The Dordrecht Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Yannis M'Bemba hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dordrecht can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Joep van der Sluijs was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Nordin Bakker is a medical away from Dordrecht
The deal with FC Midtjylland is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Dordrecht
Said Bakari and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Dordrecht training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sem Valk 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Helmond Sport take the points off Dordrecht
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Cody Blind faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Cody Blind after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No place for Siegert Baartmans in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Dordrecht are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The chances came and went for Soufiane Hetli
9 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Matteo Malasomma
- Squad A first senior shirt for Robin van Asten
- The dugout Mica Pinto knocks on the manager's door