The PSIM Sentinel
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jop van der Avert wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and PSIM know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at PSIM
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rio Hardiawan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
A promise honoured for Yuda Editya
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. PSIM told Yuda Editya something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Abdul Aziz
“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.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
A reunion for Andy Setyo
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Bhayangkara Presisi in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Nermin Haljeta story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nermin Haljeta signs something — a contract at PSIM or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Yusaku Yamadera knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Yusaku Yamadera trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Ghulam Fatkur Rachman has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at PSIM will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ahmad Agung has settled at PSIM
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
In brief
- Looking ahead PSIM travel to Bhayangkara Presisi
- Squad Welcome back, Egy Darmawan