Firstly,
Sander Westerveld has displayed on numerous occasions his lack of commitment to
the team and supporters. He may argue that his pedigree is enough of an
argument but you are only as good as your last game in my humble opinion and
Sander has cost us a great many games.
When
there was a goalkeeping gulf after the retirement of Hans Vonk Sean Roberts
stepped up to the plate and produced, giving 150% despite coming from a long
and protracted injury. He gets rewarded with the bench just because we managed
to sign an ex-Liverpool keeper looking for a retirement home.
Yes,
Sean's slip against Celtic cost us the game; I've lost count how many games
Sander has cost us. Second Koen Van der Laack. Generally the whole team looked
dejected and disjointed from the start, almost as if not everyone understood
their roles. But for me Koen was pathetic, and why he was not replaced still
baffles me. Instead we substitute Dolly who in my opinion at least looked at times
like producing some magic.
I
won't comment on Wanderson or the substitution of Jenniker for Alcaro- I think
the game was lost by then already anyway. But this match I believe must not be
viewed outside of the greater context. I've been Ajax-befok for years now, but
my greatest criticism of the club is the lack of ambition to hold onto our
youth products in order to produce silverware. I'm not referring to Serero and
the like who have landed once-in-a-lifetime contracts; instead I'm referring to
our eagerness to offload our rising stars to our competitors (read north of the
Vaal) in order to cash-in.
Ajax
has probably one of, if not the best youth structure in the country- but what
does that matter if you have nothing to show in terms of silverware? I think as
fans we have been very patient, I saw at the Tuks game a little bit of that patience
evaporate on Saturday.
To
see your team humiliated like that, at home, against PSL newcomers made me sick
to the core- and somebody needs to stand up say this will never happen again.
We are very eager to brag on our website and social media platforms about how
many Ajax youth products are playing in the PSL; but the key difference is that
the other teams are using our youth products to produce silverware; and if we
are not playing for silverware then what the hell are we playing for?
Somebody
or some policy has transformed us within a very short period of time into being
title contenders to relegation contenders, and this needs to stop. It almost
appears as if my club is becoming a one-stop for out-of-favour and rejects
foreign has-beens that add no value to the aspirations of the fans but instead
come to receive their last paycheck before being confined to the dustbins of
football what-could-have-been history. Ajax CT is my club and my passion.
Management
needs to sit up and take note and adapt accordingly before we end up in the
first division. Nothing less than completely demolishing a struggling AmaZulu
in our next game will convince me that Stekelenberg is serious about my club;
that's if he's still around that time.
By aykay47 via www.ajaxct.com
Original Letter: http://goo.gl/tJ288
