32 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Sorrento lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sorrento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
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Words at Sorrento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rodrigo Trejo 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.
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.
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Rodrigo Trejo signs something — a contract at Sorrento or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Sorrento. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sorrento will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sorrento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Nicolò Evangelisti has his answer from Sorrento; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Words at Sorrento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rodrigo Trejo 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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sorrento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
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.
Words at Sorrento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rodrigo Trejo 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.
Ivan Corluka 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.
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sorrento, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Sorrento. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.