Marked for Daniel Nagy
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Janos Fiola 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.
Squad28 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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 7.87 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Haladas had the best player on the pitch.
Match26 Sep 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Bekescsaba leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Match17 Sep 2026
Haladas do the business in Europe
0‑0. Continental football is where a club finds out what it actually is, and Haladas came through the finding-out well against Dila.
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Janos Fiola 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 watch21 Sep 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 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad21 Sep 2026
No place for Tamas Nikolic on the big day
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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
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.
Match19 Sep 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Akos Gulacsi has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Haladas 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.
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 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 Sep 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Akos Gulacsi 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.
Player ratings7 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The young player of the month award goes to a 18-year-old at Haladas who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Kevin Mondovics named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Kevin Mondovics is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
Ujpest 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Istvan Varga at 21 — 7.78
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Istvan Varga did not need any: 7.78, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Janos Fiola 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Janos 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andras Szalai commits to Haladas for another 3 years.
Match22 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Daniel Nagy dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Upbeat
Market17 Aug 2026
Ferencvaros 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.57, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Janos Fiola 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Janos Nikolic has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Akos Gulacsi, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
It needed Janos Nikolic to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Honved, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Janos Nikolic and Haladas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
Janos Fiola 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Nagy and Haladas agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Zsolt Kleinheisler has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match1 Aug 2026
Haladas get the job done against Vasas
A 1‑0 win over Vasas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Marked 8.09 — 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Janos Fiola 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.