The Telstar Herald
Match22 Feb 2027
Every point is an argument now for Telstar
Position 18 and 15 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Milan Wilson out for 47 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Telstar will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Gerald Alders, 21, steals the show — 7.61
Marked 7.61 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Telstar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tyrese Noslin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match20 Feb 2027
Telstar come up short against Groningen
Groningen left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Telstar
Will Aimson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
The team sheet said everything about Antoine Lejoly
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Antoine Lejoly.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Daan Reiziger signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daan Reiziger commits to Telstar for another 3 years.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Patrick Brouwer was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Telstar pick somebody else ahead of Antoine Lejoly
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Telstar