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Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at All Boys, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ricardo Blanco and All Boys agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at All Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Oct 2027
56 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
Wages eat 87% of everything All Boys earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ezequiel Ramírez, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what All Boys can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad9 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at All Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match7 Aug 2027
Deportivo Riestra left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tomás Assennato and All Boys agree another 3 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Santiago Apa, and the manager let it.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Wages eat 91% of everything All Boys earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad9 Aug 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
17 appearances at Central Córdoba SdE and the goals keep coming. All Boys are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Crisis
Market7 Jun 2027
“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 All Boys, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” All Boys may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Ricardo Blanco 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.
Match5 Jun 2027
Tristán Suárez left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Agustín Gallo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings7 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market7 Jun 2027
Gimnasia y Tiro are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. All Boys will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Alexis Melo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at All Boys, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces7 Jun 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Agustín Gallo
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Crisis
Squad3 May 2027
There were 11 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.
Market3 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 May 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” All Boys have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at All Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch3 May 2027
“I did not go to Arsenal to sit and watch. I want to come back to All Boys and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 16 matches say the rest.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Alejo Tabares
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match1 May 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom3 May 2027
The numbers do not look good at All Boys
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Player ratings3 May 2027
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.
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Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lukas Ramil Sauer and All Boys agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Ricardo Blanco 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 Jan 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ricardo Blanco 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 951% of everything All Boys earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Gustavo Turraca
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Marked 8.79 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. All Boys have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Match5 Sep 2026
It needed Thiago Calone to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Arsenal, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Shots: 11. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.