The Mattersburg Sentinel
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Nobody could get near Gernot Lindner
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match18 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Mattersburg's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mattersburg has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Gernot Weimann stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gernot Weimann and Mattersburg agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match18 Sep 2027
The goals have deserted Mattersburg
4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Mattersburg can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Martin Rasner 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 Mattersburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Gernot Weimann
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Martin Rasner has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Mattersburg 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.
Match18 Sep 2027
Mattersburg draw a blank against Admira Wacker
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Admira Wacker defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market20 Sep 2027
Florian Junuzovic leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Florian Junuzovic leaves Mattersburg the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Player ratings Patrick Lindner spends the afternoon fouling
- Player ratings Gernot Weimann ran the game