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Thanks Stam for choosing Ajax and always giving 100%.

To be honest, I can't blame him for stopping at this time.

Het ga je goed, etc.

Horrible news for the rest of the season, losing our best defender from an already weak backline.

It's a shame, but it's not any of our decision to make, only Jaap's. I wasn't aware of the recent circumstances Ko mentioned, and keeping them in mind, it certainly makes sense for him to do now.

Sounds like the repercussions of not playing in Europe are worse than I thought they would be. I rest of the league season looks a little more bleak now; I'll wait until we're knocked out of the Dutch Cup before writing of the whole season.

thanks and best of luck, jaapie

‘The Rock of Kampen'

Jaap Stam Testimonial match
July 25TH FC Zwolle’s “Oosterenkstadion"

Stam: ,,Ajax is the best club in Holland. I am grateful to the club and to Martin van Geel that they got me back to Holland a year and a half ago. I also want to thank the supporters. They made me feel right at home in the ArenA.”

After the press conference, Stam received a standing ovation from the Dutch journalists in attendance. That says a lot, if not everything about the defender. (Ajax.nl)

Thanks for your time at Ajax. Sorry he could not see the season out but injuries were catching up with him.
Hope he is not lost to football.

Stam is a Dutch footballing legend, he deserves his place in the list of all time greats with the others.

I am sure he didn't make this decision lightly. All respect to the man.

Good luck to him in whatever he does in the future.

Thanks for the footballing memories JS

thanks so much for letting us down,

btw will Davids be back soon ?

Thank you Jaap Stam, for Ajax, Oranje, and football.

philippe schreef:thanks so much for letting us down,

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Letting "us" down. How has he done that? Disappointing, maybe, but letting us down???

C'mon, give the guy a break.

Phillipe said:

thanks so much for letting us down,

btw will Davids be back soon ?

You have to understand it was a difficult decision, and dont forget his father past away recently. Anyway its time for Van der Wiel to fill the void. As for Davids, if he wants to retire, I can live with that, after all we got good midfielders coming through e.g. Sarpong and Van der Heijden.

philippe schreef:thanks so much for letting us down,

You know philippe I've never insulted another poster on here, and I say this with the upmost respect, but sometimes you can be a real jackass.

Manneken Pis schreef:

philippe schreef:thanks so much for letting us down,

You know philippe I've never insulted another poster on here, and I say this with the upmost respect, but sometimes you can be a real jackass.

Hear, hear.

Sometimes I really, really can't understand this dude.

Oh well.

K.

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[/quote]philippe wrote:
thanks so much for letting us down,


You know philippe I've never insulted another poster on here, and I say this with the upmost respect, but sometimes you can be a real jackass.


Hear, hear.

Sometimes I really, really can't understand this dude.

Oh well.

Come on guys, he is not that bad, I am sure this is Phillipe's way of showing how much he cares for Ajax.

Ayman schreef:Come on guys, he is not that bad, I am sure this is Phillipe's way of showing how much he cares for Ajax.

I agree, although he should lay off Stam. If Huntelaar quit, that's one thing, but Stam is kind of above reproach in my book.

Hard for Ajax....Hard for Jaap....and Hard for us....we really loose someone big here....Stam at 50 % was better than 80 % of defenders out there...he will surely be missed....good luck for the future, JS.

aveslacker schreef:

Ayman schreef:Come on guys, he is not that bad, I am sure this is Phillipe's way of showing how much he cares for Ajax.

I agree, although he should lay off Stam. If Huntelaar quit, that's one thing, but Stam is kind of above reproach in my book.

No worry. It is has become sadly common to be insulted on this board when the opinion is not the same as the one of the loud minority (CL elimination, HTC, Jaakke....remember ?).
The trouble is that facts did not always prove me wrong, to say the least ("facts are stubborn" as said KM).
Anyways, about Stam, he was of course a great player in general. But he hardly played more than one season for Ajax. And it would have helpful if he had played till the end of the season. So I am not sure his farewell will be as emotionnal as for major Ajax players.
We'll see.

My 2p worth for what that's worth.

If and when Stam or anyone else 'retires' and then turns up somewhere else then I'll agree we have been badly let down.

In this case though, the guy has retired - and that's that.

Someone mentioned the Sparta game as being amongst his reasoning and tbh, he had a stinker. I can actually respect the guy a great deal here, he could have hung around collecting his wages but instead has decided he's not up to it as he was once and is walking away - respect to the guy for that.

I agree some recent games, especially in Europe have been awful but we're still unbeaten - some crisis so there isn't even that much of a sinking ship to desert if that's what some think he's doing......

P.S. do I get a prize for 1200 posts?

let's close this thread and think of the future : Davids

His reasons of "Lack of motivation" can be something any of us could have cited this season:

a) Losing Babel to Liverpool.
b) Losing Sneijder just before the CL Qualifier.
c) Double Euro Cup Exits.
d) HTC leaving *but hey I think that's supposed to be a good thing*

*sigh*

Nice hurrah to the big man yesterday...

Nice speech, too! Most players will only say one or two words. Stam had a pretty long speech. Nice words.

Take care, Jaap. We'll see you around.

K.

Kowalczyk schreef:Nice hurrah to the big man yesterday...

Nice speech, too! Most players will only say one or two words. Stam had a pretty long speech. Nice words.

Take care, Jaap. We'll see you around.

K.

Is there a translation anywhere of his speech Ko?

According to Hugo Borst, the beginning of the end was back in May, when Ajax were playing Heerenveen. HTC was giving his half time bollocking when Stam shouted "Shut your gob!".....

http://www.ad.nl/sport/voetbal/article1795056.ece

I've always admired Jaap Stam as a player , even if I absolutely can't stand PSV , ManUre , or AC Milan . I'm glad Ajax took a chance on a player of his quality and glad he was one of ours for even a fleeting moment. Good Luck Jaap!!!!!