Give it a rest with the "bitterness" line FFS St Charles Owl! Replace that word with disappointment, a disappointment that is no different from Turkeydinner's comment and the comments of thousands n thousands of fans throughout Europe who wanted to see an up n coming young side like Ajax challenging the hugely financed Euro footie clubs that are successful due to being wealthy!! It was indeed a "breath of fresh air" as previously described!! Ajax were very unlucky in not reaching the CL final and Christian Eriksen shared a similar sentiment in his post match interview with a fairly accurate summary of both matches played. Re my "ironic comment" re English players, I admit I threw that "dangly hook" in as an aside and I expected YOU to "bite it" and you did exactly that!! Well done!! And btw you have your own "moments" of derisiion as much as anyone else. I can recall you actually admitting that fact before. So don't bother "preaching" too much on issues where many members, and other fans of another persuasion, will "beg to differ". That is one of many reasons why we follow football/soccer and endure its "ups n downs". C'est la vie!! Nuff said!!