Now Is Not the Time…
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… to panic? Or maybe it is. 4-1 loss at Vitesse. Supporters interrupted training earlier this week, and even MvB has admitted he considered resigning. The high spirits that continued even after transfer news distracted everyone has quickly evaporated as the failure to take points has continued. This leaves us with nothing but questions.
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Guilty
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Here are the verdicts. All are guilty as charged.
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Category: Team NewsYou Decide What Happened
By: Matt | 22 Comments
Depending on your perspective, your reaction to this weekend’s KJH love-fest could have been one of adulation and adoration, of hero-worship and veneration of the next great saint. Or it could have been the closest thing to a funeral for Ajax’s ambitions that will be held under the guidance of the club’s top brass. Since the situation is so fickle, I am going to write two blurbs. You can pick which one you want to read and post on your refrigerator. You can even tell me about it. But, if you have been reading this blog, you know which one will get my most coveted magnet.
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Category: Team News10 Things We Learned About Ajax: December Edition
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The end of the half-season is coming quickly now, and things are falling into shape. We know that we will head into the break no worse than third but most likely second. We also now know that Fiorentina lies ahead in the UEFA Cup, but there are at least ten other things we also know.
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Category: Team NewsThe Next Big Thing in Amsterdam
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The rumors are already flying, and it will only get worse until either (a) the transfer window closes at the end of January or (b) some lucky striker gets purchased by Ajax or (c) Cvitanich explodes for a hat trick in his next match. One is an invitability, one an improbability, and one will keep us guessing. So, without further delay, I give you a few youtubes of possible pickups.
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Category: Team NewsMoving On, Moving Up
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Ajax 3 – NAC Breda 0
A very strong display from Ajax, dominating possession and creating goals. NAC, for their part, ran afoul of the referee and received plenty of yellows and one red. Cvitanich opened the scoring, with a nifty assist from Suarez, then Siem de Jong got attacked in the box, resulting in a PK which Suarez converted. Lindgren finished things off with a nice shot from range. Ajax had the ball a lot. NAC could not stop fouling. The result was never going to be different.
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Category: Team NewsI’ll Never Say It…
By: Matt | 6 Comments
… but I’ll type it: “I told you so, Ryan Babel.” He tires of sitting on the bench at Liverpool, wanting instead to run and play on the green grass like other young men do. So he asked to return on loan to Amsterdam, where Ajax was invested in his future success by means of present pitch time. But big bad Rafa likes to have four or five multi-millionaires to pick from each week, so Babel was denied. Let this be a lesson to you, Klaas, for when you … oh, wait, nevermind. Too late.
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Category: Team NewsThe Gloves Come Off: Huntelaar is Trash
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I have been biding my time for more than a few days, satisfying my own self-imposed “cooling off period.” It’s not that KJH defied my own prediction that he would wait until summer to move. It’s not the money. It’s not even the destination. It is the brazen arrogance and idiocy that led Klass Jan-Huntelaar to appear for a presentation at another club when he is not only under contract to his current club, he is their f*&$ing captain.
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Category: Team NewsFortune is Blind
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Yeah, it was kinda ugly. Yeah, we were not terribly sharp. Yeah, nobody will be too impressed with Dario. And yeah, we only managed two goals against a suspect defense (as I predicted. hooray.) We were fortunate. But three points are three points, and championships are won in forgotten road matches where points could have been dropped but were not. After trailing at halftime, Ajax woke up and scored twice to thwart Volendam. Nothing too memorable about the match except for our first look at Daley Blind.
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Category: Team NewsReal Ajacieds at Work
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(Excuse me while I exorcize some of my bitterness. It’s just a phase.) Contrary to media reports, Ajax will have enough players under contract this weekend to run a side out against Volendam on Sunday. The entire squad is not transferring in the wake of their (ahem) captain’s departure. Put that armband on Stek’s arm (when he is healthy) and let’s get back to the business of winning silverware, shall we?
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