Eredivisie 2024/25

KirkDuyt said:
Yeah, love to see it.

Though I also feel bad for Timon. He's been a reliable stand-in. Just can't handle the pressure of being first choice it seems.
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Well Timon got his spot back it seems. Bijlow might be Luke Shaw his long lost brother...
 
BenitoSTARR said:
I know people will be looking at a few of the AZ sales but honestly we have so many good young players coming through the academy with really high technical but also mental strength that I’m sure we’ll fill the squad out.
  1. Kees Smit - Another promising midfielder. I don’t think he’s close to the level of Teun Koopmeiners who you all know I’m a huge fan of but he’s still got a good mentality and looks good whenever I’ve seen him.
A great little group of U20 year olds with bags of potential.
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Imho Kees Smit can become even better then Teun Koopmeiners. Kees just played his 2nd game in the first squad against Fenerbache and instantly was the best player on the pitch. Even scored a goal and gave an assist. Absolute brilliant performance of this huge talent.
 
Multatuli said:
Imho Kees Smit can become even better then Teun Koopmeiners. Kees just played his 2nd game in the first squad against Fenerbache and instantly was the best player on the pitch. Even scored a goal and gave an assist. Absolute brilliant performance of this huge talent.
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He looked very good today!
 
Multatuli said:
Imho Kees Smit can become even better then Teun Koopmeiners. Kees just played his 2nd game in the first squad against Fenerbache and instantly was the best player on the pitch. Even scored a goal and gave an assist. Absolute brilliant performance of this huge talent.
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I’m not so sure. Koopmeiners mentality and work ethic is what’s taken him so far and he’s an incredibly intelligent player. His versatility across defensive and midfield positions meant he had a holistic view of the game.
 
I will say though Smit was excellent (although you have to take into consideration that he’s coming on fresh as a sub against players with an hour or so of football in them).
 
BenitoSTARR said:
I’m not so sure. Koopmeiners mentality and work ethic is what’s taken him so far and he’s an incredibly intelligent player. His versatility across defensive and midfield positions meant he had a holistic view of the game.
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All those things you say about Koopmeiners are also aspects of Kees Smit. He is an incredibly intelligent player, he can also play on all positions in the midfield (a few years ago he played defensive and central mid. Last year he plays attacking midfield. He also played sometimes as a rightback defender). And his view of the game is unreal. He allways knows when and where to go and know where to play the ball. You should watch some games of him and I am sure you will agree. The differences between the players are that Koopmeiners has a better shot from a distance and Kees Smit has a better drible and more creativity.
 
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Multatuli said:
All those things you say about Koopmeiners are also aspects of Kees Smit. He is an incredibly intelligent player, he can also play on all positions in the midfield (a few years ago he played defensive and central mid. Last year he plays attacking midfield. He also played sometimes as a rightback defender). And his view of the game is unreal. He allways knows when and where to go and know where to play the ball. You should watch some games of him and I am sure you will agree. The differences between the players are that Koopmeiners has a better shot from a distance and Kees Smit has a better drible and more creativity.
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I’m aware of his career to date, and watch more of AZ than I care to admit. I just think Smit will struggle to play his game in a more major European league versus Koopmeiners whose game was far more positional and tactical awareness.

Smit is a product of our new academy direction which focuses on that game and general intelligence of the player which is why I think we’ll see more and more versatile players like him and Mastoras (who I think will be huge in a couple of years).

I think Koop is a far superior passer and a more intelligent holding player too.
 
BenitoSTARR said:
I’m aware of his career to date, and watch more of AZ than I care to admit. I just think Smit will struggle to play his game in a more major European league versus Koopmeiners whose game was far more positional and tactical awareness.

Smit is a product of our new academy direction which focuses on that game and general intelligence of the player which is why I think we’ll see more and more versatile players like him and Mastoras (who I think will be huge in a couple of years).

I think Koop is a far superior passer and a more intelligent holding player too.
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When Koopmeiners was playing at AZ everyone outside AZ were also saying he was going to fail in the top because he was not quick enough in handling the ball.

So I am going to trust my own eyes and agree to disagree with you.
 
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