'Why bring Ernst from abroad when Branderhorst and Drommel are available?'

ESPN analyst Mario Been criticised Ernst's performance in Feyenoord's draw with Fortuna Sittard, questioning why the club signed a foreign keeper when Dutch alternatives like Branderhorst and Drommel were available.

Mario Been, a former Feyenoord player and manager, has expressed doubts about goalkeeper Tjark Ernst following the club's match against Fortuna Sittard on Saturday. Been, now an ESPN analyst, felt Ernst was slow to react to the opening goal, allowing the ball to go in too easily. "I still have doubts about him as a keeper," Been said. "He hasn't convinced me. That last ball he saves brilliantly, but that goal goes in too easily. I don't understand why you have to bring keepers from abroad when you have players like Branderhorst and Drommel in the Netherlands."

Ernst, who joined Feyenoord from Hertha BSC last summer as a replacement for Timon Wellenreuther, has been the club's first-choice goalkeeper but has not yet made a strong impression. Been pointed to other available Dutch keepers—Olij and Vaessen among them—as alternatives who he felt would perform better at Feyenoord's level. Ernst did make an important save late in the match to prevent Fortuna's second goal. After the game, Ernst acknowledged the team's disappointment with the result and felt the midfield's failure to win duels was the key issue rather than his own performance.