The Admira Wacker Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Markus Dragovic damages knee ligaments — 41 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 41 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Admira Wacker say no — this time
The offer from Rapid Wien for Valentino Lainer was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Kevin Posch runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Heinz Laimer at 18 — 7.63
The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Heinz Laimer did not need any: 7.63, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Admira Wacker
Raphael Lazaro 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Heinz Laimer
At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Squad Andreas Wober falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Peter Ilsanker stays put
- Match Heinz Laimer rescues a point for Admira Wacker
- Market Ignazio Ferrara placed on the list