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Post by rugbytoffee on Feb 28, 2023 18:10:24 GMT
Following yet another Eredivisie win, John Heitinga continues to stake his claim to become the Ajax head coach on a full-time basis. The reigning Dutch champions, prior to Alfred Schreuder’s well-deserved and probably-overdue dismissal, were in the midst of their worst run of form in two decades; seven games without a win a far cry from the seemingly never-ending brilliance of the Erik ten Hag era. Since Heitinga was promoted from the reserve side – handed the reigns on an interim basis – Ajax have flipped the form book on it’s head. Five straight Eredivisie wins by an aggregate score of 18-3. The swagger is back. The goals are too. Ajax, to put it simply, look like Ajax again. “Heitinga has come in and instilled some discipline, which I think they needed,” Dutch football expert Mike Bell tells the Football Oranje podcast; highlighting the resurgent form of Dusan Tadic and Mohammed Kudus “He’s changed a few things tactically. Mohammed Kudus, Ajax fans were crying out for him to be the focal point. And I think Heitinga has realised he is the player they need in that attack to make it work. He’s been great for them. “And moving Tadic from the wing – where he’s been a disaster – to the middle has worked perfectly. He’s scoring goals again. You would think that Ajax are back on the right path.” “We are very happy with Heitinga. He is doing a fantastic job,” says Ajax goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. “The way he talks and addresses us is what he has adapted the most. He is a former player who knows Ajax very well, and knows very well how it works as a footballer. “Heitinga may be a beginner coach but he knows very well what he wants. He has very clear ideas, and we needed that.” www.hitc.com/en
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Post by evertontillidie on Mar 4, 2023 9:39:19 GMT
Ajax are a great club.
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