The Hermannstadt Sentinel
The terraces1 May 2028
Supporters organise against the Hermannstadt board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market1 May 2028
Patrick Vuc 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 The request is on a desk at Hermannstadt, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 May 2028
Words exchanged at Hermannstadt
Marko Gjorgjievski 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.
Squad1 May 2028
Words at Hermannstadt training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexandru Oroian 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.
The dugout1 May 2028
No hiding place for Patrick Vuc
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Patrick Vuc, and the manager let it.
Squad1 May 2028
Macéo Amougui Montreuil signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Macéo Amougui Montreuil and Hermannstadt agree another 5 years.
Loan watch1 May 2028
Luca Stancu has seen enough of CSM Slatina
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hermannstadt, and 31 appearances in 41 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad1 May 2028
Yanis Sofikitis is a square peg at Hermannstadt
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout1 May 2028
Kevin Ciubotaru knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kevin Ciubotaru trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Christ Afalna linked with a move away
- The dugout Alin Dobrosavlevici has been promised minutes
- The dugout Aviel Zargari keeps his manager's vote