Jacob Watson

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Marked for Jacob Watson

108 Edition

The Latina Chronicle

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom21 Aug 2028

Leandro De Luca is out at Latina

Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.

Market21 Aug 2028

Davide Mastrantonio 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 Latina can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom21 Aug 2028

Mauro Parise takes charge at Latina

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

The paperwork begins on Maroš Novák

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Latina have done the hard part with Pisa, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Boardroom21 Aug 2028

5 academy graduates step up at Latina

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Door shut on Alessio Nepi

Latina asked and Pisa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market21 Aug 2028

Latina promote Alfonso Iannuzzi from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alfonso Iannuzzi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market21 Aug 2028

Tommaso Donati steps up from the Latina academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tommaso Donati has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market21 Aug 2028

Latina promote Luciano Fiorentino from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luciano Fiorentino has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief

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The Latina Chronicle

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout29 May 2028

Giulio Parodi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Latina have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom29 May 2028

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Latina

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

The dugout29 May 2028

Giulio Parodi frozen out at Latina

This is not rotation. Giulio Parodi has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Latina is pretending otherwise.

Squad29 May 2028

A row about effort at Latina

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Laureano Rodríguez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad29 May 2028

Home is on Jacob Watson's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Latina are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad29 May 2028

Latina are still strangers to each other

5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout29 May 2028

Latina keep their word to Antonio Cioffi

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Market29 May 2028

Vincenzo Plescia linked with a move away

The name of Vincenzo Plescia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Latina say nothing, which says plenty.

Market29 May 2028

Latina put Vincenzo Plescia up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vincenzo Plescia may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

88 Edition

The Latina Chronicle

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom3 Apr 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Latina

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Latina is running low.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

Giulio Parodi frozen out at Latina

This is not rotation. Giulio Parodi has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Latina is pretending otherwise.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Fellipe Jack 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.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

No hiding place for Antonio Cioffi

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

Squad3 Apr 2028

Laureano Rodríguez slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Laureano Rodríguez is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Loan watch3 Apr 2028

Maurizio Scravaglieri has seen enough of Casarano

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Latina, and 7 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings3 Apr 2028

Federico Pace was the difference for Latina

Marked 7.54. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Market3 Apr 2028

Latina buy the years ahead of Jacob Watson

He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Squad3 Apr 2028

A place in the month's best eleven for Matteo Polizzi

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Matteo Polizzi has come out of that comparison in the side, and Latina have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief