The Patro Eisden Sentinel
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Nicolas Zoran: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Patro Eisden have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Patro Eisden
Joris Gouache 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Patro Eisden training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rominigue Kouamé 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.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Milan Robberechts
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager makes Kjetil Borry a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Patro Eisden. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Rafaël Jire Rafaël knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Rafaël Jire Rafaël trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Good reports on Benoit Olivier
- Squad Adnan Lukaku back in training