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Moneybookers payments: [email protected] Thanks for your time Dutch Eredivisie Preview – Season 2006/2007 Categorized Table The + , - or +/- symbols indicate whether a team got stronger, weaker or is more or less at the same strength as last season – according to my views. A 1. PSV +/- B 2. Ajax Amsterdam + 3. AZ Alkmaar + 4. Feyenoord Rotterdam - C 5. FC Groningen +/- 6. SC Heerenveen +/- 7. FC Twente +/- 8. Vitesse + 9. Roda JC - 10. FC Utrecht - D 11. RKC Waalwijk - 12. ADO Den Haag + 13. NEC Nijmegen - 14. Sparta Rotterdam + E 15. NAC Breda - 16. Willem II Tilburg - 17. Heracles Almelo +/- F 18. Excelsior Rotterdam + A PSV’s squad got a little bit stronger, but they lost coach Hiddink and that’s quite a blow. Nevertheless I rate them as skyhigh favorites for the title again, they’re still by far the best team in Holland. B Ajax signed some very experienced players and signed Barcelona’s assistant Henk ten Cate as their new coach, and I expect quite a lot of this renewed team. They’ll probably need time to become a team on the pitch, but they should be ‘best of the rest’. AZ lost some keyplayers, but signed on the other hand almost every talent available in Holland and definitely didn’t get any weaker. Feyenoord is the black horse in this company, they lost Kalou and didn’t sign any impressive players so far. They have quality, but I don’t think it’s good enough to compete with PSV, Ajax and AZ. C Again there’s a big group on almost the same level behind the top 4 teams; Groningen and Heerenveen do have the best squads, but especially Twente and Vitesse are dangerous outsiders for a high rank. Groningen and Twente will play with almost the same squads as last season, Heerenveen has to deal with several changes, while Vitesse signed experienced De Mos as their new headcoach and they got stronger up front. Roda and Utrecht will have most difficulties, they didn’t get stronger at all. D RKC and NEC are like every season in this group: not good enough to compete for European qualification, but definitely too good to be involved in the relegation zone. Neither RKC nor NEC did anything spectacular this summer, but it doesn’t matter as they have enough quality to finish on a safe spot. The same goes for ADO and Sparta; they absolutely improved their squad this summer and should both have a careless season as I can’t see them getting into trouble. E It could be a surprise I do rank NAC and Willem II in this group, but I’m simply not impressed by them this summer. NAC definitely got worse and the atmosphere is not good in Breda, and I predict another difficult season for them. Willem II is extremely hard to rate as they had a shitload of changes this season, and they might get out of this group but at the moment it’s not what I would forecast. Heracles had a hell of a season last year, but I don’t think they can do it again. Their squad isn’t any better than last season’s, and their coach is worse than last season’s. F Excelsior is new in this league, but I don’t think Feyenoord’s little brother will stay for long; they’re by far the worst team in this league and their new coach won’t help them avoiding relegation. ADO Den Haag Last season: Coach: Players in: Players out: Pre-season results: 15th F. Adelaar Kolk (FC Zwolle) Jungschläger (RBC) W 15/07 0-7 Laakkwartier Delorge (free transfer) El-Akchaoui (NEC) W 19/07 2-0 Dordrecht Homeground: Zuiderpark, Den Haag Wagenaar (Hartwick) Grujic (retired) W 22/07 2-0 WBC Capacity: 11.000 Loumpoutis (FC Twente) Stroeve (Emmen) D 26/07 1-1 FC Zwolle Last season at home: 6-3-8 Tininho (NEC) O'Brien (Chivas USA) W 29/07 3-1 Hapoel Saba Last season away: 4-2-11 Hakansson (Djurgårdens) Kolkka (Feyenoord) - 03/08 x-x Aris Saloniki ADO was by no means one of the stronger forces last season, Vreven (Omonia Nicosia) Paauwe (FC Twente) - 08/08 x-x Sheffield Utd and they only just escaped from relegation playoffs. Things Postma (Wolverhampton) de Graaf (Feyenoord) were not OK last season, and therefore they changed a lot Gibbs (Feyenoord) this summer. All loans were terminated, and some old guys Derby opponents: Verdict: were sold. On the other hand they signed a nice mix of talent Feyenoord (heavy) Safe midtable and experience, and they made a very good move by signing only players who are already familiar with Dutch football. Every year ADO is among the bottom teams, but I do give them a good chance for the upcoming season to end in a safe midtable spot. However, a lot will depend on their coach, and that could be a problem as Adelaar is not exactly brilliant. Probable line-up: Postma – Rijaard, Martha, Loumpoutis – Verhoek, Vreven, Rankovic, Tininho, Elia – Mols, Kolk Ajax Amsterdam Last season: Coach: Players in: Players out: Pre-season results: 4th H. Ten Cate Stam (AC Milan) Vonk (Ajax Cape Town) W 08/07 1-5 JOS Perez (AZ) Trabelsi (unknown) W 11/07 0-11 ABS Homeground: Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Gentenaar (Dortmund) Pienaar (Dortmund) W 12/07 0-18 De Lutte Capacity: 51.859 Huisman (Haarlem) Juanfran (Besiktas) W 13/07 0-4 Hardenberg Last season at home: 9-6-2 Krohn-Dehli (RKC) Lindgren (FC Groningen) W 15/07 0-8 Bennekom Last season away: 9-0-8 De Mul (Vitesse) Boukhari (FC Nantes) L 18/07 3-2 Spakenburg There was something seriously wrong at Ajax last season, Ogararu (Steaua Boekarest) Galásek (1. FC Nürnberg) L 22/07 2-1 Arsenal and although their good run in the end brought them some Gabri (Barcelona) Anastasiou (Sparta Rdam) W 25/07 0-6 Emmen fortune eventually, the board replaced coach Blind and Roger García (Villarreal) L 29/07 2-1 Dortmund together with new coach Ten Cate there were plenty new Lewis (Ajax Cape Town) - 04/08 x-x Inter signings. Among them experienced names like Stam, Gabri - 05/08 x-x Man Utd and Perez, and you can see in one view this team is definitely Derby opponents: Verdict: stronger than last years. With striker Huntelaar already in Utrecht (heavy), AZ (low) 2nd friendlies in great form I do expect Ajax to hunt for PSV, though they could have some problems at the start of the season in finding eachother. With Trabelsi, Galasek and Pienaar quite some important players left the team, and that could affect them the first few weeks as the replacements can’t play like a team yet. Individual strength is however great in Amsterdam. Probable line-up: Stekelenburg – Grygera, Heitinga, Stam, Emanuelson – Maduro, Perez, Sneijder – Rosales, Huntelaar, Gabri AZ Alkmaar Last season: Coach: Players in: Players out: Pre-season results: 2nd L. Van Gaal Martens (RKC Waalwijk) Buskermolen (retired) W 23/06 0-7 Polderteam Ramzi (FC Utrecht) van Galen (retired) W 28/06 2-8 AFC'34 Homeground: DSB-Stadion, Alkmaar Dembele (Willem II) Perez (Ajax) W 15/07 1-7 Dirkshorn Capacity: 16.000 Agustien (Willem II) Zoontjes (Telstar) W 18/07 1-7 ASWH Last season at home: 11-4-2 Gudjohnsson (Leicester) Wisse (Haarlem) D 22/07 2-2 Lierse SK Last season away: 12-1-4 Hulst (amateurs) Elkhattabi (unknown) L 28/07 2-1 FC Köln It’s pretty hard to give a call on AZ the upcoming season; Cziommer (Schalke 04) Huysegems (Feyenoord) - 04/08 x-x Arsenal they sold a shitload of players, including keyplayers like Luirink (FC Groningen) Medunjanin (Sparta R) - 12/08 x-x Bolton W. Perez, Landzaat, Timmer, van Galen and Sektioui, and they Jenner (NAC Breda) Agustien (Roda JC) left their old but great stadium ‘de Hout’. That’s the first part Mendes da Silva (NAC) Zwarthoed (Excelsior) of the story. Didulica (Austria Wien) Timmer (Feyenoord) The second part of the story is a little different: AZ moved Sinouh (Omonia Nicosia) Sektioui (FC Porto) to a great new stadium (with artificial pitch!!) with twice as Landzaat (Wigan Athletic) much seats as the previous one, and they signed every Derby opponents: Verdict: talented player in Holland they could get. With Cziommer, Ajax (low) 3rd Dembele, Luirink, Jenner, Mendes, Gudjohnsson, etcetera it’s 100% sure that AZ will end high on the table again. It’s up to Van Gaal to make a team out of these individuals and newbies, but at least he has a quality squad available.