Topic: Eredivisie 23/24 - discussion thread - page 8. (Read 17447 times)

We shouldn’t just think of Ajax in the Dutch League. Utrecht, one of the surprise teams of this year, also has a single defeat. Feyenoord also continues with 1 defeat. What made PSV the leader was 12 wins in 13 matches. Other teams are ranked according to the number of draws. PSV Eindhoven continues on its way to finish the year as the leader without making any mistakes. Ajax is trying to take the championship from a very difficult opponent. The same goes for Feyenoord. We can say that this year, PSV will most likely be the champion.

Utrecht is rightfully an underdog in both of those games for a good reason. They currently occupy the 2nd place but that's unlikely to last for very long. If you look at their games, you'll see that oftentimes Utrecht failed to dominate the game but did just about enough to grab a minimal win (luck was also a factor). Their last game against Feyenoord (so a team from the Big Three) was very telling. They lost 2-0 at home and only managed to make one shot on target.
I don't expect Utrecht to stay in the top 3 byt the end of the season. They'd be happy if they ended up 4th, which would be their best result in many years. They've been very consistent in finishing in 6th or 7th place.

They all played well by winning, the standings are still there and there is no change but at the beginning of next month we will see Utrecht vs PSV and after that Utrecht will have postponed match against Ajax, clearly this will be very interesting because all three are competing with each other and of course the two match can make Utrecht slip from 2nd place if they lose or just end in draw.
My prediction is that the match between Utrecht vs PSV will be won by PSV even though with narrow score because they are playing away and for the match Utrecht vs Ajax it is clear that Ajax will win with their advantage on paper as the host and so Ajax can occupy 2nd place for the standings.

This is an impressive results from Ajax and to think they weren't the dominant side in this game but still won, ordinarily I would say PSV would win because since this season they have really  been if an impressive performance and had even won several games which had kept them at the to of the tab again this season and most persons already thinking that they will win the league title again this season, this was a well utilized opportunity for ajax which i know that they may not get again this season as I want to believe after now, PSV would definitely want to make up for this loss by putting the required effort they will need.

On the other hand, we are not losing much and constantly, I must say that the coach is to be congratulated, but we are still not at the top of the table, I'm talking about first place, we are still 6 points behind the leader of the table and knowing that PSV will hardly lose the games, we need to continue winning all the games ahead and pray hard that PSV at least loses in 2 games and we manage to become champions, in football the only thing that matters is winning titles. I know we have to congratulate the coach for winning games, but at the end of the league when he doesn't achieve anything, everything he did won't have much value.

Better is an understatement, there games this season is very much interesting and topnotch, they have been able to up there games, they are no longer the Lapses Ajax of last season, ajax last season underperformance made the league look very boring to me because there was no serious team to seriously compete with PSV, though we have seen the like of AZakmar but i dont still see their matches as impressive as that of the ajax we use to know, qm hoping to see ajax in the champions league next season.

Since some seasons back, Psv has been doing very great, I somuch love their pattern of play, currently they are occupying the first position and there League standings followed by Utrecht and AJax coming third but the way am seeing it, ajax is going to go up to occupy the second position reason being that the gap difference is just 2 that's 31 for Utrecht and 29 for ajax, ajax zeal to make a difference is whats making me not to doubt them, as for is to giving the title, we wouldn't know for now because it's not yet clear but the 3 teams up will not be giving any other team the chance come in, Psv 5 points difference against Utrecht and 7 against ajax is not much since the league is still in it's early stage, though anything possible but see how thing turn out to be

Yeah this is finally the Ajax I have missed to watch.    They just need to improve their scoring more than this to bring back the old days completely. Other than that they don't make simple point losses often anymore.

They are doing good not only in the Eredivisie of course. I can't overlook the work they have done in the Europa League so far at the same time. They are one of the best teams there currently.

They just don't lose that easy by the way. Farioli has managed the team in 22 games and there is only 1 loss among those. That's incredible!    He is making a huge difference.



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Ajax has really improved greatly and i like their resilience because it's not easy for a team that experienced severe flops last season to just bounce back stronger as Ajax did, even in the Europa league, their performance is awesome as they are currently in the second position of the Europa league table, just 2 points below Lazio who has consistently won their first 4 matches of the Europa league. Imagine a team like Ajax occupying the second position in the midst of great teams like Roma, FC Porto, Manchester united, Tottenham and some other teams that are considered more stronger than Ajax. Even in the Netherland Eredivisie, Ajax is standing in the third position and about 7 points below the team at the top of the table PSV Eindhoven. If Ajax wins their outstanding game, the gap will be close to just 4 points which they might eventually meet up with PSV if they continue to maintain consistency and not lose concentration.

Now we have important and tight time ahead of top teams as they have to play 9 games before Winter break which is surely not easy because many teams are already facing troubling time, and they are having injuries which are hurting them, but they have to keep going PSV is leading the table with the difference of 5 and 7 teams respectively from Utrecht and Ajax with both have one match in hand.

Things could be interesting because now PSV is feeling heat from title challengers even still they are on advantage but it's never been easy for them to stay on this level in this busy schedule hopefully we will be having no more injuries and problems for the top clubs as they are trying to keep their momentum coming round is looking better for the top 3 teams with Utrecht will visit Nijmegen which could be challenging for them.

All team experienced defeats, from the top PSV then followed by Utrecht to Ajax each have 1 history of defeat but they really played very well, now we will see the competition start again after the international break.
PSV will face Groningen, Utrecht against NEC and Ajax against PEC Zwolle but in these top three team I think Utrecht who can get difficulties because NEC can also play well at home later, of course if Utrecht gets bad results with defeat or draw then it can benefit Ajax.

I can say that Ajax's performance this season is better than the previous season. This season they have a good performance record and deserve to be included in the candidates for the champion this season. However, PSV also appeared dominant this season and they have not suffered a defeat. FC Utrecht also performed very well. I think all the teams in the top 5 currently have the same chance to become champions. The season is still long so we can't decide which team has the biggest chance. I think we will be able to determine it when entering the second half of the season. Usually the team that dominates will have a fairly large difference in points with its competitors.

I miss Ajax in the past which was strong team and always dominated, the last time I saw them win the title was the 2021/22 season and that was Ajax last record in defending the title in row because after that they seemed to lose their confidence which ended in decline.
This is great opportunity for them to be able to start all the achievements that have been lost in the last few season, I believe Ajax will definitely be able to recover the situation and of course with the long competition of the 2024/25 season it can provide great opportunity for them.

Unfortunately, there are not many teams that have any chance of beating PSV. In my opinion, the only teams with little chance of beating PSV and preventing them from becoming champions are: Feyenoord, Twente and Ulrecht. I did not include Ajax in this list because Ajax will only play against PSV again after PSV has played against Feyenoord, Twente and Ulrecht, and I hardly see PSV losing against these 3 teams. So even if PSV loses again in the game against Ajax, they will be champions. That is why I consider it very important that Feyenoord, Twente and Ulrecht get at least draws when they play against PSV, and that Ajax does not lose in any game and wins in the next game against PSV, which will be on March 30th of next year.

In change of attitude of Ajax having huge impact on their performance in last few games as per how they are currently playing. We could expect good end of this season for them and their opponents because PSV is surely better team with the lead of 7 points from Ajax and 5 from Utrecht, but we have 22 rounds remain in this season which is good number for having any kind of positive changes.

Ajax performance in Europa League is also impressive as they are second in league table mean they are giving their best in all competitions for having good chance of winning silverware which is possible as well. But, as we are facing injuries and other problems in many leagues this can bring some impacts here as well otherwise most chances this is going to be good season for the top teams here Feyenoord will be also tried his best for having another season into Champions League even their performance is not good unlike we had them in last season.

Well it was a good result because they were able to beat PSV. But if we are talking about the title I think beating the best team in the Eredivisie right now does not mean you can win the league trophy. Right now PSV and Ajax both got 1 defeat. The 2025 season is still long and right now PSV is leading in first place with 33 points. This means PSV still has a chance to defend their title. If Ajax wants to be champions this season then Ajax must be consistent with their performance like when they played against PSV.

Of course there are many opportunities for Ajax to be able to win the title and they are not only performing well in the Eredivisie but also in the Europa League by becoming dark horse team because Ajax presence is certain to make it difficult for several other team who are trying to compete for the Europa League title.
I sure this season Ajax will show significant improvement and make big surprise for all of us.

What makes Ajax superior is that they have more mature front line than PSV in this match, I like to ask with everything that Ajax has shown at the start of the season like this, are you sure they can win the title and stop PSV from defending the title?

In last 10 games, we have amazing consistency in Ajax which is surely surprising and exciting because with this now things are looking on level here in Eredivisie which was going as bored league due to full dominance of PSV in last season and in first few rounds as well.

Now after 10 rounds we have PSV with 27 points and Ajax and Utrecht with 25 points each Feyenoord is trying to pick space and have better performance, but things are looking not easy for them while they are having challenges in front of them which are not easy for having top spots.

As we are heading for winter things are looking more interesting because we will have good challenge for the PSV which is leaders, but Ajax will never allow them to have same difference of points because they are also heading for top spot with ending their two seasons drought of wins at the top level.

The good news is that Ajax Amsterdam played the stronger game here. They have dominated in almost all statistics, created more chances and had more shots on target. Hence I think that the win was well deserved, but it is true that PSV still looks stronger overall. This seems to be more like a weak game in a series of many good games to come. As you said those 3 points have a massive impact for the time being, but in the long run I doubt that Ajax Amsterdam can close the gap.

Same here and I still have the impression that PSV is overall the better team between them but somehow today Ajax managed to win and take 3 massive points. Yep , truly a big win for Ajax because now they are back in title fight and a mistake from PSV in upcoming matches will give Ajax massive advantage but I personally can't see PSV losing the title and I also have hopes for them to start and gather points in UCL and tomorrow against Girona they have that chance. 

Honestly I didn't expect this performance from Ajax, PSV was the literal favorite in this game and they did tried their best to show that dominance they have had in the league for some period now and how they have been able to still sustain it even in the face of some challenge, for Ajax this is a big win for them considering their average form this period and the fact that they haven't been able to handle their games solidly to win smaller teams well but with a big team as this they have show some strength which for them will be the journey to their winning ways in the league this season.