Topic: Eredivisie 23/24 - discussion thread - page 19. (Read 16453 times)

The Eredivise is competitive no doubt and consistency works very much for the teams there. It's winter season and so the teams ought to brace up to gain enough grounds ahead of post winter break. PSV and Ajax are doing explicitly well in the league as they've been able to keep up with game victories too.
For Alkmaar, they're lagging behind and it's really taking toll on them and their points on the league table too.

 They've just got to find a balance and get back to their pace. Their league isn't even as competitive as other European leagues as there are just a few teams that are tough in their play. They can still meet up with points and stay at a good spot on the table too. Congrats to Ajax and PSV, they're good and are growing better gradually regardless of the little loopholes that they're having too. The second half of the season may likely take different turn in the league as it's believed that the various team managers will make new and better strategies to increase team's performance too.

Even we still have 16 rounds left in this season and many changes can happen because still injuries or any other problems can bring serious trouble for any team just because of this prediction is surely not easy but as currently things are going from these three teams Twente, AZ Alkmaar and Ajax all can go through for the third spot but for me still Ajax is strong because now in 19th round we have Feyenoord vs Twente which is surely going to be tough match and in case of lost they can go at fourth and difference could be only 3 points and in case of draw they can stay at the third spot but still difference will be cut which will create problems for them so we can't argue about this all now we have to wait for the few more weeks how things will be gone.

Yes I think this season is mostly done for Ajax Amsterdam as they are also eliminated from the KNVB Cup and even if I weren't to assert that miracles are not impossible, I think it is impossible for Ajax Amsterdam to catch up with PSV. But I think that PSV themselves are quite shocked after they gave away their first points in the Eredivisie and right after that game got eliminated from the KNVB Cup themselves. This is certainly bad for any plans they had.

I don't know what Ajax Amsterdam is aiming for, but the biggest of all possible goals would be to catch up with Feyenoord. Ajax has one more game to play against them in the Eredivisie and apart from that can only hope for Feyenoord to drop points.

I may be a little different from you. I agree and I think everyone also agrees that PSV is in first place and Feyenoord is in second place. Third place will belong to Twente or Ajax. And Alkmaar will get fifth position. But I put Twente in third place because they are quite strong and have a 6 point difference with Ajax. Even though Ajax has shown improved performance compared to the first half of the season, I think Twente is also a strong team to get third place.

I am also expecting changes but not too many as just Ajax will be entered into top three with remaining two teams Twente and AZ Alkmaar will be gone to fourth and fifth because other teams have not enough quality and potential to challenge teams which are ruling at top five spots for the years now in next round we will have Feyenoord vs Twente which is surely going to benefit the AZ Alkmaar and Ajax in case of drop points from any team.
Ajax having the worst time in first half of this season, and now it's good time for them to recover and go at their usual spot PSV is clearly having good difference of points which is not easy to recover for any team specially for the teams which are currently at the third and lower spots

I am also expecting changes but not too many as just Ajax will be entered into top three with remaining two teams Twente and AZ Alkmaar will be gone to fourth and fifth because other teams have not enough quality and potential to challenge teams which are ruling at top five spots for the years now in next round we will have Feyenoord vs Twente which is surely going to benefit the AZ Alkmaar and Ajax in case of drop points from any team.
Ajax having the worst time in first half of this season, and now it's good time for them to recover and go at their usual spot PSV is clearly having good difference of points which is not easy to recover for any team specially for the teams which are currently at the third and lower spots

In the second half of the season there are many surprises that occur. For the first time this season PSV achieved a draw in the League after finishing 17 matches with a win. Twente surprisingly lost to NEC. Alkmaar experienced a decline in form and Ajax have rediscovered their best form. There are many changes that will occur in the second half of the season. But I think first and second place will still belong to PSV and Feyenoord. Ajax will probably surpass Alkmaar and they will compete with Twente for third place.

They've just got to find a balance and get back to their pace. Their league isn't even as competitive as other European leagues as there are just a few teams that are tough in their play. They can still meet up with points and stay at a good spot on the table too. Congrats to Ajax and PSV, they're good and are growing better gradually regardless of the little loopholes that they're having too. The second half of the season may likely take different turn in the league as it's believed that the various team managers will make new and better strategies to increase team's performance too.

PSV's dropping of point isn't appearing to be as a surprise but I didn't expect it with as small team as Utrecht because PSV played much better in that game, even had more chances much better than Utrecht did, Utrecht was lucky after which they safeguarded their goal. It's okay to drop point at a time because you can't stay 100% throughout the season, PSV still have a very good distance away from the team at the second position with about 10points difference so they are still very safe even with the draw gotten against Utrecht, Ajax's improvement is definitely getting them somewhere before the end of the season.

It's very much possible Ajax gets to the third position on the table because they have been able to maintain a good winning record of which if the still maintain they can get to the third position soon but getting to the first is almost impossible this season.

PSV Eindhoven had to finally break their good run.By good run, I mean that they lost their winning streak.PSV drew 1-1 away to Utrecht in the league and thus suffered their first point loss in the league.We cannot say that they played better than their opponent because Utrecht played just as well to win.Utrecht stopped their opponent's winning streak and got an important 1 point for themselves and for the other teams in the championship race.
Ajax, on the other hand, have continued their recovery in recent weeks. They had a bad start to the season but they have managed to turn it around with wins in recent weeks. With this win, they have been undefeated for 10 weeks.

This must be their source as I have found some information on ESPN: http://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/675480
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Yes, Ajax really had a great run in the 2021/2022 season. However their biggest win streak was only 7 matches. 

PSV dropped points for the first time this season with the draw. Ajax are now slowly getting back into form and have caught up with AZ with another win, if Twente and AZ continue to drop points I don't think it's impossible that Ajax could still finish third after this bad start to the season, would have been unthinkable a few games ago.

Which page did you look at? Two years ago Ajax also had an exceptional season.

PSV dropped points for the first time this season with the draw. Ajax are now slowly getting back into form and have caught up with AZ with another win, if Twente and AZ continue to drop points I don't think it's impossible that Ajax could still finish third after this bad start to the season, would have been unthinkable a few games ago.

Which page did you look at? Two years ago Ajax also had an exceptional season.

I did a quick search and found this. Ok this means PSV Eindhoven can break the record with the next game if they win it. A draw would not break the record if we take the goal difference into account, which would be appropriate to be as precise as possible here. But it is amazing to see these numbers.

For the league, I see PSV already as champions every other team have to battle for 2nd to 4th spot because PSV have been unbeaten in the league and have cemented their spot up there. Well kudos to Ajax as we watch what happens in the next few weeks of game play. They've fought so hard to get to the position they're currently and I'm pretty sure that they'll be in a better position in weeks to come.

Today's games had surprising results. Ajax is back to its winning spirit, today once again Ajax won in a game in which they played against RKC who are currently in the last 3 positions of the table with 14 points and have a streak of 5 games without winning, They were a very easy opponent for Ajax, who knew how to take advantage of this game. Ajax managed to score 4 goals and only conceded 1 goal. With this victory, Ajax is in position number 5 and there are only 3 points left for Ajax to reach the team that currently occupies the position that would allow Ajax to remain in European competitions. This is a great achievement for Ajax, who until a few months ago were so far behind in the table that it seemed mission impossible for them to gain access to European competitions.

while Ajax is celebrating their victory and the fact that they are close to the access zones for European competitions, AZ must not be happy about Ajax's victory. This is because AZ drew in their game and with this draw they have 3 consecutive games without winning and are targets of being passed by Ajax if they lose in the next game. Looking at AZ's performance drop, I highly doubt that eventually ajax won't bypass them and take their place. another team that is also not doing well and that must not be looking favorably on this Ajax victory and Twente who lost in their game against NEC

with this defeat twente has 37 points while ajax has 31 points, if twente loses in the next games I believe that ajax could be able to occupy third place at the end of the league. Now it is no longer impossible for this to happen. Now talking about the top, honestly I see PSV as champions, I think it is very difficult for any team to be able to overcome PSV in the table. Feyenoord has been inconsistent at times, which is why I think it is difficult for Feyenoord to become champions, but in football everything is possible, if Ajax managed to get from the bottom of the table to currently be in 5th position, then it is also still possible that some team beats PSV and becomes champion