The question that also arises is whether, in the years before the relegation, GVVV did not hold on for too long to the group of players that had previously achieved so much success: not only the quarter-final of the cup, but also almost the title in 2014. “It is It is difficult to tell people after seven or eight years that it is finished,” says Rob de Boer. “I know you think we should have done that faster, but we have also had success with those players for a long time.”