The AVS Gazette
Squad14 Dec 2026
134 days out for Raúl Silva after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. AVS will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match13 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for AVS
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around AVS are no longer polite ones.
Match13 Dec 2026
6 matches without a goal for AVS
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 6 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at AVS
Kiki Afonso was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at AVS training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tunde is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Tunde was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Raul Steffens gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Dec 2026
A bad afternoon for AVS against Rio Ave
0‑1 to Rio Ave, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Gonçalo Churro out for 15 days
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Gonçalo Churro, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- The dugout Rodrigo Castro faces the questions
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Luís Santos's mistake
- The dugout The form table has caught Andrey