Pelotas

Belgian Goalkeeper Jelle Van Neck (22, Marseille B) supposedly on the radar with Mechelen also following

Was definitely second choice behind Carl Hoefkens but after weeks of trying NAC Breda did not let him go so picked Simons instead. good thing about Simons is he wants attacking football. Since the Belgian Mickey Mouse league reverts to 18 teams (despite all clubs knowing it is a dumb idea) half of the league will have nothing to play for from January. OHL very likely to be in the middle (as was the case last six seasons or so) so at least we’ll see some goals… prefer to lose 4-5 than win 1-0 in such cases.

Meanwhile another appeal against the league reform by div2 clubs. Hope they succeed!

This didn’t age well 🤣 Anyway no one cares anyway. Belgian football is dead, almost impossible to be relegated this season, and from the next season all excitement will be taken out even more… with playoffs gone, enter meaningless matches.

Het Nieuwsblad reports Birger Verstraete is to sign soon until 2027, coming back from Greece to be closer to his kids. other rumours: * Omgba from NAC Breda: nothing heard recently guess this deal is off * Anicet Oura, Ivorian winger playing in South Africa. Competition from Beerschot. * Making deal with Lommel to loan Talvitie for his remaining 1y contract * Brunes, Kiyine, Miguel to leave * interest for Sagrado * what else?

Was announced as a one-off thing. Tbh I’m hearing very positive reviews as well and during that match I’ve spotted multiple supporters who had already bought this. Personally I’m quite positive as well, the gold resembles the colour of Stella and looks quite nice. I would not mind at all if we play with this as first kit next season, but for me anything is better than white, which does not really stand out. Poor decision when founding the club to go for white, either the combo of green black red (colours of the three clubs that merged into OHL in 2002) or an entirely different but standout colour would’ve been better. That being said, also have to admit the 2023-24 home kit is at least better than those of the prev 5 seasons.

Definitely expecting one or two surprising results on the final matchday. OHL has had good opportunities each of the last few matches, but our strikers won’t score, even against Union SG and Club Brugge we could have gone up one or two goals early on. Meanwhile Charleroi, Eupen, Kortrijk are very poor but they get an occasional win :/ (RWDM also bad but they keep losing except for the draw with… OHL). We should’ve never ended up in this position tbh with the squad we have… one decent goalscorer making 10 in a season and would’ve been entirely diff ballgame. Good thing we have playoffs at least. Either we beat Mechelen, avoid relegation POs and party into Monday, or we have some very exciting matches coming up over the next six weeks.