Having seen Sebastien Pocognoli go from being the reincarnation of Rinus Michels to the bastard love child of Wilfried Nancy in the space of 90 minutes this month, it would be foolish to declare Wouter Vrancken the new Jens Berthel Askou at this early stage of the season.
The experienced Belgian, who had spells in charge of Lommel, Mechelen, Genk, Gent and Sint-Truiden in his homeland before moving to Scotland to join Hearts this summer, has certainly presided over an impressive run since the heavy loss to Benfica in Portugal back in August.