The Bali United Post
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Thijmen Goppel was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Bali United
Jort van der Sande 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Juninho arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Juninho has, at Bali United, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Bali United rebuffed over Vukašin Vraneš
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Persis have kept their man, and Bali United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match13 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Bali United against PSIM
1‑2 to PSIM, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Mike Hauptmeijer
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Bali United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mirza Mustafić 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Too much change too quickly at Bali United
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Evan Putra: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon ran through Diego Campos
- Looking ahead Novri Setiawan faces his old club
- Market The Jort van der Sande talk will not go away