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September Review
Results
13/9/15 / AZ v De Graafschap
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We started the month of September off with a tough away game at AZ Alkmar. Asdrubal scored followed by a van den Boomen penalty early on which made it 2-0 at half time. In the 70th minute it was still 2-0, but in the 72nd it was 2-2. A horrible collapse by us, but we got away with a good point.
19/9/15 / Voldenham v De Graafschap
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This has become a real grudge match. Every time we play Voldenham I want to prove that we are better than them. We dominated from the off, and we won the match 2-0. Young striker Vincent Vermeij scored both goals, he is starting to find last years top goal scoring form which helped lead us to the title.
23/9/15 / vv Hangladia v De Graafschap
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A fairly easy cup tie against non-league opposition. A good win, a shame not to keep a clean sheet, but we are
through to the next round.
26/9/15 / De Graafschap v PSV
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A really tough challenge for us, against the best team in the Nederlands at the moment PSV. Memphis Depay has been unreal for them. I fired up the lads, but we conceded in the 12th minute, when Adam Maher scored a tap in after some great work by Duvan Zapata. New signing Cehat Celik scored though, to make it 1-1 at half time. Vincent Vermej then scored 2, and we were 3-1 up with 10 minutes to go against the champions! Zapata pulled one back for them, but it wasnt enough, we escape with all 3 points after a superb performance and brilliant match! We put on a show.
Player of the Month
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Branco van den Boomen has had a top class first 2 months after joining from FC Eindhoven. He has scored some goals, created some goals and been a rock defensively for us. I started by playing him as a centre back, but I think he is too valuable to play though so I now play him in midfield. He reminds me of Yaya Toure a lot.
Facilities Update
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Some great news as I convinced the board to upgrade our youth facilities. I hoped this would happen following my shrewd spending in the transfer window.
Injury Update
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Dean Koolhof is back after a lengthy lay-off! He is a key player for us, hopefully he will be as good as he was last year.
Eredivisie
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The league table looks a lot better for De Graafschap fans after a great Septmeber. We are already 9 points clear of the drop, and we are 5 points behind 5th. If we finish in 7th we have a chance of qualifying for the Europa League, which would be a huge achievement in our first season in the Eredivisie, I think that is our new aim!
Fixtures
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A brilliant month for us, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. We seem to be heading in the right direction. What looks like a nice month coming home, we have 3 home games in the league and 1 cup game. SC Heerenveen are a good side though, and Willem II are on form.
Transfer News
Joao Teixeira / Liverpool - Free
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Some late transfer news. Right at the end of the month we managed to pick up Joao Teixeira on a free after he was released from Liverpool. I think he has the potential to become a top player if given the chance. He needs to regain match fitness, but soon will be a feature in the first team!