Has been a while since I was here.
An update from the Belgian league this season.
My team, Standard de Liège is doing fantastic. Our new coach (Guy Luzon) is doing a good job and has lead us to the top of the table. We're 10 points ahead of Bruges (their manager is Michel Preud'homme who has been succesful for Standard and Gent). In a normal league we could already celebrate the title, but with those fucking Play Offs it could still be a hard job. We have almost the same team as last year, only some new players for the bench who are really good. For example Ronnie Stam, Mehdi Carcela and Igor De Camargo. Luzon has opted for the youth. Dino Arslanagic en Julien De Sart are regular starters this year. They're both young and very talented. No one in Belgium has a better pass than De Sart. Michy Batshuayi (who should be selected for the national team as third striker) has already scored 17 goals and is imo the most promissing name in Belgium together with Thorgan Hazard.
As I told you, Bruges is now second. But they are really inconsistent just like the rest in Belgium except Standard. They have a decent team though. Carlos Bacca has left them and they now have De Sutter (from Anderlecht) and Castillo (Chilean striker) to replace him. De Sutter is an average player so in the Play Offs they will need someone better. Castillo is only here 2 weeks so it's harsh to judge him. Their 2 best players should be Odjidja and Lestienne. But they are also inconsistent as fuck. Think they will get the 2nd place easily.
Then we have Anderlecht, the biggest club in Belgium. They are in really big trouble. They have an awful manager, John Van den Brom. Who brings in 5 other players every week. They have absolutely no 'team' but 11 individuals. They've bought Mitrovic in the summer for 5 million (highest transfer fee ever paid in Belgium) but he's not doing well. Except the match against Bruges (even in an offside position), he can only score against small teams. He was nowhere against Standard for example.
Zulte Waregem, who finished 2nd last year, is doing well. They have a whole new team compared with last year (Berrier, Malanda, Delaplace left and Leye is still injured) so it became a one-man-team, Thorgan Hazard. The dude has been awarded the Golden Shoe (Best player in the League) and he's the reason they will reach Play Off 1.
I'll finish with Genk. They are a self-called topteam. But they now achieved 9/36 and are only 6th. 22 points behind Standard. They bought Mboyo from Gent for 4.5 million, but he's injured all the time. Their fans are protesting against the board.
