Articles tagged with "ajax"
make it a fortress
By Tucker | November 22nd, 2008Heerenveen's visit of the Tukkers comes at a critical point in the season for Steve McClaren's side. After a very stable start, Twente was derailed ...
Gary Lineker raves about Suarez
By Jan | November 22nd, 2008Half an hour before kick off at Ajax-PSV (last week), two behemoths in goalscoring joined along the touch line: 140 international games and 72 international ...
Heerenveen is here!
By Porter | November 20th, 2008I would like welcome everyone to the new home for SC Heerenveen and offer my sincere thanks to The Offside for being allowed this opportunity ...
Welcome to FC Twente
By Tucker | November 20th, 2008Continuing with the success of last year that saw FC Twente finish fourth in the Eredivisie, the Steve McClaren-led side has gotten off to a ...
Not the best league, but surely exciting!!
By Jan | November 16th, 2008Suarez scores the first goal: first touch with the left, finish with the right. He makes it look easy... So, we don't have the world's best ...
Ajax humbles PSV 4-1
By j | November 16th, 2008Ajax climbs to the top of the Eredivisie table with an emphatic 4-1 victory over PSV at Amsterdam Arena. The loss sends the defending champions ...
PSV-Ajax, a top match... But, who will score?
By Jan | November 16th, 2008Whatever their positions in the table or apart from the old rivalry between the two clubs, Ajax-PSV will always be an intriguing match. And the ...
Ajax on Sunday
By j | November 14th, 2008Ahead of the Ajax clash on Sunday, Hubb Stevens commented of the AZ fallout: “We were always in control and created a few chances, but lacked ...
Dutch Cup: Ajax and PSV are out!
By Jan | November 12th, 2008Van Basten knew before the match against Volendam that his team was in trouble. Ajax manages to create a lot of chances, but with KJH ...
Ajax now is not Ajax 1995 (duh...)
By Jan | November 12th, 2008By an AD-reader: I am starting to get fed up with all the criticism on Ajax' counter-attacking style, realism and AZ's beautiful football. Look at the ...
Arsenal Belong In The Championship
By chris | November 12th, 2008Having watched Arsenal's Youth & Reserve Team All-Stars embarrass a proper Premier League side in the Carling Cup last evening, I can only think one ...
Sno ready to replace Huntelaar
By Jan | November 11th, 2008Volendam-Ajax will be a national cup match with only one real striker. Ajax puzzled and found a solution: Evander Sno will replace Huntelaar. At Volendam, Jack ...
Luigi Bruins has to work for it...
By Jan | November 11th, 2008Luigi Bruins working hard... Gertjan Verbeek's way of working brought the first team of Feyenoord a lot closer to the young talents of the club from ...
AZ leads; Ajax wins and loses...
By Jan | November 9th, 2008Huntelaar injured... And suddenly there's a Sunday like we are used to... Ajax wins, Feyenoord wins, AZ wins... But Ajax lost too. Klaas Jan Huntelaar will be ...
Ajax unbeatable in Amsterdam
By Jan | November 5th, 2008Ajax is this season sheer unbeatable in Amsterdam. No rival, not in the competition, UEFA cup or national cup, has found the net yet. Heerenveen-player Danijel ...
Injuries at Ajax lead to "realism"
By Jan | November 4th, 2008The contrast is telling. Marco van Basten gave his players a day off after the victory over Twente (2-0). Earlier on in the season, Ajax ...
Some feedback please!!
By Jan | November 3rd, 2008Hi all, I've been posting stuff on the Eredivisie here for a month or so, and I'm overwhelmed with the number of comments and great ...
Eredivisie Poll!!
By Jan | November 1st, 2008Well, my friends... There's always several ways to judge things. You know, the glass is half empty/half full discussion, basically. I would like to know... The ...
Eredivisie Highlights
By Jan | November 1st, 2008Vayrynen of Heerenveen vs Martens of AZ Another weekend of surprising results, fascinating football and glorious goals... PSV beat Willem2 and finds it's way back up the ...
Johan Cruyff never won the lotto: AZ leads!
By Jan | October 29th, 2008Feyenoord fans demand a pay rise for coach Verbeek! Someone once said: Maybe JC knows a lot about football, but he never won the Toto, did ...
Dennis Bergkamp: take it slow...
By Jan | October 29th, 2008Dennis and Marco... What a pic :-) Marco van Basten would like to stampede up the Mount Olympus with his Ajax, but the former Oranje manager ...
Europe's Unexpected Table Leaders
By chris | October 27th, 2008If you've looked at the tables across Europe, you might find yourself doing double takes to make sure that is the name you saw up ...
Ajax best top club on 5th position
By Jan | October 26th, 2008Former Ajax star Van Basten hamming it up, with former Feyenoord star (and NEC coach) Mario Been admiring him... We see it in England, in Italy ...
John Carew Treated for "Fatigue." Because Lap Dances Can Do That to a Person
By Laurie | October 25th, 2008Poor John Carew. The Aston Villa striker has been suffering from "fatigue" lately. It's been so bad that the team docs have had ...
Away to Wigan, the kings of inconsisteny... Predictions anyone?
By Martini Extra Dry | October 25th, 2008Sunday 26th October at 3pm sees Villa play Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium. Wigan are currently sitting 14th, with just a single point more ...
Gertjan Verbeek: I won't give up!
By Jan | October 24th, 2008Coach Gertjan Verbeek calls himself a winner. But the former boxer and current Feyenoord coach couldn't ignore the harsh reality after Feyenoord's loss against Nancy ...
Aston Villa vs Ajax UEFA Cup Odds
By Daryl | October 23rd, 2008It's Villa vs Ajax tonight as the UEFA Cup gets underway. Two teams with a great European history and two ambitious managers in Martin O'Neill ...
And so the fun begins...
By Martini Extra Dry | October 23rd, 2008It's been a decade since Villa Park has hosted a significant Euorpean evening, so for Villa fans tonight can't come too soon. The UEFA Cup's ...
In Defence of the UEFA Cup
By Daryl | October 23rd, 2008OK, so it's not the UEFA Champions League. And there are at least 10 things we'd do to improve it. But this season's UEFA Cup ...
Dutch Eredivisie like the financial markets...
By Jan | October 19th, 2008Gold goes down, inflation soars, US$ goes up... All that illogical stuff is happening in the fiancial markets and now it seems the Dutch Eredivisie ...
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