Will Matthijs say goodbye to Be Quick with relegation?

Will coach Paul Matthijs say goodbye to Be Quick 1887 with a relegation? That threat has been present for much longer and has only increased after the sensitive 4-0 home defeat against fellow relegation candidate DETO.

The good old has slipped to thirteenth place in the rankings and saw its position in the rankings deteriorate further. Number 14, Heino has one point less than Be Quick, number 15, Longa ’30, three points, but both clubs have two fewer games under their belt and also a much better goal difference. The margin with SDV Barneveld, which is in a safe twelfth place, is four points.

Preservation of life

Last but not least, Pelikaan S is not a factor in the battle for survival. The club from Oostwold has previously indicated that it will stop performance football and want to return to the fifth division in one go. The two lowest ranked clubs are directly relegated, numbers 13 and 14 have to go into the play-offs.

“I knew from the start that it would be difficult, but we are going to do everything we can to prevent relegation,” says Matthijs, who informed the technical committee (tc) of Be Quick last week. stated that he did not want to extend his expiring contract for a second year. He sees too little perspective to continue.

Matthijs wanted the guarantee of being able to start next season with at least 18 full selection players, but Be Quick’s tc could not give him that. Dick Osinga, interim chairman of the TC, says he finds Matthijs’ departure ‘a shame’, but that he understands the trainer’s attitude.

“I am confident that we will succeed in starting next season with a fully-fledged selection, but I cannot give Paul that promise. I also thought that we had a good selection this season, but suddenly twelve players left. Matthijs had already signed his contract. No players have yet indicated that they will leave, but a number of them are being pulled.”

Plum pudding

First captain Mark Versteegen, on his way back from an injury and against DETO bencher, would also have liked to see Matthijs re-sign. “Paul is a good trainer who makes players better individually.” He saw his teammates complete an acceptable first half against DETO, but collapse like a plum pudding after the restart. The defense was poor and the team could no longer enforce anything offensively. It still could have been done before the break. The home club also created a number of chances, but they were not wasted on Sil Kramer (goalkeeper Roberto Stopel turned his effort) and Guus Broekema (headed just over).

Matthijs had not seen the collapse of his team in the second half coming. “But it’s not the first time this has happened to us. We have a young team, sometimes it is good, other times much less.” Two weeks ago, Be Quick lost 7-1 to TVC’28 in Tubbergen. “We also defended dramatically then.”

A lack of dueling power also broke Be Quick down again. The 0-1 was an example of this. Marshelon Pourier was far too easily dismissed by Melvin Degenaar, who immediately brought Ferdi ter Avest into position. In the space of fifteen minutes, DETO went 0-3 thanks to two goals from Bas Postma. Degenaar signed for the 0-4 final score in the final phase, leaving Be Quick in a minor key.