The Vitesse Sentinel
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Vitesse's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vitesse has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
Anger at Vitesse spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
The caretaker keeps it: Jasper Brobbey confirmed
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
Squad16 Aug 2027
7 saves: Joël Drommel was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Chiel Olde Keizer keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vitesse may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Vitesse
Naoufal Bannis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match14 Aug 2027
Vitesse are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alassane Pléa 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Vitesse
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Vitesse against AZ
- Transfer targets Door shut on Grejohn Kyei
- Market Patrick Simons steps up from the Vitesse academy