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Thought they'd give him an extension for another season after his performances the past month, surprised at that. They are probably in the market for another centre-back now.
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Agree, he should be good for at least one more season.
 

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AJ10 said:
Before anyone says it.........and we have jones/smalling/young tied to new contracts.

They're ruthless unlike our morons.
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Vidic and Evra were gone at a younger age than Ashley Young. Unbelievable.
 

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That’s how top clubs work. Ruthless. He was a monster this month but he’s getting on a bit and they know he will decline. We on the other hand give the worst captain in our history a contract extension.
 

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Josep Dowling said:
That’s how top clubs work. Ruthless. He was a monster this month but he’s getting on a bit and they know he will decline. We on the other hand give the worst captain in our history a contract extension.
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It should hit those club right in the face that our "noisy neighbour's" are releasing a player that would become our best defender, and probably third best overall.

Its amazing because we should not have let ourselves get in the position to say that after Evra, Vidic and Rio left, we haven't replaced them at all.
 

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Red00012 said:
Palace receive offer “too good to turn down”
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Usual, “I’m on contract here,”I’m still a (insert club name) player,” “ I’m very happy here.” Blah blah ...

No Player ever has said that....no one!
 

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Josep Dowling said:
That’s how top clubs work. Ruthless. He was a monster this month but he’s getting on a bit and they know he will decline. We on the other hand give the worst captain in our history a contract extension.
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I believe they would’ve extended his contract if he was helping them out on the home-grown players front.
 

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Nice way for him to finish. Seems a decent bloke at the end of the day. Can't remember much nonsense from him on the pitch either.
 

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Alan Nixon is one of the most reliable journalists for lower league.
 

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Okay I'm convinced. Please someone make the Nathan Collins thread, I want to see some people lose their shit.
 

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Strange that Van de Beek was Ajax's best player against Spurs in the two legs despite not playing in his best position. His mental strength is far better than that of Frenkie as shown by his big game performances in the cup final, against Spurs and Juventus and in the match that won Ajax the title. Athletic wise, he's also better and more mobile than Frenkie who can't even play as a no 8, let alone as a no 10.

There's nothing wrong with VDB's technique. He won't give you the mazy dribbling runs of Frenkie but that's not needed in the midfield. He's capable of evading opposition with a smart dribble which is enough. Xavi, Scholes were never players who had to go on crazy mazy runs, which I feel is redundant in comparison to passing skills in the midfield. I feel some Ajax fans are just attracted to the mazy dribbling of Frenkie because left for me, his passing skill is nothing special. He finds it difficult to switch play to the wing whenever the middle is packed up and his spatial awareness is basically zero. What I see him do is make several passes backward until Schone and Ziyech drops deep to get the ball or the fullbacks bomb forward. At times he had to go on a mazy runs whenever the midfield is packed up because he couldn't switch play to the wing. That ain't my cup of tea.

I really don't know why the image I posted isn't showing but if you check squawka website and compare VDB 2016/2017 stat per mins when he was mostly deployed as a no 6 to Frenkie's no 6 role stat this season, Van de Beek's stat looked far better than Frenkie in the no of chances created, average pass length, long ball, crosses, forward passes, passes completed etc whereas Frenkie was regarded as a player who passed backward a lot. It's a shame that he had to be the fall guy for Frenkie to excel in the no 6 role because Frenkie can't play in any other role apart from the no 6 whereas Van de Beek is much more mobile and can play as no 8 hence why the coach planted him as a SS/no 10 today.

Sometimes, your adaptability and talent tend to be an hindrance as in the case of Nani who was constantly deployed on the left side to make room for Valencia on the right wing despite the fact that Nani looked far better on the right than on the left but since Valencia was one footed and couldn't play on the left whereas Nani could play on the left although not as good as he was on the right, he was moved to the left. Nani's best season in the year he had close to 17 assists was during the year Valencia was out injured and Nani was deployed on the right wing in his place. If Van de Beek really want to keep developing as the central midfield he is, he needs to leave Ajax.
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mate I've been watching vs beek since he was 15; frenkie since he was 17/18. cool that you watch their big games and have some half-baked stats but technically there's a vast gap between them, similarly athletically.
 

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Can we wait what will happen with DDG then decide will we leave Henderson one more year at Sheffield, does that work like that?
 

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Acquire Me said:
Must be a good prospect for the future.
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Never seen him play but from what I have managed to find out - a really tall central defender who is strong, composed and good on the ball. Fairly quick. Irish U18 captain apparently.
Oh yes and he played against us in U23 game in february when Stoke won 3-1
 

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Never seen him play but from what I have managed to find out - a really tall central defender who is strong, composed and good on the ball. Fairly quick. Irish U18 captain apparently.
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I like it. I think the new project under Ole will be very good for us. More about young talents and make them stars for us. Superstars are not the way to go.
 

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Nothing wrong with signing future prospects, we can start worrying if there are not many recruitment for 1st team by early July.
 
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