The Vitesse Sentinel
Match4 Dec 2027
Whatever happens, Vitesse do not lose
25 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
No sign of nerves from Paul Wanner at 21 — 7.88
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Paul Wanner did not need any: 7.88, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The dugout6 Dec 2027
Ricardo-Felipe Schwarz says Vitesse went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match4 Dec 2027
The run at home goes on for Vitesse
12 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Market6 Dec 2027
Sven Mijnans wants more than Vitesse are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The step up is real for Dylan Worst
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Vitesse
Levent Mercan 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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Solomon Bonnah 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.
Boardroom6 Dec 2027
Vitesse agree a free transfer for Sam Kersten
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
In brief
- Match Anselmo García Mac Nulty the difference as Vitesse beat Roda
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Anselmo García Mac Nulty at his very best
- Player ratings One of those days for Remco Balk