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What I noticed about Strootman as well is that he wanted to play too close to Van Bommel. He should've been higher up the pitch. Now, PSV had two players - Strootman and Van Bommel - doing the same job in midfield - coming close to the defense to pass the ball towards a winger/full back, mostly...

Sana impressed me in his first 45 minutes for Ajax, he looked very energetic and very quick. Could be a bargain for Ajax (they paid around 300k).

Decent player. Haven't seen too many full matches in which he featured though. But he's fast, and technically reasonable. I will get back on this after wednesday, providing he features for the national side against Belgium.

He's AZ's quickest player by far, according to their own tests. Beerens is fast, and he's even faster. And of course I don't think he is a great player. He's not that skilled, but he's showing signs that he's adapting to AZ's way of playing. And there's still room for development, considering...

Very true, his strength is amazing, and he's quite fast too. Physically, he's world class, and if he's able to use these traits more effectively, he could be a great player. The signs are promising.

He's strong physically, but his football intelligence let him down in his first season. He had a lot of problems adapting to AZ's fluid 4-3-3. Despite his strength, he wasn't a great target man. Still, he scored 17 goals or so, which isn't remotely bad. So he scored twice against Ajax today...

As a PSV fan, I hope Ajax drop points today. I actually went to RKC-PSV yesterday, since it was in my home town. PSV looked very vulnerable at the back, not unlike last season. I heard Twente played excellent today, and they should be a real challenger for the title as well. Their back four...

Ajax are linked to him, now that Muniesa is injured. Would be a decent chance for him to get some playing time.

So Van Gaal announced his first selection today. Not that many players were dropped from the Euro-selection. This is Van Gaal's first selection, for the friendly match against Belgium next week: GK: Stekelenburg, Vorm, Krul DEF: Mathijsen, Heitinga, Willems, Martins Indi, Van Rhijn, Viergever...

Thanks man! It's always nice to talk about the Eredivisie.

Haven't seen Denswil yet, so I'll have to take your word for it. Can't be worse than Blind anyway! I thought Siem said so in VI. But maybe you're right, can't remember it exactly. But I do think that De Boer said that he didn't want to switch Siem's position around all the time.

^ Alderweireld would have been my captain as well. Also, agree about Siem de Jong being better as a striker than as a CM. As an AM, he's even better though. So I'm a bit surprised he doesn't want to play as a striker anymore. I'd use Janssen over Siem de Jong in midfield in this 4-3-3, and...

^ I agree on most things here. Gotta give De Boer credit for the fact that he managed to make Ajax champions twice with some young players. Last season Blind even ended as their left back, and they had to use Ebecilio a lot, so it's a huge achievement when you consider that. Makes Rutten suck...

He doesn't seem to feel 'loose' on the pitch in Barça. For him, it would be better to move elsewhere indeed.

I do think Van Persie is class, and that most strikers would drown in the deadly swamp for strikers that is the Dutch national team, at least in BVM's system. The build-up play is just too slow for a striker not to get surrounded by defenders, especially with the need for Sneijder to drop deep...

Forgot about Sana. Lukoki and Ebecilio suck imo. Lukoki shows no indication of any football intelligence: he's all about pace. Sulejmani is decent though. But if Sana's quality, you're right, then you wouldn't need a right winger, even with Özbiliz leaving. Not that you'll miss Özbiliz, he was...

Boilesen will miss the start of the season, probably. I wouldn't know when he's expected back exactly. All I know is that he has starting training again. My guess would be September or October. Schöne is an excellent piece of business imo: he was free, and he's a great player to have...

Our away kit looks horrible. I hoped it would look better 'in live action', but it doesn't.

Some regular starters for Ajax were indeed injured or just back to training, like Eriksen and Van der Wiel. That's why Ajax used a couple of inexperienced players like Fischer and Dijks. They missed 4 or 5 players of De Boer's favoured starting 11, so they were the underdogs for this game. PSV...

Considering the fact that he was one of the very, very few available candidates, he seems to be the best choice. Ronald Koeman and Frank Rijkaard weren't available, for instance. The only clubless alternatives were Ruud Gullit, Co Adriaanse, and maybe Johan Cruyff, although that would be an...