OH Leuven Thread 25/26

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Results and standings after round 10

 

Gent	2-1	Charleroi
KV Mechelen	1-3	St. Truidense
La Louvière	0-0	Zulte Waregem
Antwerp	1-1	Cercle Brugge
Anderlecht	1-0	Standard Liège
Genk	2-1	Dender
Club Brugge	1-0	USG
Westerlo	2-0	OH Leuven

 

 

Fixtures for round 11

 

Standard Liège	-	Antwerp
La Louvière	-	Westerlo
OH Leuven	-	Club Brugge
USG	-	Charleroi
Cercle Brugge	-	Genk
Dender	-	KV Mechelen
St. Truidense	-	Anderlecht
Zulte Waregem	-	Gent

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[Pelotas]

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

[moore_94]

Surprised he has managed to get that job…

 

 

[KlaaZ]

3 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Surprised he has managed to get that job…

 

 

Best news in months for everyone involved. We don't have to pay for sacking him and even get an undisclosed sum, he gets to leave with some dignity and Union has a new manager. 

[filthyfox]

....going down

[AjcW]

Who you hiring next then? Another random left field pick or stick to Belgian experience?

[Bonanza]

9 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Surprised he has managed to get that job…

 

 

To be fair, he fits right in Union's philosophy of appointing young, promising managers. Both Karel Geraerts and Sebastien Pocognoli were very succesful despite their lack of experience.

 

Union is a well-oiled machine with good players. A new coach can just walk in and continue what the previous guy was doing.

Hubert made some mistakes at OHL, but he really wasn't the big problem. Our big problem is that we lack quality in key positions all over the pitch. Mark my words, the new manager won't solve this neither. 

[Ryy]

Great start tbf only some small club called FC Barcelona next 

 

[KlaaZ]

On 13/10/2025 at 23:29, Bonanza said:

To be fair, he fits right in Union's philosophy of appointing young, promising managers. Both Karel Geraerts and Sebastien Pocognoli were very succesful despite their lack of experience.

 

Union is a well-oiled machine with good players. A new coach can just walk in and continue what the previous guy was doing.

Hubert made some mistakes at OHL, but he really wasn't the big problem. Our big problem is that we lack quality in key positions all over the pitch. Mark my words, the new manager won't solve this neither. 

No offense, but he actually contributed to the problem by promising to playing 4231, getting all transfers to play 4231, and then throwing his entire football philosophy in the bin to play a 352/343 that we didn't have the players for. It had been clear for games that nobody had any idea of what to do on the pitch once in possession in that system, and he was too stubborn to switch back. Funnily, he did the exact same thing at Anderlecht. Started in 4231, panicked after one or two bad results and changed to 343, which was one of the main criticisms he got back then. 

Is this a top six or even top eight squad? Maybe not. But it is not a group of players that you end up second to last with, with atrocious play on top of that. I wish Hubert the best of luck but he failed both at Anderlecht and at OHL now. If he fails at Union too, his career is pretty much over. The good news is that they paid 1M to get him, which saves us the cost of having to fire him and puts some money in the cash register.

Edited 16 October 2025 by KlaaZ

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after round 11

 

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

 

 

Fixtures for round 12

 

Charleroi	-	Anderlecht
Westerlo	-	Dender
KV Mechelen	-	OH Leuven
Gent	-	Standard Liège
Antwerp	-	Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge	-	Zulte Waregem
Genk	-	La Louvière
USG	-	St. Truidense

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[KlaaZ]

Buzzer time equalizer for a very deserved point after a second encouraging performance in a row! Love to see it, absolute scenes!

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1549915233101147

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Results and standings after round 12

 

Charleroi	1-0	Anderlecht
Westerlo	1-1	Dender
KV Mechelen	1-1	OH Leuven
Gent	4-0	Standard Liège
Antwerp	0-1	Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge	1-1	Zulte Waregem
Genk	1-1	La Louvière
USG	2-0	St. Truidense

 

 

Fixtures for round 13

 

Standard Liège	-	Charleroi
Zulte Waregem	-	USG
Club Brugge	-	Dender
Anderlecht	-	KV Mechelen
Westerlo	-	Genk
OH Leuven	-	Gent
St. Truidense	-	Antwerp
La Louvière	-	Cercle Brugge

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Felice Mazzu has been appointed as our new manager.

 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/felice-mazzu/profil/trainer/7843

 

 

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[Bonanza]

Won against RFC Seraing (2nd division) in the Belgian Cup yesterday. Next round we face Club Brugge at home.

 

 

[AjcW]

Decent coup getting that coach no? Clearly still have some pull/financial backing given he has St T battling for Europe. 

[moore_94]

Leuven currently 3-0 up against 4th placed Gent and on for 6 goals scored and 2 wins in 2 games under the new manager

[moore_94]

*4-0

[lfu]

10 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Leuven currently 3-0 up against 4th placed Gent and on for 6 goals scored and 2 wins in 2 games under the new manager

4 shots on target, 4 goals

and not even 1 xG 😂

[KlaaZ]

That was fun! Very deserved too, absolutely clinical up front and didn't give anyway anything until after the 4-0, with Gent missing a penalty and a sitter close by. 

[KlaaZ]

On a sidenote, Gent had 0,17 xG at the break, just to show how much of this is from after we already decided the game. 

 

EDIT: Incorrect, it was 0,16 after a full hour. My bad!

Edited 3 November 2025 by KlaaZ

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after round 13

 

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

 

 

Fixtures for round 14

 

Dender	-	Zulte Waregem
Cercle Brugge	-	OH Leuven
Charleroi	-	Westerlo
Antwerp	-	La Louvière
Anderlecht	-	Club Brugge
St. Truidense	-	Standard Liège
Gent	-	Genk
KV Mechelen	-	USG

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