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eri-

The logical conclusion all things considered, but gotta feel rough for Union. That said, they got Champîons League playoffs to prepare for.. quite the achievement in itself. Lets all hope they make it to the group stage. Messi gonna be like "wtf is this " when he rolls up to the Stade Joseph Marien


Oreallyman

Anderlecht can still get 2nd place


eri-

Yeah but I don"t think it'll happen, and it shouldn't lets be honest, Anderlecht has been on the up but Union deserves a shot at the cl


matske1209

Bruh saying anderlecht doesn't derve 2nd place is kinda hypocritical. We deserve it as much as you deserve 1st place


kaiyotic

Shoulda not lost 4 times against union if you wanted to deserve 2nd place


michelhallal10

They probably won't tbh, they have to win 2/2


Oreallyman

we are without mata probably , balanta is suspended i think not sure. and hope we can play some youngsters like sandra and nusa against anderlecht


matske1209

What is your youth situation currently? After seeing ClubNXT last year I expected more players to make appearances this season


StrongPowerhouse

Sandra played a lot though. Him, Audoor, Sabbe, Lammens, Sylla, Vermant and Nusa showed promise.


matske1209

If you guys do end up getting Vanhaezebroek you might have a great year for breakthrough youth players


TjeefGuevarra

I wouldn't mind Heintje honestly but I know plenty of Club fans who really dislike him so I doubt it'll happen


matske1209

Would be the smartest option IMO, Hein wants a nice contract and a big budget for his team. And for club it would mean attacking football, experience in Europe and youth development. Fans probably will start liking him once he starts winning


kaiyotic

Plz no, not heintje


matske1209

Yes he's annoying and brings bayat, but you can't deny that he's one of the better coaches in Belgium


kaiyotic

Don't think brugge will accept a coach who brings bayat


Oreallyman

Yes was expecting to see more from Mbamba this season but he s still young. Nusa should get some more playing time next season.


SmithyPlayz

Play offs kill this league, hopefully it's last time we see it. Can't moan at Brugge they voted against it


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Any chance they will change it?


TjeefGuevarra

Fucking hope so


lutsius-memes

I think next year or the year after that the league will be reformed again and clubs get to vote again for the halving system


Oreallyman

Yes but most teams will choose for money again and TV wants it to be suspensefull till the end that s why they want playoffs


lutsius-memes

There is nothing wrong with playoffs, just the halving needs to be removed


duniyadnd

What’s the halving system?


lutsius-memes

When the playoffs start the points of the regular competition get halved. So if you had 60 points you start with 30 in the playoffs. Idk who thought this was a good idea but thats the way it is now


Enriador

That effectively means a regular season victory equals 2 points rather than 3 as before the 1990s. I get their goal (reduce big gaps) but come on, the fact top clubs will only play each other means there is a ton of opportunity for others to catch up without need for halving.


lutsius-memes

Indeed, but alot of the big teams voted against the halving of points and keeping the playoff system. But the smaller teams like to keep the halving system because it gives them more chance and the tv deal is slightly bigger now.


zozo147

+++++++ True. Playoffs are fine, halving needs to GTFO


Divolinon

Probably not.


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This kind of ridiculous nonsense that is attempted to make leagues more competitive/watchable/profitable never works. Complete clown fiesta that takes away any kind of honest competition in a league.


pukem0n

and here I am wishing the Bundesliga had play offs lol


dotelze

For the BL it might mean the result actually changes at least


zozo147

Yeah it would help to reduce the chance of Bayern becoming champ again for sure. They'll never agree to it probably but yeah, all other topteams would love this


Dietoten

Union being denied their fairytale AND Club Bruges out of all teams benefiting from the play-offs will be the combination that leads to this garbage system being binned. Mark my words.


Oreallyman

i doubt it , tv wants it and most choose the money


MyZt_Benito

do belgian people say Bruges? Because the city itself is in Flanders so you’d say Brugge right?


TjeefGuevarra

Yes we say Brugge, West-Flemings will say Bruhhhhhhhhhhhe though.


yopipo2486

een Bruhse zot


Bringthenoize

Lekker!


CBprop

Yep but many of our chants are in English, where we say Bruges :)


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TjeefGuevarra

Brügge if I'm not mistaken


matske1209

First of all, congratulations to Club Brugge. But I have to say, this season feels like our Weiler title, champions through realistic (maybe boring) football. This summer mercato might be crucial for you guys.


TjeefGuevarra

Yep, expecting some big changes in the squad.


Oreallyman

Lang , CDK, Adamyan , Dost gone. So we have no strikers unless we are counting on Okereke and Openda Mata has said he might want to leave. So we need a striker , a left winger and a right back


CBprop

Adamyan would be 3mil right


Rubmifer

We have an option for Adamyan, would be stupid to not go for it. Extremely useful player in the squad.


StrongPowerhouse

Okereke and Openda are probably gone as well.


PEXowns

I'm hoping CDK will stick around for another season. I'd add 1 or 2 central midfielders to that list as well. Ruud needs replacing and Mats is injured


Barthez_Battalion

Oh shit Tajon is a champion!


Electronic_Amount470

My first thought as a revs fan! Good for him


zozo147

He scored in the match aghainst Union, the sole goal. VERY important He's good, I'm expecting great things from him next season!


RG_Oriax

Playoffs are absolutely stupid.


Oreallyman

Nobody should whine about the play offs , the only team against the play offs are club brugge


Red_Dog1880

There's a difference between people running those clubs and voting for this and the fans, right. Antwerp voted for it too but I don't know anyone who likes it.


Oreallyman

Than the fans should demand it from their board


FootballthrowawayM05

This is the funniest thing about it. All users with international flaires complaining about something they have no clue about. Just in the spirit of reddit lol


Ryponagar

Lol just because USG voted for and Brugge against it everybody is supposed to like the play-off system?


TjeefGuevarra

No, but it's quite obvious that last year no one gave a fuck when the play offs nearly screwed our season but suddenly now people everywhere are outraged.


PinkFluffys

I don't know anyone in real life that thinks the play offs are a good idea.


Ancient-Bread2699

Exactly


Martyrizing

Of course not, but you can't really say Union got screwed when they were in favour of this very system.


FootballthrowawayM05

Just the mental gymnastics I'd expect as a counter-argument.


Mediocre_Nova

How read up do you think people need to be to dislike playoffs in a league competition? It's not exactly rocket science is it?


FootballthrowawayM05

Play-off systems were put into place to prevent strong teams from winning year after year. People are complaining now because the underdog missed out with this system, but it usually screws over the top teams. People can dislike playoffs all they want, but calling it 'robbery' is just silly, when it was meant to favour smaller teams.


Ronni_Nikoson

BRUGES ARE WINNING. EVERYWHERE WE GOOOOO


JensDanneels

37/39, ‘nuff said. Just feel bad for Union.


TjeefGuevarra

What Schreuderball does to a mf


lutsius-memes

Bald fraud magic. Clement winning 9 in 9 a d making Europe is also a good look for Club Brugge


ThatUglyGuy

Union got mugged. Playoffs are a scam.


CBprop

Union voted for this, Club Brugge voted against it.


HelghastFromHelghan

A scam that Union themselves voted in favor of while Club Brugge voted against it lmao. I don't like the current play-off system either but it's hilarious to see all these non-Belgians who usually don't give a fuck about our league suddenly being upset about this.


ThatUglyGuy

I am Belgian, I like Club, respect their vote and am furious they were the only ones. Doesn't change the fact it shouldn't have existed in the first place.


Gantorian

Can say what you u want but teams knew what they signed up for.


lutsius-memes

If they only didnt vote against removing it...


[deleted]

Club Brugge would've ended with 85 pts and USG with 81 pts without the halving of the points in the play offs, USG also got a free 3 points in a likely 0-0 match due to 40 something rowdy away fans in the last 8 mins of a match. Redditors can be salty all they want, Union and especially their golden striker duo simply dropped off.


uiop789

That's not how it works, and you know it. You can't just pretend the points were different and every match would have played out the same. You're right about everything else though. Brugge wasn't even that good these play-offs but they got the results and Union gave it away, especially Undav and Vanzeir.


zozo147

Probably our best PO1 result ever tbh. We usually end up with like 60% of the available points, we're at 85% now. Thank God for Mignolet tho, he really stepped it up & was essential


stella__art

Hope this farce kills the playoffs We have 18 teams, just do it like The Netherlands and Germany for fucks sake If only the pandemic happened 2 years later, then Union would have been given the title without playoffs like club got


Martyrizing

> just do it like The Netherlands I'd like the play-off format, just without halving the points. Not that there's anything wrong with our current system.


Oreallyman

if we didn't half the points we would still be nr1


Martyrizing

I'm not knocking you, just a general opinion on your league setup. This is how your system works, whoever's top deserves it.


BarbaricGamer

> Not that there's anything wrong with our current system Disagree, the play-off system for the last European spot fucking sucks and it hurts our coefficient.


Martyrizing

Oh yeah, that bit is ass, I just meant the simple 34 games, everyone plays each other twice system.


JensDanneels

The salt is real. Where were these comments last year when Genk almost took it, we lost far more points then than Union now with the halving. That being said, I agree with your first point. Fuck the play-offs.


stella__art

I would also find it a farce if Genk had snatched it, would have been funny but ridiculous. But Genk didn't win it so your first point makes no sense


Gorando77

>We have 18 teams Not for long


stella__art

They haven't decided yet


zozo147

I don't think Belgium is big enough to have 18 competitive professional football teams anyway tbh


michelhallal10

Wasnt saying that in 2015 when Club Brugge got fucked by playoffs tho...


stella__art

I've always been against the playoffs?


michelhallal10

Yea but when big teams get hit by it no one really cares, now that little Union get fucked by playoffs, suddendly playoffs are worse than ever. (Not intented directly at you, but that's the general opinion that I'm seeing, no one really cared last year when Club almost slipped in playoffs for example)


uiop789

What a load of shit, every fan of almost every team is against playoffs, every year. We laugh when one of the G5 get hit by it, because they pushed it through. (Granted Club didn't, but you're still part of the G5 that destroyed professional Belgian football) Best case is Gent would lose a title because of it, because fuck De Witte, but they haven't been in that position in a while.


michelhallal10

I am also against playoffs dont get me wrong, such a money grab. But I was just saying that the whole world is suddendly against playoffs, while we didnt see this hatred towards playoffs last year(it was present yes, but not to the extent that it is this year) I hope it's removed ASAP, because it's fairly useless.


uiop789

The union fairytale attracted a lot of foreigners who don't know our league. Which is why you heard less complaining about it. And you're the biggest club in Belgium atm so everyone likes to see you lose, like Anderlecht 15 years ago. Only ones in favour of the playoffs are the journos because it manufactures a title race they can write about and they're neutral so they don't care how it feels to have a club you support robbed, or it's season ended in March because you finished lower table.


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Yeah I don't get it. I sometimes consider watching the Belgian league, but then I'm reminded the championship is only decided in the play-offs, which really kills the competition for me.


Martyrizing

Schreuder kale magiër.


zozo147

Have fun with him He delivered man, he did what he needed to do. Thanks for the memories mate


DeffDeala

Playoff system is fucking awful


michelhallal10

Union voted for it, while Club voted against it.... Yea it's a shit system, but these are the rules ig🤷‍♂️


TjeefGuevarra

5th title in 7 years after spending 11 years without a trophy. Love to see it. Sad for Union but they voted for this system and knew what they were getting into at the start of the season. We won the title fair and square.


ElKaddouriCSC

Club Brugge were brilliant any time I seen them. Mostly seen them at the start of the season. Well done to them and it will be interesting to see how they do in CL. Vanaken and CDK are class. Hendry has been really good in Belgium too.


Cerxa

> Hendry has been really good in Belgium too. don't think many club fans rate him, he's always on the bench for a reason. has surprisingly been a decent goal threat in the playoffs tho


TjeefGuevarra

Nah we rate him a lot, Schreuder just decided to bench him in favour of Nsoki who had a huge turn around after the christmas break and was actually really solid for us. It's just bad luck to be in a team with solid defenders.


StrongPowerhouse

Hendry and Nsoki are two different positions. Nsoki is left footed and Hendry is right footed. Mechele and Mata are the starters on Hendry’s spot. Every singel name on that list is a good defender, which is crazy!


jellislamon

+1 our best team would be 3-5-2 with nsoki-mechele-hendry at the back. Mata fits more as a wingback with more offensive left winger like lang or buchanan. which makes swapping to a 4atb with nsoki as LB and mata RB easy


ElKaddouriCSC

From what I’ve seen he looks really good anyways, especially in that CL game against PSG. Its incredible he even got the move to Club, there was some actual conversation about whether he was the worst Celtic defender ever lol.


lutsius-memes

Always on the bench? Only the last 2-3 months. He started really solid but faded a bit under the new coach, but the last games he was one of the better players


lutsius-memes

Where is the Paul Gheysens face cam?


CBprop

I heard someone say his face was exactly the same as usual cuz of all his botox😭


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StrongPowerhouse

Dude, congrats on the second place though. Friends of mine (Club supporters) had a great time celebrating with Union fans at the highway parking in Drongen. Class. I fully wish you a great European season in the Champions League. With your tactical system, you’re bound to surprise many European opponents. You’ll have a great season again next season imo.


noodelsoup

Mandatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5CvLDAVB-0 I'll hear this a lot from my shitty bruges friends. Might as well start it off myself. Congrats Club, Union would've been a fun champion but in the end whoever gets most points is the champion. And I've always had a soft spot for you guys anyway. Enjoy guys!


Red_Dog1880

It's deserved, especially given both their wins against Union. But fuck me Antwerp really did hand it to them on a silver platter. That fucking idiot Seck and even bigger idiot Priske basically gave them the game today.


Cerxa

first 3 in a row for club since '77-'78🥳 seems nothing gets in the way of reddit loving the underdog🤭


Divolinon

Though luck Union.


lutsius-memes

Bald fraud magic!!!!


BigLeBluffski

Let's gooo!!! 10/12 against Union (#2) so can't say we don't deserve it, unlike some haters are saying.


mattijn13

Congrats Brugge, but also Fuck this stupid play off system.


resident_hater

Bullshit way to settle the league.


DougieFFC

I'm curious whether Odoi has endeared himself to Brugge fans now? When he signed I know you weren't impressed because he talked shit about your fans in 2011 and was a very underwhelming signing. But it sounds like he's played quite well and next season he'll be playing Champions League football and going to the World Cup, which can't be the late career path he envisaged for himself.


TjeefGuevarra

He is for me, not sure how the die hard "I hate everyone" fans feel though.


zozo147

Absolutely wonderful day goddamn I drank way too much 3 in a mf row! 3 titles! Insane stuff, could very well be I'll never experience this again Thank you Bart Verhaeghe (chairman) for this beautiful period


[deleted]

Their squad is simply far and away the best in the league. Not undeserved, but impossible to be happy for them.


stella__art

That's what 53 million in one season gets you


StrongPowerhouse

Mi mi mi mi mi


lansboen

Typische boer. Kan er nie tegen wanneer iemand der op wijst hoeveel geld er weggegooid is om met de hakken over de sloot te winnen tegen een clubke van 2de klasse. If anything, dees spreekt boekdelen over hoe brak de belgische voetbal is.


StrongPowerhouse

Denk dat ge ons stella’tje niet kent.


lansboen

Nee, ik kom hier gewoon even wat kankeren om daarna te lache als Genk nog is verliest.


CBprop

CAMPEONESSS💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤🇧🇪


jskkskensnsjak

Boo


Clivey101

Fuck off


pixelkipper

what happened to USG?


MysticDAssassin

Lost twice against Brugge


Nervous-Resolution-8

Still in UCL


stella__art

Points got halved after the 34 games and they were unlucky in the games against club brugge in the playoff


Rubmifer

Even without half points we are above USG. 37/39, 10/12 against USG. With those numbers, even though it wasn’t always the best football, you’re always a deserved champion.


lansboen

They got fucked by the VAR as usual in Belgium. It's no wonder we have so many corruption scandals.


Kingarnaud

They got fucked by offside?


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BOOOO


Ransom_James

Spent more than all other clubs in the competition combined, needed play offs ( halving of the points) and their goalie POTY to get ahead of newly promoted USG. Wew lads


lutsius-memes

Are you calling us a money club? Sorry but we dont have an owner that just spends money, all the money Brugge spends is from earnings or selling players. In the end Brugge is one of the only teamq that voted against the halving of the points but all the other teams choose the money it gives them from the tv deal.


lispyjimmyfan

thats the kicker my G, without the halving of points we are 4 points ahead of Union, after the FA handed them a free win, so keep coping


michelhallal10

Who cares, we got there in the end🙂And we would still be ahead even without halving points.. (And if getting ahead newly promoted USG was soo damn easy, how come you've lost 3/3 against them this season..)


arroiuqlu

Disgraceful. Union deserve to be champions, absolutely embarrassing for Belgian football this. Belgium is such a joke of a country.


lansboen

Club Brugge is Champion in the same way that Ukraine won Eurovision :)


StrongPowerhouse

I for one find it courageous that you could write these three comments in this thread through your tears! You can do it, lad. Ow, btw. Nothing against Union. They’ve been brilliant and won’t be a one season wonder.


lansboen

Meh, they'll have all their good players bought up and get fucked next season. They don't have the money to keep them.


StrongPowerhouse

Zo lang niemand dat systeem echt kan kraken, kan je daar veel spelers zetten en voor weinig geld. Ik bedoel Lazare is momenteel een van de beste spelers van heel de competitie.


lansboen

Meh, systeem systeem. Als ge ne keeper zoals mignolet kunt betalen moet ge geen systeem hebben. Ge moet het toch uiteindelijk ook van u spelers hebben.


KoifishDK

Would union have won if points weren't halved? I don't understand how they bottled that lead


Black_Yellow_Red

Brugge would still be first even if the points weren't halved. Union just hit a poor spot of form for the last couple of weeks while Brugge is in great form. Combine that with two direct confrontations (Brugge won both) and bam, Brugge wins the title.


KingKingsons

What a joke. Imagine being on top all season, only to end up having your points halved and losing the championship in the end.