OH Leuven Thread 24/25

[Cropwellfox]

1 hour ago, KlaaZ said:

Can't say I'm surprised. Solid start to the season but 6/24 with this squad is just not enough. And his public degrading of players in the press really, really didn't help. 

 

Decision already taken ten days ago by the way, but KP only gave green light yesterday. His successor will supposedly be announced next week.

KP taking an age to get round to signing off a decision. Wowsers didn’t see that coming. 

[Happy Fox]

Just now, Cropwellfox said:

KP taking an age to get round to signing off a decision. Wowsers didn’t see that coming. 

Gives me hope that Cooper will be sacked , clutching at straws 

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after round 15

 

Antwerp	1-1	Dender
Club Brugge	7-0	St. Truidense
Standard Liège	1-0	Cercle Brugge
Genk	3-0	Charleroi
KV Mechelen	3-0	Beerschot
OH Leuven	1-1	USG
Anderlecht	6-0	Gent
Westerlo	4-0	Kortrijk

 

 

Fixtures for round 16

 

Friday November 29th

 

Kortrijk

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KV Mechelen

 

Saturday November 30th

 

Club Brugge	-	Dender
Charleroi	-	Standard Liège
St. Truidense	-	Genk

 

Sunday December 1st

 

OH Leuven	-	Anderlecht
Beerschot	-	Cercle Brugge
USG	-	Antwerp
Westerlo	-	Gent

[moore_94]

How was it without Garcia?

 

You guys any closer to replacing him?

[KlaaZ]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

How was it without Garcia?

 

You guys any closer to replacing him?

Difficult game today but Union is still a very tough team to play against. They conceded the least amount of chances in the league, very hard to break down. Went behind after an owngoal, fifteen minutes after that were quite atrocious but then pulled ourselves back into the game. Great solo run by Ikwuemesi which resulted in a penalty, converted by Schrijvers (the man of the owngoal). Second half more even, very little chances. They went down to ten men around 75 minutes, but we still didn't manage to break them down. Some half chances but no luck and 1-1 at the whistle. Good point though, given the circumstances.

 

Regarding Garcia's replacement: Shortlist of three candidates, no Belgian and nobody with experience in the league (so no Geraerts, no Losada). Presentation of the final choice on Wednesday according to Csepregi. Iordanescu (former manager of Romania, FSCB, Cluj) was on the longlist and would fit the profile: Good motivator, tactically sharp, good track record as well. Would very much like it to be him.
 

Csepregi also gave a few more details about Garcia's departure. Apparently, he made it clear that he wanted to leave six weeks ago and another team was interested. They didn't come to an agreement though, but something broke at that point so it was a matter of time. 

[Bonanza]

 

[KlaaZ]

Supposedly will be Iordanescu, assuming presentation will be tomorrow (might still need to be validated by KP).

[Phenom]

How is Garcia as a manager overall? My boyhood team (not LCFC) is rumored to be signing him.

[KlaaZ]

8 hours ago, Phenom said:

How is Garcia as a manager overall? My boyhood team (not LCFC) is rumored to be signing him.

Chivas?

 

Tactically excellent, especially when it comes to organising without the ball. Can really nullify an opposing team. Found him a bit lacking when going forward though. Biggest flaw seems to be that he's not the best man manager/motivater in the game, although that can be partially explained by the fact that he apparently really wasn't happy in Leuven.

[KlaaZ]

Apparently, our leading candidate was on his way to Leuven to sign but last minute decided to accept another job. Very curious if it was a certain Dutchman.  

[moore_94]

That is a very unexpected choice

 

 

[Bonanza]

35 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

That is a very unexpected choice

 

 

Very unexpected indeed.

 

Don't really know what to expect...

[KFS]

Just now, Bonanza said:

Very unexpected indeed.

 

Don't really know what to expect...

Jesus Christ  

[lfu]

1 hour ago, Bonanza said:

Very unexpected indeed.

 

Don't really know what to expect...

Not someone I'd expect to see succeed, at best I think his stints as a club-level manager have been average, and his trainwreck period as Sunderland manager is probably still fresh in a lot of English fans' memory (particularly when an irate fan heckled him and Coleman responded by saying "you're calling me a *****? I'm a married man with six kids")

He's much more of a man-manager/motivator than a tactical one, so he might be able to light the right kind of fire under some underperforming players

[Bonanza]

1 hour ago, lfu said:

Not someone I'd expect to see succeed, at best I think his stints as a club-level manager have been average, and his trainwreck period as Sunderland manager is probably still fresh in a lot of English fans' memory (particularly when an irate fan heckled him and Coleman responded by saying "you're calling me a *****? I'm a married man with six kids")

He's much more of a man-manager/motivator than a tactical one, so he might be able to light the right kind of fire under some underperforming players

In that case he's the exact opposite of Oscar Garcia, who was a good tactician but lacked the man-managing and motivational skills we needed.

We'll have no choice but to back the new manager and hope he's the right man for the job...

[moore_94]

 

[lfu]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

That's really nice tbf

[KlaaZ]

Very good point today, shame that we couldn't find the winner in the final twenty minutes when we really had them with their backs against the wall. Very important four games coming up now, all against teams right with us: Standard away (four points ahead), Charleroi home (level with us), Cercle away (one point behind us), Beerschot home (eight points behind us). 

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after round 16

 

Kortrijk	3-1	KV Mechelen
Club Brugge	4-1	Dender
Charleroi	1-1	Standard Liège
St. Truidense	2-2	Genk
OH Leuven	0-0	Anderlecht
Beerschot	3-2	Cercle Brugge
USG	2-1	Antwerp
Westerlo	2-2	Gent

 

 

Fixtures for round 17

 

Saturday December 7th

 

Genk	-	Kortrijk
KV Mechelen	-	Club Brugge
Standard Liège	-	OH Leuven
Gent	-	St. Truidense

 

Sunday December 8th

 

Antwerp	-	Charleroi
Cercle Brugge	-	USG
Anderlecht	-	Beerschot
Dender	-	Westerlo

[Bonanza]

 

[Bonanza]

 

[Bonanza]

Oscar Garcia is the new manager of Chivas in Mexico

 

 

[shen]

4 hours ago, Bonanza said:

 

Leysen MOTM?

[Bonanza]

On 03/12/2024 at 23:29, shen said:

Leysen MOTM?

Yes

[Bonanza]

5-0 win against Zulte Waregem (2nd division) in the Cup