The Grasshopper Post
Match30 Aug 2027
Every point is an argument now for Grasshopper
Position 10 and 1 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.
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Grasshopper's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Grasshopper has to find a result from somewhere.
Market30 Aug 2027
Grasshopper turn down Basel for Sven Köhler
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market30 Aug 2027
Lukas Wedl 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 The request is on a desk at Grasshopper, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Grasshopper
Kevin Mbabu 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.
Match28 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Grasshopper against Basel
1‑3 to Basel, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Grasshopper count the cost of losing Víctor Villacañas
42 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Nicola Leali 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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A masterclass from Christian Witzig
Marked 8.48 — 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Óscar Clemente
- Market A long bet from Grasshopper on Thomas Campaniello
- Player ratings The one thing Nikolas Muci could not do