Another 1-0 for Brugge. Brugge's 9pts over 2nd place. Mignolet with his 14th cleansheet in the league.
Watched the game hardly any shots on goal and the ones that were right at him or easy saves however when he has been tested the previous 3 games he and the defense gave up 4 goals
Two: early Cup game against a fifth division amateur club, that Horvath played instead; and a friendly against PSV where Horvath played the first half.
Guess someone high up doesn't like his face. "You'll get the job when Butelle leaves." --> They gave the job to Gabulov. "You'll get the job when Gabulov retires." --> They gave the job to Letica. "You'll get the job after we sell Letica." --> They got Mignolet. Poor kid.
Yes Club GM is the real issue but also when they had Leko as coach he was behind the Gubalov and Letica moves and Vincent wanted star signing so in comes Mignolet. Horvath will prove them wrong just needs a club that wants him and deal is still in the works. Stay tuned.
On the bench against ManU. Team news! 🔵⚫️#UEL #CluMnu #VerMANU pic.twitter.com/Dsn3fBFSJS— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) February 20, 2020
Yes, Mrs. Horvath. We've been hearing how great he is and how many CL teams want Ethan from you for a while.
9 pts over 2nd with 4 matches to go until the playoffs begin. They drew 1-1 with United last night. They have the cup final in a month. Surely, they gotta give Ethan one upcoming mach.
Nope. Not a prayer. The pecking order was clearly established when Mignolet joined: "If I'm fit, I start. Got it?" That's the only way Bruges made sense for a guy looking for a platform to lock down Belgium's No. 2 spot for Euro 2020 (starter, if the No. 1 is injured) and both as a platform for another move to a Top 5 league. Ethan starts if Mignolet is injured or starts shitting the bed. That's it. With the (good) windows closed, there ain't a damned thing Ethan can do about it, except have a strop and look like a baby or suck it up and keep his powder dry for forcing a move in July.
"Today's result was beyond anyone's wildest dreams." "Tell me, Horvath started? He played?" "No, come on, be serious, no one here dares even to dream about that anymore. But this was the next best thing." "What?" "Manchester United 5-0 Club Brugge - a complete and utter thrashing!" "Let me guess, Mignolet conceded five goals yet was still Man-of-the-Match?" "How'd you guess?"
I only watched through halftime, but Mignolet looked like shit on McTominay's goal. Completely wrong-footed, moving in the wrong direction, watching helplessly as the shot skipped a yard past him.
Doesn't surprise me. Given the shenanigans around his move to and his time at Brugge, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Brugge are paying 100% of his wages instead of the usual 50-50 split. One the news brokeg, the guy (who it seems had no idea what was going on) was finished in the Brugge dressing room.
Not playing Horvath at all, not even in cup games against weak rival, is dumb: it makes arousing interest in him much harder, and it looks petty as hell.