Dylan Ruward

Central Defender - Zwolle
23 Jan 2027
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Marked for Dylan Ruward

18 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad30 Nov 2026

Younes Namli 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 Zwolle this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match28 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for Zwolle against PSV

0‑2 to PSV, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Zwolle lose Kasper Flier

50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Marten Depay to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Odysseus Velanas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Odysseus Velanas, and the manager let it.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

A promise honoured for Nick Fichtinger

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Zwolle told Nick Fichtinger something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Dylan Ruward falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Naj Lulić knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Naj Lulić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Loan watch30 Nov 2026

Dylan Mbayo keeps scoring at Stade Lavallois

17 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

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12 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match17 Oct 2026

7 matches without a win for Zwolle

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Zwolle are no longer polite ones.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Zwolle

Younes Namli and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match17 Oct 2026

Sydney van Hooijdonk’s goal not enough for Zwolle

Sydney van Hooijdonk scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Twente, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Sydney van Hooijdonk was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 20. 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.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Tristan Gooijer

“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.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Marten Depay answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Zwolle

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dylan Ruward was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The form table has caught Naj Lulić

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The plan did not have a place for Iliass Bel Hassani

Nobody at Zwolle is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

6 Edition

The Zwolle Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Zwolle close the window on a squad of their own making

6 in and 11 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Younes Namli 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 Zwolle this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Zwolle

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Simon Graves was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match5 Sep 2026

Ajax take the points off Zwolle

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market7 Sep 2026

Talks stall between Zwolle and Ibrahim Cissoko

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Marten Depay faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Marten Depay after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Tobias Sommer's mistake decides it

Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Zwolle needed to.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tom de Graaff makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Tobias Sommer is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief