Nick Doodeman

Right Wingback - Willem II
20 Sep 2026
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6 Edition

The Willem II Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Sep 2026

A one-man rearguard from Thomas Didillon-Hödl

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Calvin Twigt was immovable

29 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Market7 Sep 2026

Daan Maas 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 Willem II can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Justin Hoogma shuts the door

Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Nick Doodeman

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Devin Haen falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match5 Sep 2026

3 matches without a goal for Willem II

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Alessandro Ciranni 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 Willem II this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Thomas Verheydt 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.

In brief

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4 Edition

The Willem II Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Thomas Didillon-Hödl keeps Willem II in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market24 Aug 2026

Amine Et-Taïbi 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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Armin Ćulum

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Willem II

Thomas Didillon-Hödl was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Nick Doodeman

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nick Doodeman, and the manager let it.

Match22 Aug 2026

Heracles take the points off Willem II

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Devin Haen falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Thomas Verheydt never got going

4.39 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Market24 Aug 2026

Siegert Baartmans told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Siegert Baartmans has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Willem II.

In brief

3 Edition

The Willem II Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Uriël Van Aalst at 20 — 9.07

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Uriël Van Aalst did not need any: 9.07, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Thomas Didillon-Hödl 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 Willem II this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match15 Aug 2026

Jari Schuurman sends Willem II past ADO Den Haag

It finished 2‑1, and it was Jari Schuurman’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Willem II.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Willem II supporters have found a favourite in Samuel Bamba

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Samuel Bamba has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

One of those days for Jari Schuurman

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.82, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Samuel Bamba in the eights

A performance of 8.75 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nick Doodeman runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Gijs Besselink

“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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Armin Ćulum falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief