Articles tagged with "ajax"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 31st, 2008
Here's Van Nijnatten's column on the Play Offs. Just for the record: I have never been a fan. To me, the number two of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 23rd, 2008
It isn't the first time and it definitely won't be the last...
Ajax lost against FC Twente this weekend (2-1) and can kiss the title goodbye. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 18th, 2008
Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and beyond...
Wrap Luca Toni in cotton wool (Italy Blog)
Under new management (Portugal Blog)
Robert Acquafresca or Robert Murkowski? ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 11th, 2008
Last week Ajax' future manager Marco van Basten and his staff were presented to the public
He is going to do all he can to make ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 7th, 2008
How weird is this?? The whole world has been following El Salvador's return to Ajax. In one evening he kicked the board out, put Marco ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 5th, 2008
Johan Derksen's column in VI:
"Almost four years ago, Johan Cruyff told everyone who wanted to listen that Marco van Basten was an absolute top coach. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 2nd, 2008
Remember last season's finish? No one wanted the title then... It seems Adrie Koster, Ajax' manager, has put his hand up though... It was inevitable ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 25th, 2008
After all the hussle and bussle in Amsterdam (Cruyff in, Van Basten signed) Ajax had to play NAC in Breda. Now, NAC Breda is doing ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 22nd, 2008
Marco van Basten, John van 't Schip and Rob Witschge return to Ajax this summer. And although Van Basten was the best of the pack, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 22nd, 2008
It's official. Marco van Basten will return to Ajax to coach his first love after the EC 2008.
The current Oranje manager will succeed interim-coach Adrie ...
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 ...
