Topic: Eredivisie 23/24 - discussion thread - page 11. (Read 15982 times)

Well, it seems that getting the number 4 position will only be in a dream. ajax had many opportunities to show that they were finally recovered, but unfortunately after having a sequence of victories, they fell back into decline, when I look at this:



It's clear to me that ajax has entered its failure mode again. and it went into this failure mode at the right time because the league games are approaching the end and when we see that in 5 games ajax only managed to have just 1 victory, then we see that they wasted 12 points and if ajax had won in all games from the last 5 games would be in position number 3 at that moment or at least would be at the same point as the team in position 3. but unfortunately Ajax showed that they have not recovered and this season everything is already lost, position 5 is the more suitable for Ajax and next season the chances of finishing in that position 5 again is more realistic than dreaming of the title next season

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PSV 1 - 0 Twente

PSV had a very complicated game against Twente who occupy position 3, in that game PSV dominated possession but failed to score many goals and were lucky to score 1 goal in the 90+6 minutes. Twente did well in defense, despite having lost, in my opinion they showed that they are a team that deserves to be in position 3 and that they can improve further next season. with this victory, PSV remains 10 points ahead of the team in position 2 and an interesting fact is that PSV only conceded just 13 goals in the league in 26 games and scored 81 goals and have not lost in any game since the league has started, I'm wondering: will PSV be champions without losing a game? 

The game ended in a draw 2-2 with Ajax having a red card in the ninetieth minute of the game and they had to equally share points with Sparta. Recalling back to how Ajax began the season, they did had a very poor performance but then it wasn't too long they picked up form again and it looked like they were very much back on their feet and we're ready to take back their position in the eredivisie.

Later they had very nice results which made them appeared very productive and I taught it's a new era for them and that they were most definitely going to get to the top four and hopefully get to secure a champions league spot for next season but then in their las five game they have proven otherwise in their performance and they no longer look productive to me because I don't like the results I'm seeing and it's not even looking like they will make it to the Europa according to the eredivisie standard of ranking their team for the next season.

Ajax has lost one and won one then drew the remaining in their last five games and they are not looking like they are in their better form at this time, they may just be trying to maintain a position around the fifth and sixth position which actually isn't going to get them anywhere away from the eredivisie, they are most definitely going to stay within the eredivisie and may not participate in elite leagues next season of they don't improve their performance before the end of the season.

With this slip Ajax now has to make do with fifth place, and will therefore not be represented internationally, one of Ajax's weakest seasons in recent decades, but there can be no excuses, there should be enough money...

Feyenoord continued to follow their rival by defeating Heerenveen 3-2 away.Although it will last until the last weeks, it should not be forgotten that there is still 10 points difference with their rival PSV.If PSV enters the last 4 weeks like this, they will declare their championship.There are 8 weeks left in the league and there is no reason for the point difference to close, but I don't think PSV will lose points. At least they will complete this season as champions.They continued their leadership by taking an important 3 points by defeating Twente, one of the form teams of this season, 1-0.If PSV had lost points in this match, then they could have been stressed.This win against Twente will further reduce the hopes of their opponents.The winning goal coming in the last minutes was the breaking moment of the match.

This season is terrible nightmare for Ajax, they eliminated from UEFA cups early, now they continue to be joke in Eredivisie. Now they have get spot in next season Conference league somehow and then there is lot of work for them to do in summer.
Meanwhile PSV achieved crazy difficult win against Twente, scoring only goal on 97th minute. Champions mentality.

They ended up rescuing a draw but still the same, you cant be this shit, i still cant believe how bad they are this season, and not wake up no matter the circunstance. Now they are 8 points behind AZ and with less and less games remaining, by far the worst season i remember for them.

Ajax misery is still going on as currently they are trailing by 2–0 against Sparta Rotterdam with we are in 60th minute of the match and if we have no action from the Ajax most chances we will have no chance for them to have fourth spot because AZ Alkmaar is already won their away game by big margin, and now we have difference of points 9 which is surely not easy to cut in coming 8 rounds of the season.

Two goals in both halves are enough for the leading game by Sparta Rotterdam's Verschueren even we have good ball control and too many chances for the Ajax, but sadly they fail to give anything good in this game while now Sparta Rotterdam is going to end their winless streak after three matches in league.

I can't call it like they have recovered either.    Ajax haven't just been able to find themselves since the Erik ten Hag time period ended. They have changed 5 coaches in only 2 years since then. 

This is just serious and worrying for Ajax unfortunately. John van 't Schip has done better than the last coach Maurice Steijn so far. But on the other hand it is still ambiguous if he is really the one for Ajax. To be able to see a similar success to Erik ten Hag's we need to observe his football and their results much longer.

To tell the truth, I really want to see Ajax recovering like many people. They were the face of the Eredivisie for a really long time but they are lost for quite much time.

I was really optimistic about their chances for the third or fourth spot, but suddenly they are back in terrible which is surely going to have big impact on their end of this season as well because in last six games in Eredivisie they are having only one win which is surely the worst thing for them and now AZ Alkmaar is also back in good which is allowing them to stay at the fourth spot which is also good for them but Ajax surely try his best for ending at the fourth which is not easy but possible.

Ajax which is having most defeats in this season 7 and also conceded most goals at the top level with 45 is also giving how terrible they are in this season, and they needed to be overhauled of their strategy with selling of players also needed to be had on some level which not hurt their performance and progress into their league as well.

I agree, Ajax now only have a chance of finishing fourth, but they can't afford many more slip-ups. They have to win today in any case, I don't think AZ will lose against the team at the bottom of the table. If Ajax lose or only manage a draw, fourth place will soon no longer be realistic.

time doesn't take long to pass, there are only a few games left for the league to finish, in the case of ajax from what I said, ajax only has 9 games left, in those 9 games ajax will play against 2 very strong teams, I'm talking about twente and feyenoord who In my opinion, Ajax has a greater chance of losing in these 2 games. With this, Ajax would have 7 games to win and finish in 4th position, a task that will be very difficult to achieve if AZ is not losing, but AZ will have very difficult games in the remaining games that they have left until the end of the league. , so in my opinion ajax still has a chance of finishing in position 4. but unfortunately ajax has no chance of finishing in position 3, 2 and 1. this season ajax will not be able to achieve anything relevant and I suspect that in the season last time will also be difficult for ajax

I say this because this current Ajax squad is not strong enough to be able to fight for the title next season and I don't know if Ajax management has the money to make some important signings in this transfer window that will open in a few months, if the Ajax doesn't have a plan that consists of signing good players, so next season Ajax will be fighting just to stay in position 4 or positions lower than position 4, which is terrible for Ajax, which was a team that constantly dominated the league. Talking about PSV, well anyone can see that PSV will be champions this season, they had a very good season, they performed well and continue to maintain their good performance, and in this way they will be champions

And if the PSV management keeps most of the good players and the coach, then I see PSV and Feyenoord competing with each other next season to see which of these 2 teams will become champions, and a scenario that has a greater chance of happening in the next season. My opinion, because I don't see Ajax with this current squad being able to fight for the title next season. Twente also had a good season and in my opinion they deserve to finish in third place, I hope that next season they will get stronger and be able to fight for the title

For Ajax it was a good round and Ajax could make up a few points on the next place, but whether fourth place still works out, AZ would have to have a weak phase. Of course the Ajax fans are very disappointed but this season is unfortunately the way it is.

PSV can't be caught anyway, Feyenoord will almost certainly secure second place..

I don't know what exactly the disappointment is about because ajax has been doing tremendously well after they recovered from their poor from earlier this season, except you are expecting to see them at the top of the table already which is most definitely not going to happen because the point difference and gap away from PSV is just too much that the have got less time to be able to achieve such height before the end of the season which is just few weeks from now. They are just four points away from been amongst the top four teams on the table and it's very possible for them to get to the top four of only they could win two more games ahead, ajax for me has been putting the kind of efforts that should be productive except for the fact that they did not start on a good not from the beginning of the season so it's most definitely now looking like they are struggling to be at a position they would usually be before in their own kind of performance with which they were known for in the eredivisie league few seasons ago.

Let's hope they get better and be back to been able to be amongst top three next season or possibly winning the league title next season, I still trust Ajax to be able to get on their feet sooner than later to becoming the kind of team they were before now in the eredivisie league. Every season comes with its challenge and I think this is one of those challenging seasons for ajax already and they are trying to get it fixed.

I dont know if i can call that a recovery, just because they win a few matches against very weak teams. A team like Ajax needs to be at least in the top 3 and we cross the middle of the season and they still cant reach the fourth position , so yes is a recovery but not a real one, Ajax fans surely a truly dissapionted.

Although Ajax started the league badly, they managed to recover afterwards.They managed to get 3 points by defeating Utrecht, the form team of the last weeks, at home.We can say that Ajax, who played better than their opponent, deserved the win to the end.
Championship candidate PSV Eindhoven hosted another candidate Feyenoord at home. PSV, who led 1-0 in the early minutes, finished the first half with a 1-1 draw.In the second half, it started to be a tougher match and cards flew in the air for the first 15 minutes.Although Feyenoord managed to take the lead in the 61st minute, PSV scored the equalizer 10 minutes later and the match ended 2-2.If Feyenoord had won this match, at least they would still have a chance for the championship, but I think we can say that PSV is now the champion after not losing in this match.

With the current performance of PSV things are already settled for their title and now after this match we have no team who can stop PSV because they are undefeated into 24 games and their performance level is also currently at the top which is giving all view how strong they are in this season for the title.

Even now as things are going I have feeling most chances we will have these three teams at the top with same spots which are they currently holding because Feyenoord and Twente are doing impressive work for staying here and AZ Alkmaar and Ajax both lost their chances for the jump above specially Ajax which have another bad period now having 11 points difference from the Twente which is looking not possible for them to cut in coming ten matches.

AZ playing for Ajax this round, is incredible how they drop points in this game after win against Ajax in the past round, man you need to solidify that gap just after you made it, because now you have again Ajax breathing behind your neck and Ajax is much bigger than you.

About PSV - Feyenoord game, good game 4 goals, but with this it ended the race for title.

After todays game between PSV and Feyenoord that ended 2:2, it looks impossible for PSV not to win title. 10 points lead with 10 games remaining. They would have to lose 4 games and Feyenoord must win everything. And remaining calendar for PSV looks easy, most difficult opponents is AZ and Twente, but both games at home.
And I remind that they're still undefeated this season, and have great chance to end whole season in this way. And about today's game, that moment when draw at home isn't bad result at all.

I think PSV will be eliminated in the round of 16 by Dortmund, because Dortmund qualified as winners of group F, where the group is occupied by PSG, Milan and Newcastle. In this case, even though PSV did not lose in the first leg, Dortmund will have maximum effort to win in the second leg, because they will act as hosts.

We know that in the Eredivisie, PSV has not been touched by defeat in the 23 matches they have played, and it is very likely that they will win the championship trophy. However, their chances in the Champions League may be different, Dormund are more favorites because they have better squad depth and play in a more competitive league.

However, it does not rule out the possibility that PSV will continue to maintain its unbeaten trend in the Champions League, since PSV has not been touched by defeat since the group phase. The Champions League always presents surprise teams, PSV could have luck and qualify for the quarter finals later. Even though I personally see victory tending to favor Dortmund, we'll see what happens to them in the future.

I dont know if they are gonna be eliminated in the CHampions League, they are not the favourite that is correct, but i see the first game of the series and PSV do quite well, and this Dortmund is not good, they are very weak in some spots, so we can expect some surprise in that game, and this can be very good for PSV, first because they can reach quarterfinals of UCL after so much time , and also because they can focus on UCL thanks to the big gap they have here in the Eredivisie.