The Roda Post
Market16 Aug 2027
Roda turn down Pacos de Ferreira for Justin Treichel
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Joshua Schwirten: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Roda have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market16 Aug 2027
Bram Marsman hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Roda can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Ali Donny Sylla will not be coming to Roda
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Antwerp is saying, and nobody at Roda is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Roda
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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Roda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthony van den Hurk 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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Niklo Dailly
Roda asked and Westerlo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Roda
Mitchell Paulissen 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Marco Bergwijn steps up from the Roda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Bergwijn has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Bas Janssen joins the Roda first team
- Match Roda see off Dordrecht
- Boardroom Roda sign off a bigger ground