We explore the angst and optimism of AFC Ajax supporters, uncovering the factors behind the club’s decline and reasons to keep believing.
As the old saying goes, there is no rest for the wicked. We’ve hardly construed its intended meaning over the centuries. “There is no peace for the wicked” is taken directly from the Book of Isaiah. Earlier in the passage, the word of God provides some compensatory appeasement. “I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me — the very people I have created.” Ajax players are peculiarly, in this context, the wicked. There is no relief from public critique or physical strain. And in the bible of Ajax, complete with passages from Johan Cruijff, Jack Reynolds, and Sjaak Swart, the club’s supporters act in the role of God.
Delectable before Decadence
The Ajax supporter is complex. We expect a high level of success from a club in a diminishing league. We want our board to sign powerful players while also using our youth academy to consistently add youth to the team. The glory days are more than likely behind us but we have yet to give up nostalgic hope for a dominant, all-powerful club in the heart of the Netherlands.