The Southern United Herald
The dugout19 Feb 2029
Juan Moreno: 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.” Southern United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Southern United
Liberato Lockyer and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Words at Southern United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Monty Bell is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Marco Rufer
“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.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
When it matters, Oscar Russell plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Questions about Noah Tuiloma on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Tim Rufer
- Squad Welcome back, a squad player