The PSBS Biak Herald
The terraces14 May 2029
Supporters organise against the PSBS Biak board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Match14 May 2029
PSBS Biak are in real trouble now
Position 16, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Player ratings14 May 2029
Ilham Udin Armayn, 33, rolls back the years — 7.86
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.86 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match12 May 2029
Bali United take the points off PSBS Biak
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 May 2029
Words exchanged at PSBS Biak
Lucky Oktavianto 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.
Squad14 May 2029
A row about effort at PSBS Biak
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Make Aldo Maulidino was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 May 2029
Evan Maulana faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Evan Maulana after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout14 May 2029
Eduardo Barbosa has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at PSBS Biak will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market14 May 2029
Moses Madjar is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at PSBS Biak has been clear about where Moses Madjar stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- The dugout No place in the plan for Mohcine Hassan
- Looking ahead Heri Susanto goes back to face Persis
- Market The Luquinhas talk will not go away