The De Graafschap Post
The terraces20 Nov 2028
Supporters organise against the De Graafschap board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
The dugout20 Nov 2028
Adnan El Boujjoufi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” De Graafschap may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Reuven Niemeijer 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 De Graafschap this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Nov 2028
A row about effort at De Graafschap
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thomas Ouwejan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad20 Nov 2028
De Graafschap lose Jorrit Smeets
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad20 Nov 2028
De Graafschap are still strangers to each other
7 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Market20 Nov 2028
De Graafschap buy the years ahead of Aaron Howard
He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
The dugout20 Nov 2028
Egeron Gorisson gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout20 Nov 2028
Egeron Gorisson has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at De Graafschap 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.
In brief
- The dugout Raoul Petretta knocks on the manager's door
- Market Still no signature from Raoul Petretta
- Boardroom De Graafschap keep producing them