorentina

ajax-erie · Bericht door **ajax-erie** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:07 pm

GOAL AJAX!!!!!! 2-1

Orange14 · Bericht door **Orange14** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:17 pm

Boy are we lucky today. A post shot and now an off side.

Azeri · Bericht door **Azeri** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:21 pm

Orange14 schreef:Boy are we lucky today. A post shot and now an off side.

And close range save from Stek... What's going on?

Orange14 · Bericht door **Orange14** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:24 pm

They need to do much better closing things out. Too many chances conceded in the last five minutes against a team that has little quality. This one should have been 5 or 6 to 1. I wonder if Suarez is tired from playing in the middle but I guess we don't have any alternatives until Cvitanich comes back.

SPL · Bericht door **SPL** » zo feb 22, 2009 6:46 pm

Well we lucky again v Volendam. 6 points against them and in reality we could have got 1or 2 at most.

The defence gave away another soft goal but then had nothing much to do until 80 mins when they fell asleep and Steks blocked the shot.(he did not need to do anything much in the game). They then did their best to cocck it up.

Schilder did not do too bad as he was playing in his proper position and did as well as Anita. Sulejmani still does not look anything and far too early to say about Aissati.

Up front we are still lightweight.Suarez misses far too many chances that the great KJH would have buried. Leo drifted in and out and Kennedy was crap( apart from that goal the other night he has been poor imo every game.)

We now have only 4 home games left so 2nd place is still going to be difficult with PSV on our tails as well.

Bericht door **Kowalczyk** » zo feb 22, 2009 7:30 pm

I didn't go to the game because I had too much work to do, and I didn't watch TV either, but this must have been seriously shit...

Oh well, it's three points.

K.

Tom_ · Bericht door **Tom_** » zo feb 22, 2009 11:52 pm

Not a great match for my first time in the ArenA, but it was nice to be there and at least we got the three points.

The crowd's quite critical aren't they - I didn't expect jeers and whistles for a win even though Ajax were pretty bad. One of the guys in the stand I was in (season card holders) was 'ironically' cheering Volendam on. Thought that was a bit dumb...

saddlerian · Bericht door **saddlerian** » ma feb 23, 2009 12:25 am

OK..the whole thing was crap...but, between the 2 Eufa Cup games, we still picked up 3 points. Crap yes....but what would we be saying if even half of Suarez's goal "attempts" had gone in? We'd have been looking at a "poor" 5 or 6-1 win!

Aren't we critical???

Tom_ · Bericht door **Tom_** » ma feb 23, 2009 12:31 am

Yeah. Luis should've have scored at least three, and could've had a handful. Oh well. We outplayed them, but we have to either knock in our chances or stop giving up easy ones at the back. They could've had three; we could've had a handful.

ZoefdeHaas · Bericht door **ZoefdeHaas** » ma feb 23, 2009 5:14 am

Weak game. Should've been able to out score Volendam.

Oh well. 3 points it is

Bericht door **Kowalczyk** » ma feb 23, 2009 7:28 am

Highlights...

http://ajax.aegon.nl/index.php?id=1&video=18664

Ajax did get a hatful of great chances, I have to say...

K.

DanK · Bericht door **DanK** » ma feb 23, 2009 11:53 am

ZoefdeHaas schreef:Weak game. Should've been able to out score Volendam.

Oh well. 3 points it is

We did, didn't we?

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » ma feb 23, 2009 2:12 pm

Just watched the highlights on Ajaxtv : terrible, seriously terrible.

really lucky to get three points

SPL · Bericht door **SPL** » ma feb 23, 2009 6:27 pm

Big problem is that nearly all our chances fall to Suarez who does superb to get into the postions but he never passes and usually just blasts the ball wide or at the goalie. When he does this I always think KJH would clinically put the ball in the net.But then again KJH was an exceptional goal scorer.

Cedric · Bericht door **Cedric** » ma feb 23, 2009 11:34 pm

SPL schreef:Big problem is that nearly all our chances fall to Suarez who does superb to get into the postions but he never passes

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Come on, the guy is the best 'passer' of the Eredivisie, by far. He delivered 12 assists so far, the following ones did 9 at the very best. Ok, he can do a lot better, that's for sure, but to say he never passes is a cliché. And yesterday he just had to shoot most of the time and he took good decisions. But that wasn't very accurate unfortunately...

On a different thing: highlights of the last 3 games are also on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Ajax. You might prefer the player (but the quality is not that good).

bryan · Bericht door **bryan** » di feb 24, 2009 1:09 am

haha, when Volendam hits the post you hear 35,000 people scream "tsjonge jonge jonge" together

Philippe · Bericht door **Philippe** » di feb 24, 2009 11:55 am

Cedric_AeF schreef:
SPL schreef:Big problem is that nearly all our chances fall to Suarez who does superb to get into the postions but he never passes
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Come on, the guy is the best 'passer' of the Eredivisie, by far. He delivered 12 assists so far (...).

I'm with you on that one. And Suarez should be used as a winger.

SPL · Bericht door **SPL** » di feb 24, 2009 12:04 pm

I was a bit over critical on Suarez. I did not mean he never passes but when he gets through for a chance he is a typical striker and goes for goal but he is not a finisher like KJH.

Manneken Pis · Bericht door **Manneken Pis** » di feb 24, 2009 12:50 pm

SPL schreef:I was a bit over critical on Suarez. I did not mean he never passes but when he gets through for a chance he is a typical striker and goes for goal but he is not a finisher like KJH.

Suarez is neither a natural passer (he breaks down too many attacks), nor finisher (shots/goals ratio). Yes, he's always in the heart of the attacks and as a result does get a lot of assists, but I'd love to see the "Optima Stats" on his % success rate.

He creates havoc for defences, but also for supporting attackers.

He has a lot of talent, I admit, through his speed, zeal, and inventiveness, but I won't be sorry when he moves on to a "bigger" club for a big fat transfer fee.