Incoming? Alexander Blessin

[Champagneblade]

Half time: Beerschot 1 - Blessin 0

Where is Coulibaly? Not In the squad.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Where is Coulibaly? Not In the squad.

Injured isn’t he?

 

[tincan]

2-1 to Blessin - quality is not great for either team

 

[PurpleRain]

Full time Beerschot 1 - Blessin 2

 

[Keen Blade]

A manager who can work with young players and to a BUDGET!

I think that kind of tells me the Prince has zero money.
I wonder if we will ever be lucky to find a rich owner.

Nope

 

[BlairBlade]

It’s definitely a possibility. The optimist in me hopes the delay is because we’ve reached out to the relevant authorities to request making an exceptional request case, and it’s under review.

I think we are an exceptional case.

 

[JackSUFC]

Hope he didn’t watch our game last night. Probably wouldn’t want to touch us with a barge pole if so.

 

[JackSUFC]

Either that’s the end of that, or they’re after a better fee for him.

 

[Toronto Blade fan]

Better fee me thinks.....

Either that’s the end of that, or they’re after a better fee for him.

 

[TJB.]

Either that’s the end of that, or they’re after a better fee for him.

Better fee, I reckon. Up and coming sort, lots of talk about his future etc. But if they really wanted to tie him down they'd have given him a few years, not one.

Whether it's us who'll be paying that fee for his services remains to be seen.

 

[Yogi]

Either that’s the end of that, or they’re after a better fee for him.

Again not saying it’s not correct but why is Nixon breaking this rather than Oostende or even the Belgian press.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Perhaps it’s a club option....

we’ll need to buy him out of it I guess ? If we remain interested in him, that is. Who knows who we are after..

 

[Yogi]

Conversely mike McGrath of the telegraph is reporting in his post match article this morning that we’re negotiating personal terms.

 

[Scarebus]

I love it when the rumour mill peaks.

 

[FTPE]

In the real world that should be it then, but football isn't the real world.
A 1 year extension seems pretty pointless to me.

 

[Sheffsteel]

In the real world that should be it then, but football isn't the real world.
A 1 year extension seems pretty pointless to me.

It might be an option clause available to Oostende.

So if Oostende think he’s about to leave and join us.....at the moment they can claim compensation based on 2 months salary
but now they can claim a higher compensation fee based on 14 months salary.

Doubt it’s much money to us and easily affordable....but for a small club with poor finances like Ostend....every little helps.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

But but what about a work permit

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

 

[Balham]

The phrasing sounds very much like the extension was a unilateral decision taken by Oostende based on a contract option rather than a mutual decision by manager and club to extend. Doesn't help the work permit situation though, unless we agree a deal to appoint him at the end of the 2021/22 season and completely lose the plot and decide to keep Heckingbottom on for next season too

 

[Yogi]

The phrasing sounds very much like the extension was a unilateral decision taken by Oostende based on a contract option rather than a mutual decision by manager and club to extend. Doesn't help the work permit situation though, unless we agree a deal to appoint him at the end of the 2021/22 season and completely lose the plot and decide to keep Heckingbottom on for next season too

That post should come with a Samaritans warning attached

 

[Gin&Juice]

Sick of these tippy happy suggestions! Listen, we need a proper football man. Someone who makes them run up Bole Hills every morning, proper muck and nettles and loves a pint. I think Wilder was too soft. We need someone who knows the lower leagues, a British team and a never say die attitude.

My suggestions.

- grow the grass longer in the corners so the ball hold ups and allows us to use our wingers to fire in to the big man more consistently.

- try and sign players born 40 miles from BDTBL. The closer the better.

- Replace the away dressing with a weights room and let the away team get changed in the Nisa across the road.

- Employ classic lads from back in the day. Morgz, Dean Windass, Darren Bullock etc.

Also. Bring back national service.

 

[bornablade]

I personally think we should consider Aitor Karanka.

Not with a club at present so that'll save the Prince a few quid.

More importantly he can have Alan Knill's 'AK' tracksuit tops - more money saved.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

I personally think we should consider Aitor Karanka.

Not with a club at present so that'll save the Prince a few quid.

More importantly he can have Alan Knill's 'AK' tracksuit tops - more money saved.

Yh because he did so well at birmingham

 

[Yogi]

I personally think we should consider Aitor Karanka.

Not with a club at present so that'll save the Prince a few quid.

More importantly he can have Alan Knill's 'AK' tracksuit tops - more money saved.

Curtis woodhouse as his assistant manager/ enforcer

 

[blade_ben]

It might be an option clause available to Oostende.

So if Oostende think he’s about to leave and join us.....at the moment they can claim compensation based on 2 months salary
but now they can claim a higher compensation fee based on 14 months salary.

Doubt it’s much money to us and easily affordable....but for a small club with poor finances like Ostend....every little helps.

Poor finances! you do realised they’re owned by the same billionaire as Barnsley right!

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Again not saying it’s not correct but why is Nixon breaking this rather than Oostende or even the Belgian press.

I’d guess it’s because it’s the type of extension aimed at making the compensation higher. And in that case they’re hardly gonna be doing press releases/creating social media hype about a manager who (they probably know) will be gone in a week or two.

 

[Scarebus]

I’d guess it’s because it’s the type of extension aimed at making the compensation higher. And in that case they’re hardly gonna be doing press releases/creating social media hype about a manager who (they probably know) will be gone in a week or two.

Yeah, although I'd love to see that twitter feed for Oostende

1 MORE YEAR!! 15.45 11 Apr 21

Club Statement: Alexander Blessin departs. 16.00 11 Apr 21

 

[Le Cynique]

Sick of these tippy happy suggestions! Listen, we need a proper football man. Someone who makes them run up Bole Hills every morning, proper muck and nettles and loves a pint. I think Wilder was too soft. We need someone who knows the lower leagues, a British team and a never say die attitude.

My suggestions.

- grow the grass longer in the corners so the ball hold ups and allows us to use our wingers to fire in to the big man more consistently.

- try and sign players born 40 miles from BDTBL. The closer the better.

- Replace the away dressing with a weights room and let the away team get changed in the Nisa across the road.

- Employ classic lads from back in the day. Morgz, Dean Windass, Darren Bullock etc.

Also. Bring back national service.

I was going to suggest Shipperley too but isn't he busy wanking at women from a van?

 

[Gin&Juice]

I was going to suggest Shipperley too but isn't he busy wanking at women from a van?

Southern accent. Wouldn't get our culture. Owt south of Matlock doesn't register.

 

[Yogi]

I’d guess it’s because it’s the type of extension aimed at making the compensation higher. And in that case they’re hardly gonna be doing press releases/creating social media hype about a manager who (they probably know) will be gone in a week or two.

I get Oostende might not want to do a full press release but you’d think the Belgian media with links to the club and or manager would hear about it first before a middling British journalist.