The Shirak Sentinel
Squad18 Nov 2030
A fracture rules Luis Uliambre out for 95 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Shirak will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom18 Nov 2030
Pressure builds in the Shirak boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market18 Nov 2030
Giorgos Konstantakopoulos puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Shirak, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Words at Shirak training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rafik Misakyan 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.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Tempers go at Shirak
Lyova Mryan 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.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Luis Uliambre has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Shirak will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market The clock does Sergey Manukyan’s negotiating for him
- Market Danilo placed on the list