The Willem II Courier
Squad7 Oct 2030
Donny Simons damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match5 Oct 2030
No mercy from Willem II
Emmen will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Willem II were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings7 Oct 2030
Both of them Amine Lachkar's — 8.39
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.39, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market7 Oct 2030
Adam Ilic puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Willem II, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout7 Oct 2030
Bas Aké says Willem II went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad7 Oct 2030
Justin Hoogma signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Justin Hoogma commits to Willem II for another 2 years.
Squad7 Oct 2030
Words exchanged at Willem II
Joel Ideho 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.
Market7 Oct 2030
Kader Yaméogo wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Willem II hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
The terraces7 Oct 2030
One of their own: Eron Isufi
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Squad Words at Willem II training over how hard people work
- Player ratings Both jobs done by Eron Isufi — 7.27
- Player ratings Joel Ideho was unplayable