And we’re on our way :-)!

I said it before and now I say it again “what is Hesselink doing on the national team instead of Huntelaar”?.

Huntelaar was left out of the national team to face Switzerland and he proved Marco wrong again by scoring 4 goals, every decision Marco makes is wrong, we have no future under him.

What a goal from Drenthe!!!.

No…Don’t agree Miguel…

Huntelaar didn’t play well the last months. Was not inspiring in Oranje. Missed two penalties… He was having trouble. With Ruud back, Ruud is numero uno. VoH is the pinchhitting specialist and Dirk and Robin are available too. Good decision by Marco. Scoring 4 against De Graafschap doesn’t tell me a lot…

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Agreed Jan, the hunter was not in form. Better to leave him home and work it out. You can always recall him in Sept/Oct. De Graf may have been the medicine he needed. Only time will tell. We have enough quality up front where we won’t miss him much.

Posted from  United States

Well, don´t agree. Huntelaar is much more effective that Kuyt and Venegoor, he is real goalscoring machine who is starting his path to the glory and it´s unfair to leave him out just for a bad period of time. Players need confidence and van Basten is very bad giving confidence to his players. Huntelaar has to be there always, he is a great talent and it´s true that Ruud is the number one but if we have trouble against Bulgaria a deadly finisher as Huntelaar will be needed.

Mario, this is a friendly. Marco wants Hunter to settle in this season nicely with Ajax and I bet Ten Cate doesn’t want Hunter to go what with the important Prague match awaiting. VoH is not a real alternative, just a pinch hitter. Don’t worry, if Hunter keeps on scoring, he’ll be part of the group against Bulgaria and Albania.

Posted from  Australia

I think Huntelaar has proved himself over and over, when he was at his very best he didn’t make it to the WC2006 and that was a killer point for him, he went to the U-21 and proved Marco wrong. I agree with you, this is a friendly OK, but against Bulgaria he needs to be there, we don’t need a pinch hitter whatever that is we need a real alternative who can score goals out of nothing and sorry for being sarcastic but I’d rather have a one legged Huntelar than a very fit Hesselink. Remember Ruud has also missed penalties, Robben and even San Marco. I just don’t like the idea of having Hesselink to play desperate for long balls.

No. Hunter has never proved himself. He has to do something good in the national team or the Champions League, its too bad not to score in six straight caps.

We need a pinchhitter. Our last one scored 14 more or less important goals in very little play time. That wouldnt have happened if he was the same typ of player as Kluivert or van Nistelrooy. If you have to change the picture of a game, bringing on Hunter who is an exact copy of Ruud wont help.

Van nasten u will cryif u r taking landsaat, quite ,de cler, kew jaliens,haiselink, instead of hedwings evander zno,rayan donk and castelen

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agree, with the exception of yesterday Huntelaar hasnt played that well..he scored only one goal during all the prep. matches..its a period that every young strikers gets, im sure he will get out of it.. we should not compare Huntelaar with VoH..2 very differnt kind of strikers..

btw: my prediction: TenCate out before Christmas!!

grtz

Posted from  Netherlands

Nah Goose, I cant se him going before the season is over. I think Ajax will have pretty much patience with him, but Im not sure its worth it…

say that cause there was a football program yesterday and Hugo Borst(journalist with lot of inside info) told that tenCate had many proplems with vanGeel and other members of the board..also, its a known fact that TenCate and Huntelaar dont get along at all

but maybe its just wishful thinking on my side..i really hate tenCate, with his cisarette voice and his little basterd eyes, the things he says and the way he behaves (esp. with referees) is disgusting and not worthy of Ajax (though thats a part that i really dont care for)

but youre prob. right… you can always dream right! haha

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Henk ten Cate and Huntelaar’s relationship can’t be all that bad. I mean, Hunter did want to stay another year at Ajax, and HtC has not problem with Hunter being the #1 man at Ajax. There have been not threats of replacing, benching etc. Though their personalities may clash or differ on a personal level, they can still get along quite well on a professional level, which it seems they are doing.

Posted from  United States

well there were actually problems with Huntelaar and Ten Cate last year and Huntelaar was benched..this Hugo Borst guy has a lot of inside info.. and dont forget the Perez saga

tenCate doesnt have the class to be an ajax coach

but sure; hell play Huntelaar cause it is one of his best players

well see

Posted from  Netherlands

….of course, I do not have access to the local media coverage and juicy gossip, so what do I know. btw, scoring 4 goals probably helps the relationship a bit

Posted from  United States

It’s true. And Ajax has a knack for putting a TD and a coach together that can’t work together . Beenhakker – Adriaanse
Van Gaal – Koeman

And now Van Geel – Ten Cate.

Van Geel is a gentleman, Ten Cate a streetfighter. And with Sneijder gone, people in Amsterdam will curse Ten Cate for letting Perez go. Ten Cate and Perez had a bad report, but to sell one of your most creative players for only 1.7 Mio to your biggest rival is outrageous… I’m sure Ajax is not amused…

Borst also said the reason why Co hasn’t signed for Feyenoord and FC Utrecht is because he’s waiting for Ten Cate to be kicked out, so he can re-unite with his good colleague Van Geel and right the wrongs from his first gig at Ajax.

Posted from  Australia

Apparently PSVs Arouna Kone is off to Sevilla. This is surprising. Thought Farfan would be off much sooner that Kone.

I don’t think this will hurt PSV too much though. He always has issues with finishing.

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