Ajaxtalk

Jojo schreef:Obradovic, who we were interested in, will sign a 5 year contract fo Zaragoza.

Don't know why he wasn't good enough for us

we would have bought him, except partizan wanted to use him in europa league qualifying, thus removing the possibility of him playing in it for us... but didn;t want to lower the price any

obviously, promoted zaragoza is not in europe this season, so they aren't bothered by him being cup-tied

Luis's brother Paolo Suarez may be getting a trial with our Jong team. Not sure what position he is.

i believe he is an olympic high diver... or is that luis??

Strikers 'in the picture' for an Ajax move, according to Sportweek...

- Afonso Alves (Middlesbrough)
- Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers)
- Danny Koevermans (PSV)

Sounds good to me, but it also sounds to me like a textbook example of a 'mission impossible'.

K.

SPL schreef:Luis's brother Paolo Suarez may be getting a trial with our Jong team. Not sure what position he is.

Sign him today. Luis may want to stay with us for a longer period of time!!!!

Kowalczyk schreef:Strikers 'in the picture' for an Ajax move, according to Sportweek...

Benni McCarthy - (Blackburn Rovers)...

K.

Would that be the same Benni McCarthy who used to play for us about half a dozen (or so) years ago?

rjf1 schreef:

Kowalczyk schreef:Strikers 'in the picture' for an Ajax move, according to Sportweek...

Benni McCarthy - (Blackburn Rovers)...

K.

Would that be the same Benni McCarthy who used to play for us about half a dozen (or so) years ago?

Yep - Benni McCarthy the South African International - same player.

Kowalczyk schreef:Strikers 'in the picture' for an Ajax move, according to Sportweek...

- Afonso Alves (Middlesbrough)
- Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers)
- Danny Koevermans (PSV)

Sounds good to me, but it also sounds to me like a textbook example of a 'mission impossible'.

K.

Any defenders?

just rumours 'bout henrique (barcelona, last year on loan at leverkusen: we offered 8 millions for this guy some time ago), prahic (varteks, croatia) and renato civelli free transfer from olympique marseille..I would choose the first one, of course only on loan, and alves for the striker position. definitely.

aveslacker schreef:Any defenders?

Don't get me started... You know what annoys me? After the PSV game (in which we conceded four goals and looked like shit defensively) everybody was talking about defenders. Against Sparta we kept a clean sheet, but failed to score - and there you go: everybody's talking about the fact that Ajax really need an extra striker. That's how simple it is: one game, one result and the whole focus shifts from defense to attack. In the press and on the average discussion board it really is that simplistic, and I just hope that Ajax's vision goes a bit deeper than that (sometimes I fear Ajax's philosophy is just as fickle and simplistic and ad hoc, though).

Truth is: we need a good central defender and a centre forward. I've said that the whole summer. I hope Ajax are honest enough to admit it to themselves.

K.

Are this purchases (striker/defender) still dependent on selling/loaning out first team players first?

I thought I read that last week, but haven't seen much in regards to that from Ajax since then. I'd prefer Alves. He's the youngest of the three and I can see PSV not wanting to sell Koevermans to us unless it's for twice what he's worth. It helps them more if he's unhappy on their bench rather than playing for us. Not sure if Blackburn wants to sell either, but I imagine that may make McCarthy a more difficult target.

Would agre with Ko . After the Sparta game suddenly its the attack but surely that was just one of those games. Last season at Twente ,before Christmas, we defended for 90 mins never had a shot and scored 2 goals . The first was Martina crossing into the area and I think Lindgren scored late on when Twente were throwing everything forward.

Our defence was ok yesterday because Sparta put 11 men behind the ball and defended. Our attack is ok just wants another striker but the defence is still crap.We need a defender more than a forward

About Benni: Think about a full dozen years ago, not half...

Kowalczyk schreef:
Truth is: we need a good central defender and a centre forward. I've said that the whole summer. I hope Ajax are honest enough to admit it to themselves.

K.

Ajax just failed to get Sol Campbell (see "General Football Discussion" thread).

Manneken Pis schreef:

Kowalczyk schreef:
Truth is: we need a good central defender and a centre forward. I've said that the whole summer. I hope Ajax are honest enough to admit it to themselves.

K.

Ajax just failed to get Sol Campbell (see "General Football Discussion" thread).

So are you saying that he chose your other mighty team Notts County over Ajax?

Over Pasanens Head schreef:

Manneken Pis schreef:

Kowalczyk schreef:
Truth is: we need a good central defender and a centre forward. I've said that the whole summer. I hope Ajax are honest enough to admit it to themselves.

K.

Ajax just failed to get Sol Campbell (see "General Football Discussion" thread).

So are you saying that he chose your other mighty team Notts County over Ajax?

Thats just what we needed !!! Another Koufour !!!!.....are we that short sighted ???

Venezuelan Ajacied schreef:
Thats just what we needed !!! Another Koufour !!!!.....are we that short sighted ???

My thoughts exactly.

souras84 schreef:About Benni: Think about a full dozen years ago, not half...

Gadzooks how time does fly. Seems like he may a bit long in the tooth as far as building a team for the future goes.

Venezuelan Ajacied schreef:
Thats just what we needed !!! Another Koufour !!!!.....are we that short sighted ???

hmmm that seems rather hyperbolic

while i would not choose someone of sol's age and wage, the comparison is quite silly... they have never been equals, at any stage, much less now

Yeah maybe a bit exaggerated, but i just get furious when i see we are trying to bring in old players past their prime . Its just not the Ajax Philosphy, and its not what we need right now. I'll say this for about the hundredth time, where is our scouting ????

Venezuelan Ajacied schreef:Yeah maybe a bit exaggerated, but i just get furious when i see we are trying to bring in old players past their prime . Its just not the Ajax Philosphy, and its not what we need right now. I'll say this for about the hundredth time, where is our scouting ????

i have no idea, marek suchy should have been in our uniform weeks ago... it not like we havent seen him up close and person, whooping our ass

bluedaddy19 schreef:

Venezuelan Ajacied schreef:
Thats just what we needed !!! Another Koufour !!!!.....are we that short sighted ???

hmmm that seems rather hyperbolic

while i would not choose someone of sol's age and wage, the comparison is quite silly... they have never been equals, at any stage, much less now

Too bad Oneywu decided to go with Milan. Looks like he's destined to a lot of time sitting on the bench after last weekend's match. He would have had much more of a workout in our backline than he will get there. Could hurt his US NT performance.

Orange14 schreef: Too bad Oneywu decided to go with Milan. Looks like he's destined to a lot of time sitting on the bench after last weekend's match. He would have had much more of a workout in our backline than he will get there. Could hurt his US NT performance.

obviously hed be the instant marshal with us, but i dont believe hes gonna sit all year... it's been one game for a club that will play 50 and he doesnt speak the language yet

a norwegian report says we are now looking at brann attacker erik huseklepp, who is also being watched by blackburn and sevilla

he is over 6 ft tall, can play any position up top, though he is usually used wide

he seems not bad at all..