The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle
The terraces29 Jan 2029
The mood at Santiago Wanderers has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Santiago Wanderers
Jorge Peña and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad29 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Santiago Wanderers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Víctor Espinoza was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Jorge Peña 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 Jorge Peña has written the date down.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Dilan López knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Santiago Wanderers, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market29 Jan 2029
Luis Cabrera linked with a move away
The name of Luis Cabrera keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Santiago Wanderers say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Marcelo Jorquera
- Squad Danilo Lucas is starting to look at home
- Squad Jorge Peña is the talk of the training ground