Quality

Tomorrow is the kick off of the 07_08 season in the Jupiler League. KV Mechelen plays Anderlecht 'Achter de Kazerne'. We wil be there.

In the following weeks the competition starts everywhere in Europe. 04 august in France, 11 in England and Germany, 18 in Holland and Portugal and 25 in Italy and Spain. Everybody agrees that the English Premier League and the Spanish Primera Division are the high quality competitions in the world. I agree.

But what is quality?

The quality of a football team is the sum of :

1. Individual quality (skills, football intelligence, speed, power, endurance, experience)
2. Disposition (team spirit, enthusiasm, ambition, the readiness to suffer for the team)
3. Tactics (the team has to be able to pick up the ideas of the coach)
4. The ability to keep a clean sheet
5. The ability to score goals

Sounds easy? It's the most difficult in football to do it the easy way. Wait a minute. I forgot number 7. Luck.

Gloucester Road, London_2007