Kant-ona
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They have some 17 years old defenders, right? It will be youth against routine. "Storm and stress" against defence. And I hope that experience and boredom win.
Makes me angry just looking at that, even though I know Jose will rest playersManchester United schedule
14 May - Spurs (A)
17 May - Southampton (A)
21 May - Crystal Palace (H)
24 May - Ajax (N)
Ajax schedule
14 May - Willem II (A)
24 May - Manchester United (N)
FA don't give a shit about English clubs in Europe. Making things easier for the club means less clashflow for themselves, which isn't in their best interest.Makes me angry just looking at that, even though I know Jose will rest players
Do the FA want our teams to be embarrassed in Europe?
Utd just nearly bottled a 2 goal lead, also had a player sent off!Ajax just nearly bottled a 3 goal lead, also had a player sent off.
We can definitely win this.
Now imagine if we had gone through to the FA cup final...Manchester United schedule
14 May - Spurs (A)
17 May - Southampton (A)
21 May - Crystal Palace (H)
24 May - Ajax (N)
Ajax schedule
14 May - Willem II (A)
24 May - Manchester United (N)
Call it ballocks for as long as you like. The reality is that many of those names you listed have been flops and have simply not been good enough. Until the club wakes up to the reality, we can keep hiring managers until kingdom comes.Bollocks. We've got Herrera, Pogba, Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Mata and Martial to take up our front six spots. We've got Carrick, who is still a canny hand. Lingard isn't a mug either, in spite of generally not being good enough. There's multi millions of pounds of talent littered all over this team and it's up to the manager to get the best out of them in an attacking sense. That we've scored less league goals than Bournemouth gives credence to this, unless you think Josh King and Marc Pugh are the "decent" footballers we don't get the luxury of having in our squad.
We've had clear outs. We just need our managers to start doing their jobs.
Like I said, score two goals and we win this tie.
So we win, then.Utd just nearly bottled a 2 goal lead, also had a player sent off!
At home we are. Neutral ground, we can go for it.We're rubbish but we can win. It won't be comfortable but I'm hoping we can nick it 1-0
He is far from agile to deal with fast players these days.Without Bailly, Rojo and Zlatan against this young and agile Ajax team..
It is going to be tough and I really hope we make it somehow, however, for me Ajax are favourites..
Yes, he is not , however, he is experienced enough at high level under high pressure to exploit there uncomfortable and inexperienced ( in such situations) defense. His permanent threat would have helped us a lot.He is far from agile to deal with fast players these days.
Of the others, Bailly will be a huge loss but Jones and Smalling are capable even though they haven't had the minutes, now's the time to take their chances.
How? They have a europa league title to lose. I could understand celta having nothing to lose as they were already behind, but ajax do have lot to lose. They will be as nervous as us and the only thing they wont have to lose is a champions league place. The trophy they "have" to lose.At home we are. Neutral ground, we can go for it.
Obviously the young Ajax team have nothing to lose but our overall experience should see us over the line
They have a certain CL place to lose too. Assuming they're not winning Dutch championship this weekend, they only qualify for CL qualification. That's how they ended up in Europa League this season, didn't qualify.How? They have a europa league title to lose. I could understand celta having nothing to lose as they were already behind, but ajax do have lot to lose. They will be as nervous as us and the only thing they wont have to lose is a champions league place. The trophy they "have" to lose.
A figure of speech pal, don't get all menstrual. I did mean that they will throw caution to the winds as that's the only way they can playHow? They have a europa league title to lose. I could understand celta having nothing to lose as they were already behind, but ajax do have lot to lose. They will be as nervous as us and the only thing they wont have to lose is a champions league place. The trophy they "have" to lose.
Who is the expert here? Need I remind yo of supertalent Fischer whom I also correctly deemed as an average talent for which you called me out in another discussion with you two years ago when you were raving. Did you even say we should sign him? Dodged a bullet eh? Where is he now?You are talking out of your arse here, or you are living in 2015.
No excuses. We should be able to tear them apart. Our average squad member should be miles above theirs.Makes me angry just looking at that, even though I know Jose will rest players
Do the FA want our teams to be embarrassed in Europe?
You clearly haven't been watching this Ajax team if you think they're favourites.Without Bailly, Rojo and Zlatan against this young and agile Ajax team..
It is going to be tough and I really hope we make it somehow, however, for me Ajax are favourites..
Makes me angry just looking at that, even though I know Jose will rest players
Do the FA want our teams to be embarrassed in Europe?
The Dutch league has 18 teams so the season is shorter, can't blame the FA for that.FA don't give a shit about English clubs in Europe. Making things easier for the club means less clashflow for themselves, which isn't in their best interest.
But they have play-offs for the EL places or something like that don't they ?The Dutch league has 18 teams so the season is shorter, can't blame the FA for that.
FA care about the money in England and that alone. If they cared about us in Europe they'd have introduced the winter break ages ago.Makes me angry just looking at that, even though I know Jose will rest players
Do the FA want our teams to be embarrassed in Europe?
You can guys can look at Ajax style a little bit alike of Barcelona, but just with their B-team.
Passing game, starting from the back. Fluid in attack, quick passes.
Leftback - Riedewald or Sinkgraven, Sinkgraven was out with injury and is a made leftback, as he is a LM. Riedewald is makeshift LB as he is a LCB. Both young. Sinkgraven has been our first option for LB.
LCB - De Ligt, 17 years of age, can be naive cause he is young, was a bit unlucky to concede penalty. Is not very fast on first meters. Will go into midfield like Vertonghen.
RCB - Sanchez, our Colombian rock at the back. Bit like Bailly. Agressive, athletic, aerial threat. Not the best of passer, but like Bailly.
RB - Veltman, who gets easy cards, was substituted today to net get a red card. Otherwise Tete will play, who is fast and is a very good tackler.
CDM - Schone, has a wonderful freekick, able to score from 30 meters. Not a standard CDM as he is more creative and thinks more forward. Can be a bit nonchalant.
LCM - Ziyech, has a great free kick. Is very good a tthrough passes. If he is in his element, than he is a joy to watch.
RCM - Klaassen, our captain, engine and leader of the squad. Work his ass off. Will arrive in the box alot. Has a good finishing shot and eye for where to be.
LW - Younes, tricky little fellow. Will cut inside alot. Tracking back not his strong points and can get stuck in dribbling. But a threat constantly nonetheless.
ST - Dolberg, a bit Zlatan junior and already known here on the caf. Has a menacing shot. Can hold up play and is tricky. Young lad.
RW - Traore, bit hit and miss on RW. Pacey, nonchalant. Weak shot. Good at aerial duels. Tricky, but in a bad game he makes wrong choices alot.
Ok so what do we know about this young Ajax team? Obviously they look quite capable going forward. How is there back line and midfield?
Yeah the FA are a joke. Really hope United or one of the other top teams refuses to release their players for Ingerlund before too long - would be a brilliant way to get back at them.Makes me angry just looking at that, even though I know Jose will rest players
Do the FA want our teams to be embarrassed in Europe?
LvG won a trophy, not the league cup but a real one, and he did meet his target in the first season. It's funny to see how a lot of people here are twisting facts to make it look like Mourinho has done a decent job. LvG was actually trying to learn the players to play football properly, Mourinho has given up on that. If you play proper football, you can even make it to the final with a <20 million bunch of teenagers. Imagine what United could do if a mature 400 million squad plays fluent, organized attacking football like that.That's just how I see it anyway, people are going over the top with this doom and gloom shite. We haven't played good football in years, our football was pretty shit towards the end of SAF too, was down to individual brilliance by RVP etc. shit football isn't new to us, at least now we are winning trophies with it, unlike under LVG and Moyes. Things will
Hopefully improve.
They nearly bottled a 5-1 lead on aggregate...Utd just nearly bottled a 2 goal lead, also had a player sent off!
He was our starman vs Schalke, what are you on about? Everytime he's fit, he plays, and has even bailed out Sanchez numerous times. He is no world beater or anything and Ajax is probably his top but he certainly is importsnt for Ajax and has been very decent this year.Who is the expert here? Need I remind yo of supertalent Fischer whom I also correctly deemed as an average talent for which you called me out in another discussion with you two years ago when you were raving. Did you even say we should sign him? Dodged a bullet eh? Where is he now?
Calm down and spot the deficiencies of your team.
Edit: his thread on The biggest ajax forum and a some of them matchgoers (we are a small country): http://ajax.netwerk.to/forums/HTML/forum11/3823-84.php
Alot of "Phew a blessing that he is not in the final" and "everytime he falls through the ice (a dutch saying that when the going gets tough you see he lacks quality)".
Ajax beat Celta home and away in the group stages. Ajax fan at work viewed them as the weakest team in the semis.If we play normally without nerves, we'll smash Ajax. We already defeated Celta who are more difficult to play against. Ajax's inexperience will be their weakness which we need to expose.