For many years, the only Belgian coach with an international reputation was Eric Gerets. That’s changed. While Gerets was opting for lots of dollars with Al Hilal, Michel Preud’homme was working miracles in the lowlands. After a poor start to his managerial career with Standard Liege in the early nineties, Preud’homme was completely screwed by… Read More »
‘Super Sunday’ ended with Anderlecht coach Ariel Jacobs smiling after his depleted team won at Genk. The match never reached the heights expected and the visitors did just enough to take the three points. With Standard Liège getting a point from their trip to Club Brugge, the title race is warming up nicely. Genk though,… Read More »
‘Super Sunday’ fever has reached Belgium, with perhaps not the same degree of hype as exists in the Premiership. This Sunday evening sees leaders Genk pitted against second place Anderlecht, while third place Standard Liege visit Club Brugge. Genk-Anderlecht brings together Franky Vercauteren and Ariel Jacobs, who were coach and assistant coach at Anderlecht before… Read More »
At the weekend, Franky Vercauteren’s share price rose dramatically, while his replacement at Anderlecht, Ariel Jacobs, saw his stock drop even further. Vercauteren was sacked by Anderlecht, and then by the Belgian FA, before arriving at Racing Genk in December 2009. Since then, Genk have taken 62 points from 24 first division matches and also… Read More »
Those were the words that Belgium’s coach George Leekens uttered after his team’s 4-4 draw with Austria. At the end of the game, the Austrian fans and squad members erupted with joy. The Belgians were stunned. They had gone from losing to winning and back to being all-square – all in the last four minutes… Read More »
Well here we are. After 10 years or more of watching, reading about, writing about, talking about and, occasionally, crying about Belgian football, I’ve finally got around to blogging about it. If I have a touchstone, it’s Timmy Simons. He was just emerging at Lommel when I started writing about Belgian football and he’s gone… Read More »