Topic: Eredivisie 23/24 - discussion thread - page 9. (Read 15944 times)

When at the beginning of the season Ajax was close to the relegation zone, if memory serves me right, I thought they would actually be relegated, but they slowly started to win again and move up in position at a very fast rate that I even started having high expectations that they would be able to finish at least in position number 4. but after they had a streak of many games without losing and just very close to positions 3 and 4 then they started to lose again in a strange way, and started to lose me made us lose hope of seeing them in position 4 at least, and this humiliating defeat came. A team that won the league in a situation like that is very humiliating. and to make matters worse now they are in position 6. as they have had many draws in the last 5 games it is possible that they will end this season in position 6

My concern now is about what to expect from Ajax next season, knowing that next season they will not be in European competitions, so little money will enter the team's coffers, as a consequence the investment they will make this season (if they make any investment) to Player contractions for the next season will only be able to recover in the coming seasons if they go far in European competitions and win the title. looking at the table:



see something scary, of these 6 top teams, ajax is the team with the highest number of goals conceded and the difference in goals conceded by ajax compared to the other 5 teams is scary. Ajax conceded 55 goals in 29 games while the maximum number of goals conceded by the remaining 5 teams was from NEC who conceded 42 goals. NEC is in position 5, in 29 games they conceded 42 games. I think Ajax's biggest problem is their fragile defense. Maybe if they manage to sign 2 good players for defense and 2 good players for attack they could be a decent team again next season

 PSV have gathered enough points and are going to be crowned champions of their league soon but they will need to gain maximum points in the next 3-4 games. When you check the fixture table, you’ll see that the first 2 games are going to be quite easy for PSV because these teams are still struggling to find their feet and as such PSV knows what they want which is to win the league early enough and as such I’m sure they’ll be able to get maximum points in these first 2 fixtures.

 ⁠PSV hard game will be Sparta Rotterda which are a better team and are looking more confident and they’ll sure be giving PSG some tough time in a run for their league victory. Well not withstanding the league is about to end with about 6 games to go and PSV are leading with a gap of 10 points.


 ⁠Feynoord I don’t think will be able to catch up with PSV, because a win in 2 games for PSV and a draw in 2 could be able to give PSV the league already so the chances of Feynoord catching up is really slim. AZ Alkmaar are also a good opponent but I don’t think theyll be able to be the hindrance on PSV getting maximum points as currently this PSV team has just lost one game.

 ⁠Ajax and AZ Alkmaar are in the battle for 4th place so as to get Europa League spot and Ajax are looking quite fierce as compared to Alkmaar who haven’t had a great performance this season. I just wish Ajax would be able to qualify because they’ll be a better representative than AZ Alkmaar in the UEL.

I totally agree with you that game and the whole season was an embarrassment, in the game against Feyenoord Ajax had absolutely no chance from the start.

The next match is against Twente and I assume that Ajax won't get more than a draw.


I'm from Austria, but I guess it's a sad moment for every Ajax fan around the world.

Very sad for you man, i dont know if you are from netherlands, but i can imagine how bad can be this moment for Ajax fans who lives in Netherlands right now. The only good thing at least Ajax is from Amsterdam and Feyenoord from ROterdam so i think its not so much of them in the other city.

This bad moment for Ajax seems like the one when you are betting and you cant took one good for you and the lose streak seems unfinished for ever.

There is no doubt this is the most embarrassing movement for the fans and players as well with this defeat which came in 97 years bring all honor down and now their chances for the fourth spot are also ended because with this confidence they can't win all remaining matches and go through for any chance to have fourth spot in league table.
From start match was in well under control for the Feyenoord, and they have 30 shots on goals which is clearly indicating how aggressive approach they have from the start of the game and Ajax having only 1 now they are also conceding most goals in top half of the league table as they have worst ever defense most chances things are not going to change quickly going to take good time.

That was a performance to be ashamed of from Ajax, really. I think that was Ajax's biggest defeat ever in the Eredivisie. As an Ajax fan, I'm stunned and depressed, how can you lose like that, this season is just a bit of a nightmare, but what will change next season?

Probably not many expected that Ajax can get positive result in Rotterdam, but losing game 6:0 is new low for them. They looked worse than some random amateur team. And it's not about defence, they failed to make any dangerous attacks. 1 shot on target and 0.08 xG says a lot. And their only dangerous moment was when score was 6:0 already.

This is very very bad, what happen today is gonna be in history books, a total shame for Ajax as a institution and nobody can predict this outcome in the start of the season, you CANT lose 6-0 in a derby against Feyenoord.

Meanwhile Ajax is now behind NEC.... no comments for this.

PSV is now counting the days for the championship.PSV, who scored exactly 5 goals against AZ Alkmaar, is heading towards the championship by intimidating their opponent.We can say that PSV, who played a good game against Alkmaar, has had a good league period this season.We can say that PSV, who entered the last 5 weeks with only one defeat in 29 matches, is expected to announce its championship after 2 weeks.
Twente, on the other hand, managed to win against Fortuna Sittard with 2 goals.Twente, who managed to dominate the match compared to their opponent and did not give their opponent almost a minute of opportunity, are trying to maintain their position in the league.They will want to finish 3rd in the league at worst and thus they will be able to participate in the Europa League.

It's difficult to see Ajax winning at Feyenoord's home ground, odds for Feyenoord is so low that's not even worth to bet on them. In all competitions Ajax won just 3 of their 13 games, I think it sys a lot. And they're not fighting for UCL spot as Ajax is 15 points behind Twente. Best what they can get is Conference league spot.
Meanwhile PSV simply destroyed AZ 5:1, showing that losl last week was just some bad luck.

What can we expect from Ajax this season? they're like a mediocre team that's fighting for a UCL spot for next season, no more Eredivisie title races for them this season. Their next match is against Feyenoord, also playing at Feyenoord's home ground, does anyone expect Ajax to win this match?

Good luck for Ajax in this round because PSV is gonna win his match against Az Alkmar who is in the fourth position so is the next step to clib for th Ajax team, they are not so far behind, but like they are playing like shit is gonna be dificult to catch them.

John van 't Schip is doing a better work than the recent managers they have signed. They don't lose so many matches from now on however the problem is that they get a lot of draws. This is likely to cost them not only the Champions League but also the Europa League. We will probably watch them in the Conference League once again. 

Do you think they would change their manager once again? Truthfully if I were in their place I would give the current manager a chance in the summer for building the squad better and see what he will do next season.

Maybe next season we might see Ajax slowly returning to their bright times again. 

Ajax in the first rounds were in a pure failing mode and sitting in the relegation zone. Getting out from there and move to the 5th place in Eredivisie was an achievement itself regarding only this season but as you said, who wondered that big Ajax Amsterdam will perform horribly like that!
For the next season, I still doubt they could catch any of the big two European leagues. Champions League spots are already taken. Europa League qualifiers, maybe, if they could catch AZ Alkmaar which isn't obvious.

Just imagine you bet at the start of the season in the outrights market that Ajax was gonna be the champion of this season... I think nobody can predict this fail, you can lost that bet but not in this terms.

The worst part is, they are gonna end the season without finding or recovery any performance. Very bad. Long preseason ahead for this team.

Ajax having another huge setback as they held by G A Eagles by score of 1–1 at home which is surely not expected by their fans before start of this match Gaael give them early lead but injury time goal by Kuipers ruin their progress for the fourth spot now in next round they are going to face Feyenoord which is currently at the second spot and defending champions most chances we will be having another bad result for them and then surely things could be not ideal for them to overtake AZ Alkmaar which is now having 7 points lead even their schedule is also not good

But, they are still doing much better and having good chance for the staying at the fourth spot and spot into UEFA Europa League for the next season PSV clearly going for the title and no one can give them any challenge for this spot.

Asides of this little bump from PSV they do a magnificent tournament/season, and theyd eserve to be the champions, but also to remark the super performance of Feyenoord is a very good torunament and in other years surely the fight was very close or maybe you are the champion with that points, but well PSV was out of this world in this season.

After having 75 points from 28 games and lead from second spotted Feyenoord by 10 points and just 6 games remaining in this season there is no threat for the PSV they are already champions of the Eredivisie for the 2024, and they are going to play another time in Champions League which is good development for them in remaining 6 games just game from the round 29 having some challenge as they will host the AZ Alkmaar others are relatively against easy opponents, and we all know PSV lost only one game in this season mean all is going to be good end for them.

Ajax is surely needed some improvement in remaining matches if they are looking for the Europa League because we have competition between AZ Alkmaar and Ajax for the fourth spot AZ Alkmaar is having some lead, but things are not favour able them while they are consistently losing points which are surely going to hurt them badly at the end of this season.

Few weeks back I was sure about their 4th spot at the end of this season but with their current performance now I am giving them some chances because they are not consistent, and their performance is also still not good for having good spot at the end of this season even AZ Alkmaar is also losing points frequently which is good sign for the Ajax but still things are not easy while we will have Feyenoord vs Ajax which is going to have problem for them and PSV is also going to host AZ Alkmaar which is good sign for them but most chances we will have better update on last day of this season who is going to stay at the fourth spot with if we have Ajax then surely this could be impressive for them.

SBV Excelsior 0 - 2 PSV Eindhoven

This was a game in which PSV needed to win to continue to maintain a considerable difference in points in relation to Feyenoord, which if they win tomorrow will reduce the difference to just 7 points, it is not a big difference in points considering that they still There are 7 games left for the league to end, there are 21 points up for grabs, at least that is in the case of Feyenoord, because in the case of PSV there are only 6 games left for the league to end, which means that PSV only needs to win the next 4 games for them to become Eredivisie champions, looking at the history of the Eredivisie, the last time PSV won the Eredivisie was in 2018



https://www.worldfootball.net/winner/ned-eredivisie/

psv's next 4 games will be decisive for them to become champions and the opponents will not be easy to call, first psv will have to play against az who lost today in a very humiliating way even playing against a team that in the last 5 games came from mixed results, yet AZ lost the game and conceded 5 goals, this could mean that AZ are weakened and probably PSV will also be able to win in the next game against AZ. then psv will play against 2 very weak teams that are in a bad situation, in my opinion the strong opponent of psv's next 4 games will be sparta rotterda which could make psv have to work hard to win, but in any case PSV's chances of becoming champion are great now