Hands up here, I know I wrote off everyone else and said the time to beat Ajax was gone with Schreuder out, but am so glad them Rotterdammers finally put the Amsterdammers to the sword. Pity about Alkmaar too but they were anyway no one's favourite to keep their overperformance.
It's still plenty of points though, and one can only hope Ajax doesn't remember how to chase down a pack.
the sad part is that in the Eredivisie not many teams go in the champions league, so they have to fight to stay on top if they want to go in the champions league, and even when they reach the champions league they don't get far, Feyenoord is still in the europe league so if they win the league and manage to beat rome in two legs then they will have a lot of reason to celebrate because it will have been a very productive season for them
It's not sad, it's just a reflection of the quality of Eredivisie -- if they want more spots, then they have to keep on improving (I want to say Ajax has to also stop being a feeder team to the rest of Europe but they're not changing their policy any time soon).
I already suffered a false dawn with Kuyt's winning team all those years ago so even if they do win this one, I'm not sure they'll go far in Europe (but wouldn't it be nice if they started also as Europa winners?).