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.
 
I think Pepi should be our n1 striker from now on. Would easily score around 30 in the Eredivisie.
 
KirkDuyt said:
FC Utrecht is the luckiest team of all time this season.
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Two minutes of extra time added during extra time is so unprecedented that even my Feyenoord pals can't believe this just happened.
 
3-0. Good result considering the entire weekend. Time to see United wasting my tenner. I had you guys stealing a win.
 
Jayden Addai with a great finish last night.

I think he’s about to explode if given game time, he’s too good for Eerste Divise.
 
KirkDuyt said:
Well done :cool:
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Ajax are lucky it was only 2.

Pasveer would be my MOTM. Woeful from Ajax.

Also a bit disappointed by Addai. His technical level is outstanding but physically looked a bit lost tonight.
 
Cheimoon said:
That bad now?
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The drop-off with Slot leaving is quite shocking yeah. The league is terrible this year and we're behind Utrecht and the 2nd worst Ajax side of all time (though they do somehow keep grinding out results).

He's not been helped by our usual bad recruitment when we have money to spend, since most new signing from the last 2 years are average at best and DOA at worst.

Just sack the cnut may be a bit kneejerk....
 
KirkDuyt said:
The drop-off with Slot leaving is quite shocking yeah. The league is terrible this year and we're behind Utrecht and the 2nd worst Ajax side of all time (though they do somehow keep grinding out results).

He's not been helped by our usual bad recruitment when we have money to spend, since most new signing from the last 2 years are average at best and DOA at worst.

Just sack the cnut may be a bit kneejerk....
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You've just been spoiled! :lol:

But yeah, Feyenoord has a uncommon (let's call it) recruitment strategy. It seemed clever with Slot in place, but maybe that's because of the magic he did with the players? Or was he involved in recruitment as well?
 
Cheimoon said:
You've just been spoiled! :lol:

But yeah, Feyenoord has a uncommon (let's call it) recruitment strategy. It seemed clever with Slot in place, but maybe that's because of the magic he did with the players? Or was he involved in recruitment as well?
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Te Kloese (our DoF) has the final say, hit Slot did get some signing like Stengs, Jahanbakhsh and Zerrouki. Bit hit and miss those.

Slot just got the absolute maximum out of everyone. Especially Kokcu, Timber and Wieffer developed tremendously. Bit like what he did with Gravenberch, Jones and Gakpo this season.

Honestly, this season is more our usual level.

We're being loosely linked with Ten Hag now...
 
KirkDuyt said:
Te Kloese (our DoF) has the final say, hit Slot did get some signing like Stengs, Jahanbakhsh and Zerrouki. Bit hit and miss those.

Slot just got the absolute maximum out of everyone. Especially Kokcu, Timber and Wieffer developed tremendously. Bit like what he did with Gravenberch, Jones and Gakpo this season.

Honestly, this season is more our usual level.

We're being loosely linked with Ten Hag now...
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That wouldn't fly in Rotterdam, would it?

I don't actually know if he'd be good or bad. He did well with Utrecht, which actually maybe isn't too different from Feyenoord right now.
 
Cheimoon said:
That wouldn't fly in Rotterdam, would it?

I don't actually know if he'd be good or bad. He did well with Utrecht, which actually maybe isn't too different from Feyenoord right now.
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Dunno. He's not exactly a lifelong Ajax man. Though I'm sure a contingent of our more, erm, primal fans would take great issue with it.

I personally don't like Ten Hag. Such an awkward numpty.
 
KirkDuyt said:
Dunno. He's not exactly a lifelong Ajax man. Though I'm sure a contingent of our more, erm, primal fans would take great issue with it.

I personally don't like Ten Hag. Such an awkward numpty.
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Well yes, that was the point - although I guess it worked out for Berghuis eventually.
 
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