The Heracles Sentinel
Match11 Aug 2029
The wait goes on for Heracles
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Ramiz Zerrouki 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 Heracles this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market13 Aug 2029
Virgil Lang is a Heracles player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market13 Aug 2029
Daley Timber comes home
The shirt still fits. Daley Timber is back at Heracles, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market13 Aug 2029
Ryan Weghorst is a Heracles player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market13 Aug 2029
Nathan De Vrij is a Heracles player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad13 Aug 2029
The manager makes an example of Luka Kulenović
“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.
Match11 Aug 2029
Ajax take the points off Heracles
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom13 Aug 2029
A promise the Heracles board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Loan watch Nafairon Landvreugd counts the days
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
- Squad Luuk Brouwers knocks on the manager's door