The Heerenveen Courier
Match5 Mar 2033
No end in sight to Heerenveen's wait for a win
20 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Heerenveen has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom7 Mar 2033
The interim tag comes off Interim Coach
Heerenveen interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Interim Coach keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.
Market7 Mar 2033
Nelson Amadin asks to leave Heerenveen
“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.
Market7 Mar 2033
Only the photograph left for Sifiso Mbidana
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sifiso Mbidana will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Heerenveen the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad7 Mar 2033
Words exchanged at Heerenveen
Maarten Paes 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.
Match5 Mar 2033
Skye Vink’s goal not enough for Heerenveen
Skye Vink scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to AZ, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad7 Mar 2033
A row about effort at Heerenveen
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sifiso Mbidana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match5 Mar 2033
Heerenveen leaking at the back
4 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
The dugout7 Mar 2033
The manager makes an example of Luphumlo Sifumba
“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.
In brief
- Squad Pedro Naressi signs on for more
- Market Heerenveen and Maarten Paes are talking past each other
- Squad A muscle injury sidelines Bas Dumfries for 15 days