Post by mancunian on May 27, 2006 9:47:52 GMT
Antwerp on loan deals Taken from Red News.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Antwerp club secretary Paul Bistiaux
"Once again it has been a fantastic exercise and the boys have enjoyed it. Their development as players has been dramatic. Unfortunately we missed the promotion play-offs by one point but it has been a great experience. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake did exceptionally well when he played, and scored some important goals for us. But unfortunately he was injured at one stage. Adam Eckersley is going to go far. He has been excellent at left-back. He has played in every game for us since he came over in January. He's very professional, very thorough and quick and clever on the pitch. Sadly, goalkeeper Tom Heaton didn't get a decent chance for us. We were struggling with our goalkeepers in mid-season. They were all off form and so we brought Tom over. But our keepers' attitudes seemed to change once he arrived and they started playing really well. Lee Martin played 15 games for us. He was man of the match in about seven of them and did enough to win our player of the season award! Our fans adored him and they made up songs as tributes to him. Danny Simpson is very young but very promising. His development in Belgium has been dramatic. He arrived as a boy but left as a man."
Friday, May 26, 2006
Antwerp club secretary Paul Bistiaux
"Once again it has been a fantastic exercise and the boys have enjoyed it. Their development as players has been dramatic. Unfortunately we missed the promotion play-offs by one point but it has been a great experience. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake did exceptionally well when he played, and scored some important goals for us. But unfortunately he was injured at one stage. Adam Eckersley is going to go far. He has been excellent at left-back. He has played in every game for us since he came over in January. He's very professional, very thorough and quick and clever on the pitch. Sadly, goalkeeper Tom Heaton didn't get a decent chance for us. We were struggling with our goalkeepers in mid-season. They were all off form and so we brought Tom over. But our keepers' attitudes seemed to change once he arrived and they started playing really well. Lee Martin played 15 games for us. He was man of the match in about seven of them and did enough to win our player of the season award! Our fans adored him and they made up songs as tributes to him. Danny Simpson is very young but very promising. His development in Belgium has been dramatic. He arrived as a boy but left as a man."