They were 9 clear with 5 games to go.
That's a big friggin bottle.
That would be akin to us being 3-up against 10 men and losing. Not even we could do that....
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They were 9 clear with 5 games to go.
That's a big friggin bottle.
After Ajax won 2-1 at Willem II on April 13, Opta calculated that they had a 99.3% chance of winning the title. They needed six points from their final five matches. All this with a team many perceive to be one of the poorest in recent Ajax history, playing an un-Ajax-like brand of football, under the team's first foreign manager. Total Football this was not; it was as far away from the club's Johan Cruyff-influenced DNA of stylish, attacking football as possible. But if you win a league title, who cares?They were 9 clear with 5 games to go.
That's a big friggin bottle.
Woolwich have had fuck all about them this season. Massively reliant on defensive solidity and moments of individual brilliance, they weren’t nearly as good as Newcastle as a team today.
Oh we are dogshit at the moment but we definitely shouldn’t be the barometer for judging a top side. They’ve recruited very well but look overcoached, uncreative and very boring.I wish we were as sh!t as they were but would not (for one moment) swap our final on Wednesday for their season.
Ajaxy!!!After Ajax won 2-1 at Willem II on April 13, Opta calculated that they had a 99.3% chance of winning the title. They needed six points from their final five matches. All this with a team many perceive to be one of the poorest in recent Ajax history, playing an un-Ajax-like brand of football, under the team's first foreign manager. Total Football this was not; it was as far away from the club's Johan Cruyff-influenced DNA of stylish, attacking football as possible. But if you win a league title, who cares?
But then came the trips and tribulations. First came the 4-0 defeat to Utrecht, when a victory would have extended their lead to 12 points, then the 1-1 draw with Sparta Rotterdam. Any plans for title celebrations were altered: dates for planned processions moved back, and further back, as the supporters waited for what was surely an inevitable Ajax title. Then came a crushing 3-0 defeat at home to NEC Nijmegen, while PSV hopes grew as they won 3-2 at Feyenoord thanks to a 99th-minute goal.
Ajax's collapse was attributed to poor individual performances, the system and general misfortune. On Wednesday when they travelled north to Groningen, Ajax still had the fate of the league in their hands, sitting top of the table. But that deep-set neurosis played havoc again -- Ajax conceding a 99th-minute equalizer against 10-man opposition, meaning PSV held a one-point lead heading into the final matchday.
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Bowen is every bit Chuna/Saka/Mbuemo level, I don’t think West Ham have a team without him. He massively overshadows Kudas and Paqueta.
We proper fucked up turning him down for Bergwijn.