Edward Still is the new interim coach of Anderlecht and faces a first challenge this evening against Antwerp. Stef Peeters knew him well at Eupen, he takes stock of what awaits the Sporting players.
Current Patro player, Stef Peeters remembers well the few months under Edward Still at Kehrweg: “What sticks in my memory above all is how meticulously he prepared everything,” he explains in The Latest News.
“Before each training session, we received images of the exercise forms and the progress of the session. He worked very hard on the details. He was a real workaholic, who arrived at the club first and left the last. He is an excellent coach, I can say few negative things about him,” the midfielder continues.
An uncompromising method
So where would the little negative be located? Perhaps in the adaptation of his method to the core at his disposal: “For the way in which he sees football, you need quality, and this was not always present at Eupen. Sometimes it became a little too complex for players with less game sense.”
“He asks a lot of his players: you have to think with him, be tactically level, but you also have to be able to follow. When Edward Still gives a briefing, you have to stay focused. Otherwise, you are unmasked,” he smiles.
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A requirement that is sometimes thwarted but which makes him a respected coach “I see him as an ambitious and modern coach who, at his age, has already acquired a lot of experience at the highest level,” concludes Stef Peeters.
