The Groningen Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
Stije Resink in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Groningen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mart Haven is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match17 Oct 2026
Groningen come up short against Feyenoord
Feyenoord left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Groningen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dies Janse is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Etienne Vaessen's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Juan Dinenno
Successful dribbles: 10. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings Thom van Bergen changes it off the bench
- Market David van der Werff linked with a move away