The Dender Gazette
Match6 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Dender
15 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market8 Feb 2027
Dender turn down Almere City for Sam Hendriks
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market8 Feb 2027
Ragnar Oratmangoen 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 Dender can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Dender
Jorne Spileers was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Dender rebuffed over Nonato
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Fluminense have kept their man, and Dender go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match6 Feb 2027
Dender are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Match6 Feb 2027
Dender come up short against Standard Liege
Standard Liege left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Gauthier Gallon
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market8 Feb 2027
Dender promote Leander Openda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leander Openda has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Lois Alderweireld joins the Dender first team
- Transfer targets Deadline beats Dender to Yannick Thoelen
- Squad A row about effort at Dender