The Patro Eisden Sentinel
The terraces16 Oct 2028
The mood at Patro Eisden has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
Ewout Moester says Patro Eisden went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market16 Oct 2028
Jhoyler Andrades has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Patro Eisden they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Patro Eisden
Théo Pellenard was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Jimmy Kaparos falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
No hiding place for Radja Nainggolan
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Radja Nainggolan, and the manager let it.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
Théo Pellenard has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Patro Eisden will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market16 Oct 2028
Still no ink between Patro Eisden and Will Vaulks
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Patro Eisden, another week without a signature from Will Vaulks.
Looking ahead16 Oct 2028
A reunion for Louis Bostyn
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Zulte Waregem in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- Market The clock does Will Vaulks’s negotiating for him
- Squad Antonio Iorio: “I am not a substitute”
- Market The shop window has Radja Nainggolan in it