Trae Briscoe

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165 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match24 Sep 2029

Every point is an argument now for Grasshopper

Position 8 and 8 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Jorge Segura keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Grasshopper may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Tempers go at Grasshopper

Sven Köhler 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.

Squad24 Sep 2029

No hiding place for Lee Young-Jun

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lee Young-Jun, and the manager let it.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Nikolas Muci in the eights

A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match22 Sep 2029

Grasshopper share the spoils with Lugano

A 1‑1 draw with Lugano leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Nikolas Muci finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Grasshopper have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market24 Sep 2029

Óscar Clemente linked with a move away

The name of Óscar Clemente keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Grasshopper say nothing, which says plenty.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Salifou Diarrassouba runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

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144 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad30 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Grasshopper

Sven Köhler 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.

Squad30 Apr 2029

Trae Briscoe still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Grasshopper would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Squad30 Apr 2029

Óscar Clemente keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Óscar Clemente plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

140 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Grasshopper

Sven Köhler 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.

Loan watch2 Apr 2029

Matteo Mantini wants to come home

“I did not go to Young Boys to sit and watch. I want to come back to Grasshopper and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Trae Briscoe signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Trae Briscoe and Grasshopper agree another 4 years.

In brief

139 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market26 Mar 2029

Benjamin Kololli is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Grasshopper is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad26 Mar 2029

Sven Köhler 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 Grasshopper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Mar 2029

Leart Kabashi 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.

Squad26 Mar 2029

Abdoulaye Diaby called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Grasshopper that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

Squad26 Mar 2029

International call for Leart Kabashi

Leart Kabashi joins up with his country. Grasshopper lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Market26 Mar 2029

Grasshopper shop where it costs nothing

Trae Briscoe signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.

In brief

113 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings25 Sep 2028

Nothing got past Antef Tsoungui

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad25 Sep 2028

A one-man rearguard from Sebastiano Nava

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad25 Sep 2028

Tempers go at Estoril Praia

Sead Kolašinac 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.

Player ratings25 Sep 2028

Nothing got past Nodar Lominadze

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings25 Sep 2028

Sofian Bahloul in the eights

A performance of 9.22 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad25 Sep 2028

No hiding place for Jordan Holsgrove

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jordan Holsgrove, and the manager let it.

Match23 Sep 2028

Sofian Bahloul sends Estoril Praia past Boavista

It finished 1‑0, and it was Sofian Bahloul’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Estoril Praia.

Player ratings25 Sep 2028

One of those days for João Carvalho

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.51, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad25 Sep 2028

No place for Joel Robles on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Estoril Praia pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

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