The Altamura Herald
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
No sign of nerves from Jeremy Agbonifo at 21 — 8.70
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jeremy Agbonifo did not need any: 8.70, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Thomas Leggio: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Michele Grande is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom13 Sep 2027
Altamura to lose Calum Logan for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Calum Logan has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Match11 Sep 2027
7 unbeaten for Altamura
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Altamura did not have in the autumn.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Altamura
Jeremy Agbonifo 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Nicola Dipinto has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Match11 Sep 2027
Altamura and Picerno take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Michele Grande runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Player ratings The chances came and went for Thomas Leggio
- Market The Ibrahima Mbaye question follows Altamura around
- Market Window shut, Joaquín Gasparini still here