Articles tagged with "ajax"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 18th, 2008
Johan Cruyff's column:
Everyone is aware how the level of Dutch football is deteriorating. We should be ashamed that only our champions are still in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 17th, 2008
Marco van Basten was looking over Martin van Geel's shoulder at the presentation of Ajax' investigative report. It was a coincidence, but symbolic at the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 10th, 2008
Peter Wekking's column in VI:
Mid december Ajax presented their cooperation plans with the Chinese football federation. It moved me to tears. "Ajax wants to share ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 4th, 2008
After the so-called superweek, it's clear that boring PSV - now led by Sef Vergoosen - is the boss in the Eredivisie. They easily defeated ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jan 31st, 2008
As JC said: every disadvantage has it's advantage...
Being in Holland allowed me to watch the two super-fixtures Ajax - PSV and Feyenoord - AZ. It's ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 11th, 2007
It was great to be able to watch the one and only Dutch classic: Feyenoord - Ajax.
And it has been some time since Feyenoord led ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 29th, 2007
Jaap Stam has ended his impressive career as off now. He made a short statement and will elaborate on the matter later today in a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 23rd, 2007
I'm back.... :-)
Tottenham Hotspur lost again, 1-3 against Newcastle United. Martin Jol's defense lets him down again... Rough times in London.
Arsene Wenger reacted relieved after ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 16th, 2007
Ajax announced a new shirt sponsor. Aegon - an insurance company - will replace bank Abn Amro. The not-much-longer Dutch bank used to pay 7 ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 11th, 2007
‘Ajax used 8 coaches in 10 years, saw a series of management people come and go and this time around, no European football. What the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 11th, 2007
"First they collect money for me and then when that's all done, they tell the media I am a liar." reacted Henk ten Cate. " ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 9th, 2007
Writing those posts on the Bosman law, Henk ten Cate and coaching I had to think about the changes needed in coaching. Ten Cate is ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 5th, 2007
What a horrible year for Dutch club football it is! Ajax missed the CL this year. Feyenoord didn't qualify at all. And now, after a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 10th, 2007
AZ draws against FC Twente (1-1) in the first leg of the play-offs at Twente's Arke Stadium.
Cziommer scored the first goal in the first half. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 3rd, 2007
Only four games to go. PSV leads with 3 points. And it has a better goalscoring position. +45 versus +42.
And it's looking frantically over their ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Nov 14th, 2006
Ecuador midfielder Edison Mendez has helped PSV jump over Ajax to lead the Dutch Eredivisie. Mendez--a finalist for the Ballon d'Or--assisted on the game's ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 24th, 2006
Edgar Davids could be going back to the club that started it all. With the experienced Jaap Stam and Edgar Davids along with ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 17th, 2006
Just for fun I thought I'd have a look at the pedigree that precedes Klaas Jan Huntelaar. The best Dutch strikers all started plying ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 11th, 2006
If ever there was a club team that garnered the same amount of expectation and criticism as the Dutch team it is Ajax. The ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 10th, 2006
van Basten is a smart guy. He realizes that only real weakness in the Dutch side is the defence. So he tried to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 7th, 2006
While one Dutch striker is in turmoil another flourishes. Klaas Jan Huntelaar's brace, including a 90th minute winner, was enough to hand Ajax the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 6th, 2006
Good news for the Oranje and Maduro. He is recovering from injury quickly and may make an appearance for Ajax in the Gatorade cup ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 6th, 2006
In what has been a steady stream of transfer rumours concerning Dutch players the past few days Edgar Davids has now expressed a mild interest ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 3rd, 2006
It's a been a slow couple of days in terms of Dutch national team news. I expect things will really heat up in a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 28th, 2006
A whole ton of past, presnt and future Dutch stars were on hand to watch Ajax dish out its player of the year trophies. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 27th, 2006
It seems like the pressure is building on Danny Blind and there's nothing he can do about it. Despite Ajax's emphatic aggragate win over ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 24th, 2006
After a two-day pilgrimage to the land of my birth I'm back and ready to go. After Van Basten named his squad on Friday ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 20th, 2006
Ajax and Feyenoord will face off in the Netherlands with both teams looking for a spot in the Champions League. Luckily for fans like ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 6th, 2006
When I think about the possibility of seeing Angola play without Pedro Mantorras at the World Cup, I get kind of disappointed. But instead ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 3rd, 2006
Really? Will I be signing for Ajax next week? That would be sweet, and nearly as foreseeable. It appears that young Ecuadorian ...
