The Zulte Waregem Sentinel
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Malick Mbaye runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 39. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match15 Feb 2027
Every point is an argument now for Zulte Waregem
Position 14 and 25 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market15 Feb 2027
Anton Tanghe asks to leave Zulte Waregem
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Hérold Goulon keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zulte Waregem may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match13 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Zulte Waregem
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Zulte Waregem
Brent Gabriel 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Zulte Waregem training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anton Tanghe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Siebe Van Keymolen signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Siebe Van Keymolen and Zulte Waregem agree another 4 years.
Match13 Feb 2027
Zulte Waregem and KV Oostende cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. KV Oostende came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Market The window shut and Tobias Hedl is still in the building
- Player ratings The referee tires of Enrique Lofolomo