Morgan Bates

Striker - Panetolikos
2 Oct 2027
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Marked for Morgan Bates

60 Edition

The Panetolikos Courier

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Tom Louchet keeps the receipts

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

Squad20 Sep 2027

The step up is real for Dejvid Hoxha

At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Words at Panetolikos training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Unai Garcia 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.

Match18 Sep 2027

Panetolikos find a way past Aris Thessaloniki

Aris Thessaloniki made Panetolikos work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Morgan Bates

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

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Matías Rojas stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.83 on the card, and the Panetolikos support went home talking about one name.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Too much change too quickly at Panetolikos

9 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

A satisfied Sotirios Vrousai

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Sotirios Vrousai could afford to be generous.

Looking ahead20 Sep 2027

The leaders are next for Panetolikos

Kifisia top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

In brief

Back issues
50 Edition

The Panetolikos Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market12 Jul 2027

Lenny Lobato agrees terms with Kifisia

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Panetolikos people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market12 Jul 2027

Giannis Satsias says no to Kavala

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Giannis Satsias had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market12 Jul 2027

Juanpi asks to leave Panetolikos

“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.

Market12 Jul 2027

Chania come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Panetolikos did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Dejvid Hoxha stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Dejvid Hoxha and Panetolikos agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at Panetolikos

Ben Traoré and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Niki Volos tell Panetolikos: Themis Tselios is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Mody Boune falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Morgan Bates is a square peg at Panetolikos

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief