Van Heisbrouck sharply criticizes the players and management: “If we play the same record three more times, I’m afraid it won’t work” | Super Sunday

Hein Vanhisbrouck's first words in his press conference: “I'm happy.”

The rest of his statement was at odds with this. AA Gent's coach was himself sharp. Without sparing anyone – or what were you thinking?

“I can't fault anyone for their motivation and winning mentality,” Hayne said. “Because I often hear things that are completely wrong in this area. Both inside and outside the club.”

A hit on owner Sam Barrow? He said in an interview with HLN that the team “plays too much for fear of losing, rather than the contentment of winning.” Vanhisbrouck rarely appreciates such general statements about the mentality of his group – anyone else's. Just ask President Ivan de Wit about that.

It certainly wasn't due to an anti-Antwerp mentality, everyone saw that. AA Gent pressed, kept going, and were certainly impressive in the first half.

“Unfortunately, I have to play the same record, and it's already been played,” Vanhaysbrouck sighed. “I see Patje Boim Boim (Patrick Gotts, editor) sitting here in the room. Maybe I can talk to him again.”

Ghent's attackers did not give up. Tariq Tissodale, still in the dark after the African Cup, wasted a number of chances and often made things very difficult for himself. Laurent Depoitre left the score 3-2 in the final minute.

“The last one was going in. Patji made thousands of them.”

At one point, Mark van Bommel sipped his coffee and replied: “That's a bit exaggerated, isn't it Heine?”

Van Heisbrouck: “Mark, that ball was always going to go in. I spoke to Vincent Janssen after the game. He would have happily walked into that ball. In that moment you can take your club and your fans into heaven. Just get in and it's a party. And we still have chances.” Other people might score it, right? Efficiency is an issue for us, on both sides.

Because cheap penalty kick errors accumulate in defense. Now Kandous is to blame (again).

“I have strongly asked my players to stop awarding such stupid penalties. And we just keep doing it. This is unthinkable. Every time we decide to go behind a player who runs away from the goal. Yes, we will score quickly – good! But in the end You have to pay for this penalty in cash.

AA Gent have already given ten penalty kicks this season. Only RWDM (13) performs worse. But how do you get that out of your game, the undersigned asked. “If you have a solution, tell me,” Hein replied. “We tried everything, we discussed it several times. We have to make the right decision. This time Kandous no longer has to control that ball. Just kick that ball into the stands! It's already been Kandous, Torunariga, De Sart, Watanabe twice. Penalties Stupidity and red cards – that's also why we're here. If you do that, we'll make sure we get to Playoff 1 today. Even if you warn them three, four, five times, it keeps happening. Eventually Axel will come up with the solution.

Hmmm… maybe Hine should take up a position in defense himself?

However, his players have once again woken up to this. Hopefully the wake-up call will help AA Gent, because their first playoff ticket is still in jeopardy.

“We have to get the necessary points in the remaining three games (Standard away, Union away, Charleroi away, ed.). But if we have to play the same record three more times, I'm afraid it won't work.

One more thing: When Van Bommel praised his teenagers, Vanhisbrouck chimed in. “I can only congratulate Mark. He has succeeded in helping young African players grow into the first team. Something I can never quite do. We also recruit young black talent every year. But it is difficult for us to allow these boys to continue to grow. Maybe this The coach's fault, isn't it? Or maybe Marc Overmars has the talent to spot such talents. We don't have a nose in that area.

However, Jonathan David – who is Canadian, of course – was a great find, wasn't he?

Anyway: It was another jibe from the board and CEO Michel Loague.

A signal for the press secretary to intervene. “Bon, we can keep it at that.”