Comments on: Jol: Let’s turn this Ajax into team!

By: Tiju

Tiju — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:54:49 +0000

Thnaks jan and carlos.i will go for it.hopeflly within eight months i will reach there.
B/w kromcamp was vulnerable at that time,but he is too good in offencive aspect,ultimatly we dont need him now.let him develop and come back when at the age of 32???

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:23:26 +0000

I saw Kromkamp as our absolute best RB when he played for AZ, but now i have found out he could only excell because of the way Adriaanse made his team play, there were always one or 2 players covering for Kromkamp, so he had all the possibilities of going forward without having to really worry, but at Villareal and Liverpool, it showed that although a very good plae when attacking, he really lacks some skills as a defender. Same at PSV where they were regularly caught off guard as Kromkamp was out of position, meaning he was still upfront. He can function magnificently though, but then you have to adjust your team quite a bit to cover for him. Also, he copes with quite a lot of injuries.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:53:26 +0000

Many injuries for Kromkamp…

By: Miguel Rosado

Miguel Rosado — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:17:29 +0000

@Alex, you are totally right my friend about Boulahrouz although I think he is a great CENTRAL defender. Mourinho started playing Boulah as right back and he did OK for some games but then he started making some mistakes but that happened because it’s not his natural position. I remember watching him play against England (friendly) and Argentina (WC) and he did an excellent job but in both of those games he was a central defender.

What happened to Kromkamp? I liked his style.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:05:43 +0000

BTW I came across some info about Bruno Alves being pursued by a few clubs and I suddenly realized there’s still hope for Ryan Donk, so I thought i’d spread some positive views.
Now highly rated Bruno Alves, was loaned out by FC Porto for 3 or 4 successive seasons before getting him back at the club, then turned 24 in that november, where he struggled in competition and only managed to play in 7 games. His real breakthrough didn’t come until he was a good 25/26, now at 27, getting close to 28, he’s being linked to a number of very big clubs. Donk is only 23 now, so if you look at it in that way, he hss got a few more years to get the slip-ups and the nonchalance out of his play.

I know it might sound optimistic, but it does keep me asleep at night.
Just kidding.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:41:24 +0000

They did, but it was a lucky win nevertheless.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:52:27 +0000

@Tiju, there are more weird foreign coaches in England… Sir Alex, Arsene, Benitez, Zola…so why not you! I agree with Carlos: go for it!!!

Thanks Alex, for that Boulah piece. I like the guy too. I’d love to see him back on form.

And yes, Jol is a coach who could do it at Ajax, but only if Ajax allows him. There’s a huge undercurrent of influential people there and Jol is like Adriaanse: he doesn’t care. He’s the boss. But Co got sacked in Amsterdam, so we’ll have to wait and see.

Still, give Marco eleven players and Jol the exact same eleven players and I think Jol is able to make a better team… Although I do believe HSV with Jol lost out against Marco’s Ajax in the UEFA Cup, didn’t they ?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:23:21 +0000

BTW, there’s a very good long interview with Khalid Boulahrouz in VI this week. He talks about his problems in the beginning of the season and in his early career. He said he was still struggling heavily with the loss of his child and other things the first half of the season which affected his play for the worse, and now finally feels completely fit and concentrated again. He also said he has put all of it behind him(Chelsea, Sevilla)and is fed up with the fact that he hasn’t played for so long for oranje. According to him he is ready to start the climb back up to the top from now.
If a man like him says something like that, i believe him, and i’ve always been a big fan of Boulah since he left RKC Waalwijk for HSV so I hope he can really succeed. I’d love to see his old self again, the Boulahrouz I know from HSV and that excelled when marking Ronaldinho for Chelsea. Í would always line him up in my team if I were a coach.
Anyway I thought it would be nice to share that with you guys.

About the ranking, although it’s not a real good representation, nice to see. I think we are indeed better than Germany, France, Portugal, I doubt we are better than Argentina or Brasil though.

BTW I think Jol can turn things around or Ajax, with a few reinforcements, he has the ability to form a real team, and with the current attackers, i’d say he has to focus on organising the back, and central midfield.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:01:52 +0000

Tiju, when you put your mind to it. You can do anything…..dont let anything/anyone stop you.There are plenty of coaching schools in England and I believe being Indian is anything but strange in England. Have you noticed the amount of “Indians” in the English Cricket team now ? Have you been to England ? Its full of Indians/Pakistani/West Indians and the occasional Dutchman too .

By: Tiju

Tiju — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:28:20 +0000

Kaka headed to Madrid.perez started his games