Seth Annink

Striker - Roda
22 Nov 2027
Monday
Process
65 Edition

The Roda Post

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Roda boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match

Roda are in real trouble now

Position 17, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jay Kruiver

“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.

Match

AZ take the points off Roda

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market

The Justin Treichel talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Roda know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Irfan Karijowidjojo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
46 Edition

The Roda Post

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Lucas Beerten asks to leave Roda

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Aland Abdi says Roda 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.

Market

Andrew Imade has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Roda they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Behar Ismaili moves on

De Graafschap pay $850.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Koen Jansen 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.

Market

A long bet from Roda on Seth Annink

He is 19, and nobody at Roda signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief