27 Aug 2026
Thursday
Process
4 Edition

The PSIM Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

13 saves: Harlan Suardi was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 13 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match

The cup run ends for PSIM

0‑0 against Persija, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Rendra Teddy 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 PSIM can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Xander Mulder rejects the move

PSIM had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at RKC Waalwijk, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

Words at PSIM training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Franco Ramos Mingo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets

Coritiba tell PSIM: Diogo Batista is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Persik take the points off PSIM

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

Player ratings

Nermin Haljeta ran the middle of the pitch — 6.81

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 9 combined actions and a mark of 6.81, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ahmad Agung

“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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The PSIM Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

PSIM through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Maluku Utara United, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Transfer targets

Adi Satryo will not be coming to PSIM

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Arema is saying, and nobody at PSIM is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Words exchanged at PSIM

Franco Ramos Mingo 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.

Transfer targets

Persib tell PSIM: Alfeandra Dewangga is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Zé Valente the difference as PSIM beat PSBS Biak

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Zé Valente. 2‑0 against PSBS Biak, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Deri Corfe at his very best

Marked 8.39. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at PSIM.

Player ratings

One of those days for Anton Fase

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

A row about effort at PSIM

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

The terraces

PSIM's travelling support get something back at PSBS Biak

They paid twice — for the ticket and for the journey — and got a 2-0 win for it. Away support is the truest kind precisely because nothing about it is convenient.

In brief

2 Edition

The PSIM Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

Medical ends the Yofandani Pranata deal

Everything was agreed with Dewa United and then the doctor spoke. PSIM have walked away from a signing on the advice of somebody who never saw him play, which is how it is supposed to work.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Adi Satryo

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. PSIM have done the hard part with Arema, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Franco Ramos Mingo 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 PSIM this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

PSIM rebuffed over Ricky Fajrin

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bali United have kept their man, and PSIM go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A last season at home is what Zé Valente is after

It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.

Market

PSIM promote Bagas Maulana from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bagas Maulana has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

PSIM promote Firman Hardiyanto from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Firman Hardiyanto has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

PSIM promote Witan Maulana from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Witan Maulana has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

PSIM promote Irfan Septian from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Irfan Septian has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief

1 Edition

The PSIM Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

PSIM throw away a 3-goal lead

3 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Dewa United the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that PSIM will enjoy reviewing.

Squad

Ezequiel Vidal signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ezequiel Vidal commits to PSIM for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at PSIM

Jop van der Avert 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.

Squad

Zé Valente wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and PSIM know it.

Squad

A row about effort at PSIM

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

Transfer targets

Madura United tell PSIM: Nur Diansyah is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

PSIM share the spoils with Dewa United

A 3‑3 draw with Dewa United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Market

Still no ink between PSIM and Franco Ramos Mingo

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at PSIM, another week without a signature from Franco Ramos Mingo.

Transfer targets

PSIM ask about Make Aldo Maulidino

A loan enquiry to Madura United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief