The Lokeren Chronicle
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Thorgan Alderweireld
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Lokeren
1‑4 against OH Leuven, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match26 Aug 2026
Lokeren bow out of the cup
Racing Genk go through and Lokeren go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Lokeren
6 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Sint-Truiden come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Lokeren did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Timothy Mignolet in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lokeren this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Thorgan De Bruyne gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Inquest at Lokeren
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A costly moment from Youri Chadli
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Lokeren, and it is a cruel one.
In brief
- Market Zulte Waregem expected to open talks for Charles Lukaku
- Squad Eden Januzaj dropped after a run of poor form
- Market No place for Romelu Carrasco in the plan