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Crisis
Squad17 Feb 2031
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market17 Feb 2031
“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.
Squad17 Feb 2031
9 goals and a season average of 7.62. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Sam Kane Sam Kane keeps Córdoba in it on his own
Market17 Feb 2031
Sufyan Ainani has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Córdoba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match15 Feb 2031
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Feb 2031
The manager makes an example of Paweł Czułowski
“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.
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Steady
Squad20 Jan 2031
A one-man rearguard from Sam Kane
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market20 Jan 2031
“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.
Market20 Jan 2031
Sufyan Ainani has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Córdoba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Sam Kane A one-man rearguard from Sam Kane
Squad20 Jan 2031
A season average of 7.50 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad20 Jan 2031
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vince Gino Dekker and Córdoba agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad20 Jan 2031
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Match16 Dec 2030
Córdoba are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 36 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market16 Dec 2030
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Córdoba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match14 Dec 2030
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad16 Dec 2030
Diego Percan is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.25 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad16 Dec 2030
Rui Mendes gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Dec 2030
Paweł Czułowski asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Triumph
Match18 Nov 2030
Córdoba up to position 132 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match16 Nov 2030
9 unbeaten for Córdoba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Córdoba did not have in the autumn.
Marc Vidal Marc Vidal keeps Córdoba in it on his own
Market18 Nov 2030
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Córdoba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match16 Nov 2030
Valladolid made Córdoba work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Diego Bri is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.47 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Upbeat
Match19 Oct 2030
Córdoba cannot stop winning3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Market21 Oct 2030
Sufyan Ainani has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Córdoba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match19 Oct 2030
Three points for Córdoba , 2-0 the final word against Ceuta in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad21 Oct 2030
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market21 Oct 2030
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Córdoba know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad21 Oct 2030
Philipp Simon asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad21 Oct 2030
A new face in his position, and Enol Rodríguez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Córdoba have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market21 Oct 2030
No fee and no drama: Paweł Czułowski has signed at Córdoba , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
The terraces21 Oct 2030
The press cannot get enough of Dani Requena
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Apr 2030
Dani Requena is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.74 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad15 Apr 2030
Alan Uryga left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Alan Uryga will call it something else in private.
Match13 Apr 2030
A 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad B leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad15 Apr 2030
Hugo Voskamp gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market15 Apr 2030
The name of Dani Tasende keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Córdoba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad15 Apr 2030
Gustavo Rigazzi asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Apr 2030
14 goals and a season average of 7.69. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad1 Apr 2030
A one-man rearguard from Adrián
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market1 Apr 2030
Mariano Fazio 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 Córdoba can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Apr 2030
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 Apr 2030
The manager makes an example of Diego Percan
“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.
Match30 Mar 2030
Córdoba and Eibar take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.