On Saturday, the Bruges club will go to La Louvière for its next championship match and, in principle, Nordin Jackers will be again in the goals. Nicky Hayen has confirmed during his press conference that the rotation system between the guards would continue.
In August, Jackers and Mignolet had already relayed. The first had kept the goals in the weekend championship matches, while Mignolet had taken over for the mid-week matches in the Champions League. They will therefore continue on this momentum.
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However, this decision seems to arouse much misunderstanding. She had already been the subject of many criticisms in August, who only increased when Jackers made a mistake in the last match before the international break. The club thus let the victory spin in the last seconds against Ghent.
Franky Van der Elst sees above all a big problem. “I especially wonder how long they will take it,” notes the club icon in Het Nieuwsblad. “Until the play-offs, where will they play five games each?” It is not possible, is it? Until they are eliminated from European competition, somewhere in January-February? Or just until everything explodes? »»
Mignolet loser
The situation is particularly unpleasant for Mignolet, which would prefer to be the undisputed number one. The former Red Devil has already indicated in interviews that he needed a lot of matches to reach his best level, but he now only plays half of the games.
“Anyway, there are not only winners, because Mignolet is already disadvantaged,” notes Van der Elst. “But it would be even worse if everyone was a loser. Above all, you have to hope for the club that it is not shot in the foot. That he does not miss the trophies because of all this agitation. »»
