The Mouscron Gazette
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Adnan Mertens
Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Renato Marin says Mouscron 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Mouscron
4 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Mouscron training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adnan Mertens 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Mouscron against Lokeren
2‑3 to Lokeren, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Mouscron
Joseph Opoku 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Thomas Nainggolan 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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Yannick De Bruyne ran the game
Chances created: 7. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.
Market23 Aug 2027
Yannick Hazard linked with a move away
The name of Yannick Hazard keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Mouscron say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market Axel Boyata leaves for nothing
- Market Toby Doku leaves for nothing
- Player ratings The referee tires of Thomas Nainggolan