yes, but oof new defender Syhre injured at training, luckily he was only bought on free transfer


tbf the weakest teams here with us are De Graafschap, NAC Breda and i guess Emmen had a Lucky start to the season but now they are showing they are possibly too weak for the highest level, Excelsior has luck on their side against the bigger teams ajax, feyenoord, psv but they flop against the teams ranked beside them

also our dutch competition, a heartwarming message for the family and friends of Emiliano Sala

I'm shocked that NAC Breda are down there tbh, they're normally a mid-table side aren't they?

yes normally, they were great once with Ernie Brandts a shock 4th place and narrowly missing out of european football but recent years aren't as good now

NAC Breda another loss for them at home against AZ with 0-3

Ajax lost away against Heracles Almelo with 1-0 just before important champions league match against real madrid ouch

Heerenveen and PEC Zwolle 1-1 draw doesn't help both teams

Feyenoord another easy win for them against de graafschap 4-0


and VVV won with 2-1 at home against willem II


today's program

Fortuna Sittard at home against excelsior

Groningen vs Vitesse Arnhem

FC Emmen vs ADO Den Haag

and finally closing the weekend FC Utrecht vs PSV

half time Fortuna sittard vs excelsior

2-0 for Fortuna 2 goals by Lamprou :)

2 lovely goals by Lamprou anyway :dance:

1-0 nice placed ball in right top corner

2-0 mistake by excelsior defender, lamprou keeping his cool inside 16 :)

6-0 loss for Fortuna against Heracles :facepalm: i only watched first half of that tbh


sorry but the Fortuna reserves are trash :idc: i so hope Heerings, Ninaj are fit this weekend

glad we got Rodriguez back from his suspension

Tbf Heracles seem to be on good form at the moment so Fortuna Sittard was always going to struggle against them.

6-0 is an unfortunate scoreline though.

Heracles have 10 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses now and currently solid in top half heading for possibly european football

they got a german coach Frank Wormuth who was formerly the german under 20 coach at summer olympics

also spanish top goalscorer for them Adrian Dalmau, who they signed from valladolid but is also former youth product of fc Barcelona

quite a few german talents here

goalkeeper Janis Blaswich, defenders Lennart Czyborra, Sebastian Jakubiak, Maximillian Hartmann

and midfielder (former youth product of ac milan and stuttgart player in the year they became champions) kazakhi german alexander merkel

who i think might relegate are

NAC Breda, De Graafschap and possibly i throw excelsior in the mix (who also have their weak moments)


Fortuna might survive this season and that is still better than expected since they were odds favourite to be relegated at start of season

ok my thoughts on this weekend

Fc Utrecht vs Fc Groningen on Friday

Utrecht is 6th, Groningen is 8th it's a battle for the play-offs who can get themselves on a good chance making it there

VVV Venlo vs Excelsior

i can see VVV winning here, not only home advantage but excelsior recent matches they had 30 scoring chances and all miss or saved by goalkeeper that does something negative to you mentally

PSV vs NAC Breda 1st against 18th (last place)

you never know but i expect a solid steady win for psv, but they Always have it tough against the weaker opponents especially at home

ADO Den Haag vs Heerenveen

ADO is 12th, Heerenveen is 9th also a match which is crucial for points en route to european ticket play off matches i can see Heerenveen getting the points here but it can also just end up in a draw

Willem II vs de graafschap, head 2 head relegation duel here, although willem II is the more steadier at 11th, points gap isn't big at all, so i guess they would want to just win here against graafschap

and graafschap are in the losing mood now

sundays matches

PEC Zwolle vs AZ, Zwolle is surprisingly bad this season, 15th and AZ is steady at 3th/4th place shared with Feyenoord

i say easy win for AZ

Vitesse vs Feyenoord, i like Vitesse, they got a strong team, Sloetsky is a good coach for them, Chelsea loanee goalkeeper Eduardo is a solid addition to the team

they can win but they gotta fight against Feyenoord with their star robin van persie

FC Emmen vs Heracles, Emmen isn't playing bad at all but Heracles is in a great form lately i say heracles win here

and closing the weekend are Ajax vs Fortuna

Ajax after superb win against real madrid in a good mood mentally, Fortuna wants to finally win i guess after some average or bad matches

i don't expect anything for my Fortuna here they are the underdogs against heavy favourite ajax

important points with this solid and confident win from Fortuna over fellow danger zone candidate Emmen with 3-1

own goal from defender lukic got Fortuna at 1-0, and semedo, novakovich respectively made 2 and 3-0 and in extra time emmen scored a goal via niemeijer

i'm ashamed our team PSV have got those anti-semetic fans, being against Ajax (who they call jews)


:facepalm:

Fortuna last night, 1 point in limburg derby vs VVV, a point is a point, a crucial point too some breathing space now with 17th and 18th spots, if psv win over de graafschap now, also a same 6 pt gap with 16th place for Fortuna

with 4 matches to be played


it wasn't bad football from Fortuna at all, with 2 suspended players (important defending players too) and we saw more of Dianessy in action (he had been injured for 7 months)

Fortuna just probably need one more win to be safe Nicky.

But overall it seems like they'll be fine.

yes


it is more exciting now for the championship ajax or psv, ajax has better papers in terms of having scored more goals, but tied at points



ajax the arrogant was this week again, they think they can easily win in Turin over juventus :fan: while juventus has been one of the strongest teams in italy for a long while now

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/0...he-eredivisie/

FC Twente back to eredivisie next season, after being champions now in first division :dance:


i call em the liverpool of Netherlands, since they also use the ''you'll never walk alone'' song when players walk on the pitch right before kick off


psv uses tina turner simply the best as the song when players walk on the pitch before kick off fun fact

near last competition round today :dance2:

Ajax home against fc utrecht

psv away against az alkmaar

those are the important matches for championship title, ajax and psv are equally tied at same points, ajax just at better for goals than against


my Fortuna sittard must play away against groningen, a win or a draw is good for survival, also depends what other teams below them do, i'm hoping they get no or not many points these last few rounds


nervous and exciting

Good luck to Fortuna, Nicky.

1-0 behind now :notimpressed:

Fortuna losing with 3-0 but avoiding relegation play offs and staying in for at least one more season :cheer2: :cheer2:

albanian Zeka making his debut too for us as a substitute in 75th minute



ajax winning, psv losing, so almost certain championship title going to ajax :hehe:

Ajax are officially champions now


now its play off season for one european ticket, and play offs for promotion/relegation

Heracles - FC Utrecht

FC Groningen - Vitesse

return

FC Utrecht - Heracles

Vitesse - FC Groningen

winners will face each other in european play off final


semi finals promotion/relegation

Go Ahead Eagles - FC Den Bosch

RKC Waalwijk - Excelsior

TOP Oss - Sparta Rotterdam

SC Cambuur - De Graafschap

returns

FC Den Bosch - Go Ahead Eagles

Excelsior - RKC Waalwijk
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Sparta Rotterdam - TOP Oss

De Graafschap - SC Cambuur

promo/relegate play off final

Den Bosch/Go Ahead vs Excelsior/RKC

Sparta/TOP vs De Graafschap/Cambuur

european football play off

Vitesse - Fc Utrecht is the final, so one of those will get last ticket for us, at european football in Europa league

Congratulations Ajax.