The De Graafschap Post
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Chris-Kévin Nadje was immovable
38 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Match3 Oct 2026
De Graafschap run riot against Vitesse
4‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A brace, and Jevon Simons takes the afternoon — 9.34
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jevon Simons provided it, and the 9.34 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ties Wieggers keeps De Graafschap in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
No sign of nerves from Stijn Bultman at 21 — 7.68
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Stijn Bultman did not need any: 7.68, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at De Graafschap
Ibrahim El Kadiri 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Michael Dokunmu is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
One of those days for Ibrahim El Kadiri
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 166% of everything De Graafschap earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Jevon Simons
- Squad Words at De Graafschap training over how hard people work
- Market A long bet from De Graafschap on Arthur Vignaud