Orange14 schreef:Undeserved 1-1 draw given the poor level of play by our non-existent midfield. We cannot pass the ball at all and players seem to have no clue about what to do under adverse conditions such as with today's wind.
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Cuz I haven't posted in a bit, my thoughts (agree with the above, although I might be more harsh):
Vermeer (4) - Elm's goal was savable with a better keeper. Pretty poor throughout and I think lucky we didn't concede more. Overall I'm going to blame the lack of performance (with others) on the break over the last month or so. Lots of bad positioning throughout and we're lucky that didn't concede another goal or two.
Blind (3) - Would be happy to never see him play for Ajax again, as others have said over the last year, not Ajax quality.
Vertonghen (6) - Our best consistent player. Hate to see what we're going to be without him. Silly foul to give the free kick that resulted in the goal, but also a good goal line save. Ideally he should be our defensive mid if we had capable central defenders.
Alderweireld (5) - decent enough, capable and going to be interesting if he misses more, hopefully van Rhijn can step up, he seemed decent today.
Anita (5) - Agree, he should take Enoh's (although I like Enoh, Anita is better in the role) spot
Janssen (4) - His time is up, a decent set piece 1 out of every 20 chances, little from the flow of play and even worse defending. Get rid of him at this point, he just doesn't fit into what we need. All I think when I look back in most matches is "what did he do that stood out?" generally this is nothing unless he had a decent set piece.
Eriksen (6.5) - Agree silly yellow, but his individual play is really all we have at midfield. He's decent on the ball and really seems to be the only creative player there.
Enoh (5) - I like his tenacity, but that's about all he has. Would rather have Anita in his role who is smarter in distributing the ball.
Sulejmani (6) - Didn't create much, but I think he's still a threat when he gets the opportunity. Will take him over the other options.
Ebecilio (5) - Think he was worse than Sulejmani, really undecided on him at this point, and wish we were fit and he was on the bench.
de Jong (5) - Not our striker, super-sub at best based on how we line-up
Bulykin (5) - Will take him over de Jong, he at least seems more of a threat and gets into better scoring positions.
Lodeiro (6) - Wish he got more chances, has done decent when he plays this season, and I think he needs to consistency to settle in.
van Rhijn (6) - Agree, didn't screw up which is about all that could be asked, will be interesting to see if Alderwiereld misses a few matches; best of luck.
Overall, it's time for a change. I don't know if de Boer can cut it with the match selection. There's still a bit of the season to go, and the results in this match could have made it worse, but we really don't have a good squad. Janssen has been decent at best and 10 v 11 at worst for most of the season, and I think his time should be up. We really do little in the final 1/3rd this whole season to create goal scoring chances, I think that's our biggest problem. The last few years it has been the defense, which I think this season is at least capable (except for Blind when he plays). It's a nervy squad (either decent or really bad) this season with little distribution to the front 3, and I'm losing faith in de Boer each match that Jansen and de Jong are out there (which I think are a big part of generating so few chances at goal).
Lucky to come out 1-1 and not lose any points. There's a lot of the season to go and AZ don't look particularly dominant, I think PSV will challenge them and win the title at the end of the season. Shame really as we really should be able to compete, but don't see it happening over the next few months (similar to last season, but don't think we'll have the luck this time).
And i don not see any good coming from Jansen
