FC Eindhoven was the surprise of last season. The number three of the Kitchen Champion Division lost many basic players as a result. Trainer Rob Penders therefore has to start again, but also sees benefits from the successful year. “We’re a little more attractive.”
The club on the Aalsterweg would like to repeat last season’s masterpiece this season, but how realistic is that? FC Eindhoven lost about six basic players and so the question is what can be expected from the people of Eindhoven.
“We must continue to show ambition.”
“We must continue to show ambition,” says Rob Penders after the lost light city derby against PSV. “We should not panic after a 5-0 loss against PSV. I am confident that we will be ready for the competition in a few weeks. We want to compete again for the play-off spots.”
How different these will sound than about a year ago. Then Penders uttered the words that they wanted to do better than the year before (place 15). It indicates that the past season has done the club well.
“We are a bit more attractive as a club. That is also the reason why Naoufal Bannis, for example, chose us.” The striker comes over from Feyenoord for a year but had several options.
“I see enough good things.”
“I considered my options, but FC Eindhoven gave me the most confidence. It is certainly not a step backwards after NAC last season. I’m going to play everything here and I know we can make the play-offs,” said the attacker.
Still, trainer Penders admits that there is still a lot of work to be done. “We have to start over. We are still missing a lot of players and a lot of new players have come. There’s also something else to come. That takes time. But I see plenty of good things.”
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