The Heracles Sentinel
Match12 Feb 2028
Still nobody has beaten Heracles
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Tsuyoshi Watanabe signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tsuyoshi Watanabe commits to Heracles for another 3 years.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Luka Kulenović gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match12 Feb 2028
Heracles and AZ take a point apiece
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market14 Feb 2028
A long bet from Heracles on Brahim Mokhtari
He is 20, and nobody at Heracles signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market14 Feb 2028
Heracles sign Fadil Alimi, one for the future
Fadil Alimi is 19, and Heracles have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market14 Feb 2028
Heracles sign Amani Imhangbe, one for the future
Amani Imhangbe is 18, and Heracles have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Jan Žambůrek is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.20 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Djevencio van der Kust knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Heracles, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Heracles pick up Simon Couillot for nothing
- Loan watch KV Kortrijk cannot leave Jordy Bawuah out
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Jeff Reine-Adélaïde