Edwin Buliba was preferred — a closer working relationship with the coach.
Cause
The coach trusted a more reliable teammate for this fixture.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Slipped out of the starting XI
Serious
Cause
He has fallen behind in the pecking order over the last few weeks.
Head coach left the club
Energised by the new manager's arrival
Lifted by a passionate half-time team talk
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Dressing-room inquest after a humiliating result
His club is fighting to avoid relegation
Serious
Cause
The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.
Praised by the manager
Major
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
His club is fighting to avoid relegation
Serious
Cause
The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.
He has said it out loud: The manager’s trust
Mind
Senses a managerial change coming
He got what he wanted: First-team football
Mind
His club is fighting to avoid relegation
Serious
Cause
The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.
Core player
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
He got what he wanted: His place back
Mind
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Minor
Cause
His relationship with the manager has soured. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
The disagreement started because they judged training effort very differently. It played out on the training ground in front of the rest of the squad.
Outlook
Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.
Suspension served — available again
Praised by the manager
Major
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
Praised by the manager
Major
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
Costly error under pressure
Serious
Cause
His error under pressure was directly punished by the opponent.
Costly error under pressure
Moderate
Cause
His error under pressure was directly punished by the opponent.
Away supporters were hostile
Moderate
Cause
He drew sustained jeers from the away end.
Reassured by the manager's half-time message
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Stung by a half-time roasting
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Dressing-room inquest after a humiliating result
Stung by a half-time roasting
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Bertin Nguemaleu
Mind
His club is fighting to avoid relegation
Serious
Cause
The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.
He has started to want: The manager’s trust
Mind
Established as a regular starter
Serious
Cause
Several solid weeks have made him an undisputed pick.
Stung by a half-time roasting
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Led the defence in a tight match
Minor
Cause
He held the back line together when the game was hanging in the balance.
He has started to want: His place back
Mind
He has started to want: Out, anywhere
Mind
He has started to want: Out of the cauldron
Mind
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Moderate
Cause
His relationship with the manager has soured. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Led the defence in a tight match
Minor
Cause
He held the back line together when the game was hanging in the balance.
Difficult conversation with the manager
Moderate
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
Praised by the manager
Major
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
Difficult conversation with the manager
Moderate
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
Senses a managerial change coming
Warned about his body language
Moderate
Cause
The issue was less about ability and more about his reaction when things went wrong. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
Outlook
Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.
Away supporters were hostile
Moderate
Cause
He drew sustained jeers from the away end.
Stung by a half-time roasting
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Dressing-room inquest after a humiliating result
Praised by the manager
Major
Cause
The discussion covered general matters.
He has come to believe: The supporters turned on him — El Dakhleya