The Prostějov Courier
Squad11 Dec 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Adam Jánoš
67 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Prostějov lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market11 Dec 2028
Dani Gonzalez-Birchall hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Prostějov can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Words at Prostějov training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Filip Twardzik 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 dugout11 Dec 2028
Adam Jánoš gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Tempers go at Prostějov
Terrance Joe 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.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Nikos Giannakopoulos stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nikos Giannakopoulos and Prostějov agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Stanislav Stanek: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Jakub Barac dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Player ratings11 Dec 2028
Bohdan Velička beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Match Prostějov draw a blank against České Budějovice
- Looking ahead Radek Lehovec faces his old club
- The dugout Jakub Barac knocks on the manager's door