Marked for Daniel Dibusz
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Dibusz commits to Haladas for another 2 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Ismaïl Aaneba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market6 Mar 2028
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
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From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad20 Dec 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Marked 8.62 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match18 Dec 2027
Three points for Haladas, 1‑0 the final word against Debrecen in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad20 Dec 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Dibusz, and the manager let it.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad20 Dec 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Haladas, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Jakub Pira finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Haladas have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Shots: 4, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Dec 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Haladas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match11 Dec 2027
Bekescsaba made Haladas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Mate Orban
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Marked 8.69 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
A performance of 8.39 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Bence Bárdos has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Haladas will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Zoltan Sallai
“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.
Market13 Dec 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ilias Chatzitheodoridis signs something — a contract at Haladas or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Uneasy
Match4 Dec 2027
The wait goes on for Haladas
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad6 Dec 2027
8 goals and a season average of 7.40. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
A performance of 8.87 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad6 Dec 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Haladas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Gilberto
“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.
Match4 Dec 2027
It needed Mate Orban to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against MTK Budapest, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Shots: 9, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Uneasy
Market29 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Haladas can pretend not to have heard.
Match27 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Nov 2027
35 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Marked 8.07 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad29 Nov 2027
“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.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match27 Nov 2027
A 1‑1 draw with Ujpest leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
The one thing Mate Orban could not do
Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Steady
Squad22 Nov 2027
Mate Orban takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
One of those days for Mate Orban
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 10.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad22 Nov 2027
7 goals and a season average of 7.35. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Crisis
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match13 Nov 2027
Puskas Akademia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“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; Haladas are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gustavo Merino, and the manager let it.
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
The one thing Daniel Dibusz could not do
Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Squad15 Nov 2027
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Haladas would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Market15 Nov 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ilias Chatzitheodoridis signs something — a contract at Haladas or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
The goals keep arriving from Daniel Lisztes’s exile
6 goals in 11 games at Minsk — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Haladas updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad8 Nov 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“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; Haladas are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Match6 Nov 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Haladas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mate Orban commits to Haladas for another 4 years.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match16 Oct 2027
Vasas made Haladas work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Marked 8.39 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Bence Bárdos 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.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
One of those days for Mate Orban
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.02, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Dibusz
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Zoltan Sallai commits to Haladas for another 1 years.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match2 Oct 2027
Daniel Dibusz scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Debrecen, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 49 days on the sidelines for Zoltan Gulacsi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Andras Nikolic
“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.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Mate Orban runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad20 Sep 2027
There were 7 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Haladas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Ignacio Sosa 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.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match18 Sep 2027
MTK Budapest left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Shots: 11, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
The one thing Daniel Dibusz could not do
Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
The one thing Mate Orban could not do
Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad13 Sep 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match11 Sep 2027
Ujpest left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“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.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
A performance of 8.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
The one thing Mate Orban could not do
Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Marked 5.67, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
9 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Steady
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“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; Haladas are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Match4 Sep 2027
A 1‑0 win over Diosgyor, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Marked 8.47 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Haladas will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Bence Bárdos has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Haladas will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
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Steady
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ignacio Sosa: 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.” Haladas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Gulacsi commits to Haladas for another 3 years.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Gilberto 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.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Mate Orban leaves them behind him
Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Match14 Aug 2027
Point won or two lost for Haladas?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Honved? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
Ignacio Sosa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market26 Jul 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ilias Chatzitheodoridis signs something — a contract at Haladas or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A new face in his position, and Daniel Dibusz suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Haladas have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Match19 Jul 2027
Haladas up to position 3
37 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Zsolt Doktor and Haladas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
Szabolcs Lang 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 Haladas can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Jun 2027
Debrecen come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Haladas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market7 Jun 2027
Attila Sallai is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Haladas has been clear about where Attila Sallai stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Laszlo Varga 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.
Market7 Jun 2027
The name of Laszlo Szalai keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Haladas say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
Ignacio Sosa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Szabolcs Lang 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A wage question at Haladas
Daniel Dibusz has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match12 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten Haladas
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad14 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Dec 2026
Three points for Haladas, 3‑2 the final word against Bekescsaba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Marked 9.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad14 Dec 2026
7 goals and a season average of 7.43. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gustavo Merino, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Marked 8.63 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
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Uneasy
Match7 Dec 2026
Haladas are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 32 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market7 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match5 Dec 2026
5 matches without a win for Haladas
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Haladas are no longer polite ones.
Match5 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten Haladas
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
“I watch every Haladas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ferencvaros runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Defences have started doubling up on Mate Orban
6 goals and a season average of 7.37 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Dibusz, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market30 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 27, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Mate Orban runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match28 Nov 2026
6 unbeaten for Haladas
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Haladas did not have in the autumn.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Kleinheisler, and the manager let it.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 116% of everything Haladas earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Dávid Bobál left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Dávid Bobál will call it something else in private.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.31 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zsombor Bévárdi, and the manager let it.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The team sheet said everything about Gustavo Merino
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Gustavo Merino.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“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 Haladas, and 2 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Match21 Nov 2026
A 2‑2 draw with Diosgyor leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Triumph
Market2 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match31 Oct 2026
A 2‑1 win over Honved, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Marked 8.78 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.30, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 116% of everything Haladas earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The month belongs to Mate Orban
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Haladas have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad2 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Andras Nikolic knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Oct 2026
Janos Gulacsi: 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.” Haladas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mate Orban commits to Haladas for another 4 years.
Squad19 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Haladas against Vasas
0‑1 to Vasas, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Kleinheisler, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Norbert Szélpál was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Dávid Bobál
“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.
Match26 Sep 2026
A 1‑0 win over Bekescsaba, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.43, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.36, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Haladas, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market28 Sep 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Adam Kleinheisler may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 Sep 2026
Three points for Haladas, 4‑2 the final word against MTK Budapest in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A performance of 9.29 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.67 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.37 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dominik Szoboszlai and Haladas agree another 3 years.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Andras Bese
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Krisztian Dibusz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Crisis
Market14 Sep 2026
“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.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gustavo Merino was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I watch every Haladas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ferencvaros runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market14 Sep 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Haladas know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 5.64, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
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Crisis
Match26 Aug 2026
The small margins put Haladas out
Out, 0‑1 to Ujpest, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
The name of Daniel Dibusz has come up in conversations Haladas were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market31 Aug 2026
Balazs Nagy has left for Bekescsaba in a $80.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ilias Chatzitheodoridis, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.88 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“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.
Match22 Aug 2026
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market24 Aug 2026
No place for Roland Botka in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Roland Botka has his answer from Haladas; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
The one thing Daniel Dibusz could not do
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.