The ADO Den Haag Chronicle
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Othniël Raterink
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at ADO Den Haag
Matteo Waem and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A row about effort at ADO Den Haag
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matěj Šín was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match19 Dec 2026
The goals have deserted ADO Den Haag
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at ADO Den Haag can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tim Danhof out for 19 days
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Tim Danhof, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Jan Žambůrek
“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.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
The afternoon belonged to Luuk Wouters
A mark of 7.19, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Memphis Klaassen was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the ADO Den Haag dressing room was either.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The plan did not have a place for Jesse Bal
Nobody at ADO Den Haag is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- The dugout Devyn Payne is still paying for one afternoon at ADO Den Haag
- Match ADO Den Haag draw a blank against Cambuur
- Market The Illaijh de Ruijter talk will not go away