The Groningen Courier
Match29 Jan 2028
No end in sight to Groningen's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Groningen has to find a result from somewhere.
Market31 Jan 2028
Business is business: Elvis van der Laan goes
Bari paid $2.6M and Groningen took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market31 Jan 2028
Business is business: Leon Ćuk goes
ADO Den Haag paid $1.2M and Groningen took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Words at Groningen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oskar Zawada 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 Jan 2028
The goals have deserted Groningen
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Groningen can tell you which week it ends in.
Match29 Jan 2028
Heerenveen take the points off Groningen
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Jan 2028
João Morelli 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 Groningen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Jan 2028
A long bet from Groningen on Stef Schreuders
He is 20, and nobody at Groningen signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Tika de Jonge has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Groningen will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Squad Tika de Jonge knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Jorg Schreuders
- Player ratings David van der Werff ran the game