The Roda Post
Market16 Aug 2027
Mitchell Paulissen 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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Jay Kruiver keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Roda may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market16 Aug 2027
Roda say no — this time
The offer from PSM for Koen Jansen was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
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.
Match14 Aug 2027
The goals have deserted Roda
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Roda can tell you which week it ends in.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Feyenoord tell Roda: Jaden Slory is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Dario Van Den Buijs
“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
- Market One of our own: Bas Timber joins the Roda first team
- Market Robin Wijnaldum steps up from the Roda academy
- Match Dordrecht take the points off Roda