The Sturm Graz Sentinel
Squad12 Apr 2027
Philipp Wiesinger in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sturm Graz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Jon Gorenc Stankovič falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Ibrahim Buhari
“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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
When it matters, Niklas Geyrhofer plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market12 Apr 2027
Arjan Malić linked with a move away
The name of Arjan Malić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sturm Graz say nothing, which says plenty.
Match12 Apr 2027
Sturm Graz have something to play for
Position 6 on 22 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Richard Sukuta-Pasu has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Richard Sukuta-Pasu has written the date down.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Petar Petrović asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Oliver Sorg is the talk of the training ground
Sharpest man there all week, by every account. It is the quietest line on this page and it usually runs the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
In brief
- Squad Philipp Wiesinger back in training
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Ivan Božić at Cibalia