Everybody in the division was measured and a Cambuur man came out on top: 8.75 across the month and 7 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
8.75 across the month and 7 goal contributions from a Cambuur player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at De Graafschap, and it is not being withdrawn.
3 assists across the month from a Jong PSV player marked 8.01. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Dordrecht hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Marked 7.47 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Emmen have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Cambuur
Bendegúz Kovács was marked 7.94 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what TOP Oss can pretend not to have heard.
The deal that would have taken Jan Žambůrek to PSV has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to ADO Den Haag with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
3 assists across the month from a Emmen player marked 7.73. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.94 across 3 matches for Cambuur.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at ADO Den Haag heard it as anything else.
2 in 3 for Cambuur. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Cambuur man came out on top: 9.25 across the month and 7 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
9.25 across the month and 7 goal contributions from a Cambuur player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around TOP Oss people have started saying his name in the past tense.
3 assists, 7.95, and a Jong PSV player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
The phone has started ringing about Jan Žambůrek again, and this time the name on the line is PSV. ADO Den Haag are listening politely and promising nothing.
2 in 3 for MVV Maastricht. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Almere City, and it is not being withdrawn.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Semen Padang waiting with a shirt. Nobody at ADO Den Haag is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Helmond Sport had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Roda can pretend not to have heard.
Marked 8.90 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Stoke City have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Stoke City
Nathan Lowe was marked 8.90 and had a hand in 7 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at RKC Waalwijk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Eleven names, chosen against everybody in the division who plays where they play. The Vitesse man is one of them on 7.63 from 3 matches, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a harder one to argue with.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Cambuur man came out on top: 8.68 across the month and 9 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.02 over the month and 7 goal contributions, from a Cambuur player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Cambuur player marked 8.02, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Helmond Sport they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Callum Wilson is the division's best-marked player — 8.72
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.72 across 3 matches for ADO Den Haag.
5 in 4 for Helmond Sport. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at ADO Den Haag has been clear about where Dylan Vente stands, which is more than many ever get.
The month closes with Matěj Šín out in front — 6 goals in 3 games, and ADO Den Haag have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Matěj Šín is the division's player of the month — 7.97
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a ADO Den Haag man on 7.97 with 7 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Thijs Muller is the month's best young player — 8.31
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.31 over the month and 5 goal contributions, from a FC Eindhoven player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
5 assists, 8.21, and a Almere City player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Helmond Sport they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a ADO Den Haag man
Callum Wilson averaged 8.82 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at ADO Den Haag heard it as anything else.
5 in 2 for MVV Maastricht. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Marked 7.91 across it, 51 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Emmen have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Vitesse people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.21 over the month and 14 goal contributions, from a Cambuur player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Roda can pretend not to have heard.
32 assists, 7.93, and a Emmen player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Soufiane Hetli is the division's best-marked player — 8.21
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.21 across 4 matches for RKC Waalwijk.
Everybody in the division was measured and a RKC Waalwijk man came out on top: 8.34 across the month and 78 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Anthony Smits is the month's best young player — 7.37
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.37 over the month and 49 goal contributions, from a MVV Maastricht player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what De Graafschap can pretend not to have heard.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Groningen waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Cambuur is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Almere City had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Ferdy Druijf leads the division for assists — 7.93
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 33 of them made by a Almere City player marked 7.93, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Kevin van Veen is the division's best-marked player — 8.86
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.86 across 2 matches for FC Eindhoven.
Everybody in the division was measured and a ADO Den Haag man came out on top: 7.86 across the month and 77 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
7.84 across the month and 62 goal contributions from a De Graafschap player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at FC Eindhoven, and it is not being withdrawn.
41 assists, 7.86, and a ADO Den Haag player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.31 across 5 matches for Cambuur.
29 in 5 for ADO Den Haag. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at RKC Waalwijk, another week without a signature from Henk Veerman.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Jong PSV man came out on top: 8.89 across the month and 60 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for PSV U20
Boet Mulders was marked 8.32 and had a hand in 28 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 34 of them made by a Jong PSV player marked 8.89, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at De Graafschap, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Sam Lammers is the division's best-marked player — 8.89
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.89 across 3 matches for Jong PSV.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at ADO Den Haag hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
3 appearances at that mark for Dordrecht. The team of the month is chosen against every player in the division who does his job, which makes it a quieter compliment than an award and a harder one to dispute.