Thomas Carrasco

Left Forward - Lommel
21 Dec 2030
Saturday
Process

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The Lommel Chronicle

7 Oct 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Justin Hanks asks to leave Lommel

“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.

Match

4 matches without a win for Lommel

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Lommel are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Lommel

Jakob Napoleon Romsaas 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.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Lommel

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

The dugout

Matthias Pieklak frozen out at Lommel

This is not rotation. Matthias Pieklak has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Lommel is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Words at Lommel training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ondřej Čoudek 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 dugout

No hiding place for Jim Allevinah

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jim Allevinah, and the manager let it.

Squad

A step back for Marcelo Fernández at Lommel

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 101% of the Lommel income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

In brief

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The Lommel Chronicle

23 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Josué Kongolo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Lommel, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A falling-out at Lommel

Marcelo Fernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Lommel training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrew Jung 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.

Player ratings

Rik Mulders beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

No place for Tomás Mendes in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Lommel are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

The dugout

Marcelo Fernández 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 Marcelo Fernández trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

Leander Alderweireld: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout

Viktor Boone 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.

Match

Point won or two lost for Lommel?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against RAAL La Louviere? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief