The Segesta Gazette
Market17 Sep 2029
Patrik Horvat 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 The request is on a desk at Segesta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Patrik Horvat beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Segesta
Lovro Herceg 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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Words at Segesta training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ronnie Stutter 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 dugout17 Sep 2029
The manager makes an example of Ivan Bjelivuk
“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.
Match17 Sep 2029
The half-term report on Segesta
Position 6, 12 points, and every result so far reduced to one line. The second half of the season starts with the same squad and a different set of expectations.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Ronnie Stutter stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.66 on the card, and the Segesta support went home talking about one name.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
Karlo Bilić 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.
Match15 Sep 2029
Honours even between Segesta and Sesvete
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Lovro Herceg plays
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Interim Coach on the draw
- Squad Koen Hettema is a square peg at Segesta