The Mosta Post
Squad2 Jul 2029
Kayden Farrugia damages knee ligaments — 43 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 43 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad2 Jul 2029
A fracture rules Dominic Cassar out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Mosta will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market2 Jul 2029
Dominic James 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 Mosta can pretend not to have heard.
Market2 Jul 2029
Mosta turn down PSM for Dominic James
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Real improvement from Lucas Caruana at Mosta
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Lucas Caruana is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad2 Jul 2029
A falling-out at Mosta
Emmanuel Ugwu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
Intake day at the Mosta academy
7 arrivals, an average age nobody would call a squad, and a set of parents being shown around a building their sons will spend more time in than at home. The scouting has already happened; today is only the paperwork.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
The manager makes an example of Dominic James
“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.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Mosta keep their word to Dmitry Borovikov
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.
In brief
- Market The Giancarlo talk will not go away
- The dugout Lucas Caruana asks for a word with the manager
- Market Ryan Debono leaves for nothing