Huge win

On a day of remembrance for the great Sjaak Wolfs, Ajax took a tremendous step forward today in their quest to regain the Eredivise title. After an awful pre-season, a weak showing in the Amsterdam Tournament, an opening week loss at Willem II and a thrashing at Heerenveen, there were some serious questions being asked about Marco Van Basten's team at mid-September. No less than six straight league wins later, and coming off a convincing win over the 4 time Landskampioen from Eindhoven, Ajax is in first place and is finally starting to show that they were worth all of the pre-season hype. Forget what happened in Volendam last week...this team sure seems like it has. The return of Enoh (starting XI) and Sulejmani (61st minute sub) from the injured list was the shot in the arm that Ajax needed to gain only its second Arena win ever against a PSV side that is having one of its worst string of results in years. This may have been the weakest PSV side that Ajax has ever faced at the ArenA...they look like a broken team with little confidence and a lot of problems. Thats always good news here. There are 3 or 4 really strong teams in the Eredivise this year, but PSV is not one of them. An interesting lineup was on the field for Ajax today, with 3 of the players deemed "dispensable" at the beginning of the season (Rommedahl, Kennedy, and Leonardo) seeing significant and productive playing time. Will van Basten hold steady with some of the changes he made today, particularly Enoh starting in Gabri's place? Based on the former Ajax Cape Town player's rock steady performance today (and Gabri's good play coming off the bench), that might be a safe bet. The kid is good.

We are all so used to paying attention to the point difference between Ajax and PSV, hoping they drop points here and there, and that Ajax can take advantage. I feel those days may temporarily be over. I'm going to officially write off PSV from this year's Eredivise title race. You heard it here first. What do I see now when I look at the standings? Level on points with NAC, two points up on Groningen and AZ. I don't want to even look at PSV anymore, they are toast...have fun down there with Feyenoord.

On a side note, anybody know why PSV NEVER changes their away kits?