Michael Breij

Right Midfielder - Roda
3 Jan 2027
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21 Edition

The Roda Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Dec 2026

Roda taken apart

0‑3 to Utrecht, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad21 Dec 2026

6 saves: Justin Treichel was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match19 Dec 2026

The wait goes on for Roda

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match19 Dec 2026

The goals have deserted Roda

4 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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A falling-out at Roda

Mitchell Paulissen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A row about effort at Roda

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thomas Beelen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Michael Breij 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.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Cain Seedorf

“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.

Boardroom21 Dec 2026

Nobody left the Roda dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief

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15 Edition

The Roda Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match9 Nov 2026

Roda are in real trouble now

Position 18, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

No sign of nerves from Sami Bouhoudane at 18 — 7.91

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sami Bouhoudane did not need any: 7.91, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Roda

Dario Van Den Buijs 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Roda

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thomas Beelen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match8 Nov 2026

Sami Bouhoudane’s goal not enough for Roda

Sami Bouhoudane scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to AZ, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Frenkie Xavi Simons: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Michael Breij beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Tim Köther

“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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Sami Bouhoudane is the weekend's best young player

At 18 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

In brief

7 Edition

The Roda Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match9 Sep 2026

Roda march on in the cup

Cambuur are out and Roda go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Market14 Sep 2026

Michael Breij 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 Roda, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match9 Sep 2026

Cruel end for Cambuur as Roda pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Roda scored in the 122th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

A brace, and Fynn Schenten takes the afternoon — 8.75

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Fynn Schenten provided it, and the 8.75 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Filip Janssen, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.35

A mark of 8.35 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad14 Sep 2026

6 saves: Justin Treichel was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Roda

Mitchell Paulissen 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.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Joshua Schwirten runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Roda

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthony van den Hurk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief