Hugo Borst also saw Ajax lose its seventh top match against PSV and feels sorry for ‘poor trainer’ Alfred Schreuder. “He is certainly not helped in the snake pit. His stars are getting old, they refuse to give way to reserves. The pecking order has been disrupted,” he wrote in the General Newspaper. The columnist has nothing good to say about ‘bad buy of the year’ Calvin Bassey.
In the home match against PSV, which was lost 1-2, all of Ajax scored an insufficient score, according to Borst. Schreuder passed Daley Blind and posted Devyne Rensch in left back position. A solution that, according to Borst, was motivated by fear. “Fear of PSV revelation Xavi Simons. With and without the ball a fantastic player, one with a lion’s heart. He would walk out Daley Blind – already out of shape anyway. That’s what the Ajax coach thought. But an Ajax coach is not allowed to think like that at all.”
The columnist saw how Ajax allowed itself to be seduced into a ‘trench war’. According to him, that was a bad idea against a PSV with ‘Portuguese traits’. “If Ajax players have to fight, you know they are going to lose. There is one who masters that craft, Edson Álvarez. But the rest joined him. Stupid,” he concluded.
Borst saw a ‘poor but wonderful fighting match’ on Sunday, but had to think back to the inglorious and unsuccessful years of Ajax in stadium De Meer. At that time, according to him, too many talented and colorless footballers played there. “They had Calvin Bassey’s level. good heavens. We already knew that this powerhouse can’t play football, but defensively he also falls short. With one push, he let himself be tricked by the cunning Luuk de Jong. It was the opening goal. Schreuder’s team couldn’t get over that. Bassey is already the bad buy of the year,” wrote Borst.
The journalist further pointed out that Schreuder is often praised for his tactical tricks, but he has lost all seven top matches so far and that is ‘unworthy of Ajax’. Borst will not soon be calling for a possible dismissal. “In the Johan Cruijff ArenA, ‘Schreuder rot on’ was chanted. You won’t hear me argue for his resignation. Way too easy. And who should replace him? But poor Schreuder. We hear intimidating noises around the ArenA. They’re chainsaws. Good luck, Alfred.”