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1st February 2028Despite having left Udinese 6 months ago, there was an award for me that came out of the blue as I pick up the Serie A Manager of the Year As the January transfer window opened, the first thing I did was recall our wonderkid, C...
31st December 2027As we check in on both of my previous clubs, Udinese are doing OK in Serie A but don't seem to have kicked on from my success at the club last year. Meanwhile, Antwerp relinquished their league title last season to Genk, but have started...
3rd November 2027EredivisieMatchday 4A nice double for Moukoko on his debut for the club and one that earns us another win! Champions League - Group PhaseMatchday 1We missed two clear cut chances in this game, so we only really have ourselves to blam...
30th August 2027Transfer News: The one position that desperately needed addressing in my new squad was that of the goalkeeper. So where better to go for my new number 1 than my old club! I paid £15.5 million to bring Elia Caprile to Udinese from Brentford...
4th August 2027We released 15 players this Summer but none that are really notable. Mostly youngsters who were never going to get near the first team. So let's move on to my first three signings of the window...an experienced head, a wonderkid and an...
END OF SEASON 2026/27 REVIEWAn impressive league campaign which saw us finish 4 places higher than last season and close the gap between us and the champions, AC Milan. We will look to close that even further next season and maybe even mount a title chall...
27th May 2027Serie AMatchday 36I rested everyone for this game with the Europa League Final on the horizon, so I'm really not going to read too much into this result. Time for the biggest game of the entire season and possibly the biggest game in Udi...
10th May 2027Europa LeagueQuarter Final 1st LegThere is no denying I wanted us to go out there and put in a strong performance and put this tie to bed before the away trip to Holland in the second leg. A storming first half performance might have done jus...
5th April 2027Serie AMatchday 25Not the easiest away day, so a credible point gained. Serie AMatchday 26We come from behind to win away at Atalanta. This is a very, very good result and the performance was exceptional. Hopefully we are hitting top ge...
18th February 2027Transfer News: My first signing of the January window sees me reunited with a player from my Antwerp days. Prince Aning spent a season on loan with us a few seasons back and I have now signed him on a permanent deal for my newer club. I'...
9th January 2027Serie AMatchday 14Two absolute worldies from Rolando Mandragora saw us come from behind twice to level things up against Bologna. Then in the 6th minute of stoppage time, we broke away on the counter attack only to see Camello's shot saved...
26th November 2026Serie AMatchday 8A good result against one of the best teams in the league. Europa League - Group PhaseMatchday 3We dominated the first half, but couldn't score! However, a much improved second half display in front of goal saw us c...
8th October 2026Serie AMatchday 1If you could pick your ideal opponents for the first day of the season, it would be against a newly promoted side and that's what we got here. A comfortable win to kick off the season, with two new signings both scoring de...
17th August 2026A few youngsters were released from the club this Summer alongside right back, Kingsley Ehizibue, who is nowhere near good enough for us and proved that with consistently poor performances last year. Whilst the two older players I sig...
END OF SEASON 2025/26 REVIEWThe aim at the start of the campaign for me was to get Udinese back into European football and we achieved that. The first half of the season set us up nicely and although our away form in the second half of the year was pretty...
24th May 2026Serie AMatchday 32A big, big win that takes us past the magical 60 point mark. The 62 points that we now have would have been enough to secure a top 7 finish in the last 3 seasons, but this year I feel it will take a bit more so we now have a...
4th April 2026Out in Belgium, Erik ten Hag does have Antwerp in contention for another title, although he isn't finding things as easy as I was over the last couple of years and Club Brugge fans will be excited at the prospect of their club regaining the...
16th February 2026Injury: We kick off this update with a problem...a very big problem! Mattia Perin is out with injury for potentially the rest of the season! My number 1 keeper has been a revelation since I brought him to the club last Summer, keeping mo...
21st January 2026Coppa Italia FantaSecond RoundA solid second half performance saw us turn this game on it's head and progress to the next round! I've become accustomed to winning the domestic cup in Belgium over the last couple of seasons, so I'd love to...
14th December 2025Garang Kuol has been in fantastic goalscoring form of late and that was enough to earn him the Serie A Player of the Month award for October. Serie AMatchday 11Garang Kuol to the rescue as he comes off the bench to score the only go...
30th October 2025Now I may be the manager of Udinese these days, but I'm still winning awards for my time at Antwerp. My legacy in Belgium continues. Serie AMatchday 3It was the debut of all debuts for new loan signing, Julian Rijkhoff as the youngst...
1st September 2025Well this was a complete turn up for the books. A £30 million one year sponsorship deal! What a source of income...possibly the best deal I've ever seen! Transfer NewsAs I continue to look to trim the squad, the latest player to lea...
28th July 2025The finances of my new club are stable, although we are not rich by any stretch of the imagination. There is no money for me to spend on new players unless I make some sales first. However, I do have over £100k available in the wage budget.....
10th July 2025The Belgian league is continuing to rise in stature and the Jupiler Pro League is up to 8th in the European rankings. Whilst our good performance in the Champions League last year has seen Antwerp rise to 27th, meaning we are now the hi...
END OF SEASON 2024/25 REVIEWIn the end the league was won easily...in fact it couldn't have been any easier as we dominated the competition for most of the season! The Croky Cup was also retained this year and again we never really looked in doubt in...
2nd June 2025Jupiler Pro League - Championship GroupMatchday 34Massive win in terms of the title race! Absolutely massive! It leaves us a maximum of 2 wins away from winning our 3rd straight league title. However, things could be wrapped up sooner if...
20th April 2025Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 28It can't be underestimated just how good a win this was! USG came into this game 3rd in the table and on a 13 game unbeaten run, so to absolutely batter them the way we did was superb! Champions LeagueRound...
12th March 2025Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 23Club Brugge are still officially rated as the number 1 side in Belgium, but if results like this keep happening, they won't be for too much longer. An excellent result for us! There is no denying we struggl...
5th February 2025Croky CupQuarter FinalA good performance and a solid victory which sees us into the semi final of the Croky Cup. Fabian Rieder was unreal in central midfield today, controlling the game throughout, and deserved his goal at the end. J...
12th January 2025Transfer News: We kick off this update with a new signing. The window is not open yet, but Arthur is able to join as he was a free agent. And what a great player for us to pick up on a freebie as well. I'm not exactly in dire need of anym...
1st December 2024Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 12Five goals, five different goalscorers, easy win, great day out for the fans!One thing that is important as we continue to try to grow the stature of Antwerp FC is to build our worldwide reputation and that ca...
6th October 2024Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 6After losing back to back games, it was imperative that we got the win here at all costs! I have no idea what this award is, but I won it! A bit of Wikipedia was in order to find out what I had just wo...
29th August 2024Pro League SupercupFinalJust as we did last year, we kick off the season by winning the Supercup. An easy victory over Anderlecht who were only there by default anyway after we completed the league and cup double last season! A nice start!...
16th July 2024After our run in Europe that took us to the Europa League Final last year, I fully expect it to have put some of Europe's bigger clubs on high alert around some of our players and expect to receive numerous offers for key members of my squad...
END OF SEASON 2023/24 REVIEWAnother superb season of domestic football saw us complete the treble as we lift the Jupiler Pro League and Croky Cup trophies, along with the Supercup too! Boom!In Europe, we did ourselves no shame at all in finishing 3rd in o...
1st June 2024Jupiler Pro League - Championship GroupMatchday 38Over the last 3 games of the season, with the title already wrapped up, it would just be about managing the player fitness and sharpness in the squad, ready for the Europa League Final at the...
17th May 2024We go into our first Croky Cup Final under my management as slight favourites to lift the trophy! But previous games against OH Leuven suggest this could go either way!Croky Cup Final - Lineups Croky CupFinalAfter an uninspiring first ha...
2nd May 2024Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 29It was 1st vs 2nd here and even though we suffered the sending off of Gaston Avila right on half time, we still went on to win this one with relative ease and I think Charleroi will be ****** that they couldn't off...
22nd March 2024Europa LeagueKnock Out Play Off Round 1st LegI said before that I felt Olympiakos were very beatable opposition for us and we will go out to Greece with a relatively commanding lead for the 2nd leg that should be enough to see us into the n...
18th February 2024Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 20A very tight game that could have swung either way. Both sides took a point in the end and that was probably fair. Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 21It's easy to see why Sint-Truiden are bottom of the league....
21st January 2024Our first taste of the Croky Cup this season will be against RWDM. It's the same team we drew last year in the 7th round and played out an incredible 5-4 win against them....the fans might be hoping for just as entertaining a game, but I...
12th December 2023Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 11Absolute dog ****! We lose at home to the side at the bottom of the league who came into this game losing all 10 of their prior games! Failure to score again is what costs us after having 20 shots on goal wit...
10th October 2023Champions LeagueChampions Path Playoff 2nd LegWith a 4-0 lead from the first leg, I heavily rotated the side for this one and although we weren't anywhere near full strength, we still won in Romania as well and it will be Champions League...
28th August 2023Transfer News: I don't need to improve multiple areas of the squad now, but I did need a player that can play down the right wing. I've turned to Shakhtar's Marian Shved as the replacement for Calvin Stengs who was here on loan last season...
24th July 2023It wasn't exactly a clearout this Summer as a few players are released from the club, but not many. The most notable name is Koji Miyoshi who played 18 times for me last season, but only managed 2 assists and an average rating of 6.68. ...
End of Season 2022/23 ReviewWell I could only dream of a league title in my first season in charge of the club and we pulled it off! Now we just have to try to defend it and it's worth noting that Antwerp have never won back to back titles. It would...
4th June 2023Jupiler Pro League - Championship GroupMatchday 35We kick off the Championship Group with a comfortable win over the worst team in the group. With all due respect to Leuven, they look well out of their depth alongside us, Genk and Club Brugge...
22nd April 2023League Format: Now with only 18 teams in the league and effectively 4 matches left to play, it might look like we are just 1 win away from winning the title, but that isn't the case! What happens in Belgium is that the top 4 clubs go into a...
14th March 2023Jupiler Pro LeagueMatchday 26It was important to maintain our title challenge by getting straight back to winning ways here. And it was well deserved as well as we dominated the side sitting 17th in the table and staring relegation in the f...
5th February 2023 Transfer News: The January window is now open and the first player to leave is centre back Junior Pius. He hadn't made a single appearance for me all year, so it was only fair to let the lad leave to get some football. He joins OH L...